The Founding Father's of Alpha Delta Phi's Nittany Chapter

Brothers of the Alpha Delta Phi have made many impressive accomplishments and contributions to society.  These include: 

IN GOVERNMENT

• Joshua L. Chamberlain (Bdn 1852), Governor of Maine; President, Bowdoin
• College; Congressional Medal of Honor recipient – Gettysburg
• Salmon P. Chase (D 1826), Secretary of the Treasury
• Joseph H. Choate (Hvd 1852), Ambassador to Great Britain
• Dwight F. Davis (Hvd 1900), Secretary of War; Donor of Davis Cup
• William R. Day (P 1870), Secretary of State

• Charles S. Fairchild (Hvd 1863), Secretary of the Treasury

• James R. Garfield (Wms 1885), Secretary of the Interior
• Frederick H. Gillett (Am 1874), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Otto Kerner, Jr. (Brn 1930), Governor of Illinois
• Charles H. Percy (Chi 1941), U.S. Senator
• Franklin D. Roosevelt (Hvd 1904), President of the United States
• Theodore Roosevelt (Hvd 1880), President of the United States

IN THE CLERGY

• Bishop Frederick Burgess (Brn 1873)
• Bishop Sheldon M. Griswold (Un 1882)
• Bishop John M. Kendrick (K 1859)
• Bishop Theodore B. Lyman (Ham 1837)
• Bishop H. Clifford Northcott (N 1919)
• Bishop Lyman C. Ogilby (Ham 1943)
• Bishop Lauriston L. Scaife (Pk 1931)
• Bishop Herbert Shipman (Col 1890)
• Bishop Dudley S. Stark (Pk 1917)

IN LAW AND THE JUDICIARY

• Henry B. Brown (Y 1856), Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• Salmon P. Chase (D 1826), Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• William R. Day (P 1870), Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• Oliver Wendell Holmes (Hvd 1861), Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• Dana H. Porter (Tor 1921), Chief Justice of Ontario
• William B. Scott (McG 1912), Chief Justice, Superior Court of Quebec
• George Shiras, Jr. (Y 1853), Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
• Harlan F. Stone (Am 1894), Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

IN LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM

• Samuel Hopkins Adams (Ham 1891), Author
• Philip Barry (Y 1918), Author
• Stephen Vincent Benet, (Y 1919), Poet
• Richard G. Eberhart, (Minn 1926), Poet
• John Farrar (Y 1918), Poet, Publisher
• Henry R. Luce (Y 1920), Publisher, Time, Life
• Thornton Wilder (Y 1920), Author and Playwright

IN EDUCATION

• Joseph S. Ames (JH 1886), President, Johns Hopkins University
• Charles W. Eliot (Hvd 1853), President, Harvard University
• G. Keith Funston (Pk 1932), President, Trinity College
• Daniel Coit Gilman (Y 1852), President, Johns Hopkins University
• Emory W. Hunt (R 1884), President, Denison University; President, Bucknell University
• Robert M. Hutchins (Y 1921), President, University of Chicago
• Eugene V. Rostow (Y 1933), Dean, Yale School of Law; Advisor to U.S. Department of State
• Thomas B. Rudd (Ham 1921), President, Hamilton College

IN THE ARTS

• MacDonald Carey (Wis 1935), Actor
• Frederick March (Wis 1920), Actor
• Franchot Tone (Cor 1927), Actor
• Monte Woolley (Y 1911), Actor

IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

• Dr. Frederick M. Allen (Cal 1902), Pioneer in Diabetes
• Farrington Daniels (Minn 1910), Pioneer in Solar Energy; Chairman, Chemistry at University of Wisconsin
• Dr. Hans Lisser (Cal 1907), Pioneer in Gland Disorders
• William H. Masters (Ham 1938), Researcher, Human Sexuality
• Louis Nicot Ridenour (Chi 1932), Member, Atomic Energy Commission

IN BUSINESS AND FINANCE

• C.F.W. Bruce (Tor 1926), President, Aluminum Company of Canada
• G. Keith Funston (Pk 1932), President, New York Stock Exchange
• William R. Grace (Col 1900), Founder, W.R. Grace & Company
• Arthur B. Homer (Brn 1917), President, Bethlehem Steel Company
• Charles H. Percy (Chi 1941), Chairman, Bell & Howell Corporation
• Phillip W. Pillsbury (Y 1924), President, The Pillsbury Company
• John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (Brn 1897), Financier and Philanthropist
• Elwyn L. Smith (Cor 1917), President, Smith Corona Typewriter Company
• Allan Sproul (Cal 1919), Director, Kaiser Aluminum
• Grant Tinker (D 1949), President, National Broadcasting Corporation
• Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser (Y 1917), Chairman, Weyerhaeuser Company