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 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