Phi Gamma Delta is a North American social college fraternity was founded in 1848, at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Following are some of the fraternity's notable members.
Academia
Lotus Coffman: president of the University of Minnesota George Barton Cutten: president of Acadia University and Colgate University Charles A. Beard: history professor at Columbia University Mitch Daniels: former president of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana and former governor of Indiana David Kinley: president of the University of Illinois Jere Morehead (University of Georgia, 1988); President of University of Georgia William Lambdin Prather (Washington and Lee, 1871); President of University of Texas; originator of the phrase "The Eyes of Texas are Upon You"The Eyes of Texas are Upon You Bernadotte Everly Schmitt (Tennessee, 1904): professor of Modern European History at the University of Chicago and winner of the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for HistoryPulitzer Prize winners James J. Stukel (Purdue University): 15th President, University of Illinois James Woodrow (Jefferson College): president of the College of South Carolina, professor at Columbia Theological Seminary, and editor of Southern Presbyterian ReviewJacobs, Albert P. Greek-Letter Societies. Detroit: Gulley Printing House, March 1879. p. 28-30. via HathiTrust.
Business Samuel G. Allen, railroad industrialist John W. Creighton Jr. (University of Pittsburgh, Ohio State University, 1954), president and CEO of Weyerhaeuser and president of the Boy Scouts of America John C. Cushman III (Colgate University, 1963), real estate executive, chairman of the board of Cushman & Wakefield, and president of the Boy Scouts of America Thomas Dundon (SMU, 1993): Owner of the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League Stu Evey (Washington, 1956): former Chairman of the Board of ESPN Giovanni Feroce (University of Rhode Island, 1991): former CEO of Alex and Ani; current CEO of Benrus Jess Jackson (California, 1952): wine entrepreneur; namesake of Kendall-Jackson winery and majority owner of Curlin, the 2007 Preakness Stakes winner, 2007 Belmont Stakes second-place finisher, and 2007 Kentucky Derby third-place finisher Fritz Henderson (Michigan, 1980): President and CEO of General Motors Philip Knight (Oregon, 1959): co-founder, owner and president of Nike Corporation; billionaire Elisha Lee: Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Josiah K. Lilly III (Cornell, 1939): philanthropist; Lilly Endowment and heir to Eli Lilly and CompanyLilly family largess has touched Cape Edmund C. Lynch (Johns Hopkins University, 1907): a founder of the Merrill Lynch investment company Patrick McGovern (MIT, 1959): Chairman of the Board of International Data Group; founder of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research; billionaire Nelson Peltz: billionaire businessman and investor Edwin W. Rice: president and one of the three fathers of General Electric Charles E. Rushmore (College of the City of New York, 1876): businessman, philanthropist, donor, and namesake of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial Tom Ryan (Rhode Island, 1975): President and CEO of CVS Donald Trump Jr. (University of Pennsylvania): EVP of The Trump Organization Alfred J. Verrecchia (Rhode Island, 1965): Chairman of the Board of Hasbro Inc. Kessel Stelling (Georgia, 1978): Chairman of the Board & CEO of Synovus Bank Byron Trott (University of Chicago, 1981): founder, chairman, and CEO of BDT Capital Partners Charlie Ergen (University of Tennessee, 1975): co-founder and chairman of Dish Network and EchoStar; billionaire
Entertainment
Roone Arledge (Columbia, 1952): former President of ABC News and Sports; first producer of Wide World of Sports; creator of Monday Night Football, 20/20, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, This Week, and Primetime Live; won 37 Emmy Awards; is in the Television Hall of Fame Scott Bakula (Kansas, 1977): actor, Quantum Leap, Murphy Brown, and Star Trek: Enterprise William Jan Berry (UCLA, 1963): singer and guitar player, "surfer sound" duo Jan and Dean Holden Bowler (University of Idaho, 1931): singer in the Robert Shaw Chorale; namesake of J. D. Salinger's character Holden Caulfield Dick Carson (University of Nebraska, 1949): television director Johnny Carson (Nebraska, 1949): former host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient David H. DePatie (Sewanee, 1951): film producer; producer of animated cartoons Radney Foster (Sewanee, 1982): country music singer/songwriter Matthew C. Fox (Columbia, 1989): actor known for Party of Five and Lost Jim Gaffigan (Purdue University, 1987): comedian Major Garrett (University of Missouri): Chief White House Correspondent with CBS News Bill Geist (Illinois, 1967):Emmy Award-winning journalist and contributor to CBS Sunday Morning Samuel S. Hinds (New York University, 1897): actor known for It's A Wonderful Life Jason Isbell (University of Memphis), : rock and alt-country singer/songwriter; member of Drive-By Truckers and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Richard Jenkins (Illinois Wesleyan University), actor known for Step Brothers and Six Feet Under Rob Johnson (DePauw University): Emmy Award-winning news anchor Paul Kangas (Michigan, 1959): anchor and commentator on Nightly Business Report Brian Lamb (Purdue, 1963): founder and host of C-SPAN, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Dan Mangan (University of British Columbia, 2005), Juno Award-winning singer/songwriter Paul McDonald (Auburn), musician; American Idol season 10 Bob McGrath (Michigan, 1954); played Bob on Sesame Street Seth Meyers (Northwestern University, 1996): cast member and head writer of Saturday Night Live, host of Late Night with Seth Meyers Ralph Morgan (Columbia, 1904): actor; co-founder, charter member and first president of the Screen Actors Guild Luis Moro (Rutgers University 1987), actor, filmmaker, writer, best known for the film Love and SuicideRosero, Jessica. "The revolution begins within Hudson County native brings his Cuban people back home", The Union City Reporter, May 28, 2006. Accessed August 23, 2008. "That is one of the torments plaguing Tomas, played by Kamar De Los Reyes, who is the lead character of Love & Suicide, which was co-written and directed by former Union City native Luis Moro and Lisa France." Cory Morrow (Texas Tech, 1990): country singer/songwriter Dermot Mulroney (Northwestern University, 1985): actor known for My Best Friend's Wedding, The Wedding Date, and The Family Stone Dave Revsine (Northwestern University, 1991): sportscaster for ESPN Rob Riggle (University of Kansas): actor, comedian, The Hangover, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Saturday Night Live John Ritter (Southern California, 1970): actor, Three's Company, Hearts Afire and 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter Morgan Spurlock (NYU, 1993): independent movie director, creator of Super Size Me McLean Stevenson (Northwestern University, 1948): Actor, M*A*S*H. Duke Tumatoe (Illinois, 1969): former guitarist for REO Speedwagon
Law Robert Bork (University of Chicago): Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1982–1988; United States Attorney General, October 20, 1973 – December 17, 1973Famous Fijis - Politics & Government Neil M. Gorsuch (Columbia, 1988): judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 2017 Frank Iacobucci (British Columbia, 1962): former Justice, Supreme Court of Canada Byron White (University of Colorado, 1938); College Football Hall of Fame; United States Supreme Court Justice, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Mark Massa (Indiana University, 1983): Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
Literature and journalism Ken Blanchard (Cornell, 1961): management consultant; author of The One Minute Manager Will Cuppy (Chicago, 1907): humorist, author of The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody Thomas A. Desjardin (Florida State, 1986): author and Civil War scholar Douglas Southall Freeman (University of Richmond, 1904): winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1935 for R. E. Lee and 1958 for George Washington, Volumes I – VI John Gottschalk (Nebraska, 1965), chief executive officer and publisher of the Omaha World-Herald and was the national president of the Boy Scouts of America David Hall (Tennessee, 1965): awarded the Pulitzer Prize along with the Denver Post in 1986 for in-depth reporting on missing children. Otto Harbach (Knox): lyricist and librettist of nearly 50 musical comedies and operettas Haynes B. Johnson (Missouri, 1952): winner of the Pulitzer Prize 1966 for his work in the Washington Evening Star covering the civil rights crisis in Selma, Alabama Jack Kerouac (Columbia): author Ross Lockridge Jr. (Indiana, 1935): novelist, author of Raintree County Charles Gilman Norris: novelist Frank Norris (California, 1894): journalist and novelist, author of The Octopus: A Story of California and McTeague Tom Peters (Cornell University, 1964): author of In Search of Excellence Maurice Thompson: novelist, poet, and Indiana State Legislature Lew Wallace (Depauw, 1868) author of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, diplomat E. B. White (Cornell, 1921): novelist, author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1978 under Special Awards and Citations, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient D. Harlan Wilson (Wittenberg University, 1993): author and professor Robert U. Woodward (Yale, 1965): assistant managing editor of The Washington Post; awarded the Pulitzer Prize along with the entire staff of the Washington Post in 1973 for coverage of the Watergate crisis
Military Sidney Johnson Brooks Jr. (Texas, 1918 and Kansas, 1919): namesake of Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio Clovis E. Byers (Ohio State, 1921): United States Army major general, Chief of Staff, Eighth US Army. Tedford H. Cann (CCNY, 1920): champion American swimmer and a recipient the Medal of Honor Seaman, USN Marcellus H. Chiles (Colorado College, 1916): recipient of the Medal of Honor; Captain, USA William J. Crowe (Oklahoma, 1946): United States Navy admiral, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1985–1989); Ambassador to Great Britain. George Decker (Lafayette, 1924): United States Army general, Chief of Staff, United States Army (1960–1962). Robert L. Eichelberger (Ohio State, 1907): United States Army general, superintendent of West Point; commander of the Eighth US Army in the South West Pacific theater in World War II. Bruce K. Holloway (Tennessee, 1933): United States Air Force general, member and commander of the Flying Tigers, commanded USAFE, Vice Chief of Staff, USAF and Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Air Command.General Bruce K. Holloway Biography LeRoy P. Hunt (California, 1914): United States Marine Corps major general; Commander, 5th Marines at the battle of GuadalcanalMajor General LeRoy P. Hunt Albert G. Jenkins (Jefferson College, 1848): Confederate Cavalry Brigade General and delegate to the first Confederate Congress. George H. Ramer (Bucknell, 1950): recipient of the Medal of Honor; 2nd Lieutenant, USMC Reserve Robert D. Reilly Jr. (Washington, 1975): United States Navy RADM; commander of Military Sealift Command; former Commander of USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Carrier Strike Group Jack L. Rives (Georgia, 1974): Lt. Gen. Rives was The Judge Advocate General (TJAG), Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. and former Executive Director of the American Bar Association Harry Alexander Smith (Kansas State, 1886), US Army major general
Politics Victor G. Atiyeh (Oregon, 1945): former Governor of Oregon Newton D. Baker (Johns Hopkins, 1892): former Secretary of War