Alpha Delta Phi is a social fraternity located in colleges and university in North America. It has both collegiate and honorary members. Following are some of its notable members.
Art and architecture
NameChapterNotableGeorge Fisk ComfortMiddletownArt historian, founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Everson Museum of ArtLouis Agassiz FuertesCornellOrnithological artistAlfred Dwight Foster HamlinAmherst Architect, author, instructor at Columbia School of EngineeringDaniel Huntington HamiltonHudson River School artistStephen IrwinTorontoArchitectCatalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi: 1832–1966. New York, NY: The Executive Council of The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. 1966. p. 205.Russell SturgisManhattan Architect, art criticWilliam Robert WareHarvardArchitect, professor of architecture at MIT, founder of the School of Architecture at Columbia University
Athletics
NameChapterNotabilityBernie BiermanMinnesotaUniversity of Minnesota football coachAndy EnfieldJohns HopkinsHead basketball coach at University of Southern CaliforniaRobert GarrettPrincetonOlympic medalistJeremy GlickRochesterU.S. National Collegiate Judo champion, 9/11 passenger Otto GrahamNorthwesternPro Football Hall of Fame, professional football quarterbackTerry GurnettRochesterHead coach of women's soccer, set a record by winning 400 Division III gamesMiller PontiusPeninsularAll-American assistant football coach and player, University of Tennessee and University of MichiganDick RifenburgPeninsularAll-American End, University of Michigan, Detroit Lions, sports radio hostBill SmithHamiltonGeneral manager of the Minnesota TwinsNeil SnowPeninsularAll-American football end and fullbackFrank SteketeePeninsularAll-American football fullback and halfback1922 Michiganensian (University of Michigan yearbook), p. 67.Joseph WearYaleOlympic tennis medalist
Business and finance
NameChapterNotabilityCharles Francis Adams Jr.HarvardPresident of Union Pacific Railroad, historian, authorColin AngleLambda PhiFounder, chairman, and CEO of iRobot CorporationBruce Fairchild BartonAmherstAd executive, creator of Betty Crocker, U.S. House of RepresentativesBill DowneTorontoCEO of the Bank of MontrealCatalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi: 1832-2002. New York, NY: The Executive Council of The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. 2002. p. 319.Eran EgozyLambda PhiFounder and CTO of Harmonix Music SystemsClarence L. FisherHamiltonReal estate, lumber and timber businessman, New York State AssemblyHenry Clay FolgerAmherstPresident of Standard Oil, founder of the Folger Shakespeare LibraryCharles Carroll Glover Jr.Yale Investment banker, philanthropistWilliam Russell GraceColumbiaFounder of W. R. Grace and CompanyMalcolm KnightTorontoSenior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada, general manager of the International Bank of SettlementsCatalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi: 1832-1966. New York, NY: The Executive Council of The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. 1966. p. 205.Abbot Augustus LowYaleInventor, owner of Horseshoe Forestry Company, Old Forge Electric Company and Utica Gas & Electric CompanyDavid Packard StanfordElectrical engineer, co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Computer CorporationJohn A. PollockTorontoFormer owner of CTV Television Network, president of Electrohome, chancellor of Wilfrid LaurierTorontonensis. Toronto: University of Toronto Students' Administrative Council. 1959. p. 326.Edgar Monsanto QueenyCornellChairman of Monsanto John D. Rockefeller Jr.BrunonianDirector of Standard Oil and US Steel, philanthropistHerrmann, Peter (August 14, 1994). "Fraternity honors Hiss for 'outstanding' public service". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2022-12-07.David M. SolomonHamiltonCEO of Goldman SachsHoffman, Liz (November 15, 2018). "T he Gamble That Put David Solomon on Top at Goldman Sachs". The Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved July 20, 2018.Allan SproulCaliforniaDirector of Kaiser AluminumWalter C. TeagleCornell President of Standard OilGerald B. ZornowRochesterChairman of Eastman Kodak
Clergy
NameChapterNotabilityHenry Ward BeecherAmherstCongregationalist clergyman, social reformer, speaker, abolitionistWilliam Henry GoodrichYaleClergyman, namesake of the Goodrich Social SettlementCharles Edward GrinnellHarvardClergyman, lawyer, writerTheodore B. LymanHamiltonBishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North CarolinaHerbert ShipmanMadisonSuffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York
Diplomacy
NameChapterNotableLarz Anderson HarvardU.S. Ambassador to JapanRichard R. BurtCornellU.S. Ambassador to GermanyJoseph Hodges ChoateHarvardU.S. Ambassador to the United KingdomBainbridge ColbyWilliamsU.S. Secretary of State, New York State Assembly, founder of Progressive PartyGordon Gale CreanTorontoCanadian Ambassador to Italy, Yugoslavia, and West GermanyCatalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi: 1832-1966. New York, NY: The Executive Council of The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. 1966. p. 202.William R. DayPeninsularU.S. Secretary of StateIrving B. DudleyCapitalU.S. Ambassador to BrazilJames GeorgeToronto High Commissioner of Canada to Ceylon and India, Ambassador to Iran and Nepal, activistTorontonensis. Toronto: University of Toronto Students' Administrative Council. 1939. p. 418.Colin W. G. GibsonTorontoCanadian Secretary of StateJoseph GrewHarvardU.S. Ambassador to Japan, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, Under Secretary of StateAlger HissJohns HopkinsU.S. State Department, United Nations officialEdward M. HouseCornellPolitician, U.S. commissioner to the Paris Peace Conference of 1919John JayColumbiaU.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, lawyer, abolitionistWilliam LuersHamiltonU.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and VenezuelaHorace MaynardAmherstU.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Tennessee Attorney General, U.S. House of RepresentativesMichael Oren ColumbiaIsraeli Ambassador to the United StatesWilliam E. QuimbyPeninsularU.S. Ambassador to the NetherlandsJ. Meredith ReadBrunonianU.S. Minister to Greece, U.S. consul general for France and AlgeriaSomerville Pinkney TuckDartmouthU.S. Ambassador to EgyptEdwin F. UhlPeninsularU.S. Ambassador to Germany, U.S. Assistant Secretary of StateGeorge Wadsworth IIUnionU.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and CzechoslovakiaAdrian ZuckermanLambda PhiU.S. Ambassador to Romania
Education
NameChapterNotabilityJoseph Sweetman AmesJohns Hopkins President of Johns Hopkins UniversityJ. Seelye BixlerAmherst President of Colby CollegeFrancis BrownDartmouthTheologian, Semitic scholar, college professorG. Armour CraigAmherst President of Amherst CollegeCharles William EliotHarvard President of Harvard UniversityJohn Robert EvansTorontoPresident of University of Toronto, founder of McMaster University Medical SchoolWilliam Watts FolwellGeneva President of the University of MinnesotaClaude Fuess AmherstHeadmaster of Phillips AcademyHorace Howard FurnessHarvardShakespearian scholar, University of Pennsylvania lecturerRichard Glenn GettellAmherstPresident of Mount Holyoke CollegeDaniel Coit GilmanYalePresident of Johns Hopkins UniversityAbram W. HarrisMiddletownPresident of Northwestern University and University of MaineEmory William HuntRochesterPresident of Denison University and Bucknell UniversityHarry Burns HutchinsPeninsular President of University of Michigan, dean of University of Michigan School of Law Robert Maynard HutchinsYalePresident of the University of ChicagoGeorge Frederick MagounBowdoinPresident of Iowa CollegeFrancis MarchAmherstAcademic, philologist, lexicographer, principal founder of modern comparative linguisticsBarry MillsBowdoinPresident of Bowdoin CollegeLewis PerryWilliamsEducator, Principal of Phillips Exeter AcademyAndrew Van Vranken RaymondUnionPresident of Union CollegeBenjamin Rush RheesAmherstPresident, University of RochesterHenry Wade RogersPeninsularPresident, Northwestern University; dean, Yale Law School Eugene V. RostowYaleDean of Yale Law School, adviser to the U.S. Department of StateMichael S. RothMiddletownPresident of Wesleyan University"The Inauguration of Michael S. Roth as the Sixteenth President the Second of November Two Thousand and Seven" (PDF). Wesleyan University. November 2, 2007. p. 2. Retrieved December 6, 2002.Peter H. RussellTorontoProfessor of political science, University of Toronto, Principal of Innis CollegeTorontonensis. Toronto: University of Toronto Students' Administrative Council. 1955. p. 278.Frederick Herbert SillColumbiaFounder of Kent School, Episcopalian priestRobert E. L. StriderAmherstPresident of Colby CollegeF. W. TaussigHarvard Economist, professor at Harvard, Chair of the U.S. Tariff CommissionEdwin WillitsPeninsularPresident of the State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University)
Entertainment
NameChapterNotabilityFredric MarchWisconsinActorChris MillerDartmouthScreenwriter, National Lampoon's Animal HouseBen SteinColumbia Actor, authorStein, Ben (June 24, 2022). "Alex Made It a Perfect Marriage". The American Spectator. Retrieved December 7, 2022.Grant TinkerDartmouthPresident of NBCFranchot ToneCornell ActorMonty WoolleyYaleActor
Law
NameChapterNotabilitySamuel BlatchfordColumbiaAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme CourtHenry Billings BrownYaleAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme CourtCharles S. BradleyBrunonianChief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme CourtSalmon P. ChaseDartmouthChief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Secretary of the TreasuryJohn David Clifford Jr.BowdoinDistrict Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of MaineFrederic R. ColieUrbanAssociate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme CourtAlfred Conkling Coxe Jr.YaleDistrict Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New YorkWilliam R. DayPeninsularAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme CourtEdward C. EicherChicagoChief Justice of the District Court of the U.S. for the District of Columbia, U.S. House of RepresentativesWilliam H. J. ElyPeninsular District Judge in New Jersey, New Jersey Senate, attorneyHorace Weldon GilmorePeninsularDistrict Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganD-Cady Herrick IIColumbiaLawyer, New York State AssemblyHarry B. HersheyIllinoisJustice of the Illinois Supreme CourtOliver Wendell Holmes Jr.HarvardAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme CourtSchuyler W. JacksonHarvardAssociate Justice of the Kansas Supreme CourtGeorge V. N. LothropBrunonianMichigan Attorney GeneralJames Francis Thaddeus O'ConnorYaleDistrict Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of CaliforniaGeorge Shiras Jr.YaleAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme CourtHenderson M. SomervilleAlabamaPresident of the Board of General Appraisers, Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme CourtJames Garfield StewartKenyonAssociate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.Harlan F. StoneAmherstChief Justice of the U.S. Supreme CourtBartow S. WeeksManhattanJustice of the New York Supreme Court
Literature and journalism