Following is a list of Chi Psi members that includes notable initiates of Chi Psi.
Academics and museums
Stephen Ambrose, historian, author, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans William Miller Collier, President of George Washington University, United States Ambassador to Spain, United States Ambassador to Chile Kirk Johnson, paleontologist, author, curator, museum administrator, and Sant Director of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
Art and architecture
Temple Hoyne Buell, architect Charles Luckman, architect of Madison Square Garden, among other projects
Business James Ford Bell, founder of General Mills Mark Bingham, public relations executive and one of the members of Flight 93 credited with trying to thwart September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by overpowering the hijackers. Clarence Birdseye, inventor of frozen food products Daniel Burke, former president and Chairman of the RT French Company (i.e., "French's Mustard") Steve Culbertson, President and CEO, Youth Service America Robert Hugh Daniel, founder of Daniel International Corporation David Gardner, founder of The Motley Fool Richard Jenrette, founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr. – Former President of S.C. Johnson & Son Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. – chairman and chief executive officer of S.C. Johnson & Son (1967–1988) Herbert Fisk Johnson III – Current Chairman and chief executive officer of S.C. Johnson & Son Edmund C. Lynch Jr., son to co-founder of financial services firm Merrill Lynch Paul Mellon, banker, philanthropist, and thoroughbred racehorse owner Charles Edward Merrill, co-founder of financial services firm Merrill Lynch John Sargent Pillsbury Sr., businessman and industrialist known for his role as CEO at Pillsbury Company Rufus Rand, president of the Minneapolis Gas Company Kemmons Wilson, founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels
Clergy
Joshua Young, D.D. (1823–1904), Unitarian minister of national renown, abolitionist
Entertainment Eddie Albert, actor known for his role on Green Acres Buddy Ebsen, actor known for The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones John Gavin, actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, and United States Ambassador to Mexico Paul Lieberstein, actor best known for his role on the American version of The Office Jerry Mathers (Delta Delta, 1977) actor best known for his role on Leave It to Beaver Steve Miller, musician known for the Steve Miller Band Boz Scaggs, musician Fred Weller, movie, television, and stage actor Van Earl Wright, sportscaster
Government
Richard Helms, 8th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Stansfield Turner, 12th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and United States Navy Admiral
Law
Albert S. Bard, lawyer and civic activist, 4th president of Chi Psi Melville Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States William Henry Gates Sr., attorney, philanthropist, and father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates Elbridge Thomas Gerry, lawyer, reformer, and second president of Chi Psi Randolph D. Moss, former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; established the legal justification for the targeted killing of terrorist leaders in foreign lands. Thomas Tongue, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
Literature and journalism Stephen Ambrose, historian, author, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans Taylor Branch, magazine editor and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King Lee Hawkins, author, journalist, musician Kenneth Roberts, historical novelist Clinton Scollard, poet and writer of fiction in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Richard Wilbur, poet, two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Military Captain Morris Brown Jr., Medal of Honor recipient James Chatham Duane, United States Army Brigadier General, one of Chi Psi's national founders; US Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers from October 1886, to June 1888 Ross T. Dwyer, United States Marine Corps Major General Daniel W. Hand, U.S. Army brigadier general Robert E. Kelley, United States Air Force General and former Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy George E. Leach, major general in the United States Army and two-time Republican Mayor of Minneapolis Henry Martyn Porter, Colonel in the Vermont Infantry and Provost Marshal for the city of New Orleans Philip Spencer, a Chi Psi's national founder and the center of the alleged incident of mutiny aboard the USS Somers; hanged at sea without a court-martial. Stansfield Turner, United States Navy Admiral and director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Politics Albert II, Prince of Monaco Nicholas F. Brady, United States Secretary of the Treasury Horatio C. Burchard, United States Congressman from Illinois, 13th Director of the United States Mint, and father of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Arne Carlson, 37th Governor of Minnesota Sean Casten, United States Congressman from Illinois William Miller Collier, United States Ambassador to Spain, United States Ambassador to Chile, and the president of George Washington University. Roy A. Cooper, North Carolina Attorney General and later Governor of North Carolina Jim Cooper, United States Congressman from Tennessee Orville Freeman, 29th Governor of Minnesota John Gavin, United States Ambassador to Mexico, actor, and president of the Screen Actors Guild H. John Heinz III, United States Senator from Pennsylvania John Newton Hungerford, United States Congressman from New York Richard Lamm, Governor of Colorado Julius Sterling Morton, 3rd Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture William Proxmire, United States Senator from Wisconsin Thomas Brackett Reed, 36th and 38th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives William Scranton, Governor of Pennsylvania and 38th United States Ambassador to the United Nations Edward S. Walker Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the UAE; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.
Sports Bill Belichick, National Football League Head Coach, New England Patriots Buzz Calkins, IRL driver Russ Francis, National Football League tight end, New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers, 3-time Pro-Bowler Buckshot Jones, NASCAR driver Waite Hoyt, New York Yankees pitcher, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Edwin W. Lee, college football player and coach, attorney, state court judge Eric Mangini, National Football League Head Coach, Cleveland Browns Hugh McElhenny, NFL running back, Hall of Famer Rob Oppenheim, PGA TOUR professional golfer Augie Pabst III, race car driver Vic Seixas, professional tennis player, Davis Cup winner Paul Arthur Sorg, famous horseman of the early 1900s, multi-millionaire, banker, paper mfg. Lake Speed, stock car racing driver Jeff Torborg, Major League Baseball catcher and manager Michael Busa, National Football League Quarterback and Bench Warmer
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