# List of Chi Psi members

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Following is a **list of Chi Psi members** that includes notable initiates of [Chi Psi](/source/Chi_Psi).

## Academics and museums

- [Stephen Ambrose](/source/Stephen_Ambrose), historian, author, and professor of history at the [University of New Orleans](/source/University_of_New_Orleans)
- [William Miller Collier](/source/William_Miller_Collier), President of [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University), [United States Ambassador to Spain](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Spain), [United States Ambassador to Chile](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Chile)
- [Kirk Johnson](/source/Kirk_Johnson_(scientist)), [paleontologist](/source/Paleontologist), author, curator, museum administrator, and Sant Director of [Smithsonian](/source/Smithsonian_Institution)'s [National Museum of Natural History](/source/National_Museum_of_Natural_History)

## Art and architecture

- [Temple Hoyne Buell](/source/Temple_Hoyne_Buell), architect
- [Charles Luckman](/source/Charles_Luckman), architect of [Madison Square Garden](/source/Madison_Square_Garden), among other projects

## Business

- [James Ford Bell](/source/James_Ford_Bell), founder of General Mills[1]
- [Mark Bingham](/source/Mark_Bingham), [public relations](/source/Public_relations) executive and one of the members of [Flight 93](/source/United_Airlines_Flight_93) credited with trying to thwart September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by overpowering the hijackers.[2]
- [Clarence Birdseye](/source/Clarence_Birdseye), inventor of frozen food products
- [Daniel Burke](http://www.americanbiblehistory.com/daniel_burke.html), former president and Chairman of the [RT French Company](/source/French's) (i.e., "[French's Mustard](/source/French's)")
- [Steve Culbertson](/source/Steve_Culbertson), President and CEO, [Youth Service America](/source/Youth_Service_America)[3]
- [Robert Hugh Daniel](/source/Robert_Hugh_Daniel), founder of [Daniel International Corporation](/source/Daniel_International_Corporation)
- [David Gardner](/source/David_Gardner_(The_Motley_Fool)), founder of [The Motley Fool](/source/The_Motley_Fool)
- [Richard Jenrette](/source/Richard_Jenrette), founder of [Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette](/source/Donaldson,_Lufkin_%26_Jenrette)
- [Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr.](/source/Herbert_Fisk_Johnson_Jr.) – Former President of [S.C. Johnson & Son](/source/S.C._Johnson_%26_Son)
- [Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr.](/source/Samuel_Curtis_Johnson_Jr.) – chairman and chief executive officer of [S.C. Johnson & Son](/source/S.C._Johnson_%26_Son) (1967–1988)
- [Herbert Fisk Johnson III](/source/Herbert_Fisk_Johnson_III) – Current Chairman and chief executive officer of [S.C. Johnson & Son](/source/S.C._Johnson_%26_Son)
- [Edmund C. Lynch Jr.](/source/Edmund_C._Lynch), son to co-founder of financial services firm [Merrill Lynch](/source/Merrill_Lynch)[4]
- [Paul Mellon](/source/Paul_Mellon), banker, philanthropist, and thoroughbred racehorse owner
- [Charles Edward Merrill](/source/Merrill_Lynch), co-founder of financial services firm [Merrill Lynch](/source/Merrill_Lynch)[5][6]
- [John Sargent Pillsbury Sr.](/source/John_Sargent_Pillsbury_Sr.), businessman and industrialist known for his role as CEO at Pillsbury Company[1]
- [Rufus Rand](/source/Rufus_Rand), president of the Minneapolis Gas Company[1]
- [Kemmons Wilson](/source/Kemmons_Wilson), founder of the [Holiday Inn](/source/Holiday_Inn) chain of [hotels](/source/Hotels)

## Clergy

- [Joshua Young](/source/Joshua_Young), D.D. (1823–1904), Unitarian minister of national renown, [abolitionist](/source/Abolitionism_in_the_United_States)

## Entertainment

- [Eddie Albert](/source/Eddie_Albert), actor known for his role on [Green Acres](/source/Green_Acres)[7]
- [Buddy Ebsen](/source/Buddy_Ebsen), actor known for *[The Beverly Hillbillies](/source/The_Beverly_Hillbillies) and [Barnaby Jones](/source/Barnaby_Jones)*
- [John Gavin](/source/John_Gavin), actor, president of the [Screen Actors Guild](/source/Screen_Actors_Guild), and [United States Ambassador to Mexico](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Mexico)[8]
- [Paul Lieberstein](/source/Paul_Lieberstein), actor best known for his role on the American version of *[The Office](/source/The_Office_(U.S._TV_series))*[9]
- [Jerry Mathers](/source/Jerry_Mathers) (*Delta Delta*, 1977) actor best known for his role on *[Leave It to Beaver](/source/Leave_It_to_Beaver)*[10]
- [Steve Miller](/source/Steve_Miller_(musician)), musician known for the [Steve Miller Band](/source/Steve_Miller_Band)
- [Boz Scaggs](/source/Boz_Scaggs), musician
- [Fred Weller](/source/Fred_Weller), movie, television, and stage actor[11]
- [Van Earl Wright](/source/Van_Earl_Wright), sportscaster

## Government

- [Richard Helms](/source/Richard_Helms), 8th Director of the [Central Intelligence Agency](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency)
- [Stansfield Turner](/source/Stansfield_Turner), 12th Director of the [Central Intelligence Agency](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency) and [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [Admiral](/source/Admiral)

## Law

- [Albert S. Bard](/source/Albert_S._Bard), lawyer and civic activist, 4th president of Chi Psi
- [Melville Fuller](/source/Melville_Fuller), 8th [Chief Justice of the United States](/source/Chief_Justice_of_the_United_States)
- [William Henry Gates Sr.](/source/William_Henry_Gates_Sr.), attorney, philanthropist, and father of [Microsoft](/source/Microsoft) founder [Bill Gates](/source/Bill_Gates)
- [Elbridge Thomas Gerry](/source/Elbridge_Thomas_Gerry), lawyer, reformer, and second president of Chi Psi
- [Randolph D. Moss](/source/Office_of_Legal_Counsel), former [United States Assistant Attorney General](/source/United_States_Assistant_Attorney_General) for the Office of Legal Counsel; established [the legal justification for the targeted killing of terrorist leaders](https://web.archive.org/web/20120911003347/http://www.refuseandresist.org/big_brother/102801ciatargets.html) in foreign lands.
- [Thomas Tongue](/source/Thomas_Tongue), Associate Justice of the [Oregon Supreme Court](/source/Oregon_Supreme_Court)

## Literature and journalism

- [Stephen Ambrose](/source/Stephen_Ambrose), historian, author, and professor of history at the [University of New Orleans](/source/University_of_New_Orleans)
- [Taylor Branch](/source/Taylor_Branch), magazine editor and author of the [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize) winning trilogy chronicling the life of [Martin Luther King](/source/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.)
- [Lee Hawkins](/source/Lee_Hawkins_(journalist)), author, journalist, musician
- [Kenneth Roberts](/source/Kenneth_Roberts_(author)), historical novelist
- [Clinton Scollard](/source/Clinton_Scollard), poet and writer of fiction in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
- [Richard Wilbur](/source/Richard_Wilbur), poet, two-time recipient of the [Pulitzer Prize for Poetry](/source/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Poetry)[5]

## Military

- [Captain Morris Brown Jr.](/source/Morris_Brown_Jr.), [Medal of Honor](/source/Medal_of_Honor) recipient
- [James Chatham Duane](/source/James_Chatham_Duane), [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) [Brigadier General](/source/Brigadier_General), one of Chi Psi's national founders;[12] US Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers from October 1886, to June 1888[13]
- [Ross T. Dwyer](/source/Ross_T._Dwyer), [United States Marine Corps](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) [Major General](/source/Major_General)[14]
- [Daniel W. Hand](/source/Daniel_W._Hand), U.S. Army brigadier general[15]
- [Robert E. Kelley](/source/Robert_E._Kelley), [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) [General](/source/General) and former Superintendent of the [United States Air Force Academy](/source/United_States_Air_Force_Academy)
- [George E. Leach](/source/George_E._Leach), [major general](/source/Major_general_(United_States)) in the [United States Army](/source/United_States_Army) and two-time [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) [Mayor of Minneapolis](/source/List_of_mayors_of_Minneapolis)[1]
- [Henry Martyn Porter](/source/Henry_Martyn_Porter), Colonel in the Vermont Infantry and [Provost Marshal](/source/Provost_Marshal) for the city of [New Orleans](/source/New_Orleans)
- [Philip Spencer](/source/Philip_Spencer_(sailor)), a Chi Psi's national founder and the center of the alleged incident of mutiny aboard the [USS *Somers*](/source/USS_Somers_(1842)); hanged at sea without a [court-martial](/source/Court-martial).[16]
- [Stansfield Turner](/source/Stansfield_Turner), [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) [Admiral](/source/Admiral) and director of the [Central Intelligence Agency](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency)

## Politics

- [Albert II, Prince of Monaco](/source/Albert_II,_Prince_of_Monaco)[17]
- [Nicholas F. Brady](/source/Nicholas_F._Brady), [United States Secretary of the Treasury](/source/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Treasury)
- [Horatio C. Burchard](/source/Horatio_C._Burchard), [United States Congressman](/source/United_States_House_of_Representatives) from Illinois, 13th Director of the [United States Mint](/source/United_States_Mint), and father of the [Consumer Price Index](/source/Consumer_Price_Index) (CPI).
- [Arne Carlson](/source/Arne_Carlson), 37th [Governor of Minnesota](/source/Governor_of_Minnesota)
- [Sean Casten](/source/Sean_Casten), [United States Congressman](/source/United_States_Congressman) from [Illinois](/source/Illinois)
- [William Miller Collier](/source/William_Miller_Collier), [United States Ambassador to Spain](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Spain), [United States Ambassador to Chile](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Chile), and the president of [George Washington University](/source/George_Washington_University).
- [Roy A. Cooper](/source/Roy_A._Cooper), [North Carolina Attorney General](/source/North_Carolina_Attorney_General) and later [Governor of North Carolina](/source/Governor_of_North_Carolina)
- [Jim Cooper](/source/Jim_Cooper), [United States Congressman](/source/United_States_Congressman) from [Tennessee](/source/Tennessee)
- [Orville Freeman](/source/Orville_Freeman), 29th [Governor of Minnesota](/source/Governor_of_Minnesota)
- [John Gavin](/source/John_Gavin), [United States Ambassador to Mexico](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_Mexico), actor, and president of the [Screen Actors Guild](/source/Screen_Actors_Guild)[8]
- [H. John Heinz III](/source/H._John_Heinz_III), [United States Senator](/source/United_States_Senator) from [Pennsylvania](/source/Pennsylvania)
- [John Newton Hungerford](/source/John_Newton_Hungerford), [United States Congressman](/source/United_States_Congressman) from New York
- [Richard Lamm](/source/Richard_Lamm), [Governor of Colorado](/source/Governor_of_Colorado)
- [Julius Sterling Morton](/source/Julius_Sterling_Morton), 3rd Secretary of the [United States Department of Agriculture](/source/United_States_Department_of_Agriculture)
- [William Proxmire](/source/William_Proxmire), [United States Senator](/source/United_States_Senator) from [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin)
- [Thomas Brackett Reed](/source/Thomas_Brackett_Reed), 36th and 38th [Speaker of the United States House of Representatives](/source/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives)[18]
- [William Scranton](/source/William_Scranton), [Governor of Pennsylvania](/source/Governor_of_Pennsylvania) and 38th [United States Ambassador to the United Nations](/source/United_States_Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations)[19]
- [Edward S. Walker Jr.](/source/Edward_S._Walker_Jr.), former [U.S. Ambassador](/source/Ambassadors_of_the_United_States) to [Israel](/source/Israel), [Egypt](/source/Egypt), and the [UAE](/source/UAE); [Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs](/source/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_Near_Eastern_Affairs).

## Sports

- [Bill Belichick](/source/Bill_Belichick), [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) Head Coach, [New England Patriots](/source/New_England_Patriots)[20][21]
- [Buzz Calkins](/source/Buzz_Calkins), IRL driver[22]
- [Russ Francis](/source/Russ_Francis), [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) tight end, [New England Patriots](/source/New_England_Patriots) and [San Francisco 49ers](/source/San_Francisco_49ers), 3-time [Pro-Bowler](/source/Pro_Bowl)
- [Buckshot Jones](/source/Buckshot_Jones), NASCAR driver[23]
- [Waite Hoyt](/source/Waite_Hoyt), [New York Yankees](/source/New_York_Yankees) pitcher, [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) Hall of Famer
- [Edwin W. Lee](/source/Edwin_W._Lee), [college football](/source/College_football) player and coach, attorney, state court judge
- [Eric Mangini](/source/Eric_Mangini), [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) Head Coach, [Cleveland Browns](/source/Cleveland_Browns)[21]
- [Hugh McElhenny](/source/Hugh_McElhenny), [NFL](/source/NFL) running back, Hall of Famer
- [Rob Oppenheim](/source/Rob_Oppenheim), [PGA TOUR](/source/PGA_TOUR) professional golfer
- [Augie Pabst III](/source/Augie_Pabst_III), race car driver
- [Vic Seixas](/source/Vic_Seixas), professional [tennis](/source/Tennis) player, [Davis Cup](/source/Davis_Cup) winner
- [Paul Arthur Sorg](/source/Paul_Arthur_Sorg), famous horseman of the early 1900s, multi-millionaire, banker, paper mfg.
- [Lake Speed](/source/Lake_Speed)**,** stock car racing driver[22]
- [Jeff Torborg](/source/Jeff_Torborg), [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) catcher and manager
- [Michael Busa](/source/Michael_Busa), [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League) Quarterback and Bench Warmer

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1. ["Fifty Years as The Beaver -- Jerry Mathers, ΔΔ'73: Central Character of TV's Longest Running Show"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723040019/http://www.chipsi.org/resource/resmgr/png_stuff/pngfall7.pdf). *The Purple and Gold*. **125** (1): 6–7. Fall 2007. Archived from [the original](http://www.chipsi.org/resource/resmgr/png_stuff/pngfall7.pdf) on July 23, 2011.

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1. ["Prince Albert, X'81, Vladimir Putin Enjoy a Reel Good Time in Siberia"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110723040019/http://www.chipsi.org/resource/resmgr/png_stuff/pngfall7.pdf). *The Purple and Gold*. **125** (1): 5. Fall 2007. Archived from [the original](http://www.chipsi.org/resource/resmgr/png_stuff/pngfall7.pdf) on July 23, 2011.

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1. ["Environmental Resources Overview"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130905075810/http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/environmental_resources_overview/4129/environmental_resources%2C_mg_208-209/436573). Portal.state.pa.us. Archived from [the original](http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/environmental_resources_overview/4129/environmental_resources,_mg_208-209/436573) on September 5, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

1. ["Under The Hoodie"](https://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=belichick&redirected=true). [ESPN](/source/ESPN). Retrieved May 30, 2014.

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