Sigma Phi is an American collegiate fraternity.[1] It was founded in 1827 at Union College in Schenectady, New York.[1] Following is a list of some of its notable members.

Art and architecture

NameChapterNotability
Bradford PerkinsWisconsin, CornellArchitect and founder of Perkins Eastman Architects[2]
Montgomery SchuylerHobartarchitect and influential architecture critic in New York City[3]
Philip Will Jr.CornellArchitect, co-founder of architecture firm Perkins&Will, and president of the American Institute of Architects[4]

Business

NameChapterNotability
J. Patrick DoyleMichiganformer CEO of Domino's Pizza[5]
Seth FlowermanCornellEntrepreneur, CEO of PLT Health Solutions[6]
Leonard JeromeUnionAmerican financier and the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill[7]
Charles F. KnightCornellchairman and CEO of Emerson Electric[8]
James M. LoreeUnionCEO of Stanley Black & Decker[9]
Charlie MungerMichiganformer vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway[10][11]
Peter Busch OrthweinCornellfounder and chairman of Thor Industries[12]
Howard PotterUnionAmerican industrialist, investment banker, diplomat and philanthropist, and a partner in Brown Bros. & Co.[7]
Ratan TataCornellbusinessman and former chairman of Tata Sons[13]
Jay WalkerCornellfounder of Priceline[11][13]

Education

NameChapterNotability
Mortimer Elwyn Cooleyprofessor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, mechanical and consulting engineer[14]
George W. EatonUnionpresident of Colegate University and Madison University[3][15]
Stephen GilmanPrincetonHispanist, Guggenheim Fellow, professor at Harvard University, Ohio State University, and Princeton University[14]
George Wheeler HinmanHamiltonpresident of Marietta College, publisher of the Chicago Herald and Examiner, editor and manager of Chicago Inter Ocean[14]
Oren Root IIHamiltonprofessor of mathematics and natural sciences at Hamilton College; professor of English at the University of Missouri; Presbyterian minister[3]
William A. ShanklinHamiltonpresident of Upper Iowa University and Wesleyan University, Methodist minister[3][16]
M. Woolsey StrykerHamiltonpresident of Hamilton College and Presbyterian minister[3][16]
Andrew Dickson WhiteHobartco-founder and first president of Cornell University, U.S. Ambassador to Germany[16][1][3]
William Dwight WhitneyWilliamslinguist, professor at Yale University, and first president of the American Philological Association[17]

Entertainment

NameChapterNotability
Nat FaxonHamiltonActor, comedian, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter[18]
Arthur C. NielsenWisconsincreator of Nielsen ratings[11]

Government and public service

NameChapterNotability
Daniel ButterfieldUnionAssistant Treasurer of the United States, composer of Taps bugle call, Civil War general[3][1]
Joel ErhardtVermontpolice commissioner for the New York Police Department, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, and the Collector of the Port of New York[3]
John Jay Knox Jr.HamiltonComptroller of the Currency of the United States[3]

Law

NameChapterNotability
Douglass BoardmanHobartjustice of the Supreme Court of New York, Dean of Cornell Law School[7][3]
Orsamus ColeUnionUnited States Congressman from Wisconsin and 6th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court[7][3]
George F. ComstockUnionChief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals[1]
John A. DenisonVermontjudge of the Supreme Court of Colorado and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts[14]
Thomas NelsonWilliamsChief Justice of Oregon Territory[19]
Joseph MullinUnionjustice of the New York Supreme Court, United States Congressman from New York[7]
James NoxonHamilton, UnionMember New York Supreme Court and New York politician[7]
Abram B. OlinWilliamsAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and United States Congressman[7]
Earl WarrenCaliforniaChief Justice of the United States, Governor of California[3]

Literature and journalism

NameChapterNotability
George Grenville BenedictVermonteditor and publisher of The Burlington Daily Free Press, Vermont Senate[3]
John BigelowUnionhistorian who edited the complete works of Benjamin Franklin, United States Minister to France, and Secretary of State of New York[3]
Henry Martyn FieldWilliamspublisher and editor of The Evangelist[3]
Chester Sanders LordHamiltoneditor of the New York Sun[14][3]
Mansfield Tracy WalworthUnionauthor[1]
William Dwight WhitneyWilliamseditor-in-chief of The Century Dictionary, linguist, philologist, lexicographer, and first president of the American Philological Association[17]
Samuel Wilkeson Jr.Williamsjournalist with the New York Times and the New-York Tribune, editor of The Democracy in Buffalo, owner of the Albany Evening Journal[3]

Military

NameChapterNotability
George Grenville BenedictVermontAmerican Civil War hero and Medal of Honor recipient[3]
Daniel ButterfieldUnionCivil War general, composer of Taps bugle call, and Assistant Treasurer of the United States[3][1]
John CochraneUnionBrigadier General in the Civil War, United States Congressman from New York, Attorney General of New York[3][1]
Henry RathboneUnionprominent in the U.S. Army, present in Lincoln's booth at Ford's Theatre; was stabbed tackling John Wilkes Booth[3]

Politics

NameChapterNotability
Samuel W. BeallUnionLt. Governor of Wisconsin, Sigma Phi Society founder[7][1]
Henry E. BarbourUnionU.S. Representative from California[14]
George Grenville BenedictVermontVermont Senate; editor and publisher of The Burlington Daily Free Press[3]
John BigelowUnionUnited States Minister to France, Secretary of State of New York, and historian who edited the complete works of Benjamin Franklin[3]
Thomas Fielder BowiePrinceton, UnionUnited States Congressman, founding member of Sigma Phi[3]
William W. CampbellUnionUnited States Congressman from New York[7]
Clark B. CochraneUnionUnited States Congressman from New York[7]
John CochraneUnionUnited States Congressman from New York, Attorney General of New York, and Brigadier General in the Civil War[3][1]
Orsamus ColeUnionUnited States Congressman from Wisconsin and 6th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court[7][3]
Archibald B. DarraghMichiganU.S. House of Representatives from Michigan[3]
Thomas Treadwell DavisHamiltonUnited States Congressman from New York[7]
Ken DrydenCornellCanadian Member of Parliament, former professional hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame[20][21]
Edwin EinsteinUnionUnited States Congressman from New York[7]
Charles J. FolgerHobartUnited States Secretary of the Treasury[7][3]
Eugene FossVermontUnited States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts[14]
A. Oakey HallNew Yorkformer Mayor of New York[1]
John F. HartranftUnionformer Governor of Pennsylvania[7][3]
John T. HoffmanUnionformer Governor of New York[7][3]
John James IngallsWilliamsUnited States Senator from Kansas[7][3]
Samuel KnoxWilliamsUnited States Congressman from Missouri[7]
Addison H. LaflinWilliamsUnited States Congressman from New York[7][3]
Truman A. MerrimanHobartUnited States Congressman from New York[7][3]
Joseph MullinUnionUnited States Congressman from New York, justice of the New York Supreme Court[7]
Abram B. OlinWilliamsUnited States Congressman from New York and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia[7][3]
Andrew OliverUnionUnited States Congressman from New York[7]
Theodore OtisUnionpolitician[3]
Elihu RootHamiltonCanadian Member of Parliament, U.S. Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize Winner[7][3][22]
Charles B. SedgwickHamiltonUnited States Congressman from New York[7]
James S. ShermanHamiltonVice President of the United States and United States Congressman from New York[7][3]
Gilbert Carlton WalkerWilliamsGovernor of Virginia, United States Congressman from Virginia[7][3]
Andrew Dickson WhiteHobartU.S. Ambassador to Germany, co-founder and first president of Cornell University[1]

Religion

NameChapterNotability
Charles E. CheneyHobartclergyman and second bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church[3]
George William KnoxHamiltonMissionary in Japan, author, and theologian[3]
Oren Root IIHamiltontheologian, Presbyterian minister, college professor[3]
William A. ShanklinHamiltonMethodist minister and university president[16]
M. Woolsey StrykerHamiltonPresbyterian minister and president of Hamilton College[16]
Lemuel H. WellsHobartfirst Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane[3]
George WorthingtonHobartsecond bishop of Nebraska in the Episcopal Church[7][3]

Science and medicine

NameChapterNotability
Lewis SayreNew Yorkleading American orthopedic surgeon of the 19th century and president of the American Medical Association[7]

Sports

NameChapterNotability
Ken DrydenCornellformer professional hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame, Member of Parliament in Canada[20][21]
Larry TanenbaumCornellchairman of MLSE, owner of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs[13]
Ward WettlauferHamiltonamateur golfer[23]

See also

References

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  10. ^ La Roche, Julia (2013-02-13). "17 Fraternities With Top Wall Street Alumni". Business Insider. Retrieved 2020-11-02.
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  18. ^ "Nat Faxon '97 Co-writes The Descendants". Hamilton College. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
  19. ^ Teiser, Sidney. “The Second Chief Justice of Oregon Territory: Thomas Nelson.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 48, no. 3 (1947): 215
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  23. ^ "Herbert Ward Wettlaufer '59 | Necrology - 1950s". Hamilton Magazine | Hamilton College. Summer 2016. Retrieved 2023-02-15.