List of Chi Psi members

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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[2] "Mark Bingham Leadership Fund". Calfund.org. September 11, 2001. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[3] "Steve | YSA". Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

[4] "Deaths LYNCH, EDMUND CALVERT, JR". The New York Times. May 22, 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[amherst-5] 1 2 "Remembering James Merrill at Amherst". Amherst.edu. August 5, 1946. Archived from the original on March 25, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[6] "Charles Merrill, Broker, Dies; Founder of Merrill Lynch Firm". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[7] "Fraternity Men in Entertainment | Student Life" (PDF). Davidson University. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 23, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[nic_indy-8] 1 2 Archived November 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine

[9] "The Spectator". Hamilton College. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[10] "Fifty Years as The Beaver -- Jerry Mathers, ΔΔ'73: Central Character of TV's Longest Running Show" (PDF). The Purple and Gold. 125 (1): 6–7. Fall 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011.

[11] "July/August 2010". Carolina Alumni Review. July 1, 2010. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[12] "The Founding of Chi Psi – Chi Psi Fraternity". Chipsi.org. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

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[15] Henderson, Ira Wemmell, ed. (February 1907). "Alumni of Alpha Epsilon". The Purple and Gold. Vol. XXIV. Auburn, NY: Chi Psi Fraternity. p. 114 – via Google Books.

[16] "Spencer House – Chi Psi – 1909 (Philip Spencer) | Williams College Facilities". Facilities.williams.edu. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[17] "Prince Albert, X'81, Vladimir Putin Enjoy a Reel Good Time in Siberia" (PDF). The Purple and Gold. 125 (1): 5. Fall 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011.

[18] "Residential Life | Bowdoin College". Archived from the original on July 17, 2010. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

[19] "Environmental Resources Overview". Portal.state.pa.us. Archived from the original on September 5, 2013. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[20] "Under The Hoodie". ESPN. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

[nic_press_room-21] 1 2 "Press Room | North-American Interfraternity Conference - advocating and assisting the fraternity experience". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved August 20, 2010.

[:1-22] 1 2 "Greeks in Racing". NIC Indy. Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2025 – via web.archive.org.

[23] "Greeks in Racing". NIC Indy. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2025.