About Our Alumni
Notable Alumni
Among the many great alumni the brothers of Alpha Delta Phi look to for inspiration and education, there are a few that stand out before the rest. Click on a name below to read about each of these great Alpha Delts.
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Theodore Roosevelt | Salmon P. Chase | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
William Watts Folwell | Bernard "Bernie" W. Bierman | John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Among the Alumni
The following individuals are among the most prominent alumni of Alpha Delta Phi. The list includes past and present activities and is in no sense all- inclusive.
In Government
Joshua L. Chamberlain [Bowdoin, 1852]
Governor of Maine, President of Bowdoin College, Congressional Medal of Honor
Gettysburg Joseph H. Choate [Harvard, 1852]
Ambassador to Great Britain
Dwight F. Davis [Harvard, 1900]
Secretary of War
Donor of Davis Cup
William R. Day [Peninsular, 1870]
Secretary of State
Irving B. Dudley [Kenyon, 1882]
Ambassador to Brazil
Charles S. Fairchild [Harvard, 1863]
Secretary of the Treasury
James R. Garfield [Williams, 1885]
Secretary of the Interior
Frederick H. Gillett [Amherst, 1874]
Speaker, US House of Representatives
Frank 0. Horton [Chicago, 1903]
US Senator, Governor of Illinois
Charles H. Percey [Chicago, 1903]
US Senator
In the Clergy
Bishop Henry D. Aves [Kenyon, 1878]
Bishop Frederick Burgess [Brunonian, 1873]
Bishop Sheldon Griswold [Union, 1882]
Bishop John M. Kendrick [Kenyon, 1859]
Bishop Theodore B. Lyman [Hamilton, 1837]
Bishop Lyman C. Ogilby [Hamilton, 1943]
Bishop Lauriston L. Scaife [Phi Kappa, 1931]
Bishop Herbert Shipman [Columbia, 1890]
Bishop Dudley S. Stark [Phi Kappa, 1917]
In Law & The Judiciary
Henry B. Brown [Yale, 1856]
Justice, US Supreme Court
William R. Day [Penninsular, 1870]
Justice, US Supreme Court
Dana H. Porter [Toronto, 1921]
Chief Justice of Ontario
William B. Scott [McGill, 1912]
Chief Justice, Superior Court of Quebec
George Shiras, Jr. [Yale, 1853]
Justice, US Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone [Amherst, 1894]
Chief Justice, US Supreme Court
In Literature & Journalism
Samuel Hopkins Adams [Hamilton, 1891]
Author
Francis Bellamy [University of Rochester, 1876]
Author of the original Pledge of Allegiance
Phillip Barry [Yale, 1918]
Author
Stephen Vincent Benet [Yale, 1919]
Poet
Richard G. Eberhart [Minnesota, 1926]
Poet
John Farrar [Yale, 1918]
Poet, Publisher
Henry R. Luce [Yale, 1920]
Publisher of Time Life
Thornton Wilder [Yale, 1920]
Author, Playwright
Robert Ludlum [Middletown, 1959]
Novelist — The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum
Chris Miller [Dartmouth College, 1961]
Co-author of Animal House
In Education
Charles W. Eliot [Harvard, 1853]
President of Harvard University
G. Keith Funtson [Phi Kappa, 1932]
President of Trinity College
Robert M. Hutchins [Yale, 1921]
President of the University of Chicago
Eugene V. Rostow [Yale, 1933]
Dean of the Yale School of Law, Adviser to the US Department of State
Thomas B. Rudd [Hamilton, 1921]
President of Hamilton College
William Watts Folwell [Geneva, 1857]
President of the University of Minnesota
In the Arts
MacDonald Carey [Wisconsin, 1935]
Actor
C. Coles Phillips [Kenyon, 1905]
Actor
Frederick March [Wisconsin, 1920]
Actor
Monte Wolley [Yale, 1911]
Actor
In Science & Engineering
Dr. Frederick M. Allen [California, 1902]
Pioneer in Diabetes
Farmington Daniels [Minnesota, 1910]
Pioneer in Solar Energy
Dr. Hans Lisser [California, 1907]
Pioneer in Gland Disorders
William H. Masters [Hamilton, 1938]
Researcher in Human Sexuality
Louis Nicot Ridenour [Chicago, 1932]
Member of Atomic Energy Commission
In Business & Finance
C.F.W. Bruce [Toronto, 1926]
President, Aluminum Co. Of Canada
G. Keith Funston [Phi Kappa, 1932]
President, New York Stock Exchange
William R. Grace [Columbia, 1900]
W.R. Grace & Company
Arthur B. Homer [Brunonian, 1917]
President, Bethlehem Steel Company
Charles H. Percy [Chicago, 1941]
Chairman, Bell & Howell Corp.
Elwyn L. Smith [Cornell, 1917]
President, Smith-Corona Typewriter
Allan Sproul [California, 1919]
Director, Kaiser Aluminum
Frederick Weyerhaeuser [Yale, 1917]
Chairman, Weyerhaeuser Company
