Phi Gamma Delta
Business and philanthropy
Tom Ryan (University of Rhode Island): Founder, Owner & President, CVS
Philip H. Knight (Oregon, 1959): Co-Founder, Owner & President, Nike Corporation
John A. "Jack" Rodgers (Kansas, 1953): Sr. Vice President (retired), Starbucks Coffee
Alfred J. Verrecchia (Rhode Island, 1965): Chief Operating Officer, Hasbro Inc.
Jeff Fettig (Indiana, 1979): CEO of Whirlpool Corporation
Civil service
John N. Hostettler (Rose-Hulman Institute of Tech., 1983): (U.S. House of Reps., IN)
Victor G. Atiyeh (Oregon, 1945): Former Governor of Oregon
Calvin Coolidge (Amherst, 1895): Thirtieth President of the United States of America
Frank Iacobucci (British Columbia, 1962): Former Justice, Supreme Court of Canada
oseph R. "Bob" Kerrey (Nebraska, 1965): U.S. Senator, Nebraska; Former Governor of Nebraska
Robert S. McNamara (Berkeley, 1937): Former United States Secretary of Defense
Frank O'Bannon (Indiana, 1952): Former Governor of Indiana
Charles E. Rushmore: Namesake, Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Newton D. Baker (The Johns Hopkins University, 1892): Former Secretary of War
Charles W. Fairbanks (Ohio Wesleyan, 1872): Twenty-Sixth Vice President of the
United States; Namesake, Fairbanks, Alaska
Thomas R. Marshall (Wabash, 1873): Twenty-Eighth Vice President of the United States
Entertainment
John W. "Johnny" Carson (Nebraska, 1949): Former host, NBC's The Tonight Show
John Ritter (Southern California, 1970): Actor, Three's Company
Scott Bakula (Kansas, 1977): Actor, Quantum Leap
Matthew C. Fox (Columbia, 1989): Actor, Lost
Dermot Mulroney (Northwestern University, 1985): Actor, My Best Friend's Wedding
Luis Moro (Rutgers, 1987): Actor, "Love & Suicide"
Morgan Spurlock (NYU, 1993): Independent Movie Director, creator of Supersize Me
Chris Rhoads (Oklahoma State University, 2004): Musician
Media and literature
Roone Arledge (Columbia, 1952): President, ABC News and Sports
Stuart W. Evey (Washington, 1956): Former Chairman of the Board, ESPN
Brian P. Lamb (Purdue, 1963): Founder and host, C-SPAN
J. Richard Munro (Colgate University, 1957): Co-Founder of HBO, Chairman of Time Warner Inc.
E.B. White (Cornell, 1921): Novelist, author of Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, amongst other literary works
David H. DePatie (Sewanee, 1951): Film Producer, producer of animated cartoons based on Friz Freleng's animated titles for Blake Edwards' "Pink Panther" films.
Science, technology and medicine
Luis W. Alvarez (Chicago, 1932): Nobel Prize winner, Physics, 1968
Eugene Cernan (Purdue, 1956): Former astronaut, Apollo and Gemini space programs
J. Allen Harris (British Columbia, 1922): Co-discoverer of the 61st chemical element illinium in 1926, renamed promethium in 1949
Jack Swigert (Colorado, 1953): Former astronaut, Apollo program
Sports
Mark Loretta (Northwestern University, 1993): Professional baseball Player
Billy Cundiff (Drake University): Professional football player
Brian D. Griese (Michigan, 1997): Professional football player
Jerry Pate (University of Alabama, 1974): Professional golfer; winner, 1976 U.S. Open
Hale Irwin (Colorado, 1967): Professional golfer; member, World Golf Hall of Fame
Christopher "Christy" Mathewson (Bucknell, 1902): Professional baseball player Baseball Hall of Fame
Jack Nicklaus (Ohio State, 1961): Professional golfer; member, World Golf Hall of Fame
Roger Penske (Lehigh, 1959): Co-founder of Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART); owner of Penske Racing, winner 14 Indianapolis 500s and 9 CART points titles
Dean Smith (Kansas, 1953): Former University of North Carolina basketball coach; member, Basketball Hall of Fame
Payne Stewart (Southern Methodist, 1979): Professional golfer; member, World Golf Hall of Fame
John Cappelletti (Penn State University), Professional football player, winner, Heisman Trophy
E.J. Holub (Texas Tech University): Professional football player, Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs, Collegiate All-American, AFL All-Star
Medal of Honor recipients
Tedford H. Cann (New York, 1920): Seaman, USN
Marcellus H. Chiles (Colorado College, 1916): Captain, USA
George H. Ramer (Bucknell, 1950): 2nd Lieutenant, USMC Reserve
Joseph R. Kerrey (Nebraska, 1965): Lieutenant, Junior Grade, USN Reserve SEAL Team
Joseph H. Thompson (Pittsburgh, 1905): Major, USA
“Many of my greatest memories of college are from the experiences I had in Phi Gamma Delta. I gained many long time friendships from these years.”
- Jerry Pate (Alabama 1975) Professional Golfer
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