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Famous Alumni

More than 112,000 men have been initiated into Phi Kappa Psi since its founding, and many have achieved recognition in their field.

Public Service

  • U.S. President and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Woodrow Wilson

  • John F. Kennedy Jr.
  • Over a hundred members of Congress (including 18 senators and Speaker of the House Warren Keifer)
  • Three-term New York City Mayor and Bloomberg L.P. founder Mike Bloomberg,
  • Over a dozen state governors
  • Two directors of the Peace Corps
  • “Wild Bill” Donovan, the founding director of the Office of Strategic Services (the Central Intelligence Agency’s predecessor) and recipient of the Medal of Honor and of the Freedom Award
  • Stephen Hadley (National Security Advisor)

Academia

  • Over a dozen university presidents (among these are Priestley Medal recipient Edgar Fahs Smith, and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Detlev Bronk)
  • Rhodes scholars
  • Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Frederick Jackson Turner.
  • Three Phi Psis have served as presidents of the American Bar Association.

Military

  • Dozens of generals and admirals
  • “Father of the U.S. Air Force” Billy Mitchell
  • World War I Army Chief of Staff Tasker Bliss
  • National Security Agency director Kenneth Minihan
  • Three Judge Advocate Generals

Entertainment

  • Many have received Academy Awards, Emmys, Golden Globes, Grammys, and Tony Awards
  • Journalist Sy Hersh has won the Pulitzer Prize, Orwell Award and George Polk Award
  • Zach Braff (Garden State, Scrubs, Chicken Little)
  • Peter Graves (Airplane!, 7th Heaven, House MD)
  • Roy Scheider (Jaws, Law & Order, The Rainmaker)

Business

  • Bank of America founder Orra E. Monnette
  • Dow Chemical founder Herbert Dow
  • PIMCO founder Bill Gross
  • Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang.

Sports

  • Heisman Trophy winner Nile Kinnick
  • Olympic gold medalists
  • Olympic Swimmer Mark Spitz
  • “Father of College Basketball Coaching” Phog Allen
  • Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick

These are just a few of our many famous alumni. For more, check out Phi Kappa Psi on Wikipedia.