Phi Delta Theta

Famous alumni

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Art and architecture

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• Francis Chapin - Painter
• William Hook - Painter
• Hank Ketcham - Cartoonist, Creator of Dennis the Menace (US)
• Frank Lloyd Wright - Architect

Business

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• Robert Allen - Chairman, AT&T
• William Allen - CEO, Phillips Petroleum
• John Y. Brown, Jr. - Co-Founder, Kentucky Fried Chicken and former Kentucky Governor
• Barber Conable - President, World Bank
• Powell Crosley - Inventor, Owner of Cincinnati Reds
• William H. Danforth - Founder, Ralston Purina Mills Pet Food Company
• William F. Harrah - Founder, Harrah's Hotel and Casinos
• F. Ross Johnson - CEO, RJR Nabisco
• Robert Kinter - President ABC
• James T. Lenehan - President, Johnson & Johnson
• James McLamore - Founder, Burger King
• J. Willard Marriott - Founder, Marriott Corporation
• Roger Smith - Chairman, General Motors
• Frank Stanton - President CBS

Entertainment

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• Bill Bixby - Actor, Director, Writer, The Incredible Hulk, My Favorite Martian
• Dirk Benedict - Actor, The A-Team
• Dabney Coleman - Actor, Tootsie, Stewart Little
• Tim Conway, Actor, McHale's Navy, The Carol Burnett Show
• Colby Donaldson - Actor, Runner up on '
• George Eads - Actor, '
• Roger Ebert - Film Critic, Author
• Donald Gibb - Actor, Ogre in Revenge of the Nerds
• Van Heflin - Academy Award Winning Actor
• Jeffrey Hunter - Actor King of Kings
  
• Francis D. Lyon - Academy Award Winning Editor
• Michael McDonald - Actor, MADtv
• Jamie Murray - Actor, MTV's The Real World
• Burt Reynolds - Actor, Golden Globe winner, star of Smokey and the Bandit
• Bob Schieffer - CBS News Anchor
• Sonny Shroyer - Actor, Dukes of Hazzard
• Donald Simpson - Producer, Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop, Days of Thunder, Bad Boys, The Rock
• Robert Wise - Academy Award Winning Director/Producer West Side Story, Sound of Music

Military

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• John Henry Balch - Medal of Honor Recipient WWI
• John C. Black - Medal of Honor Recipient Civil War
• William P. Black - Medal of Honor Recipient Civil War
• Henry V. Boynton - Medal of Honor Recipient Civil War
• Robert W. Cary - Medal of Honor Recipient, Peace Time. Distinguished Service Cross WWI
• Charles G. Cooper - Commanding General, Pacific Fleet
• Frederick Funston - Medal of Honor Recipient Philippine-American War
• Robert Hampton Gray - Victoria Cross Recipient WWII
• Leonard D. Heaton - US Surgeon General
• Charles Horner - Commander NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command, Commander of Allied Air Force for Desert Storm
• Edward P. King - Commanding Officer, Bataan WWII
• John S. McCain, Sr. - Commander of all land-based naval aircraft in the South Pacific, WWII
• Scott O'Grady - USAF Captain shot down over Bosnia, rescued 6 days later
• Alexander R. Skinker - Medal of Honor Recipient WWI
• Leon Vance - Medal of Honor Recipient WWII

Politics

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• James Baker - Secretary of State, Founder of James Baker Institute
• Jon Corzine - US Senator
• John Foster - Secretary of State
• Garde Gardom - Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia (Canada)
• Benjamin Harrison - President of the United States
• David Houston - Secretary of Agriculture and Treasury
• Harold Ickes - Secretary of the Interior
• Sam Nunn - US Senator, Founder of The Nuclear Threat Initiative
• James C. McReynolds - Supreme Court Justice
• Sherman Minton - Supreme Court Justice
• Robert P. Patterson - Secretary of War
• Adlai Stevenson - Vice President of the United States
• Frederick Moore Vinson - Chief Justice Supreme Court

Space Exploration

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• Neil Armstrong - Commander of Apollo 11 and first man on the moon
• Jon McBride - NASA Astronaut, Columbia Space Shuttle
• F. Story Musgrave - NASA Astronaut, Space Shuttle Challenger, Space Shuttle Columbia

Sports

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• Dwight F. Davis - Tennis player, namesake of the Davis Cup
• Weeb Ewbank - NFL Coach
• Ralph Friedgen - Head Coach, University of Maryland, College Park football
• Lou Gehrig - New York Yankees, Baseball Hall of Fame
  
• Jack Ham - NFL Hall of Fame linebacker
• Tom Harmon - Heisman Trophy winner
• Hughie Jennings - Detroit Tigers, Baseball Hall of Fame
• Jim Otto - NFL Hall of Fame center
• Bill Payne - President, 1996 Atlanta Olympic Committee
• Grantland Rice - Legendary sportswriter
• Detlef Schrempf - NBA All-Star
• Steve Tasker - All Pro NFL player
• Bill Toomey - 1968 Gold Medalist, Decathlon
• Doak Walker - NFL Hall of Fame halfback, Heisman Trophy Winner
• Gary Williams - Head Coach, University of Maryland, College Park basketball