Theta Delta Chi

Theta Delta Chi (ΘΔΧ) is a social fraternity that was founded in 1847 at Union College. It is nicknamed Theta Delt.

Famous alumni

ARTS

• Robert Frost, Dartmouth 1896, four time Pulitzer Prize winning poet
• Alexander Woolcott, Hamilton 1896, drama critic NY Times, Herald-Tribune, Sun.
• Norman Hackett, Michigan 1898, actor
• Bellamy Partridge, Hobart 1900, author of “County Lawyer”
• Donald Parson, Havard 1905, author “Portraits of Keats” “Grass Flowers”
• Arthur Hornblow, Dartmouth 1915, film producer Paramount and MGM
• Frank Thomas, Stanford 1933, Thumpers (Bambi) creator
• George Mosel, Amherst 1944, Pulitzer Prize for “All the Way Home”
• John Nichols, Hamilton 1962, author “the Milagro Bean Field War” “the Sterile Cuckoo”
• James Woods, MIT 1969, actor

JOURNALISM

• Charles Miller (journalist), Dartmouth 1872, Editor-in-Chief NY Times
• S. Emory Thompson, Michigan 1904, publisher Chicago Times
• Frazier Hunt, Illinois 1908, writer and war correspondent
• Richard Wilson, Iowa State 1927, President of the National Press Club
• Harrison Salisbury, Minnesota 1929, Pulitzer Prize journalist

MEDICINE

• Frank Lahey, Harvard 1904, Founder of Boston’s Lahey Clinic
• Oliver Beahrs, Berkeley 1937, Head Surgery at the Mayo Clinic

PUBLIC LIFE

• Alien Beach, Union 1849, Lt. Governor of New York, Secretary of State
• W.D. Bloxham, William and Mary 1854, Governor of Florida
• Clemment H. Sinnickson, Union 1855, New Jersey (Rep.)
• John Hay, Brown 1858, Abraham Lincoln’s secretary, Secretary of State
• Henry J. Spooner, Brown 1860, Rhode Island (Rep.)
• Henry Gibson, Hobart 1862, Tennessee (Rep.)
• Daniel L. Rockwood, Union 1869, Democratic Representative
• Hon. John W. Griggs, Lafayette 1868, Governor of New Jersey, Attorney General
• Nathan F. Dixon, Jr., Brown 1869, Senator Rhode Island
• John Bellamy, Virginia 1875, Senator North Carolina
• Walter Stiness, Brown 1877, Rhode Island (Rep.)
• Thomas B. Kyle, Dartmouth 1880, Ohio (Rep.)
• Frederic C. Stevens, Bowdoin 1881, Minnesota (Rep.)
• Daniel J. McGillicuddy, Bowdoin 1881, Maine (Rep.)
• John A. Dix, Cornell 1883, Governor of New York
• Gonzalo de Quesada, CCNY 1888, founder of Cuban Republic (statue at Havana Park)
• J.H. Bartlett, Dartmouth 1894, Governor of New Hampshire
• Rollin Stanford, Tufts 1897, New York (Rep.)
• Earle S. Warner, Hobart 1902, US Supreme Court Justice
• William F. Love, Rochester 1903, New York Supreme Court Justice
• Frank H. Buck, Berkeley 1907, California (Dem.)
• Hans Schoefeld, Washington 1907, US Minister to Finland
• Maurice E. Crumpecker, Michigan 1909, Oregon (Rep.)
• Eric A. Johnston, Washington 1917, US Chamber of Commerce President
• Irving M. Ives, Hamilton 1919, Senator New York
• Arthur Kelly, Toronto 1920, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
• Louis P. Baeubien, McGill 1925, Senator of Canada from Quebec
• Herman P. Smith, Dartmouth 1933, Member of Congress from Pennsylvania
• Henry P. Smith, Dartmouth 1933, New York (Rep.)
• John W. Tuthill, William and Mary 1932, Ambassador to Brazil
• Alvin M. Bentley, Michigan 1940, Michigan (Rep.)
• John W. Brook, Toronto 1946, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
• Donald R. Steele, Toronto 1946, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
• Richard Holland, Toronto 1947, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
• Edward Saunders, Toronto 1949, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
• Robert L. Leggett, Berkeley 1948, Congressman from California
• Thomas R. Pickering, Bowdoin 1953, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
• Jerry Lewis, UCLA 1956, California (Rep.)
• Wesley C. Uhlman, Washington 1956, Mayor of Seattle

EDUCATION

• Albert W. Smith, Cornell 1878, Dean of Cornell Law School
• Ernest W. Huffcut, Cornell 1884, Dean of Cornell Law School
• Frederick C. Ferry, Williams 1891, President of Hamilton College
• Alexander Meiklejohn, Brown 1893, President of Amherst College
• Guy S. Ford, Wisconsin 1895, President of University of Minnesota, Phi Beta Kappa
• Samuel P. Capen, Tufts 1898, President of the University of Buffalo
• Winfred F. Smiter, Bowdoin 1899, President of John Hopkins University
• Edmund E. Day, Dartmouth 1905, President of Cornell University
• Chauncy Boucher, Michigan 1909, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska
• Robert E. Doherty, George Washington 1909, President of Carnegie Institute of Tech
• Leonard Carmichael, Tufts 1921, President of Tufts University, Secretary of Smithsonian
• Alvin D. Chandler, William and Mary 1922, President of College of William and Mary
• Francis H. Horn, Dartmouth 1930, President of the University of Rhode Island
• Norman Topping, Washington 1930, Chancellor of the University of Southern California
• Robert V. Schnabel, Bowdoin 1944, President of Valparaiso University
• Julian Gibbs, Amherst 1946, President of Amherst College
• W. Lawrence Gulick, Hamilton 1952, President of St. Lawrence College
• Elmer H. Capen, Tufts 1960, President of Tufts University

SCHOLARSHIP

• Stephan M. Babcock, Tufts 1886, inventor of the Babcock Centrifuge (butterfat testing)
• Herbert E. Bolton, Wisconsin 1895, President of the American Historical Association
• Carlos Baker, Dartmouth 1932, Hemingway biographer, scholar of Princeton University
• Lester C. Turow, Williams 1960, Dean of the Sloan School of Management (MIT)
• William A. McClung, Williams 1966, literary and architectural historian

MILITARY

• Benjamin Lamberton, Dickinson 1862, Admiral U.S. Navy
• Arthur J. Hepburn, Dickinson 1896, Admiral Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet
• Donald B. MacMillan, Bowdoin 1897, Arctic explorer, Rear Admiral, U.S.N.
• Robert W. Manss, Michigan 1930, Judge Advocare General of the U.S. Air Force
• Robert Lee Scott, Arizona State 1932, U.S. General
• Rudolf F. Peskens, Tufts 1966, Brigadier General U.S. Air Force

ARCHITECTURE

• Raymond M. Hood, Brown 1902, Rockefeller Center and Chicago Tribune

BUSINESS

• James R. Mellon, Washington and Jefferson 1865, President of Ligonier Valley Railroad
• Eugene Grace, Lehigh 1899, Chairman of the Board of Bethlehem Steel
• J. Frank Drake, Dartmouth 1902, Chairman of the Board of Gulf Oil Corporation
• Harvey Dow Gibson, Bowdoin 1902, President of the Manufacturers Trust Co
• Stanton Griffs, Cornell 1910, Chairman of the Board of Madison Square Garden
• Willard H. Dow, Williams 1919, President of Dow Chemical Corporation
• Leo D. Welch, Rochester 1919, Chairman of the Board of Standard Oil
• Myford Irvine, Stanford 1921, landholder in California, City of Irvine named after him
• [[George L. Smith, Columbia 1925, President of Kinney Shoe Company
• William H. Elliot, William and Mary 1928, President of Border Corporation
• Charles C. Tillinghast, Brown 1932, President of TWA, Chancellor of Brown University
• Karl J. Neer, Illinois 1933, President of Neer Oil Company
• James W. Kerr, Toronto 1937, President of TransCanada Pipelines
• William Edwards, Michigan 1939, President of Hilton Hotels
• Edwin A. Gee, George Washington 1941, CEO International Paper
• Charles K. Fletcher, Jr., Stanford 1950, Chairman of the Home Federal Saving Assoc
• Mark H. McCormack, William and Mary 1950, CEO International Management Group
• William J. Henry, William and Mary 1963, President Time Life Books, Inc.

ENGINEERING

• Alexander Holley, Brown 1853, Bessemer Steel, statue in Washington Square, NYC

SPORT

• Edward Marsh, Lehigh 1894, gold medalist 1900 Olympics – rowing
• Walter H. Snell, Brown 1913, player Boston Red Sox
• Clarence P. Houston, Tufts 1914, President of NCAA
• Leon Tuck, Dartmouth 1915, silver medalist 1920 Olympics – hockey
• Stanley Lomax, Cornell 1923, radio sports broadcaster
• Walter F. O’Malley, Pennsylvania 1926, owner of Brooklyn/LA Dodgers
• William F. McAfee, Jr., Michigan 1929, player Chicago White Sox
• John W. Allyn, Lafayette 1939, owner of Chicago White Sox
• Donald B. Canham, Michigan 1941, University of Michigan Athletic Director
• [[Harry Dalton], Amherst 1950, Executive VP Milwaukee Brewers
• William P. Ficker, Berkeley 1950, Winner of America’s Cup Race
• Benjamin L. Abruzzo, Illinois 1952, Crewmember of “Double Eagle II” (first trans-Atlantic balloon flight)
• Mark Donahue, Brown 1959, Indianapolis 500 Winner
• Darrin Nelson, Stanford 1981, Stanford All-American, player Minnesota Vikings
• Chuck Muncie, Berkeley 1975, player New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers
• Garin Veris, Stanford 1985, player New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers

CLERGY

• RT. Rev. J.H.D. Wingfield, William and Mary 1853, Bishop of North Carolina
• RT. Rev. A.M. Randolph, William and Mary 1855, Bishop of Virginia
• Rev. Franklin Clark Fry, Hamilton 1921, President of the Lutheran Church of America
• RT. Rev. Robert C. Rusack, Hobart 1947, Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

External links

• http://www.tdx.org/ - Official site