List of Chi Psi members

Following is a list of Chi Psi members that includes notable initiates of Chi Psi.

Academics and museums

 * Stephen Ambrose, historian, author, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans
 * William Miller Collier, President of George Washington University, United States Ambassador to Spain, United States Ambassador to Chile
 * Kirk Johnson, paleontologist, author, curator, museum administrator, and Sant Director of Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History

Art and architecture

 * Temple Hoyne Buell, architect
 * Charles Luckman, architect of Madison Square Garden, among other projects

Business

 * James Ford Bell, founder of General Mills
 * Mark Bingham, public relations executive and one of the members of Flight 93 credited with trying to thwart September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks by overpowering the hijackers.
 * Clarence Birdseye, inventor of frozen food products
 * Daniel Burke, former President and Chairman of the RT French Company (i.e., "French's Mustard")
 * Steve Culbertson, President and CEO, Youth Service America
 * Robert Hugh Daniel, founder of Daniel International Corporation
 * David Gardner, founder of The Motley Fool
 * Richard Jenrette, founder of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
 * Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr. – Former President of S.C. Johnson & Son
 * Samuel Curtis Johnson Jr. – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of S.C. Johnson & Son from 1967 – 1988.
 * Herbert Fisk Johnson III – Current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of S.C. Johnson & Son
 * Edmund C. Lynch Jr., son to co-founder of financial services firm Merrill Lynch
 * Paul Mellon, banker, philanthropist, and thoroughbred racehorse owner
 * Charles Edward Merrill, co-founder of financial services firm Merrill Lynch
 * Hubertus van der Vaart, Rhodes Scholar, and co-founder/Chairman of SEAF (Small Enterprise Assistance Funds)
 * Kemmons Wilson, founder of the Holiday Inn chain of hotels

Clergy

 * Joshua Young, D.D. (1823–1904), Unitarian minister of national renown, abolitionist

Entertainment

 * Eddie Albert, actor known for his role on Green Acres
 * Buddy Ebsen, actor known for The Beverly Hillbillies and Barnaby Jones
 * John Gavin, actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild, and United States Ambassador to Mexico
 * Allan Jones, movie producer
 * Paul Lieberstein, actor best known for his role on the American version of The Office
 * Jerry Mathers, actor best known for his role on Leave It to Beaver
 * Steve Miller, musician known for the Steve Miller Band
 * Boz Scaggs, musician
 * Fred Weller, movie, television, and stage actor

Government

 * Nicholas F. Brady, United States Secretary of the Treasury
 * Richard Helms, 8th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
 * Stansfield Turner, 12th Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and United States Navy Admiral
 * Julius Sterling Morton, 3rd Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture

Law

 * Albert S. Bard, lawyer and civic activist, 4th president of Chi Psi
 * Melville Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States
 * William Henry Gates Sr., attorney, philanthropist, and father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
 * Elbridge Thomas Gerry, lawyer, reformer, and second president of Chi Psi
 * Randolph D. Moss, former United States Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel; established the legal justification for the targeted killing of terrorist leaders in foreign lands.
 * Thomas Tongue, Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court

Military

 * Captain Morris Brown Jr., Medal of Honor recipient
 * James Chatham Duane, United States Army Brigadier General, one of Chi Psi's national founders; US Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Engineers from October 1886, to June 1888
 * Ross T. Dwyer, United States Marine Corps Major General
 * Daniel W. Hand, U.S. Army brigadier general
 * Robert E. Kelley, United States Air Force General and former Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
 * Henry Martyn Porter, Colonel in the Vermont Infantry and Provost Marshal for the city of New Orleans
 * Philip Spencer, a Chi Psi's national founder and the center of the alleged incident of mutiny aboard the USS Somers; hanged at sea without a court-martial.
 * Stansfield Turner, United States Navy Admiral and director of the Central Intelligence Agency

Politics

 * Albert II, Prince of Monaco
 * Horatio C. Burchard, United States Congressman from Illinois, 13th Director of the United States Mint, and father of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
 * Arne Carlson, 37th Governor of Minnesota
 * Sean Casten, United States Congressman from Illinois
 * William Miller Collier, United States Ambassador to Spain, United States Ambassador to Chile, and the president of George Washington University.
 * Roy A. Cooper, North Carolina Attorney General and later Governor of North Carolina
 * Jim Cooper, United States Congressman from Tennessee
 * Orville Freeman, 29th Governor of Minnesota
 * John Gavin, United States Ambassador to Mexico, actor, and president of the Screen Actors Guild
 * H. John Heinz III, United States Senator from Pennsylvania
 * John Newton Hungerford, United States Congressman from New York
 * Richard Lamm, Governor of Colorado
 * John S. Pillsbury, 8th Governor of Minnesota
 * William Proxmire, United States Senator from Wisconsin
 * Thomas Brackett Reed, 36th and 38th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
 * William Scranton, Governor of Pennsylvania and 38th United States Ambassador to the United Nations
 * Edward S. Walker Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the UAE; Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.

Sports

 * Bill Belichick, National Football League Head Coach, New England Patriots
 * Buzz Calkins, IRL driver
 * Russ Francis, National Football League tight end, New England Patriots and San Francisco 49ers, 3-time Pro-Bowler
 * Buckshot Jones, NASCAR driver
 * Eric Mangini, National Football League Head Coach, Cleveland Browns
 * Waite Hoyt, New York Yankees pitcher, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer
 * Hugh McElhenny, NFL running back, Hall of Famer
 * Rob Oppenheim, PGA TOUR Professional Golfer
 * Augie Pabst III, race car driver
 * Vic Seixas, professional tennis player, Davis Cup winner
 * Jeff Torborg, Major League Baseball catcher and manager
 * Van Earl Wright, sportscaster
 * Riley Davis, college basketball writer
 * Paul Arthur Sorg, famous horseman of the early 1900s, multi-millionaire, banker, paper mfg.
 * Edwin W. Lee, college football player and coach, attorney, state court judge

Literature and journalism

 * Stephen Ambrose, historian, author, and professor of history at the University of New Orleans
 * Taylor Branch, magazine editor and author of the Pulitzer Prize winning trilogy chronicling the life of Martin Luther King
 * Lee Hawkins, author, journalist, musician
 * Kenneth Roberts, historical novelist
 * Clinton Scollard, poet and writer of fiction in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
 * Richard Wilbur, poet, two-time recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry