Owl Club (Harvard)

The Owl Club is an all-male final club at Harvard University founded in 1896.

History
The Owl Club was founded in 1896 by Reginald Mansfield Johnson, Malcolm Scollay Greenough, Jr., Frazier Curtis, Preston Player, Charles Clifford Payson, Austen Fox Riggs, and Dudley Hall Bradlee, Jr. Originally established as a secret society, the Club held its meetings in Cambridge's Polo Club Alley before purchasing land on the corner of Holyoke Street and Holyoke Place in 1901.

In 1905, architect James Purdon of Purdon & Little drew up plans for the Georgian clubhouse, and on June 24 of that year the cornerstone of the present clubhouse was laid. The new building was formally opened on March 24, 1906, the tenth anniversary of the Club.

In 1916, it was voted to officially change the name from “Phi Delta Psi Club” to “Owl Club”. The club had become known as The Owl as an abbreviation of its Greek name, Ἀυλὸς χαὶ Ἔκπωμα.

Notable members

 * Archibald C. Coolidge '87, Harvard professor and diplomat (Honorary Member).
 * Robert W. Bliss '00, American diplomat (Honorary Member).
 * Edward B. Cole '02, United States Marine Corps Major, expert on machine guns, casualty at the Battle of Belleau Wood
 * Harry Elkins Widener '07, Benefactor and namesake, Widener Library of Harvard University; casualty on the wreck of the RMS Titanic ocean liner.
 * George Minot, '08, Winner of the 1934 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
 * George Biddle, '08, American muralist and painter.
 * Hanford MacNider, '11, United States Army Lieutenant General and Assistant Secretary of War.
 * Bobby Jones, '24, Amateur golfer and winner of the Grand Slam in 1930; Founder of Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters Tournament.
 * William Gurdon Saltonstall, '28, American educator, ninth Principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.
 * Theodore Roosevelt III, '36, Grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.
 * Robert G. Stone, Jr., '45-'47, Former Chairman of the Harvard Corporation.
 * J. William Middendorf, III, '47, U.S. Secretary of the Navy from 1974 to 1977; U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Organization of American States.
 * Edward "Ted" Kennedy, '54-'56, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts.
 * Rupert Hitzig '60, American director, producer, actor, and screenwriter who produced The Last Dragon (1985), Jaws 3 (1983), and The Squeeze (1987)
 * Hardwick Simmons '62, former Chairman and CEO of the Nasdaq Stock Market
 * Richard Darman, '64, Senior Advisor to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
 * Tommy Lee Jones '69, American actor, Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Fugitive
 * Sean M. Healey, '70, Founder, Chairman, and Former CEO of AMG.
 * Charles Hamlin, '70, Member of 1968 US Olympic rowing team.
 * Ford M. Fraker, '71, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; President of the Middle East Policy Council.
 * Richard Cashin, '75, Member of 1976 US Olympic rowing team.
 * Christopher Wood, '75, Member of 1976 US Olympic rowing team.
 * Alan Shealy, '75, Member of 1976 US Olympic rowing team.
 * Thomas Foley, '75, American politician and business man, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland from 2006 to 2009
 * Andy Cadiff '77, American producer and television director who directed Chasing Liberty
 * Raymond McGuire '79, former Global Head of Corporate and Investment banking of Citigroup, New York City mayoral candidate, and current President of Lazard
 * Bruce Menin '84, American businessman
 * Charles Veley, '87, World's most-traveled man.
 * Cole Toner, '16, American football offensive guard. Drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft
 * Colin Blackwell '16, NHL ice hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks
 * Alexander Kerfoot '17, NHL ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
 * Adam Fox, '20, NHL ice hockey defense man for the New York Rangers. 2021 winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman.
 * Reilly Walsh '21, NHL ice hockey player for the New Jersey Devils
 * Jack Drury '22, NHL ice hockey player for the Carolina Hurricanes
 * Marshall Rifai '22 NHL ice hockey player for the Toronto Marlies
 * Alex Laferriere '23 NHL ice hockey player for the Los Angeles Kings