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Sigma Phi is an American collegiate fraternity.[1] It was founded in 1827 at Union College in Schenectady, New York.[1] Following is a list of some of its notable members.

Art and architecture

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Name Chapter Notability References
Bradford Perkins Wisconsin, Cornell Architect and founder of Perkins Eastman Architects [2]
Montgomery Schuyler Hobart architect and influential architecture critic in New York City [3]
Philip Will Jr. Cornell Architect, co-founder of architecture firm Perkins+Will, and president of the American Institute of Architects [4]

Business

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Name Chapter Notability References
J. Patrick Doyle Michigan former CEO of Domino's Pizza [5]
Seth Flowerman Cornell Entrepreneur, CEO of PLT Health Solutions [6]
Leonard Jerome Union American financier and the maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill [7]
Charles F. Knight Cornell chairman and CEO of Emerson Electric [8]
James M. Loree Union CEO of Stanley Black & Decker [9]
Charlie Munger Michigan former vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway [10][11]
Peter Busch Orthwein Cornell founder and chairman of Thor Industries [12]
Howard Potter Union American industrialist, investment banker, diplomat and philanthropist, and a partner in Brown Bros. & Co. [7]
Ratan Tata Cornell businessman and former chairman of Tata Sons [13]
Jay Walker Cornell founder of Priceline [11][13]

Education

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Name Chapter Notability References
Israel Ward Andrews Williams professor and president of Marietta College [14][15][3]
Matthew H. Buckham Vermont president of the University of Vermont [3][16]
Mortimer Elwyn Cooley professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Michigan, mechanical and consulting engineer [17]
George W. Eaton Union president of Colegate University and Madison University [3][18]
Stephen Gilman Princeton Hispanist, Guggenheim Fellow, professor at Harvard University, Ohio State University, and Princeton University [17]
George Wheeler Hinman Hamilton president of Marietta College, publisher of the Chicago Herald and Examiner, editor and manager of Chicago Inter Ocean [17]
Oren Root II Hamilton professor of mathematics and natural sciences at Hamilton College; professor of English at the University of Missouri; Presbyterian minister [3]
William A. Shanklin Hamilton president of Upper Iowa University and Wesleyan University, Methodist minister [3][19]
Theodore Sterling Hobart president of Kenyon College [3]
M. Woolsey Stryker Hamilton president of Hamilton College and Presbyterian minister [3][19]
Anson J. Upson Hamilton Chancellor of the Regents of the University of the State of New York [3][20]
Andrew Dickson White Hobart co-founder and first president of Cornell University, U.S. Ambassador to Germany [19][1][3]
William Dwight Whitney Williams linguist, professor at Yale University, and first president of the American Philological Association [21]

Entertainment

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Name Chapter Notability References
Nat Faxon Hamilton Actor, comedian, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter [22]
Arthur C. Nielsen Wisconsin creator of Nielsen ratings [11]

Government and public service

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Name Chapter Notability References
Daniel Butterfield Union Assistant Treasurer of the United States, composer of Taps bugle call, Civil War general [3][1]
Joel Erhardt Vermont police commissioner for the New York Police Department, U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, and the Collector of the Port of New York [3]
John Jay Knox Jr. Hamilton Comptroller of the Currency of the United States [3]

Law

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Name Chapter Notability References
Douglass Boardman Hobart justice of the Supreme Court of New York, Dean of Cornell Law School [7][3]
Orsamus Cole Union United States Congressman from Wisconsin and 6th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court [7][3]
George F. Comstock Union Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals [1]
John A. Denison Vermont judge of the Supreme Court of Colorado and mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts [17]
Thomas Nelson Williams Chief Justice of Oregon Territory [23]
Joseph Mullin Union justice of the New York Supreme Court, United States Congressman from New York [7]
James Noxon Hamilton, Union Member New York Supreme Court and New York politician [7]
Abram B. Olin Williams Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia and United States Congressman [7]
Enoch Rosekrans Union judge of the New York Court of Appeals [7][24]
Earl Warren California Chief Justice of the United States, Governor of California [3]

Literature and journalism

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Name Chapter Notability References
George Grenville Benedict Vermont editor and publisher of The Burlington Daily Free Press, Vermont Senate [3]
John Bigelow Union historian who edited the complete works of Benjamin Franklin, United States Minister to France, and Secretary of State of New York [3]
Henry Martyn Field Williams publisher and editor of The Evangelist [3]
Chester Sanders Lord Hamilton editor of the New York Sun [17][3]
Guy E. Shipler editor of The Churchman, writer for Business Week, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, and Time [17][25]
Mansfield Tracy Walworth Union author [1]
William Dwight Whitney Williams editor-in-chief of The Century Dictionary, linguist, philologist, lexicographer, and first president of the American Philological Association [21]
Samuel Wilkeson Jr. Williams journalist with the New York Times and the New-York Tribune, editor of The Democracy in Buffalo, owner of the Albany Evening Journal [3]

Military

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Name Chapter Notability References
George Grenville Benedict Vermont American Civil War hero and Medal of Honor recipient [3]
Daniel Butterfield Union Civil War general, composer of Taps bugle call, and Assistant Treasurer of the United States [3][1]
John Cochrane Union Brigadier General in the Civil War, United States Congressman from New York, Attorney General of New York [3][1]
Henry Rathbone Union prominent in the U.S. Army, present in Lincoln's booth at Ford's Theatre; was stabbed tackling John Wilkes Booth [3]

Politics

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Name Chapter Notability References
Samuel W. Beall Union Lt. Governor of Wisconsin, Sigma Phi Society founder [7][1]
Henry E. Barbour Union U.S. Representative from California [17]
George Grenville Benedict Vermont Vermont Senate; editor and publisher of The Burlington Daily Free Press [3]
John Bigelow Union United States Minister to France, Secretary of State of New York, and historian who edited the complete works of Benjamin Franklin [3]
Thomas Fielder Bowie Princeton, Union United States Congressman, founding member of Sigma Phi [3]
William W. Campbell Union United States Congressman from New York [7]
Clark B. Cochrane Union United States Congressman from New York [7]
John Cochrane Union United States Congressman from New York, Attorney General of New York, and Brigadier General in the Civil War [3][1]
Orsamus Cole Union United States Congressman from Wisconsin and 6th Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court [7][3]
Archibald B. Darragh Michigan U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan [3]
Thomas Treadwell Davis Hamilton United States Congressman from New York [7]
Ken Dryden Cornell Canadian Member of Parliament, former professional hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame [26][27]
Edwin Einstein Union United States Congressman from New York [7]
Charles J. Folger Hobart United States Secretary of the Treasury [7][3]
Eugene Foss Vermont United States House of Representatives and served as a three-term governor of Massachusetts [17]
A. Oakey Hall New York former Mayor of New York [1]
John F. Hartranft Union former Governor of Pennsylvania [7][3]
John T. Hoffman Union former Governor of New York [7][3]
John James Ingalls Williams United States Senator from Kansas [7][3]
Samuel Knox Williams United States Congressman from Missouri [7]
Addison H. Laflin Williams United States Congressman from New York [7][3]
Truman A. Merriman Hobart United States Congressman from New York [7][3]
Joseph Mullin Union United States Congressman from New York, justice of the New York Supreme Court [7]
Abram B. Olin Williams United States Congressman from New York and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia [7][3]
Andrew Oliver Union United States Congressman from New York [7]
Theodore Otis Union politician [3]
Elihu Root Hamilton Canadian Member of Parliament, U.S. Secretary of War, U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel Peace Prize Winner [7][3][28]
Charles B. Sedgwick Hamilton United States Congressman from New York [7]
James S. Sherman Hamilton Vice President of the United States and United States Congressman from New York [7][3]
Gilbert Carlton Walker Williams Governor of Virginia, United States Congressman from Virginia [7][3]
Andrew Dickson White Hobart U.S. Ambassador to Germany, co-founder and first president of Cornell University [1]

Religion

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Name Chapter Notability References
Charles E. Cheney Hobart clergyman and second bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church [3]
George William Knox Hamilton Missionary in Japan, author, and theologian [3]
Oren Root II Hamilton theologian, Presbyterian minister, college professor [3]
William A. Shanklin Hamilton Methodist minister and university president [19]
M. Woolsey Stryker Hamilton Presbyterian minister and president of Hamilton College [19]
Lemuel H. Wells Hobart first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Spokane [3]
George Worthington Hobart second bishop of Nebraska in the Episcopal Church [7][3]

Science and medicine

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Name Chapter Notability References
Lewis Sayre New York leading American orthopedic surgeon of the 19th century and president of the American Medical Association [7]

Sports

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Name Chapter Notability References
Ken Dryden Cornell former professional hockey player, Hockey Hall of Fame, Canadian Member of Parliament [26][27]
Larry Tanenbaum Cornell chairman of MLSE, owner of the Toronto Raptors and Toronto Maple Leafs [13]
Ward Wettlaufer Hamilton amateur golfer [29]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Baird, William Raimond (1879). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities.
  2. ^ Blum, Betty J. (1986). "Oral History of Lawrence Bradford Perkins". Chicago Art Institute. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au Catalogue of the Sigma Phi: E.P.V. Sigma Phi Society. 1915 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Guide to the Philip Will, Jr. papers, 1941-1985". rmc.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "J Patrick Doyle, Restaurant Brands International Inc: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "Dorm Room Titans". Forbes. September 14, 2006. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Greek Letter Men of New York. Umbdenstock Publishing Company. 1899. p. 98.
  8. ^ "Never Forget These Brothers" (PDF). Sigma Phi Flame (130): 19. December 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  9. ^ Parker, Garrett (February 23, 2019). "10 Things You Didn't Know about Stanley Black & Decker CEO James Loree". Money Inc. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  10. ^ La Roche, Julia (February 13, 2013). "17 Fraternities With Top Wall Street Alumni". Business Insider. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c "Our alumni - Wisc". Sigma Phi Society. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  12. ^ Epsilon Sigs in 2019 (PDF). Ithaca, New York: Epsilon Association Inc. 2019. p. 5. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
  13. ^ a b c "Notable Alumni". Cornell IFC. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  14. ^ Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Company. 1927. p. 23.
  15. ^ "Andrews, Israel Ward, Dd, Lld from the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia". McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia Online. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  16. ^ "Former President Matthew H. Buckham (1871 - 1910)". The University of Vermont. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Company. 1927. p. 193.
  18. ^ "George W. Eaton papers, A1029 | Archives". Colegate University. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  19. ^ a b c d e Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Company. 1927. p. 24.
  20. ^ "Auburn Theological Seminary.; The Rev. Dr. Anson J. Upson Inaugurated as Professor of Sacred Rhetoric and Pastoral Theology" (PDF). The New York Times. September 17, 1880. p. 3. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  21. ^ a b Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Company. 1927. p. 25.
  22. ^ "Nat Faxon '97 Co-writes The Descendants". Hamilton College. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  23. ^ Teiser, Sidney. “The Second Chief Justice of Oregon Territory: Thomas Nelson.” Oregon Historical Quarterly 48, no. 3 (1947): 215
  24. ^ "Enoch H. Rosekrans". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  25. ^ "Guy Shipler". Nevada Press Association. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  26. ^ a b Walter, Marcus (September 14, 2009). "Ken Dryden '69 returns with Bill Bradley to muse on sports, service, and leadership". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  27. ^ a b "Ken Dryden (2005)". academicallamerica.com. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
  28. ^ Jessup, Philip C., Elihu Root. Vol. I, 1845-1909; Vol. II, 1905-1937. New York, Dodd, Mead, 1938.
  29. ^ "Herbert Ward Wettlaufer '59 | Necrology - 1950s". Hamilton Magazine | Hamilton College. Summer 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
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