• More than 104,000 members have been initiated into Phi Kappa Psi since its founding in 1852.

• Over 100 Phi Psis have served as members of the U.S. Congress, including 17 Senators

• Members have served in the following positions with the U.S. government: President of the United States, Attorney-General, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Army (2), Postmaster General, Director of the Peace Corps (2), FDIC Chairman, and U.S. Ambassador (7)

• At least 12 members have served as state (or territory) governors

Government & Public Service

• Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States (1913-1921)

• United States Senators Paul Coverdell (R-GA) and Evan Bayh (D-IN)

• Governors of Hawaii, Indiana, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania & W. Virginia

• Federal and State Legislators from California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington & West Virginia

• Supreme Court Justices in Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Mississippi, Ohio & Pennsylvania

Arts & Entertainment

• Actors: Zach Braff (Scrubs), John Astin (Addams Family), Peter Graves (Mission Impossible, A&E's Biography), Edward Herrmann (Franklin & Eleanor, Lost Boys), Roy Scheider (Jaws, All That Jazz, Blue Thunder, 2010) & Edward Everett Horton

• Poets & Authors: James Thurber, James Whitcomb Riley

• Screenwriters: Steve Tesich (Breaking Away, World According to Garp), Tom Parker (Flintstones, Richie Rich)

Sports

• Mark Spitz, Olympic swimming legend, won 7 gold medals in 1972 (Indiana Beta, Indiana University, 1969)

• Terry Bowden, former college football coach and current broadcaster (West Virginia Alpha, West Virginia University, 1975)

• Tex Schramm, Pro Football Hall of Fame member, former Dallas Cowboys GM, key NFL innovator (Texas Alpha, University of Texas at Austin, 1940)

• Jeff Cirillo, current Major League Baseball player, All-Star 1997 and 2000 (California Delta, University of Southern California, 1989)

• Nile Kinnick, Heisman Trophy winner (1939) (Iowa Alpha, University of Iowa, 1938)

• Jerry Colangelo, Basketball Hall of Fame member, former Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks majority owner (Illinois Delta, University of Illinois, 1959)

• Ron Yary, Pro Football Hall of Fame member, Outland Trophy winner (1967), NFL first overall draft choice (1968) (California Delta, University of Southern California, 1966)

• Other NFL players: Craig Lefferts, San Francisco Giants; Glen Beckert, Chicago Cubs; Bill Nelson, Cleveland Browns; Jeff Cirillo, Milwaukee Brewers; John Michels, Green Bay Packers

• Owners or Presidents of the Dallas Cowboys, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Hawks, Phoenix Suns & San Antonio Spurs

Business

• Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg Enterprises (Maryland Alpha, Johns Hopkins University)

• John F. Kennedy, Jr, founder of George magazine, son of President John F. Kennedy

• Jerry Yang, Yahoo! co-founder and CEO (California Beta, Stanford University, 1987)

• Benjamin Lutch, Excite co-founder (California Beta, Stanford University, 1991)

• Jerry Nelson, Ticketmaster founder (California Epsilon, UCLA, 1948)

• Angus G. Wynne, Jr., Six Flags founder (Texas Alpha, University of Texas at Austin, 1933)

• Herbert H. Dow, Dow Chemical Company founder (Ohio Epsilon, Case Institute of Technology)

• Presidents, V. Presidents, and Directors of: Republic Aviation, NBC, Minute Maid, Fuller & Smith & Ross, J. Walter Thompson, Johns-Manville, Lowry Foods, Blistex Inc., Subaru of America, J. L. Kraft, Swanson, Nestle, Hershey Foods, US Bancorp, Oscar Mayer, General Mills, Quaker Oats, NY Stock Exchange, J. C. Penney, E. I. Dupont, Phillips Petroleum, Allied Ch emical, Boeing, Bekins, American Cyanamid, Lehman Brothers, Coleman Camping, Bendix, Kaiser Steel, AMF-Head, Coca Cola USA, and countless other Fortune 500 companies

Military

• Brig. General William L. "Billy" Mitchell (father of the U.S. Air Force)

• Colonel William J. "Wild Bill" Donovan (Medal of Honor winner; Founder of the modern CIA and U.S. Special Forces)

• Gen. Tasker H. Bliss (delegate to 1919 Peace Conference)

• Astronaut Owen Garriott (Skylab 2)

• Over 40 other Generals and Admirals

Education

• Current Presidents of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Creighton, Slippery Rock & the University of West Virginia

• Former Presidents of Princeton, Hood College, Washington & Jefferson, Johns Hopkins, Kentucky, Ilinois, Hawaii, Wheaton, Case Western Reserve, University of San Francisco, Richmond, Dickinson & Penn State

• More than twenty Rhodes Scholars