NOTABLE ALUMNI
The most notable Phi Delta Phi alumni.
United States Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, Judges, and Lawyers.
More information about alumni and the organization can be found here. Please note that these are members who have been in the organization of Phi Delta Phi. We acknowledge the certain immoral and unjust associations and acts of certain members. These individuals are listed as the past cannot be rewritten, and to ignore it is to ignore pertinent political issues. More information about each individual can be seen by clicking their photograph.
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR.
Former White House Chief of Staff and Senator (Tennessee)
JAMES A. BAKER, III
Former White House Chief of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of Treasury, and Under Secretary of Commerce
BIRCH E. BAYH
Former U.S. Senator (Indiana) and Speaker of the Indiana Member of House of Representatives
HUGO BLACK
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. and Senator (Alabama)
ROBERT H. BORK
Former U.S. Attorney General and Solicitor General of the U.S.
WILLIAM J. BRENNAN
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
ELLEN BURNS
Former Senior Judge and Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut
BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. and Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
PAMELA CARTER
Former Indiana Attorney General
* first black woman to serve as a state's attorney general
ARCHIBALD COX
Former Special Prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice and Solicitor General of the U.S.
GERALD R. FORD
Former President of the U.S. (38th) and Vice President of the U.S. (40th)
JOYCE HENS GREEN
Current Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for D.C.
Former Presiding Judge of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
Former Chief Justice of the U.S., U.S. Secretary of State, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S., and Governor of New York
DANIEL K. INOUYE
Former President pro tempore of the U.S., Senator (Hawaii), and Member of House of Representatives
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HENRY M. JACKSON
Former United States Senator (Washington), and Member of House of Representatives
THOMAS PENFIELD JACKSON
Former Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for D.C.
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LEON JAWORSKI
Former Special Prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice
ANTHONY M. KENNEDY
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S., and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
ROBERT F. KENNEDY
Former Senator (New York), and U.S. Attorney General
PATRICK LEAHY
Current President pro tempore of the United States Senate (etc.), Senator (Vermont)
Former State's Attorney of Chittenden County, Vermont
KARL LLEWELLYN
One of the Twenty most cited American legal scholars of the 20th century
THURGOOD MARSHALL
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S., Solicitor General of the United States, and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Former President of the United States (25th), Governor of Ohio, and Member of House of Representatives
GERALD T. MCLAUGHLIN
Former Dean of Loyola Law School
EDWIN MEESE, III
Former U.S. Attorney General and Counselor to the President
WALTER MONDALE
Former Vice President of the United States (42nd), U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Senator
(Minnesota), and Attorney General of Minnesota
SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S., Judge of Court of Appeals
for Division One in Arizona, etc.
*First female associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.
SAMUEL PIERCE,JR.
Former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
*First African-American partner of a major New York firm,
LEWIS F. POWELL, JR.
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
WILLIAM L. PROSSER
Former Dean of UC Berkeley School of Law
Known for Prosser on Torts
JAMES DANFORTH “DAN” QUAYLE
Former Vice President of the United States (44th), Senator (Indiana), Member of House of Representatives
SAM RAYBURN
Former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Member of House of Representatives (Texas)
WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST
Former Chief Justice of the U.S. and U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
STEPHEN R. REINHARDT
Former Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
OWEN J. ROBERTS
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Former President of the U.S. (44th), Governor of New York, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, etc.
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Former President of the U.S. (26th), Vice President of the U.S. (25th), Governor of New York, etc.
ANTONIN SCALIA
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S., Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit, and U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
MYRA C. SELBY
Former Associate Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court
*First African American and first woman appointed to the highest state court in Indiana
WILLIAM FRENCH SMITH
Former U.S. Attorney General
KENNETH W. STARR
Former Independent Counsel for the Whitewater Controversy, Solicitor General of the U.S., and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit
JOHN PAUL STEVENS
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S., and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
ADLAI STEVENSON
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Governor of Illinois
POTTER STEWART
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S., and Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
WILLIAM H. TAFT
Former President of the United States (27th), Chief Justice of the U.S., U.S. Secretary of War, etc
EARL WARREN
Former Chief Justice of the U.S., Governor of California, Attorney General of California, etc.
BYRON R. WHITE
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S., and U.S. Deputy Attorney General
WENDELL WILLKIE
Former U.S. Republican Presidential Candidate in 1940