List of American Whig–Cliosophic Society members
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The American Whig–Cliosophic Society, is a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University. It is the oldest debate union in the United States. Following is a list of some of the notable members of the American Whig–Cliosophic Society
Academia
| Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah Day | Clio (honorary), inducted 1817 | President of Yale University | [1] |
| Samuel Eusebius McCorkle | Clio, class of 1772 | Presbyterian preacher, teacher, and the interceptor and progenitor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, | [2] |
| Eliphalet Nott | Clio (honorary), inducted in 1816 | President of Union College | [1] |
| Joseph S. Nye, Jr. | Whig–Cliosophic, class of 1958 | Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, chair of the National Intelligence Council | [3] |
| John Rawls | Whig–Cliosophic, class of 1943 | professor of philosophy at Harvard University | [4] |
| Tapping Reeve | Clio (founder), Class of 1763 | Founder of the first law school in the United States | [5] |
| Samuel Stanhope Smith | Whig (founder), class of 1769 | President of Princeton University | [6] |
Law
Literature and journalism
| Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | Whig, Class of 1917 | Author | [11][12] |
| Philip Freneau | Whig (founder), Class of 1771 | Co-authored the first American novel; the Poet of the American Revolution | [9] |
| Ramesh Ponnuru | Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1995 | Senior editor for the National Review | |
| Booth Tarkington | Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1893 | Novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | [13] |
| Mark Twain | Clio (honorary), inducted 1901 | author and humorist | [14] |
| Stan Lee | Clio (honorary) | comic book writer and editor | [15] |