List of Phi Eta Sigma members
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Phi Eta Sigma is an American freshman honor society that was founded at the University of Illinois on March 22, 1923.[1] Following is a list of some of its notable members.
- Nancy Bentley, professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania[2]
- Anthony E. Clark, Sinologist, historian and writer[3]
- William Dudley Geer, dean of the School of Business at Samford University
- Leigh Gerdine, president of Webster University and founder of the Opera Theatre of Saint Louis[4]
- Paul G. Halpern, naval historian at Florida State University[5]
- George Hilton Jones III, historian and college professor
- Kristen Kroll, stem cell biologist and Professor of Developmental Biology at Washington University School of Medicine
- David M. Lampton, director of China studies emeritus at the Johns Hopkins University[6]
- Ben Lawton, president of the University of Wisconsin's board of regents, physician, thoracic surgeon, and healthcare-reformer[7]
- Charles G. Overberger, chair of chemistry at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and the University of Michigan[8]
- Mercedes Richards, astronomy and astrophysics professor[9]
- Floyd Van Nest Schultz, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tennessee and Purdue University
- Seymour I. Schwartz, professor and chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Rochester
- Arthur Cutts Willard, president of the University of Illinois system[10]
- Martin King Whyte, sociology professor emeritus at Harvard University
Astronauts
- Joseph P. Allen, astronaut[11]
- James P. Bagian, physician, astronaut and engineer[12]
- Charles E. Brady Jr., astronaut, physician and Navy captain[13]
- Dale Gardner, astronaut[14]
- J. Wayne Littles, eighth director of the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center[15]
- Steven R. Nagel, test pilot, astronaut and engineer[16]
- Robert L. Stewart, NASA astronaut who was a brigadier general of the United States Army[17]
- David Wolf, astronaut, medical doctor, and electrical engineer[18]
Entertainment
- Allison Kreiger, model
Law
- James G. Exum, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives[19]
- Gabriel Marques, attorney, fiscal officer of Nassau County, New York, and an adjunct professor at Molloy College
- William C. Mims, Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Attorney General of Virginia, Virginia Senate, and Virginia House of Delegates
- Hardy Myers, Attorney General of Oregon and Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives[20]
- Wilkes C. Robinson, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims[21]
- Aaron Twerski, professor at Brooklyn Law School and dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law
Military
- John F. Bolt, U.S. naval aviator and flying ace
- A. Ernest Fitzgerald, member of the Senior Executive Service in the United States Air Force, and a prominent U.S. government whistleblower[22]
- Clyde Kenneth Harris, one of the "Monuments Men" during World War II[23]
- Robert L. Stewart, NASA astronaut who was a brigadier general of the United States Army[17]
Politics
- Rob Bryan, North Carolina Senate and North Carolina House of Representatives
- James G. Exum, Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court and member of the North Carolina House of Representatives[19]
- William C. Mims, Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, Attorney General of Virginia, Virginia Senate, and Virginia House of Delegates
- Hardy Myers, Attorney General of Oregon and Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives[20]
- Kenneth D. Schisler, Maryland House of Delegates and chair of the Maryland Public Service Commission[24]
- William F. Winter, Governor of Mississippi, Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, Treasurer of Mississippi, and Mississippi House of Representatives[25]