List of Philolexian Society members

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The Philolexian Society of Columbia University is one of the oldest college literary and debate societies in the United States. Following is a partial list of Philolexian Society members organized by area of notability.

Architecture and engineering

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Julian Clarence Levi 1894 Architect [1]
William Barclay Parsons 1879 Civil engineer and founder of Parsons Brinckerhoff [2]
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Business

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Horatio Allen 1823 President of Erie Railroad, civil engineer, and inventor [3][4]
William Backhouse Astor Sr. 1811 Business magnate [3][4]
William Backhouse Astor Jr. 1849 Businessman, racehorse owner and breeder, and yachtsman [3][4]
Douglas Black 1915 President of Doubleday and Company [2][5]
Stuyvesant Fish 1871 Illinois Central Railroad president [6][7]
Robert Goelet 1860 Businessman and yachtsman [3][8]
James Lenox 1818 President of the New York Chamber of Commerce, bibliophile, and philanthropist [3][4]
Ward Melville 1909 Founding president of Thom McAn, Melville Corporation (CVS Health), and philanthropist behind Stony Brook University [9]
John Lloyd Stephens 1822 Founder and vice president of the Panama Railroad Company, Special Ambassador to Central America, explorer, and author [10][3]
John Aikman Stewart 1840 Banker [11][3]
William R. Travers 1838 Businessman and first president of the Saratoga Race Course [2][3]
Lawrence Wien 1925 Real instate investor and attorney who pioneered real estate syndicates [2]
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Clergy

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George Washington Bethune 1823 Preacher-pastor in the Dutch Reformed Church [12][3][4]
Jackson Kemper 1809 First missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States [3][4]
Thomas Merton 1938 Trappist monk, writer, theologian, and poet [13][14]
James B. Nies 1882 Episcopal minister and Assyriologist [15]
Benjamin T. Onderdonk 1809 Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York [3][4]
Henry Onderdonk 1805 Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania [10][3][4]
Marvin Vincent 1854 Presbyterian minister and professor [16][4]
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Education

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Charles Anthon 1815 Classical scholar and educator [3][4]
Donald Barr 1941 Dalton School headmaster [17]
Wm. Theodore de Bary 1941 East Asian scholar and Columbia University provost [13][18]
Jacques Barzun 1927 Historian, provost, and University Professor at Columbia University [19][20][21][8]
Robert Fulton Cutting 1871 President of Cooper Union, financier, and philanthropist [4]
Dixon Ryan Fox 1911 Union College president [22][23]
Mott T. Greene 1967 Historian of science and academic [24]
Frank S. Hackett 1899 Educator, founder of Riverdale Country Day School, and pioneer in the Country Day School movement [25]
Carl Hovde 1950 Columbia College Dean [2]
James Hall Mason Knox 1841 Lafayette College president [2][3]
Arthur MacMahon 1912 Political scientist and pioneer in the academic study of public administration [23]
Robert Marshak 1936 City College of New York president [2]
Brander Matthews 1871 Academic and literary critic [6][7][4]
Parker Thomas Moon 1913 Political scientist and researcher on international peace [26]
Nathaniel F. Moore 1802 President of Columbia College [6][3][27][4]
Steven Raphael 1963 economist, professor of public policy at Goldman School of Public Policy, and adjunct fellow at Public Policy Institute of California [24]
Edwin R. A. Seligman 1878 Economist and academic [28]
William Milligan Sloane 1868 Historian, professor at Princeton University, and coach of the first U.S. Olympic team [4]
Howard Spodek 1963 Professor of history and geography and urban studies at Temple University [24]
Paul van K. Thomson 1940 Professor and vice president for academic affairs of Providence College, Catholic priest, and author [29]
John Howard Van Amringe 1860 Mathematician and the first Dean of Columbia College [3][4]
Eugene Victor Wolfenstein 1962 Social theorist, psychoanalyst, and a professor of political science at University of California, Los Angeles [21]
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Entertainment

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Sidney Buchman 1923 Film producer and Oscar-winning screenwriter [2]
I. A. L. Diamond 1941 Oscar-winning screenwriter [2]
Bernard M. L. Ernst 1905 Magician and associate of Harry Houdini. [30]
Orrin Keepnews 1943 Grammy-winning record producer [8]
William Ludwig 1932 Oscar-winning screenwriter and co-founder of the Writers Guild of America [2]
Robert C. Schnitzer 1927 Actor, producer, educator, and theater administrator [31][19]
Ben Stein 1966 Actor, comedian, and commentator [8]
Garth Stein 1987 Academy Award-winning film producer, screenwriter, and novelist [2]
John La Touche 1937 Lyricist for Cabin in the Sky and The Golden Apple [32]
Kenneth Webb 1906 Film director, screenwriter, and composer [33]
Gideon Yago 2000 MTV personality [2]
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Law

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Willard Bartlett 1869 Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals [34]
Samuel Blatchford 1837 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States [35][3][4]
Edgar M. Cullen 1860 Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals [36][4]
James W. Gerard 1890 Justice of the New York Supreme Court and U.S. Ambassador to Germany [10]
Arthur Lazarus Jr. 1946 American Indian rights lawyer [37]
John Henry Livingston 1869 Lawyer [38][4]
John McKeon 1825 U.S. House of Representatives and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York [3][4]
Edward Mitchell 1861 U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and member of the New York State Assembly [2]
Frederic de Peyster 1816 Lawyer [3][4]
Benjamin Aymar Sands 1874 Lawyer [39][4]
Theodore Sedgwick 1827 U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York [3][4]
Charles H. Tuttle 1899 United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York [40][41]
Paul Windels 1908 lawyer and Corporation Counsel of New York City [42]
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Literature and journalism

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James Warner Bellah 1923 Western writer [43]
Elliott V. Bell 1925 BusinessWeek publisher, a financial writer for The New York Times, and New York State Superintendent of Banks [44]
John Berryman 1936 poet, scholar, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry [45][46]
Randolph Bourne 1912 Essayist and critic [2][47]
McAlister Coleman 1909 Journalist, author, and political activist [48][49]
David Cort 1924 foreign news editor of Life [50]
Evert Augustus Duyckinck 1835 Biographer and publisher [3][4]
Jason Epstein 1949 Co-founder of The New York Review of Books, co-founder of Library of America, and founder of Anchor Books [51]
Edgar Fawcett 1867 Novelist and poet [4]
William Dudley Foulke 1869 Literary critic, journalist, poet, and reformer [38]
Allen Ginsberg 1948 Poet, author, and winner of the National Book Award [52][53][8]
Robert Giroux 1936 Publisher, chairman and editor-in-chief of Farrar Straus & Giroux [54][46]
Robert Gottlieb 1952 Editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster, president and editor-in-chief of Alfred A. Knopf, and editor of The New Yorker [2]
Alfred Harcourt 1904 Publisher and co-founder of Harcourt Brace; [2]
John Hollander 1950 Poet [54]
Richard Howard 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator [55]
Joyce Kilmer 1908 Poet and literary critic [56][57]
Gustav Kobbé 1877 Music critic and author [39][4]
Henry Demarest Lloyd 1867 Pioneer muckraking journalist and progressive political activist [58]
Jay Michaelson 1993 Writer, journalist, professor, rabbi, commentator on CNN, and a columnist for Rolling Stone [8]
John L. O'Sullivan 1831 Magazine editor and columnist who coined the phrase manifest destiny and U.S. Minister to Portugal [2][3]
Sam Quinones 1964 Journalist and author [8]
Ed Rice 1940 Author, publisher, photojournalist, and painter [13]
Henry Morton Robinson 1923 Novelist [59]
Garth Stein 1987 Novelist and Academy Award-winning film producer [60]
George Templeton Strong 1838 Diarist [2][3]
Ralph de Toledano 1938 Editor of Newsweek and the National Review, journalist, author, poet, and novelist [47]
Thomas Vinciguerra 1985 Journalist, editor, author, and founding editor of The Week [47][61]
Walter Wager 1944 Novelist [62]
Samuel Ward 1831 Poet and lobbyist [63][3][4]
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Medicine, science, and math

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Cornelius Rea Agnew 1849 Surgeon and medical director of the New York Volunteer Hospital [3][4]
Gavin Arthur 1924 Sexologist, astrologer, actor, and magazine publisher [50]
Robert N. Butler 1949 Pulitzer Prize-winning gerontologist [64][65]
James Chapin 1916 ornithologist and curator of the American Museum of Natural History [5]
Oliver Wolcott Gibbs 1841 Chemist and president of the National Academy of Sciences [3][4]
Emory McClintock 1859 actuary [66]
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Military

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John Chrystie 1806 War of 1812 veteran and namesake of Chrystie Street in Manhattan [3][4]
Alfred Thayer Mahan 1858 Military theorist, United States naval officer, president of the Naval War College, and historian [67][3][4]
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Politics

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Martin C. Ansorge 1903 United States House of Representatives [68]
Elliott V. Bell 1925 New York State Superintendent of Banks, BusinessWeek publisher, and a financial writer for The New York Times [44]
Frederic René Coudert Jr. 1918 United States House of Representatives from New York and member of New York's Rapp-Coudert Committee [2]
Isaac C. Delaplaine 1834 United States House of Representatives [3][4]
Charles G. Ferris 1811 United States House of Representatives [3][4]
Hamilton Fish 1827 United States Secretary of State [6][3][4]
Hamilton Fish II 1869 Speaker of the New York State Assembly and U.S. Congressman [3][4]
Nicholas Fish II 1867 U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and U.S. Ambassador to Belgium [2]
James W. Gerard 1890 U.S. Ambassador to Germany and justice of the New York Supreme Court [2]
Samuel L. Gouverneur 1817 member of the New York State Assembly and Postmaster of New York City [2][3]
James Alexander Hamilton 1805 Acting U.S. Secretary of State and son of Alexander Hamilton [47][3][27]
Abram Hewitt 1842 Mayor of New York City, United States House of Representatives, ironmaking industrialist, and lawyer [2][3]
Stephen W. Kearny 1812 Military Governor of New Mexico and Military Governor of California [2][3]
Harvey R. Kingsley 1893 President of the Vermont State Senate, attorney, and judge [69]
Wellington Koo 1909 Premier and foreign minister of China, ambassador to the United States, judge of the International Court of Justice [70][71]
William Langer 1910 Governor of North Dakota and U.S. Senate [8]
John L. Lawrence 1803 Chargé d'Affaires at Stockholm, member of the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate [2][3]
William Beach Lawrence 1818 Governor of Rhode Island (acting) [2][3]
Hugh Maxwell 1808 Collector of the Port of New York and District Attorney of New York City [2][3]
John McKeon 1825 U.S. House of Representatives and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York [2][3]
John Purroy Mitchel 1899 Mayor of New York City and Collector of the Port of New York [72]
John L. O'Sullivan 1831 U.S. Minister to Portugal and magazine editor and columnist who coined the phrase manifest destiny [10][3]
Charles A. Peabody Jr. 1869 New York State Assembly [38]
Edmund H. Pendleton 1805 United States House of Representatives [2][3]
George L. Rives 1868 United States Assistant Secretary of State [2][4]
James I. Roosevelt 1815 United States House of Representatives and District attorney for Southern New York [3][4]
John Lloyd Stephens 1822 Special Ambassador to Central America, explorer, author, and a founder and vice president of the Panama Railroad Company [2][3]
John R. Thurman 1835 United States House of Representatives [3][4]
Peter Dumont Vroom 1808 Governor of New Jersey, U.S. Congressman, and U.S. Minister to Prussia [3][4]
J. Mayhew Wainwright 1884 United States Assistant Secretary of War and United States House of Representatives [2]
Samuel Ward 1831 Lobbyist and poet [3][63][4]
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Sports

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Paul Governali 1943 Professional football player and coach [2]
William Milligan Sloane 1868 coach of the first U.S. Olympic team, historian, and professor at Princeton University [2][4]
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Miscellaneous

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Lucien Carr 1946 Member of the original New York City circle of the Beat Generation and convicted murderer [73][37]
Elbridge Thomas Gerry 1857 Social reformer, founder of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children [74][3][75]
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