List of Sphinx Head members
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Sphinx Head is a senior honor society at Cornell University.[1] Following is a list of some of Sphinx Head's notable members.
- Victor L. Butterfield (1927): eleventh president of Wesleyan University (1943–1967)[2]
- Colin G. Campbell (1957): chairman, president, and CEO of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; president of Wesleyan University (1970–1988)[3]
- Jerome "Brud" H. Holland(1939): president of Delaware State College (1953–1959) and Hampton Institute (1960–1970); U.S. ambassador to Sweden (1970–1972)[4][5]
Art and architecture
- Louis A. Fuertes (1897): ornithological artist[6]
- Richmond H. Shreve (1902): architect who led the construction of the Empire State Building [7]
- E. Stewart Williams (1932): modernist architect[8]
Business
- Walker L. Cisler (1922): chairman of Detroit Edison Company (1948–1964); founder of National Academy of Engineering[9]
- Peter H. Coors (1969): chairman of the Coors Brewing Company[10]
- Kenneth T. Derr (1958): chairman and CEO of Chevron Corporation (1989–1999)[11]
- Samuel C. Johnson, Jr. (1950): former Chairperson of S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.[12]
- Robert D. Kennedy (1954): president and CEO of Union Carbide (1986–1995)[13]
- Charles F. Knight (1957): Emerson Electric CEO (1973–2000), president (1986–1988, 1995–1997)[3]
- Oscar G. Mayer, Jr. (1934): business executive who served as chairman of Oscar Mayer[14]
- Jansen Noyes Jr. (1939): investment banker[4]
- Robert W. Purcell (1932): businessman and philanthropist[15]
- Eugene Tonkonogy (1926): entrepreneur[16]
- Maxwell M. Upson (1899): president of Raymond International Inc.[17]
Entertainment
- Daniel E. Duryea (1928): film and TV actor immortalized on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; actor in four Broadway shows[18]
- Richard "Dick" J. Schaap (1955): sports broadcaster; received two Emmy Awards; author and co-author of 33 books[19]
- Dominique Thorne (2019): actress[20]
- Franchot Tone (1927): actor nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1935 for Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)[21]
Law
- Frederick D. Colson (1900): Deputy Attorney General of New York State (1915–1924)[22]
- Elbert P. Tuttle (1918): chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia[23]
Military
- Daniel P. Meyer (1986): executive director for intelligence community whistleblowing & source protection (ICW&SP); former naval officer and whistleblower during the investigation into the explosion on board battleship USS Iowa (BB-61)
- John M. Paxton, Jr. (1973): United States Marine Corps general officer; 33rd assistant commandant of the Marine Corps; previously commanding general, II Marine Expeditionary Force; previously J-3, director for operations for The Joint Chiefs of Staff
- George R. Pfann (1924): secretary of staff to General George S. Patton during his campaign in North Africa, Sicily, and Germany; Rhodes Scholar[24]
