Fun Facts

Flower: Jacquesminot Rose
Colors: Cardinal Red and Hunter Green
Philanthropy: The Boys' and Girl's Club of America

New York Kappa: was the fastest Chapter to charter and the only Chapter at their National Convention, Grand Archon Council, on July 8, 2004. Phi Kappa Psi was installed on this campus on December 5, 2003.

Notable Alumni:

Government

• U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (Virginia Alpha, University of Virginia, 1879)
• U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell (Missouri Alpha, University of Missouri, 1959)
• U.S. Senator Evan Bayh (Indiana Beta, Indiana University, 1975)
• United States National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley (New York Alpha, Cornell University, 1966)
• Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer (Pennsylvania Beta, Allegheny College)
• New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Maryland Alpha, Johns Hopkins University, 1961)
• Georgia State Senator David Shafer (Georgia Alpha, University of Georgia)
• Georgia State Representative Earl "Butch" Ehrhart (Georgia Alpha, University of Georgia)

Arts & entertainment

• Author James Thurber (Ohio Delta, Ohio State University, 1918)
• Actor/Band Leader Charles "Buddy" Rogers (Kansas Alpha, University of Kansas, 1923)
• Actor Peter Graves (Minnesota Beta, University of Minnesota, 1946)
• Actor John Astin (Pennsylvania Alpha, Washington and Jefferson College, 1949)
• Actor Roy Scheider (Pennsylvania Eta, Franklin and Marshall College, 1954)
• Actor Edward Herrmann (Pennsylvania Gamma, Bucknell University, 1965)
• Olympian Mark Spitz (Indiana Beta, Indiana University, 1969)
• Actor Zach Braff (Illinois Alpha, Northwestern University, 1997)

Business

• Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang (California Beta, Stanford University, 1987)
• Excite co-founder Benjamin Lutch (California Beta, Stanford University, 1991)
• Ticketmaster founder Jerry Nelson (California Epsilon, UCLA, 1948)

Miscellaneous

• John F. Kennedy Jr. (Rhode Island Alpha, Brown University, 1979)
• Astronaut Owen Garriott