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Encyclopedia > Phi Delta Phi

Phi Delta Phi is an international professional legal fraternity "established in the year 1869 to promote a higher standard of professional ethics." Thousands of members have become prominent public servants including judges from trial courts up to the US Supreme Court, legislators all the way up to the US Senate and House of Representatives, as well as Executive Branch leaders such as state Governors and US Presidents.


A partial list of prominent members include Howard Baker, James A. Baker III, Birch E. Bayh, Matthew J. Belcher, Hugo Black, Robert H. Bork, William J. Brennan, Ellen Burns, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Pamela Carter, Archibald Cox, Gerald R. Ford, Joyce Hens Green, Charles Evans Hughes, Daniel K. Inouye, Henry M. Jackson, Thomas Penfield Jackson, Leon Jaworski, Anthony M. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Patrick Leahy, Karl Llewellyn, Thurgood Marshall, William McKinley, Gerald T. McLaughlin, Edwin Meese III, Walter Mondale, Malcolm W. Monroe, Sandra Day O'Connor, R. Thomas Olson, Samuel Pierce Jr., Lewis Franklin Powell Jr., William L. Prosser, Dana Rasmussen, Sam Rayburn, William H. Rehnquist, Stephen R. Reinhardt, Owen J. Roberts, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Antonin Scalia, Myra C. Selby, William French Smith, Kenneth W. Starr, John Paul Stevens, Adlai Stevenson, Potter Stewart, William H. Taft, Earl Warren, Byron R. White and Wendell Willkie Sen. ... James Addison Baker III (born April 28, 1930), American politician and diplomat, was Chief of Staff in the President Ronald Reagans first administration, and Secretary of State in the administration of President George H. W. Bush and as United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1985 to 1988 in... Hugo Black Hugo LaFayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1937 - 1971). ... Robert Bork Robert Heron Bork (born March 1, 1927) is a conservative American legal scholar and former judge who advocates an originalist interpretation of the United States Constitution. ... William J. Brennan, official portrait, 1976. ... Benjamin Nathan Cardozo (May 24, 1870–July 9, 1938) was a distinguished American jurist who is remembered not only for his landmark decisions on negligence but also his modesty, philosophy and writing style, which is considered remarkable for its prose and vividness. ... Archibald Cox, Jr. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Daniel Ken Inouye (born September 7, 1924) is the senior United States Senator from Hawaii. ... Henry Martin Scoop Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was a U.S. Congressman and Senator for Washington State from 1941 until his death. ... Justice Anthony Kennedy Anthony McLeod Kennedy (born July 23, 1936) has been a US Supreme Court Associate Justice since 1988. ... Robert Francis Bobby Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), also called RFK, was one of two younger brothers of U.S. President John F. Kennedy and served as United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964. ... Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. ... Template:Image name=Thurgood-marshall-2. ... William McKinley, Jr. ... Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United States (1985 - 1988). ... Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (largely established by former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey). ... Sandra Day OConnor (born March 26, 1930) is an American jurist who served as the first female Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006. ... Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. ... William H. Rehnquist has served as the Chief Justice of the United States since 1986. ... FDR redirects here. ... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... Antonin Gregory Scalia (born March 11, 1936) is an American jurist and the second most senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ... John Paul Stevens (born April 20, 1920) is an American jurist, and the senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician, noted for intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic party. ... William Howard Taft I (September 15, 1857–March 8, 1930) was the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913), and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States (1921 - 1930). ... Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney of Alameda County, the 30th Governor of California, and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States (from 1953 to 1969). ... Byron Raymond White (June 8, 1917 - April 15, 2002) won fame both as a bruising running back and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ... Wendell L. Willkie Wendell Lewis Willkie (February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was a lawyer in the United States and the Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential election. ...


. For a complete list, refer to the Phi Delta Phi homepage.


External links

  • Phi Delta Phi International Home
  • Tiedeman Inn, University of Missouri

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The principles of Phi Beta Kappa were "Fraternity, Morality, and Literature." A badge was designed in the shape of a square; a secret handshake was devised; a secret ritual, including an obligation, was written; a motto---"Philosophy is the guide of life"---was patterned after the name of the fraternity: Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Beta Kappa was not formed merely as a social fraternity; it was based primarily on philosophical ideas.
Phi Beta Kappa "was intended to form a philosophical club, whose purpose should go far beyond the narrow range of the college studies of those days, and should include not only the wide range of what was then called `philosophy,' but the consideration, at the same time, of political questions.
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