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Quill and Dagger is a senior society at Cornell University. Cornell redirects here. ...
Origins Quill and Dagger was founded as a senior society at Cornell University in 1893. While the current criteria for selcetion into the society is not public knowledge, Quill and Dagger ostensibly recognizes some of the seniors on campus who have demonstrated leadership and service during their undergraduate years at Cornell. In a New York Times article in the early 1990s, it was reported that Quill and Dagger has given preference to the children of its alumni in its selection critera. 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
Secrecy The meetings and proceedings of the society are closed, and the public is not admitted to its rooms at the top of Lyon Tower. The names of newly-tapped members are published in the Cornell Daily Sun each semester. The Cornell Daily Sun, of Cornell University, is an independent daily newspaper published in Ithaca, New York. ...
War Memorial In 1928, Quill and Dagger spearheaded the erection of a permanent memorial to Cornellians who served in the First World War. The War Memorial on West Campus was dedicated in 1932 in remembrance of the nearly 7,000 Cornellians who had served during the War, and as a testament to the courage and dedication of Cornellians past, present, and future. This edifice remains the largest and most prominent of Cornell University’s tributes to military service and sacrifice.
After Cornell Many members of Quill & Dagger are captains of industry and hold senior positions in government and the non-profit world — including a large portion of Cornell's Board of Trustees and half of the Cornell Council. Luminaries who have Cornell buildings in their name include Barton, Friedman, Hollister, Hoy, Kennedy, Lynah, Teagle, Rand, Schoellkopf and many others.
In politics, Quill and Dagger alumni include World Bank presidents Paul Wolfowitz (current) and Barber Conable, United States National Security Advisors Sandy Berger and Stephen Hadley (current). Membership also includes six Pulitzer prize winners including the author of Charlotte's Web, E.B. White. Paul Dundes Wolfowitz (born December 22, 1943) is an American academic and political figure. ...
Barber Benjamin Conable, Jr. ...
Sandy Berger Samuel R. Sandy Berger (born October 28, 1945) served as United States National Security Advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 2001. ...
Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant to the President For National Security Affairs in George W. Bushs second term administration. ...
Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899–October 1, 1985) was an American essayist, author, and noted prose stylist. ...
Other prominent alumni also include Austin and Knight Kiplinger, of Kiplinger's Personal Finance, former Chairman of Goldman Sachs Stephen Friedman, founders of organizations from Sunoco Oil to the Hot Truck, and former CEOs of companies such as Converse Sneakers, Coors Brewing and Tompkins Trust Company. The society has an international presence with members having served as executives at Mitsubishi and the Bank of Tokyo to six-time Stanley Cup winner Ken Dryden in the Canadian Parliament. Stephen Friedman was from 2002 to 2005 United States Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and director of the National Economic Council. ...
Kenneth Wayne Ken Dryden, PC, MP, BA, LL.B (born August 8, 1947, in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author and retired National Hockey League goaltender. ...
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