List of American Whig–Cliosophic Society members

The American Whig–Cliosophic Society, is a political, literary, and debating society at Princeton University. It is the oldest debate union in the United States. Following is a list of some of the notable members of the American Whig–Cliosophic Society
Academia
Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
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Jeremiah Day | Clio (honorary), inducted 1817 | President of Yale University | [1] |
Samuel Eusebius McCorkle | Clio, class of 1772 | Presbyterian preacher, teacher, and the interceptor and progenitor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, | [2] |
Eliphalet Nott | Clio (honorary), inducted in 1816 | President of Union College | [1] |
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. | Whig–Cliosophic, class of 1958 | Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, chair of the National Intelligence Council | [3] |
John Rawls | Whig–Cliosophic, class of 1943 | professor of philosophy at Harvard University | [4] |
Tapping Reeve | Clio (founder), Class of 1763 | Founder of the first law school in the United States | [5] |
Samuel Stanhope Smith | Whig (founder), class of 1769 | President of Princeton University | [6] |
Law
Literature and journalism
Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
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F. Scott Fitzgerald | Whig, Class of 1917 | Author | [11][12] |
Philip Freneau | Whig (founder), Class of 1771 | Co-authored the first American novel; the Poet of the American Revolution | [9] |
Ramesh Ponnuru | Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1995 | Senior editor for the National Review | |
Booth Tarkington | Whig–Cliosophic, Class of 1893 | Novelist and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction | [13] |
Mark Twain | Clio (honorary), inducted 1901 | author and humorist | [14] |
Stan Lee | Clio (honorary) | comic book writer and editor | [15] |
Politics
See also
References
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- ^ Harrison, Richard (1980). Princetonians, 1769–1775: A Biographical Dictionary. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 245. ISBN 9781400856527.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 7 January 1958 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 12 April 1940 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Cliosophic Society Records (AC016) – Cliosophic Society Records". princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-07-08.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 11 December 1929 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Alito '72 nominated for Supreme Court seat - The Daily Princetonian". Archived from the original on 2009-05-19.
- ^ "Brackenridge, Hugh Henry". princeton.edu.
- ^ a b c d e f "Daily Princetonian Special Class of 1991 Issue 27 July 1987 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ a b "Culpable Carelessness.; COMMENCEMENT AT PRINCETON. Centennial of the Cliosophic Society-- Interesting Proceedings". The New York Times. 1865-06-29.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 15 October 1913 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian Special Class of 1971 Issue 15 June 1967 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian Special Class of 1971 Issue 15 June 1967 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "ONLY 368 SINS, SAYS MARK TWAIN". New York Sun. New York. 1901-05-10. p. 1. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "Nerdist Podcast #14: Stan Lee". Nerdist.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 23 February 1925 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ Harding 1971, page 39
- ^ "Daily Princetonian – Special Class of 1979 Issue 25 July 1975 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". princeton.edu. 2016-02-02.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 31 March 1911 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 2 May 1905 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 19 May 1905 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ Harding 1971, page 40
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 23 February 1925 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ Alvin S. Felzenberg (12 May 2006). Governor Tom Kean: From the New Jersey Statehouse to the 9-11 Commission. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-3799-3. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ "Lee, Henry". princeton.edu.
- ^ a b "Daily Princetonian Special Class of 1971 Issue 15 June 1967 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ Nancy Bowen (1 April 2002). Ralph Nader: Man With a Mission. Millbrook Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7613-2365-5. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- ^ "Founder of Pell Grants dies at 90 - The Daily Princetonian". Archived from the original on 2009-01-22.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian 14 May 1952 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian – Special Class of 1979 Issue 25 July 1975 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Daily Princetonian – Special Class of 1979 Issue 25 July 1975 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ McKean, Dayton D. (1930). "Woodrow Wilson as a debate coach". Quarterly Journal of Speech. 16 (4): 458–463. doi:10.1080/00335633009360910.
- ^ "Alumni Princetonian 22 October 1896 — Princeton Periodicals". princeton.edu.
- ^ "Town Topics 12 June 1969 — Princeton Periodicals".
External links
- Official website of Whig-Clio
- Notable Alumni page of Whig-Clio