List of Quill and Dagger members

The Quill and Dagger Society, founded at Cornell University in 1893, selects new undergraduate members in the spring of their junior year or fall of their senior year. A small number of honorary members have been selected since the society's founding, usually qualified individuals who were not eligible for membership as undergraduates, such as Janet Reno and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, both of whom graduated before the society accepted women. Cornell Presidents Dale R. Corson, Frank H.T. Rhodes, Hunter R. Rawlings III, and Jeffrey Lehman all hold membership in the society as well. Membership is published in The Cornell Daily Sun each semester. Other sources of membership lists include The New York Times during the 1920s and 1930s, The Cornell Alumni News from 1899 to 1961, and The Cornellian yearbook. This list contains notable individuals who were selected for membership as undergraduates. Class years are listed in parentheses. James Kenneth Fraser (1897) – advertising pioneer; developed "Spotless Town" advertising campaign for Sapolio soap, considered one of the "100 Greatest Advertisements" in history; president of the Blackman Company Ernest A. Van Vleck (1897) – architect of Starrett & van Vleck known for New York City skyscrapers and retail buildings, including Lord & Taylor (1914), Saks Fifth Avenue (1924), Royal Insurance (1927), Abraham & Strauss (1929), American Stock Exchange (1930), Bloomingdales (1930), and the Downtown Athletic Club (1930); architect of Cornell University's Anabel Taylor Hall and Von Cramm Coop F. Ellis Jackson (1900) – Providence, Rhode Island architect; architect of Cornell University's Myron Taylor Hall Jay S. Fassett, Jr. (1911) – Broadway and film actor; played Doc Gibbs in the original production of Our Town; son of Congressman Jacob Sloat Fassett Bruce Boyce (1933) – operatic baritone who performed with contemporaries Kathleen Ferrier and Suzanne Danco; Royal Academy of Music professor Earl Flansburgh (1953) – Boston, Massachusetts architect and educational design expert; architect of the Cornell Campus Store; Cornell University trustee; father of John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants and activist Paxus Calta Thomas N.