Tour of International Fraternity Headquarters and Museum
Coolidge Portrait
This original portrait of Calvin Coolidge (Amherst College 1895), 30th President of the United States, was commissioned by and for display in the Fraternity’s New York Club in 1929. The artist is Ercole Cartotto.
After the New York Club closed in 1962, the portrait came into the care of the International Fraternity. Phi Gam artist Joseph Burgess (Syracuse 1914) painted a copy of this original; Burgess’ painting can be seen in the Smithsonian Institute’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.
