Delta Kappa Epsilon

ΔΚΕ (Delta Kappa Epsilon) (also pronounced D K E or "Deke") is the oldest secret college men's fraternities and sororities of New England origin. Founded at Yale College by 15 men of the sophomore class who, upon hearing that some but not all of them had been invited to join the two existing societies (Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon), instead elected to form their own fraternity. These men sought to establish a fellowship "where the candidate most favored was he who combined in the most equal proportions the gentleman, the scholar, and the jolly good fellow." ==Founding and history== The society was founded June 22, 1844, in number 12 Old South Hall, Yale College. At this meeting, the Fraternity's secret and open Greek mottos were devised. The open motto is "Kerothen Philoi Aei" ("Friends from the Heart, Forever"). The pin and secret handshake was also devised. The DKE pin shows ΔΚΕ on a scroll, upon a diamond with a star in each corner. DKE's heraldic colours are azure (blue), or (gold), and gules (crimson) and its flag is a triband of those colours with a left-facing rampant lion in the middle. Within three years of the founding at Yale, chapters were founded at Bowdoin College, Princeton University, Colby College, and Amherst College. Since that time, DKE has grown to over 64 chapters and has initiated over 85,000 members across North America. DKE is inextricably linked to the history of the United States, as its members have included five of forty-three President of the United States: Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. During the American Civil War, the first Union (American Civil War) officer killed in battle was a Deke, Theodore Winthrop of Phi. Six weeks after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Philip Spence of Zeta commanded Confederate States of America troops in their last organized battle of the war. In the election of 1876, the Republican Party chose between two Dekes, nominating Hayes rather than rival and fellow DKE James G. Blaine, who later served two administrations as Secretary of State and who authored the Fourteenth Amendment; Blaine also ran unsuccessfully for President. During the Spanish-American War, the first American officer to be killed was a DKE, Surgeon John B. Gibbs (Rutgers), and his brother in DKE J. Frank Aldritch (DePauw) dies when the USS Maine is sunk. In this same war, DKE Theodore Roosevelt distinguishes himself and starts on his path to the Presidency. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was a member of a DKE Chapter (Alpha at Harvard) that had been suspended for conflict with the international organization, and for this reason he is not typically numbered among the Presidents who were Dekes. The fraternity's membership has also included dozens of American and Canadian politicians, businessmen, sports figures, and artists who have achieved iconic status, including among many others J.P. Morgan, William Randolph Hearst, Cole Porter, Henry Cabot Lodge, Dick Clark (entertainer), Tom Landry, and George Steinbrenner. Deke flags have been carried to the North Pole, by Admiral Robert Peary (Theta), and to the Moon, by astronaut Alan Bean (Omega Chi). Delta Kappa Epsilon administers a charitable organization called the Rampant Lion Foundation. As well, Deke has championed an organization call ROAR, which stands for ''Restore Our Associational Rights''. ROAR campaigns for the freedom of fraternities and greek organizations in general to operate without interference and discrimination from university administrations or others. During the presidency of George W. Bush, questions were raised as to whether DKE initiates were branded with a small Δ on their buttocks in an act of hazing. Though apparently some dekes (the number ranges from 2-5 between sources) were branded, it was entirely voluntary and was not part of any initiation rite; in fact those who were branded had already been members for several years. ==Famous alumni== Presidents of the United States *Rutherford B. Hayes, Delta Chi (Hayes was not actually a Deke; his two sons were, and the fraternity later conferred honorary membership upon him). *Theodore Roosevelt, Alpha *Gerald R. Ford, Omicron *George H. W. Bush, Phi *George W. Bush, Phi Vice Presidents of the United States *Dan Quayle, Psi Phi Sitting state governors *George Pataki, New York (Honorary) *Tony Knowles (politician), Phi, Alaska *Don Siegelman, Psi, Alabama Newspaper publishers and editors *Whitelaw Reid, Kappa, Editor-in-chief, New York Tribune *William Randolph Hearst, Alpha, Publisher, Hearst Newspapers *Otis Chandler, Sigma Rho, Publisher, Los Angeles Times *Richard J. V. Johnson, Omega Chi, Publisher, Houston Chronicle *Eugene Pulliam, Psi Phi, Publisher, Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc. *Rance Craine, Psi Phi, Publisher, Crain Communications Justices of the United States Supreme Court *John Hessin Clarke, Beta Chi *Harold H. Burton, Theta *Potter Stewart, Phi Businessmen *John F. Akers, Phi - Past President of International Business Machines *J. Pierpont Morgan, Alpha - financier *Irving H. Chase, Phi - Chase Manhattan Bank *Dean Witter, Jr., Phi - Dean Witter & Co. (Now part of Morgan Stanley) *Edward Bausch, Beta Phi - Bausch & Lomb Opticals *William W. Wrigley, Phi - Wrigley Company *Howard Heinz, Phi - H. J. Heinz Company *Howard Deering Johnson, Phi - Howard Johnson Motor Inns *James M. Gamble, Lambda - Procter & Gamble *Herb Kelleher, Gamma Phi - Southwest Airlines *Fred Smith, Phi - Federal Express *Craig McCaw, Sigma Rho - McCaw Wireless, cellular telephones Famous political figures *Henry Cabot Lodge, Alpha - Senate Majority Leader *James G. Blaine, Theta - Speaker of the House of Representatives and Presidential Candidate *Dean Acheson, Phi - Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman *William Simon, Rho - Secretary of the Treasury *Mario Garcia Menocal, Delta Chi - President of the Republic of Cuba *Yuan Schikau, Phi - Prime Minister of the China *Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, Kappa - first director of the Central Intelligence Agency *Robert Todd Lincoln, Alpha - Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln Sports and entertainment *Cole Porter, Phi - composer *Charles Ives, Phi - composer *Paul Brown, Kappa - coach of Cleveland Browns and owner of the Cincinnati Bengals *Tom Landry, Omega Chi - coach of Dallas Cowboys *Joe Paterno, Upsilon - Pennsylvania State University football coach *George Steinbrenner, Epsilon - owner of the New York Yankees *Don Schollander, Phi - won four gold medals in swimming in the 1964 Summer Olympics *Hugh Culverhouse, Psi - owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers *A. Bartlett Giamatti, Phi - Commissioner of Major League Baseball *Dick Clark (entertainer), Phi Gamma - hosted American Bandstand *Harry Hamlin, Theta Zeta - actor *Jonathan Winters, Lambda - comedian and writer *Bob Pettit, Zeta Zeta - National Basketball Association National Basketball Association All-Star Game and Basketball Hall of Fame. Other famous Dekes *Melvil Dewey, Sigma - devised the Dewey Decimal System *Charles A. Ellis, Gamma Phi - designed the Golden Gate Bridge *Robert E. Peary, Theta - first man to reach the North Pole *Alan Bean, Omega Chi - Apollo Program astronaut ==Active chapters== 1) Phi - Yale University 2) Zeta - Princeton University 3) Sigma - Amherst College 4) Gamma[http://www.gammadke.com/] - Vanderbilt University 5) Psi - University of Alabama 6) Chi - University of Mississippi 7) Beta - University of North Carolina 8) Kappa - University of Miami 9) Lambda[http://www.lambdadke.org/] - Kenyon College 10) Eta - University of Virginia 11) Alpha Alpha - Middlebury College 12) Omicron[http://www.umdke.com/] - University of Michigan 13) Rho[http://ww2.lafayette.edu/~dke/] - Lafayette College 14) Tau - Hamilton College 15) Mu - Colgate University 16) Beta Phi[http://www.cif.rochester.edu/~dke/] - University of Rochester 17) Zeta Zeta - Louisiana State University 18) Phi Chi - Rutgers University 19) Gamma Phi[http://people.brynmawr.edu/clorah/DKEmain.htm] - Wesleyan University 20) Beta Chi[http://www.bxdeke.org/index2.php] - Case Western University 21) Delta Chi - Cornell University 22) Delta Delta[http://dke.uchicago.edu] - University of Chicago 23) Phi Gamma[http://www.phigamma.com/] - Syracuse University 24) Theta Zeta - University of California, Berkeley 25) Phi Epsilon[http://www.mndke.com/] - University of Minnesota 26) Sigma Tau - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 27) Theta Chi - Union College 28) Tau Lambda - Tulane University 29) Alpha Phi - University of Toronto 30) Delta Kappa - University of Pennsylvania 31) Sigma Rho[http://dke.stanford.edu/] - Stanford University 32) Rho Delta - University of Wisconsin 33) Kappa Epsilon - University of Washington 34) Omega Chi[http://www.texasdekes.com/] - University of Texas 35) Alpha Tau[http://www.dkemb.org/] - University of Manitoba 36) Delta Phi[http://www.dke.ca/index2.htm] - University of Alberta 37) Phi Alpha[http://www.ubc-dke.org/] - University of British Columbia 38) Tau Delta - Sewanee%2C The University of the South 39) Psi Delta[http://www.wfu.edu/Student-organizations/dke/] - Wake Forest University 40) Sigma Alpha[http://www.dke.org.vt.edu/] - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 41) Phi Delta[http://www.dke.ca/phidelta/] - University of Western Ontario 42) Alpha Mu - Rowan 43) Epsilon Rho[http://www.duke.edu/web/dke/] - Duke University 44) Nu Zeta[http://www.dke-nz.org/] - Pace University 45) Zeta Epsilon[http://www.davisdke.cjb.net/] - University of California%2C Davis 46) Phi Sigma - Bryant University 47) Phi Rho[http://www.greeks.psu.edu/ifc/dke/] - Pennsylvania State University 48) Chi Rho[http://orgs.bloomu.edu/dke/] - Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania 49) Zeta Chi[http://www.dkezx.com/] - Bentley College 50) Sigma Beta - University of California%2C Santa Barbara 51) Beta Gamma[http://www.dkenyu.com/] - New York University 52) Alpha Beta - DePaul University 53) Sigma Kappa - Michigan State University 54) Delta Tau - Ohio State University 55) Delta Psi[http://www.indiana.edu/~dke/] - Indiana University Bloomington 56) Mu Chi - Maryville College 57) Upsilon Omega - University of South Alabama 58) Kappa Omega - Lake Forest College 59) Rho Beta[http://www.richmonddke.com/] - Richmond College 60) Phi Beta - Stephen F. Austin State University For a complete list of all historical chapters, see [http://www.dke.org/S1a.htm DKE's Chapter Website]. == External links and references == * [http://www.dke.ca/dke_hist.htm DKE history] * [http://www.dke.org DKE Organization Home Page] * [http://www.dke.ca DKE Chapters in Canada] Student fraternities

Delta Kappa Epsilon

== Early years == The article currently states: "Within three years of the founding at Yale, chapters were founded at Bowdoin, Princeton University, Colby College, and Amherst College. Since that time, DKE has grown to over 64 chapters and has initiated over 85,000 members across North America." Is there any reason 3 years is chosen for the first few chapters? It seems like an arbitary selection. Chapters were rapidly added after Yale. User:Tkessler 07:30, Mar 23, 2005 (UTC) :I don't really know why, but I suspect that establishing a couple of chapters in other colleges is a good indicator of whether a new fraternity will last more than a few years and that is why it's emphasized. -User:Lommer | User talk:Lommer 18:21, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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