Delta Upsilon
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Motto | Dikaia Upotheke ("Justice, Our Foundation") |
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Colors | Old Gold on Sapphire Blue. |
Symbol | The Coat of Arms |
Flower | None |
Founded | November, 1834 at Williams College, Massachusetts |
Type | Social, Service, Non-Secret |
Scope | International |
Headquarters | 8705 Founders Road Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
Chapters | 82 in the United States and Canada |
Founding Principles | Friendship. Character. Culture. Justice. |
Homepage | http://www.deltau.org/ |
Delta Upsilon (ΔΥ) is a non-secret international gentlemen's fraternity founded on November 4, 1834 at Williams College. Delta Upsilon is unique in that it has no secrets. There are no secret rituals, secret principles, secret motto, secret handshakes, or other secret things typically associated with fraternities. Most Fraternities hold their rituals as a high honor among the initiated, while in DU everyone (including outsiders) is privy to information. The International Fraternity recently celebrated its 170th anniversary.
In 1909 Charles Evans Hughes, while serving as Governor of New York, led the charge to incorporate Delta Upsilon Fraternity and the fraternity was incorporated in New York. He served as the first International president of the Fraternity, which was the first fraternity to incorporate. Today several other fraternities have followed Hughes' lead by incorporating.
The fraternity headquarters initially was in New York City, but in 1969 the fraternity moved its headquarters to temporary office space in Indianapolis while its new building at 8705 Founders Road was constructed. It moved into its permanent home in December 1970 and the building was dedicated on April 17, 1971.
The fraternity believes in four principles known as The Four Founding Principles. These principles are:
- The Promotion of Friendship
- The Development of Character
- The Diffusion of Liberal Culture
- The Advancement of Justice
Delta Upsilon is derived from the first two letters of the fraternity motto Dikaia Upotheke (Dikaia yoopothaku) which translates to "Justice, Our Foundation."
The Fraternity was originally founded as an Anti-Secret social fraternity to combat against the prevailing secret societies at the time. These secret societies had conspired amongst themselves to take control of campus honors and create honors that were not based on merit. Such activities had aristocratic tendencies and disgusted the founders of Delta Upsilon. Over the years however, the fraternity has since become simply non-secret. Delta Upsilon is now a thriving international fraternity with 82 chapters in the United States and Canada.
Delta Upsilon is informally known as DU or Delta U. Members of Delta Upsilon are often referred to as DUs, Deltas, and Ducks.
Delta Upsilon is known for running philanthropic events in many communities internationally. The main organization they provide support to is Boys and Girls Club.
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[edit] Chapters
(Click the school name to be transferred to that school's Wikipedia page; click the number to be transferred to that school's chapter website.)
[edit] United States
- Arizona State Tempe, AZ [1]
- Arkansas Fayetteville, AR (now defunct)[2]
- Arlington Arlington, TX [3]
- Bowling Green Bowling Green, OH
- Bradley Peoria, IL [4]
- Bucknell Lewisburg, PA [5]
- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA [6]
- California Berkeley, CA [7]
- Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
- Carthage Kenosha, WI [8]
- University of Central Florida Orlando, FL [9]
- Chicago Chicago, IL [10]
- Clarkson Potsdam, NY [11]
- Colgate Hamilton, NY [12]
- Cornell Ithaca, NY [13]
- Culver-Stockton College Canton, MO [14]
- Denison
- DePauw Greencastle, IN [15]
- University of Florida Gainsville, FL [16]
- Florida State (colony) Tallahassee, FL
- University of North Florida (colony) Jacksonville, FL [17]
- Fresno Fresno, CA
- Georgia Tech Atlanta, GA [18]
- Hamilton Clinton, NY
- Harvard Cambridge, MA
- Houston Houston, TX [19]
- Illinois Champaign, IL
- Indiana Bloomington, IN [20]
- Iona New Rochelle, NY [21]
- Iowa Iowa City, IA [22]
- Iowa State Ames, IA [23]
- Johns Hopkins University (colony) Baltimore, MD
- University of Kansas Lawrence, KS [24]
- Kansas State Manhattan, KS [25]
- Kent State Kent, OH
- Lafayette Easton, PA [26]
- Lehigh Bethlehem, PA [27]
- Louisville Louisville, KY [28]
- Marietta Marietta, OH [29]
- Massachusetts Amherst, MA [30]
- Miami Oxford, OH [31]
- Michigan Ann Arbor, MI [32]
- Michigan State E. Lansing, MI [33]
- Michigan Tech Houghton, MI [34]
- Minnesota Minneapolis, MN [35]
- Missouri Columbia, MO
- Nebraska Lincoln, NE [36]
- North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC [37]
- North Carolina State Raleigh, NC [38]
- North Dakota Grand Forks, ND [39]
- North Dakota State Fargo, ND [40]
- Northern Arizona Flagstaff, AZ
- Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA
- Northwestern Evanston, IL [41]
- Northwestern State
- Ohio Athens, OH [42]
- Ohio State Columbus, OH
- Oklahoma Norman, OK [43]
- Oregon Eugene, OR [44]
- Oregon State Corvallis, OR [45]
- Pace Pleasantville, NY
- Pacific Stockton, CA [46]
- Pan American Edinburgh, TX [47]
- Penn State State College, PA [48]
- Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA [49]
- Purdue West Lafayette, IN [50]
- Rochester Rochester, NY [51]
- San Diego San Diego, CA [52]
- San Jose San Jose, CA [53]
- South Carolina Columbia, SC [54]
- South Dakota Vermillion, SD
- St. Norbert De Pere, WI [55]
- Swarthmore Swarthmore, PA [56]
- Technology Boston, MA [57]
- Tufts Medford, MA
- University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA [58]
- Washington Seattle, WA [59]
- Washington State Pullman, WA [60]
- Western Illinois Macomb, IL [61]
- Western Ontario London, ON [62]
- Western Reserve Cleveland, OH [63]
- Wichita Wichita, KS
- Wisconsin Madison, WI [64]
[edit] Canada
- Alberta Edmonton, AB [65]
- Guelph Guelph, ON [66]
- McGill Montreal, QC [67]
- Manitoba Winnipeg, MB [68]
- Toronto Toronto, ON [69]
- Western Ontario London, ON [70]
[edit] Notable DUs
[edit] Politics and Government
- Stephen J. Field, Williams 1837, US Supreme Court Justice
- James Abram Garfield, Williams 1856, The second fraternity man to become President of the United States
- Justin Smith Morrill, Middlebury 1860, United States Senator - Vermont; author of the Morrill Act
- William H.H. Miller, Hamilton 1861, United States Attorney General
- Daniel S. Lamont, Union 1872, Secretary of War
- George W. Goethals, Manhattan 1877, US Army General, chief engineer during the building of the Panama Canal
- Otto M. Eidlitz, Cornell 1881, Contractor and civic investigator
- Charles Evans Hughes, Colgate and Brown 1881, Governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
- Charles G. Dawes, Marietta 1884, Vice President of the United States and Ambassador to Great Britain; winner of the Nobel Prize for peace
- Arthur M. Hyde, Michigan 1899, US Secretary of Agriculture
- William B. Greeley, Stanford and California 1901, Chief Forester, US Forest Service
- Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan 1904, United States Senator, Michigan
- J. Arthur Clark, Toronto 1906, President of the Canadian Bar Association
- Robert H. Lord, Harvard and Northwestern 1906, Adviser to the 1918 Versailles Peace Conference
- Amos J. Peaslee, Swarthmore 1907, United States Ambassador to Australia
- Adam J. Brunk, Chicago 1908, First President of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) and noted literary historian
- Joyce Kilmer, Rutgers 1908 (did not graduate), poet, journalist, editor, soldier.
- Alexander J. Walsh, Chicago 1908, skilled vocal percussionist
- W. W. Randolph Burgess, Brown 1912, United States Ambassador to NATO
- Joseph P. Kennedy, Harvard 1912, Ambassador to Great Britain, father of two Senators and a President
- James B. Conlan, Harvard 1913, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
- Paul Douglas, Bowdoin 1913, Senator - Illinois
- Sumner T. Pike, Bowdoin 1913, President of the Atomic Energy Commission
- John L. Keddy, Hamilton 1915, Curator of the Smithsonian Institute
- Matthew W. Hill, Washington 1917, Chief Justice, Washington State Supreme Court
- Kenneth B. Keating, Rochester 1919, United States Senator, New York; Ambassador to India; Ambassador to Israel; Brigadier General, United States Army
- Lester B. Pearson, Toronto 1919, Prime Minister of Canada and President of the United Nations General Assembly; Nobel Prize winner for Peace
- David E. Lilienthal, DePauw 1920, President of the Atomic Energy Commission
- Herbert Brownell, Nebraska 1924, US Attorney General
- Clifford P. Case, Rutgers 1925, Senator - New Jersey
- Francis H. Russell, Tufts 1926, United States Ambassador to Indonesia
- General David M. Shoup, DePauw 1926, Commandant, US Marine Corps and Congressional Medal of Honor winner
- John M. Matthias, Ohio State 1928, Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
- Frank R. Kenison, Dartmouth 1929, Chief Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court
- Winston L. Prouty, Lafayette 1930, Senator - Vermont
- Foy D. Kohler, Ohio State 1931, Ambassador to the USSR
- William H. Avery, Kansas 1934, Governor, State of Kansas
- Robert T. Stafford, Middlebury 1935, US Congressman and Senator, Vermont
- Hugh Rodham, Pennsylvania State 1935, Father of First Lady Hillary Rodham-Clinton
- Joseph L. Fisher, Technology 1935, US Congressman, Virginia
- George R. Hunter, Manitoba 1937, Member of Parliament
- C. William O'Neill, Marietta and Ohio State 1938, Governor, State of Ohio
- John P. Robarts, Western Ontario 1939, Premier, Province of Ontario, Canada
- George S. Welch, Purdue 1941, Shot down the first Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War on Dec 7, 1941. WWII triple air ace in three different fighter aircraft.
- F. Ray Keyser, Jr., Tufts 1950, Governor, State of Vermont
- Dr. G. William Whitehurst, Washington and Lee 1950, US Congressman from Virginia
- William H. Brown, Jr., Swarthmore 1951, Parliamentarian, United States House of Representatives
- John Bertrand Conlan, Northwestern 1951, US Congressman, Arizona
- Alan J. Dixon, Illinois 1951, Senator - Illinois
- E. Peter Lougheed, Alberta 1952, Premier, Province of Alberta, Canada
- Robert Hanrahan, Bowling Green 1956, US Congressman, Illinois
- Ronald A. Irwin, Western Ontario 1957, Minister of Indian Affairs
- Thomas E. Morgan, Lafayette 1958, US Congressman, Pennsylvania
- John S. Herrington, Stanford 1961, US Energy Secretary
- N. Lloyd Axworthy, Manitoba 1963, Member of Parliament, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Michael D. Barnes, North Carolina 1965, US Congressman, Maryland
- Angus S. King, Jr., Dartmouth 1966, Governor of the State of Maine
- Anthony J. Moffat, Jr., Syracuse 1966, US Congressman, Connecticut
- Paul R. Ford, Middlebury 1967, Director of Amnesty International
- Tommy Franks, Texas 1967, Commander in Chief of US Central Command, General in the US Army
- Robert B. Reich, Dartmouth 1968, former Secretary of Labor
- Les Aspin, Marquette 1970, Congressman from Wisconsin and former Secretary of Defense
- Charles Poochigian, Fresno 1972, California Senator in the 14th District
- Thomas J. Vilsack, Hamilton 1972, Governor of the State of Iowa
- John Danilovich, Stanford 1972, US Ambassador to Costa Rica
- Tom Riley, Stanford 1972, US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco
- Dennis R. Rehberg, Washington State 1977, US Congressman, Montana
- John Delaney, University of Florida 1977, former Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, current president of the University of North Florida
[edit] Sports
- Jack Coombs, Colby 1906, World Series pitcher with the Philadelphia A's
- Ralph N. Good, Colby 1910, Major League Baseball player, Boston Nationals
- Billy Foulds, Toronto 1911, Canadian Football League - Quarterback, Coach, Hall of Fame
- Frank S. McGill, McGill 1915, Member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
- Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson, Illinois 1920, Chairman US Olympic Committee
- Sam Barry, Iowa 1926, Founder New York Knicks, NBA Hall of Fame coach
- Ned Irish, Pennsylvania 1928, NBA Hall of Famer
- Don A. Veller, Indiana 1935, Former head football and golf coach at Florida State University
- Andrew Currie, Manitoba 1935, Professional football player - Regina Roughriders, Canadian Football League Hall of Famer
- Leland MacPhail, Swarthmore 1939, President, National League Baseball and GM of the New York Yankees
- Hugh Gallarneau, Stanford 1941, Professional football player - Chicago Bears
- Dr. J. Robert Cade, Florida 1945, Inventor of Gatorade
- Bill Bangert, Purdue 1948, 1945 U.S. Men's Indoor Track and Field champion in the 16-pound shot put. 1944 and 1945 NCAA Track and Field champion in the discus. 1946 Big Ten indoor champion in the 16-pound shot put. 1946 Big Ten outdoor champion in the 16-pound shot put and discus.
- Frank R. Burns, Rutgers 1949, Head football coach, Rutgers University
- Darrell K. Royal, Oklahoma 1950, Head football coach, University of Texas
- Harvey Kuenn, Wisconsin 1954, Baseball player and manager
- Michael White, California 1957, NFL Coach
- Lou Holtz, Kent State 1958, Head football coach, University of South Carolina, NCAA Football National Champion as Coach of Notre Dame in 1988
- Peter V. Ueberroth, San Jose 1959, Organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
- Theodore R. Boehm, Brown 1960, Chairman, 1987 Pan Am Games organizing committee
- Neil R. Austrian, Swarthmore 1960, Former president and COO of the NFL
- Fred Arbanas, Michigan State 1961, Football player - Dallas Texans (AFL) and Kansas City Chiefs
- Galen Hall, Penn State 1962, Former head football coach, University of Florida
- Paul Flatley, Northwestern 1963, Professional football player - Minnesota Vikings
- Pete Gogolak, Cornell 1964, Professional football player - New York Giants
- Clark Graebner, Northwestern 1965, Professional tennis player
- James D. Rodgers, Iowa 1965, Head coach - Boston Celtics
- Steven Solomon, Tufts 1965 - Former President/COO of the National Hockey League
- Jim Boeheim, Jr., Syracuse 1966, Head coach, Syracuse basketball
- Rick Venturi, Northwestern 1968, NFL coach
- Bruce Coslet, Pacific 1968, NFL coach
- Thurman Munson, Kent State 1969, Professional baseball player, New York Yankees
- Ed Molstad, Alberta 1970, Professional football player, Edmonton (CFL)
- John J. Ebersole, Penn State 1970, Professional football player, New York Jets
- Rodney "Pete" Watson, Tufts 1972, Professional football player, Cincinnati Bengals
- James H. Sundberg, Iowa 1973, Professional baseball player, Texas Rangers
- Richard W. "Rick" Sund, Northwestern 1973, NBA executive
- Randolph C. Gradishar, Ohio State 1974, Professional football player, Denver Broncos
- Mark VanEeghen, Colgate 1974, Professional football player, Oakland Raiders
- Randell Gregg, Jr., Alberta 1975, NHL defenseman on four Stanley Cup Championships
- Mick Luckhurst, California 1979, NFL placekicker
- Paul Mokeski, Kansas 1979, NBA center
- Craig Bolerjack, Kansas State 1980, CBS sportscaster
- Dino Mangiero, Rutgers 1980, Professional Football player - Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots
- Thomas W. Darling, Syracuse 1981, Silver medal in crew, '84 Olympics and crew member, Stars and Stripes, winner of the America's Cup
- Ken Margerum, Stanford 1981, NFL Receiver
- Chad Little, Washington State 1985, NASCAR Driver and Commentator
- Tom Burgess, Colgate 1986, Professional football player - Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg (CFL)
- James A. Les, Bradley 1986, Professional basketball player
- Mark Whitycombe, Fresno 1988, Professional football player - New York Giants, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals
- Jimmy Ball, Arlington 1990, BMX Cycler - 1991 Silver Medal, Pepsi Games of Texas, Two-time U.S. Gold Cup Champion, Four-time Texas State Champion, ABA World #6 ('95) and #4 ('99), Over 25 career National Main Event victories
[edit] Education
- David Starr Jordan, Cornell 1872, First President of Stanford University
- William H. P. Faunce, Brown 1880, President of Brown University
- Fenton W. Booth, DePauw 1892, Dean of Harvard Law
- Harry Emerson Fosdick, Colgate 1900, Theologian, author, educator
- James B. Conant, Harvard 1914, President of Harvard
- Homer W. Davis, Hamilton 1916, President of Athens College, Athens, Greece
- George W. Haskins, Purdue 1916, Created the Purdue School of Aeronautical Engineering and Astronautical Engineering.
- John C. Warner, Indiana 1919, President, Carnegie Institute of Tehnology
- Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, Kent State 1949, President Emeritus, Miami University
- Dr. Gordon P. Eaton, Wesleyan 1951, President, Iowa State University
- Dr. Richard A. Kenyon, Clarkson 1954, President, Tri-State University
- Stanley O. Ikenberry, Illinois 1956, Chancellor and President, University of Illinois System
- Dr. James B. Holderman, Denison 1958, President, University of South Carolina
- Dr. Paul J. Olscamp, Western Ontario 1958, President of Bowling Green State University
- Dr. Arthur K. Smith, Jr., Houston 1959, President & Chancellor of the University of Houston
- Dr. John E. Brown, Kansas 1961, President of Coe College
- Dr. William H. Mobley, Denison 1963, President, Texas A&M University
- William R. Brody, Technology 1965, President, Johns Hopkins University
- Bro. Dr. Craig J. Franz, FSC, Bucknell 1975, President, St. Mary's College of California
- Dr. Will S. Keim, Pacific 1975, Noted motivational speaker and author
- Melvin A. Eggers, Syracuse 1976, Chancellor of Syracuse University
- Dr. Richard N. Cyert, Carnegie 1986, President of Carnegie-Mellon University
- Selamawi Asgedom, Harvard 1999, Noted motivational speaker and author
- David C. Broski, Bradley, President of Bradley University
- David Frohnmayer, Oregon, President of the University of Oregon
- Edward C. Prescott, Swarthmore College, 1962, American Economist, Winner of Nobel Prize in Economics 2004, Professor at ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business
[edit] Entertainment
- Harry Carey, New York 1902, Early western movie actor
- Edgar Bergen, Northwestern 1927, Ventriloquist and entertainer
- George A. "Banana George" Blair, Miami 1937, Champion barefoot water-skier, businessman, entertainer
- Anthony H. Sargent, Washington and Lee 1955, News correspondent, CBS News
- Noel Stookey, Michigan State 1955, Folk singer and composer, "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary
- Ronald H. Husmann, Northwestern 1959, Broadway and screen actor and producer
- Richard Threlkeld, Ripon 1960, ABC news correspondent
- John H. Davidson, Denison 1963, Actor, singer and comedian
- Alan Thicke, Western Ontario 1967, Actor and songwriter
- Stephen R. Walker, Iowa State 1984, Host of "The Pet Department" - FOX TV
- Jonathan M. Frankel, Syracuse 1986, News correspondent - NBC
- Robert B. Krug, Indiana 1988, Least used session man in Nashville
- Jonathan Buss, Bradley 1994, Emmy Award Winning Director for an HBO Short Film
- Pete Yorn, Syracuse 1996, Singer, Songwriter
- Jason Lewis, San Diego 1993, Actor, Model
[edit] Literature and Publishing
- William Bross, Williams 1838, Editor - Chicago Tribune
- Rossiter Johnson, Rochester 1863, Historian and novelist
- Rupert Hughes, Western Reserve 1892, Historian and novelist
- Stephen Crane, Lafayette and Syracuse 1894, Journalist and author; Red Badge of Courage
- Joyce Kilmer, Rutgers 1909, Poet and battlefield reporter
- Leland Stowe, Wesleyan 1921, Columnist and 1930 Pulitzer Prize winner
- Hedley W. Donovan, Minnesota 1934, Editor-in chief of TIME Magazine
- Drew Middleton, Syracuse 1934, Syndicated columnist and London correspondent, The New York Times
- Robert Letts Jones, Stanford 1935, President of Copley Newspapers
- Austin H. Kiplinger, Cornell 1938, Publisher of the Kiplinger Letter
- Dwight E. Sargent, Colby 1939, Editorialist and Editor, New York Herald Tribune
- Heywood Hale Broun, Swarthmore 1940, Editorialist and author
- Donal Dinwiddle, Virginia 1940, Editor-in-chief, Popular Mechanics Publishing Company
- Buert R. Servaas, Indiana 1941, President, The Saturday Evening Post
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cornell 1944, Editorialist and author
- Richard F. McLoughlin, DePauw 1950, President of Reader's Digest
- Donald Axinn, Middlebury 1951, Poet and author
- Robert S. Phillips, Syracuse 1960, Poet and author
- Lynn D. W. Luckow, North Dakota 1971, President & CEO of Jossey-Bass Publishers
- Richard A. Moran, Rutgers 1972, Author
- Joseph P. Turton, Denison 1994, Author - My Freshman Manual
[edit] Business
- Alexander D. Noyes, Amherst 1883, Financial editor of the New York Times
- Alfred J.P. Sloan, Jr., Technology 1895, Chairman of the board - General Motors
- Wallace T. Holliday, Western Reserve 1905, President of Standard Oil of Ohio
- William A. Mather, McGill 1908, President of Canadian Pacific Railroad
- Clarence Francis, Amherst 1910, President of General Foods
- Albert W. Hughes, Colgate 1911, President of J.C. Penny
- Thomas B. McCabe, Swarthmore 1915, President of Scott Paper and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
- Winthorp H. Smith, Amherst 1916, Co-founder of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith
- David Burpee, Cornell 1917, President of Burpee Seed Company
- Morse G. Dial, Cornell 1919, Chairman of Union Carbide
- Edward P. Taylor, McGill 1922, Chairman of Canadian Breweries and President of the Argus Corp.
- William E. Robinson, New York 1923, Chairman of Coca-Cola Company
- James S. Schoff, Rochester 1923, Chairman of Bloomingdale's Department Stores
- Nelson Schaenan, Sr., Cornell 1923, Chairman of Smith Barney & Company
- Arnold Bernhard, Williams 1925, Founder of the investment news organization ValueLine
- Charles F. White, Bucknell 1925, President of M&M Candy Company
- Leslie M. Cassidy, Pennsylvania 1926, Chairman and CEO of Johns-Manville
- Earl B. Hathaway, Northwestern 1927, President of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
- Trevor F. Moore, Toronto 1928, Vice President - Imperial Oil of Canada
- James S. McDonnell, Technology 1929, Chairman of McDonnell-Douglas
- Arthur V. Danner, Indiana 1930, President of Mobil Petroleum Company
- Leonard E. Root, Pacific 1932, President of Lockheed Missiles and Space Co.
- Edward W. Carter, UCLA 1932, Chairman emeritus, Carter, Hawley, Hale (Nieman-Marcus, WaldenBooks)
- Dwane L. Wallace, Wichita 1933, Chairman of Cessna Aircraft Co.
- Semon E. Knudsen, Technology 1936, President of Ford Motor Company
- David M. Chenoweth, McGill 1938, Director and executive vice president of Molson Brewries, Ltd.
- Edward G. Harness, Marietta 1940, CEO of Proctor & Gamble
- Walter A. Fallon, Union 1940, President and CEO of Eastman Kodak
- Forwood C. Wiser, Jr., Northern Illinois 1942, President of Trans World Airlines
- Charles L. Brown, Virginia 1943, Chairman AT&T
- H. James Avery, Illinois 1944 – Founder and CEO of James Avery Craftsman, Inc.
- L. Gordon McGovern, Brown 1948, Chairman of Campbell Soup
- Charles D. Miller, Johns Hopkins 1949, CEO of Avery Dennison
- John W. Amerman, Dartmouth 1953, Chairman and CEO of Mattel International
- Richard P. Simmions, Technology 1953, Chairman of Allegheny Ludlum Steel
- Maurice Mandel, Chicago 1955, Investment Banker and former Financial Manager of the Delta Upsilon Education Fund
- William M. Crossin, Toronto 1955, President of Merle Norman Cosmetics
- William G. Davidson, Wisconsin 1955, Executive VP of Harley-Davidson, (Grandson of Founder) – ’99 Inductee of Motorcycle Hall of Fame
- John P. Morgridge, Wisconsin 1955, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Martin Krasnitz, Chicago 1957, CEO of Singer Corporation
- John W. Rogers, Miami 1957, Chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service
- Lawrence D. Downing, Iowa State 1958, President of the Sierra Club
- James McQuaid, Chicago 1960, President of Delta Upsilon International from 1994-2000 and successful businessman
- Neil Austrian, Swarthmore 1961, Chairman of iWon.co
- Gerald T. Aaron, Wichita 1963, President of Pizza Hut
- Michael D. Eisner, Denison 1964, Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Co.
- Michael McConnell, Tufts 1965 - CEO of Brown Brothers Harriman investment bank in New York City
- Steve Rowley, Ohio 1965, President of DAY-TIMERS, Inc.
- Michael R. Hallman, Michigan 1967, Past President and Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft, past President & CIO of Boeing Computer Services, past Vice President of Field Operations for IBM. Brother Hallman currently serves on the boards of directors of Intuit, InFocus Corporation, Network Appliance Corporation, and two wholly owned subsidiaries of Fujitsu Ltd.
- Thomas Stallkamp, Miami 1968, President of DaimlerChrysler Corporation
- John J. Bello, Tufts 1968, Founder of SOBE Beverage Company, President of NFL Properties from 1986-93
- John H. Eyler, Jr., Washington 1969, President and CEO of FAO Schwartz
- Miles G. Bryant, III, Arlington 1970, President and General Director of Chrysler of Mexico
- Mark O. Stutrud, North Dakota 1974, Founder and President of Summit Brewing Co.
- John Thain, Technology 1977, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
- Douglas Lebda, Bucknell 1992, Founder and CEO of LendingTree.com
- W. Marshall Sims, DePauw 2000, President and Founder of Priority Flowers.com
[edit] Science and Technology
- Charles F. Kettering, Ohio State 1904, Inventor and philanthopist
- Laurens Hammond, Cornell 1916, Inventor of the pipeless organ
- Arnold O. Beckman, Illinois 1922, Inventor of the pH meter and founder of Beckman Instruments
- Linus C. Pauling, Oregon State 1922, Winner of two Nobel Prizes ; chemistry and peace
- Dr. Christian B. Anfinsen, Swarthmore 1937, Nobel Prize winner for chemistry
- Dr. William C. Dement, Washington 1949, Pioneer in sleep research, discovered and named REM sleep, author of many books on sleep, founder of the National Sleep Foundation, and a long time professor at Stanford University where he established one of the first university sleep laboratories.
- Dr. Augustus A. White, III, Brown 1957, Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston
- Col. Frederick H. Hauck, Tufts 1962, NASA astronaut
- Brewster H. Shaw, Wisconsin 1967, NASA astronaut
- Terry Hart, Lehigh 1968, NASA astronaut
- Lee Nordan, Tufts 1968, Prominent eye surgeon in San Diego and a pioneer in Lasix Surgery and Radial Carotomy