('''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. 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 permament 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 yōōpōthākŭ'') 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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- Christian B. Anfinsen , Swarthmore '37, winner of the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- Fenton W. Booth , DePauw 1892, dean of Harvard Law
- James Bryant Conant , Harvard '14, president of Harvard University
- David Starr Jordan , Cornell 1872, first president of Stanford University
- Linus Pauling , Oregon State '22, Winner of two Nobel Prizes for chemistry and peace, and the only man to win two Nobel Prizes single-handedly
- Edward C. Prescott , Swarthmore '62, winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Economics
- Phillip R. Shriver , Kent State, president of Miami University
- William R. Brody , MIT, president of Johns Hopkins University
- Stephen Crane , Lafayette and Syracuse 1894, journalist and author of '' The Red Badge Of Courage ''
- William Crossin , Toronto '55, president, Merle Norman Cosmetics
- John Davidson , Denison '64, actor, singer, and comedian
- Hedley Donovan , Minnesota '34, editor TIME Magazine
- Rupert Hughes , Western Reserve 1892, historian and novelist
- Rossiter Johnson , Rochester 1863, historian and novelist
- Noel Stookey , Michigan State '55, folk singer and composer, "Paul" of Peter, Peter Paul And Mary
- Alan Thicke , Western Ontario '67, actor and songwriter
- Richard Threlkeld , Ripon '60, ABC News correspondent
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr . Cornell '44, editorialist and author of '' Slaughterhouse-Five ''
- Jason Lewis , San Diego State '94, model and actor
- Neil Austrian , Swarthmore '61, former president of the National Football League
- Gerald Aaron , Wichita '63, president, Pizza Hut
- John E. Bossnack , inventor of DISTANCE, network monitoring program which helped enable the network administrators at DePauw University to better monitor network traffic.
- Charles Brown , Virginia '43, chairman, AT&T
- Robert Cade , Florida '45, inventor of Gatorade
- Michael Eisner , Denison '64, chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company
- Laurens Hammond , Cornell '16, inventor of the Hammond Organ , holder of over 100 patents
- Charles Kettering , Ohio State '04, Founder of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , founder of Delco, holder of over 300 patents
- Austin Kiplinger , Cornell '39, publisher of the Kiplinger Letter
- Thomas B. McCabe , Swarthmore '15, CEO of the Scott Paper Company and Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
- James McDonnell , Technology '29, chairman, McDonnell-Douglas
- Gordon McGovern , Brown '48, chairman Campbell Soup
- Richard McLoughlin , DePauw '50, president, '' Reader's Digest ''
- Alexander D. Noyes , Amherst 1883, financial editor of the '' New York Times ''
- John Rogers , Miami '57, chairman and CEO, United Parcel Service
- Arthur Hoyt Scott , Swarthmore 1895, CEO of the Scott Paper Company and inventor of facial tissue
- Richard P. Simmons , Technology '53, chairman, Allegheny Ludlum Steel
- Alfred P. Sloan , Technology 1895, chairman of the board of General Motors
- John Thain , Technology 1978, CEO New York Stock Exchange
- Charles D. Prutzman , Penn State '18, Vice President and General Counsel Universal Pictures
- Tommy Franks , University Of Texas At Austin , Commander of United States Central Command during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom .
- George W. Goethals , Manhattan 1877, General United States Army, chief engineer during the building of the Panama Canal
- Terry Hart , Lehigh '68, NASA Astronaut
- Frederick Hauck , Tufts ' 62, NASA astronaut
- Brewster Shaw , Wisconsin '67, NASA astronaut
- David Shoup , DePauw '26, Commandant Of The Marine Corps and Medal Of Honor recipient
- George Welch , Aviator
- Clifford P. Case , Rutgers '25, US Representative and Senator from New Jersey
- Charles G. Dawes , Marietta 1884, Vice President Of The United States and Ambassador to Great Britain
- Alan J. Dixon , Illinois '51, Senator from Illinois
- Paul Douglas , Bowdoin '13, Senator from Illinois
- Stephen Johnson Field , Williams 1837, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Calfornia, Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
- William B. Greeley , Stanford and California 1901, chief forester, US Forest Service
- John S. Herrington , Stanford '61, United States Secretary Of Energy
- Charles Evans Hughes , Colgate and Brown 1881, Governor Of New York , Secretary Of State , and Chief Justice Of The Supreme Court
- Arthur M. Hyde , Michigan 1899, United States Secretary Of Agriculture
- Kenneth Keating , Rochester '19, US Representative, Senator from New York
- Joseph P. Kennedy , Harvard '12 - Ambassador to Great Britain, father of Three Senators and a President
- Daniel S. Lamont , Union 1872, Secretary Of War
- from Vermont and author of the Land-Grant College Act
- Lester B. Pearson , Toronto '19, 14th Prime Minister Of Canada 1963-1968, President Of The United Nations General Assembly 1952, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1957
- Amos J. Peaslee , Swarthmore 1907, US ambassador to Australia
- Winston L. Prouty , Lafayette '30, US Representative and Senator from Vermont
- Charles F.C. Ruff , Swarthmore '60, famous Washington attorney who defended President Clinton during his 1998 Senate Impeachment trial
- Robert Stafford , Middlebury '35, Governor Of Vermont , Senator from Vermont
- Tom Vilsack , Hamilton '71, Current Governor Of Iowa
- Jim Boeheim , Syracuse '66, head basketball coach, Syracuse
- Theodore Boehm , Brown '60, chairman, '87 Pan Am Games organizing committee
- Thomas Darling , Syracuse '81, silver medal in crew, 1984 Olympics
- Randell Gregg , Alberta '75, defenseman on four Stanley Cup champions
- Lou Holtz , Kent State '58, head football coach, South Carolina and Notre Dame
- Harvey Kuenn , Wisconsin '54, baseball player and manager
- James Rodgers , Iowa '65, head coach, Boston Celtics
- Darrell Royal , Oklahoma '50, University Of Texas head football coach, College Football Hall Of Fame member
- Peter Uberroth , San Jose '59, organizer of the 1984 Olympics and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
- Pete Gogolak , Cornell '63, introduced soccer-style kicking to pro football, for Buffalo Bills and New York Giants, where he was team's leading scorer for more than thirty years
- Gary Wood , Cornell '63, All-Ivy quarterback with several league records, played for the New York Giants
- Stewart Grote , Cornell '78, All-Telluride Football linebacker and national spokesperson for J&J baby powder and the Sesame Seeds Foundation
- Horace Ashenfelter , Penn State '49, 1952 Olympic gold medalist in Steeplechase , Won Sullivan Award , 1952, 8 AAU National Titles, 5 time U.S. Indoor 3-Mile Champion, Elected to U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame, 1975.
