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Delta Kappa EpsilonΔΚΕ (Delta Kappa Epsilon) (also pronounced D K E or "Deke") is the oldest secret college men's fraternity 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, 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 of America, as its members have included five of forty-three Presidents of the United States: Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush. During the Civil War, the first Union 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 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 national 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 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, 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 J. Danforth Quayle, Psi Phi Sitting State Governors George Pataki, New York (Honorary) Tony Knowles, Phi, Alaska Don Siegelman, Psi, Alabama Newspaper Publishers & 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 Stuart, Phi Businessmen John F. Akers, Phi - Past President of I.B.M. 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 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 U.S. House of Representatives and Presidential Candidate Dean G. 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 Chinese Empire Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, Kappa - first director of the C.I.A. Robert Todd Lincoln, Alpha - Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln Sports and Entertainment Cole Porter, Phi - composer Paul Brown, Kappa - coach of Cleveland Browns and owner of the Cincinnati Bengals Thomas W. Landry, Omega Chi - coach of Dallas Cowboys Joe Paterno, Upsilon - Penn State 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, Phi Gamma - hosted American Bandstand Harry Hamlin, Theta Zeta - actor Jonathan Winters, Lambda - comedian and writer Bob Pettit, Zeta Zeta - NBA All star and hall of famer. 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 astronaut Active Chapters 1) Phi - Yale 2) Zeta - Princeton 3) Sigma - Amherst 4) Gammahttp://www.gammadke.com/ - Vanderbilt 5) Psi - Alabama 6) Chi - Mississippi 7) Beta - UNC 8) Kappa - Miami 9) Lambdahttp://www.lambdadke.org/ - Kenyon 10) Eta - Virginia 11) Alpha Alpha - Middlebury 12) Omicronhttp://www.umdke.com/ - Michigan 13) Rhohttp://ww2.lafayette.edu/~dke/ - Lafayette 14) Tau - Hamilton 15) Mu - Colgate 16) Beta Phihttp://www.cif.rochester.edu/~dke/ - Rochester 17) Zeta Zeta - LSU 18) Phi Chi - Rutgers 19) Gamma Phihttp://people.brynmawr.edu/clorah/DKEmain.htm - Wesleyan 20) Beta Chihttp://www.bxdeke.org/index2.php - Case Western 21) Delta Chi - Cornell 22) Delta Deltahttp://dke.uchicago.edu - Chicago 23) Phi Gammahttp://www.phigamma.com/ - Syracuse 24) Theta Zeta - Berkeley 25) Phi Epsilonhttp://www.mndke.com/ - Minnesota 26) Sigma Tau - MIT 27) Tau Lambda - Tulane 28) Alpha Phi - Toronto 29) Delta Kappa - Pennsylvania 30) Sigma Rhohttp://dke.stanford.edu/ - Stanford 31) Rho Delta - Wisconsin 32) Kappa Epsilon - Washington 33) Omega Chihttp://www.texasdekes.com/ - Texas 34) Alpha Tauhttp://www.dkemb.org/ - Manitoba 35) Delta Phi - Alberta 36) Phi Alpha - British Columbia 37) Tau Delta - Sewanee 38) Psi Deltahttp://www.wfu.edu/Student-organizations/dke/ - Wake Forest University 39) Sigma Alphahttp://www.dke.org.vt.edu/ - Virginia Tech 40) Phi Deltahttp://www.dke.ca/phidelta/ - Western Ontario 41) Alpha Mu - Rowan 42) Epsilon Rhohttp://www.duke.edu/web/dke/ - Duke 43) Nu Zetahttp://www.dke-nz.org/ - Pace 44) Zeta Epsilonhttp://www.davisdke.cjb.net/ - Davis 45) Phi Sigma - Bryant 46) Phi Rhohttp://www.greeks.psu.edu/ifc/dke/ - Penn State 47) Chi Rhohttp://orgs.bloomu.edu/dke/ - Bloomsburg 48) Zeta Chihttp://www.dkezx.com/ - Bentley 49) sigma beta - Santa Barbara 50) Beta Gammahttp://www.dkenyu.com/ - NYU 51) Alpha Beta - DePaul 52) Sigma Kappa - Michigan State 53) Delta Tau - Ohio State 54) Delta Psihttp://www.indiana.edu/~dke/ - Indiana 55) Mu Chi - Maryville 56) Upsilon Omega - South Alabama 57) Kappa Omega - Lake Forest 58) Rho Betahttp://www.richmonddke.com/ - Richmond 59) Phi Beta - Stephen F. Austin For a complete list of all historical chapters, see DKE's Chapter Website. Links and references
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