List of Delta Kappa Epsilon members

The list of Delta Kappa Epsilon brothers (commonly referred to as Dekes) includes initiated and honorary members of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Delta Kappa Epsilon counts many political, business, sports, education, science, and arts leaders. Listed is a sample of some famous Dekes.

Presidents of the United States

19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes, Delta Chi
26th President, Theodore Roosevelt, Alpha
38th President, Gerald R. Ford, Omicron
41st President, George H. W. Bush, Phi
43rd President, George W. Bush, Phi

Note:

32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alpha

Franklin D. Roosevelt was a member of the Alpha Chapter of DKE at Harvard and would be considered the sixth DKE brother to serve as President of the United States; however, the Harvard chapter was de-recognized by DKE International due to the chapter's stance on dual membership with other fraternities.

Vice Presidents of the United States

Justices of the United States Supreme Court

Nobel Laureates

John F. Enders, Phi – 1954 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine
James P. Allison, Omega Chi – 2018 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine

Pulitzer Prize winners

Harvey Cushing, Phi – 1926 Pulitzer Prize winner in biography
Charles Ives, Phi – 1947 Pulitzer Prize winner in music
Virginius Dabney, Eta – 1948 Pulitzer Prize winner in editorial writing
Ira B. Harkey Jr., Tau Lambda – 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner in editorial writing
Dean Acheson, Phi – 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner in history
Walter A. McDougall, Sigma – 1985 Pulitzer Prize winner in biography

Newspaper & Magazine publishers and editors

Norman Chandler, Sigma Rho – publisher, Los Angeles Times
Otis Chandler, Sigma Rho – publisher, Los Angeles Times
Briton Hadden, Phi – co-founder of Time Magazine
William Randolph Hearst, Alpha – publisher, Hearst Newspapers
Eugene Pulliam, Psi Phi – publisher, Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc.
Ken Purdy, Rho Delta – Editor, Parade (magazine), Car and Driver, True (magazine)
James C. Quayle, Psi Phi – chairman, Huntington Newspapers, Inc
Whitelaw Reid, Kappa – editor-in-chief, New York Tribune
Ogden Reid, Phi – New York Tribune
John Wright Sifton, Alpha Tau – President of Manitoba Free Press

Agency heads

Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, Kappa – first director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Sargent Shriver, Phi – founder and first director of the Peace Corps

Businessmen

John F. Akers, Phi – past president of IBM
Frank Batten, Eta – founder Weather Channel
Edward Bausch, Beta Phi – Bausch & Lomb Opticals
Alfred R. Berkeley III Eta – former Nasdaq president
Alfred Bloomingdale, Upsilon – founder of Diners Club International
Matthew Borden, Phi – Industrialist
Lawrence Bossidy, Mu – Chairman of Honeywell
Charles Sterling Bunnell, Phi – CitiBank
Dave Calhoun, Sigma Alpha – Boeing
James Boorman Colgate, Mu – Colgate-Palmolive
Donald Fisher, Theta Zeta – founder and past chairman of Gap Inc.
Theodore J. Forstmann, Phi – financier, subject of the book and movie Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco
James Gamble, Lambda – Procter & Gamble
Rutherford P. Hayes, Delta Chi – Librarian and banker
Webb Hayes, Delta Chi – co-founder of Union Carbide, Congressional Medal of Honor
Walter Hoving, Upsilon – Tiffany & Co.
Herb Kelleher, Gamma Phi – Southwest Airlines
Robert Lehman, Phi – Lehman Brothers
Craig McCaw, Sigma Rho – McCaw Communications, cellular telephones
Bradley Palmer, Alpha – founder of United Fruit Company, Gillette, and ITT
John Pierpont Morgan Jr., Alpha – financier
Frederick W. Smith, Phi – FedEx
Oscar Tang, Phi – New York financier and philanthropist. Current head of the board of trustees for Phillips Academy.
Robert J. Thorne, Delta Chi - Montgomery Ward
William L. Trenholm, Delta – North American Trust Company, Comptroller of the Currency
John Hay Whitney, Phi – New York Herald Tribune, Ambassador to England, art collector
Joseph Wilson, Beta Phi – Xerox
Dean Witter Jr., Phi – Dean Witter Reynolds (now part of Morgan Stanley)
William Wrigley III, Phi – Wrigley Company
Vasant Narasimhan, Delta Delta – chief executive officer of Novartis

Political figures

Dean G. Acheson, Phi – Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman, Architect of Cold War Foreign Policy
Larz Anderson, Alpha – U.S. Ambassador to Japan and Belgium
Robert Bacon, Alpha – US Secretary of State
Nathaniel Banks, Sigma – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Albert J. Beveridge, Psi Phi – U.S. Senator, Indiana
Andrew Biemiller, Delta Chi – Congressman and labor leader
Wilson S. Bissell, Phi – Postmaster General from 1893-1895
James G. Blaine, Theta – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, presidential candidate, United States Secretary of State under James Garfield and Chester Arthur.
Matthew Butler, Delta – U.S. Senator, South Carolina 1877-1895
Gaston Caperton, Beta – Governor of West Virginia 1989–1997
John Chafee, Phi – Secretary of the Navy, Governor of Rhode Island, U.S. Senator
Sutemi Chinda, Psi Phi – Secretary of State of the Empire of Japan (The Washington, D.C. Cherry trees were presented by him and his wife on behalf of the people of Japan in 1912)
Chris Coons, Sigma – U.S. Senator, Delaware
Royal S. Copeland, Omicron – U.S. Senator of New York 1923–1938
Mark Dayton, Phi – U.S. Senator and Governor, Minnesota
Ron DeSantis, Phi – Governor of Florida (2019–Present)
George A. Drew, Alpha Phi – Premier of Ontario, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Leader of the Opposition
Thomas F. Eagleton, Sigma – U.S. Democratic Senator Missouri, VP Candidate 1972
Donald Ensenat, Phi – US Ambassador, Chief Of Protocol
Keith Falconer Fletcher, Tau – Massachusetts legislator
Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Zeta Zeta – two-term Governor of Louisiana
Justice George Alexander Gale, Alpha Phi – former Chief Justice of Ontario
Asa Bird Gardiner, Nu – New York County District Attorney
Gordon Gray, Beta – Assistant secretary of war under Harry Truman
Lister Hill, Psi – U.S. Senator of Alabama 1938–1969
Tony Knowles, Phi – two-term Governor of Alaska
Robert Todd Lincoln, Alpha – Secretary of War, son of Abraham Lincoln
Bob Livingston, Tau Lambda – United States House of Representatives, Louisiana
Henry Cabot Lodge, Alpha – Senate Majority Leader
Russell B. Long, Zeta Zeta – Senate Majority Whip, Democrat from Louisiana
Nicholas Longworth, Alpha – Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Donald S. MacDonald, Alpha Phi – former Canadian Minister of Finance, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom
Mario García Menocal, Delta Chi – President of the Republic of Cuba
Robert D. Orr, Phi – 45th Governor of Indiana
Frank Nesmith Parsons, Pi – Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1902–1924
George Pataki, Phi – Governor of New York
Clark T. Randt Jr., Phi – longest-serving U.S. Ambassador to China
Peter F. Schabarum, Theta Zeta – American football player, member of Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors from 1972 to 1991
Don Siegelman, Psi – Governor of Alabama
William Simon, Rho – Secretary of the Treasury
Ted Stevens, Theta Rho – U.S. Senator, Senate Pro Tem, Alaska
Robert Taft Jr., Phi – Republican senator from Ohio, author of modern labor law
Richard W. Thompson, Psi Phi – Secretary of the Navy 1877–1880
George Von L. Meyer, Alpha – United States Postmaster General from 1907-1909, Secretary of the Navy from 1909-1913
John De Witt Warner, Delta Chi – United States House of Representatives, New York
Yung Wing, Phi – Chinese diplomat to the United States. founder of the Chinese Educational Mission in 1872
Michael M. Wood, Phi – U.S. Ambassador to Sweden
Ro Khanna, Delta Delta – United States House of Representatives, California

Olympians

Sebastian Bea, Theta Zeta – 2000 Olympic Silver Medalist in Crew (Men's Pair w/o Coxswain)
James Elder, Alpha Phi – 1968 Olympic Gold Medalist, Men's Equestrian Team
Bill Miller, Sigma Rho – 1936 Olympic Gold Medalist in Pole vault
James Stillman Rockefeller, Phi – 1924 Olympic Gold Medalist in Crew (Men's eights)
Don Schollander, Phi – 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist (4x) in Swimming
Dr. Charles Snelling, Alpha Phi – 1957 World Bronze Medalist in figure skating, competed at the 1956 and 1964 Olympics
Jack Torrance, Zeta Zeta – Held world record in shot put for 14 years, competed at the 1936 Olympics
Dr. Pat Turner – 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist in Crew (Men's eights)
Richard Weinberger, Beta Tau – 2012 Olympic Bronze medalist in Swimming (10 km Marathon)

Sports and entertainment

Jack Agrios, Delta Phi – Chairman of the IAAF World Championships in Athletics Committee 2001
Frankie Albert, Sigma Rho – football player, invented bootleg play, Coach San Francisco 49ers
Mike Babcock, Tau Alpha – Former head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs and only coach in the Triple Gold Club
William Bartholomay, Delta Epsilon – former owner of the Atlanta Braves
August Belmont Jr., Alpha – First president of the Jockey Club, building of Belmont Park racetrack, and breeder of Man O' War.
Roland Betts, Phi – US Olympic Committee, and founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Chelsea Piers, L.P., which operates the Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex in Manhattan.
Dana X. Bible, Iota – College Football head coach at University of Texas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Texas A&M, Louisiana State and Mississippi College
Clinton W. Blume, Mu – pitcher New York Giants, 1922 World Series, President, Real Estate Board of New York, 1955
Paul Brown, Kappa – Hall of Fame football coach & founder of the Cleveland Browns and owner of the Cincinnati Bengals
Walter Camp, Phi – Father of American Football
Dick Clark, Phi Gamma – hosted American Bandstand and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve
Billy Crudup, Beta – actor
Hugh Culverhouse, Psi – owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Michael Eben, Alpha Phi – former Toronto Argonauts player
Marcus Giamatti, Theta – actor
A. Bartlett Giamatti, Phi – Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Harry Hamlin, Theta Zeta – actor
Hagood Hardy, Alpha Chi – pianist and composer
Lawren Harris, Alpha Phi, – Canadian artist and member of the Group of Seven
Howard Hawks, Delta Chi – film director, producer and screenwriter
Calvin Hill, Phi – Professional Football Player for the Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Redskins, and the Cleveland Browns
Craig Hummer, Lambda – International Ironman champion (lifeguarding), sportscaster
Charles Ives, Phi – composer
Robert Trent Jones, Delta Chi – famed golf course designer
Robert J. Kelleher, Epsilon – Hall of Fame tennis player and official
Larry Kelley, Phi – 1936 Heisman Trophy winner
Troy Kinney, Phi – artist
Thomas W. Landry, Omega Chi – coach of the Dallas Cowboys
Angelo "Hank" Luisetti, Sigma Rho – one of the most famous college basketball players of all time
Michael Macari, Epsilon Rho – film producer (The Ring)
Tex McCrary, Phi – radio/TV personality, led the recruitment of Dwight Eisenhower for president
Don McNeill, Lambda – 4x Grand Slam winner in tennis
David Milch, Phi – writer and producer
Joe Paterno, Upsilon – Penn State football coach
Bob Pettit, Zeta Zeta – NBA All star and hall of famer
Cole Porter, Phi – composer
Dicky Pride, Psi – professional golfer on the PGA Tour
J. Burton Rix, Pi – football and basketball coach at Texas, SMU, and Miami^[1]
Ryan Serhant, Tau – New York real estate broker through Nest Seekers International, one of the stars of Million Dollar Listing New York
Root Boy Slim, Phi – rock singer
George Steinbrenner, Epsilon – owner of the New York Yankees
Matt Stover, Alpha Omega – placekicker in the National Football League
Chris Strouth, Phi Epsilon – musician, producer, writer and filmmaker
Ming Tsai, Phi – Chinese-American fusion cuisine chef, restaurateur, and Emmy Award-winning television personality
Belford West, Mu – inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame^[2]
Wheelock Whitney Jr., Phi – owner of the Minnesota Vikings and Minnesota Twins
Jonathan Winters, Lambda – comedian and writer
Josh Zuckerman, Zeta – actor
Ben Paterson, Delta Delta – jazz pianist

Higher education

James R. Angell, Omicron – President of Yale University
Bruce D. Benson, Delta Chi – President of the University of Colorado
Charles W. Cole, Sigma – President of Amherst College
Gregory L. Fenves. Delta Chi – President of Emory University and the University of Texas
Arthur Twining Hadley, Phi – President of Yale University
Ernest Martin Hopkins, Pi – President of Dartmouth College
Martin Kellogg, Phi – President of the University of California at Berkeley
Stanley King, Sigma – President of Amherst College from 1932 to 1946
Robert J. McMullen, Iota – President of Centre College
Cyrus Northrop, Phi – President of the University of Minnesota
Calvin Plimpton, Sigma – President of Amherst College and American University of Beirut
Benno C. Schmidt Jr., Phi – President of Yale University
George Edgar Vincent, Phi – President of the University of Minnesota
Francis Amasa Walker, Sigma – President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Other famous Dekes

Alan Bean, Omega Chi – Apollo astronaut, fourth man on the moon
Edward Bellamy, Theta Chi – author
Frederick H. Brooke, Phi – architect
Dale Chihuly, Kappa Epsilon – glass artist
Harvey Weir Cook, Psi Phi – Aviation pioneer, Indianapolis Airport named in his honor
Melvil Dewey, Sigma – devised the Dewey Decimal System
Charles Alton Ellis, Gamma Phi – designed the Golden Gate Bridge
Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Theta Zeta – Second son of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Theta – Author
Paul M. Hebert, Zeta Zeta – Judge, United States Military Tribunals in Nuremberg
Peyton C. March, Rho^[3] – American soldier and Chief of Staff of the United States Army from May 1918 through June 1921
Robert E. Peary, Theta – first man to reach the North Pole
Baron Hirai Seijirō, Psi Omega – President, Japanese Railways
Jeme Tien Yow, Phi – Director of Chinese Railroads, Chinese (Qing Dynasty) Empire

References

^ Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, p. 649, Delta Kappa Epsilon Council, 1910.
^ "D. B. West Is Dead; Area Industrialist, Grid All-America". The Buffalo Evening News. September 13, 1973. p. VI-64. Retrieved June 29, 2023 – via newspapers.com.
^ Delta Kappa Epsilon Council (1910). Warren, Aldice G. (ed.). Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company. p. 742. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

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[1] Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, p. 649, Delta Kappa Epsilon Council, 1910.

[2] "D. B. West Is Dead; Area Industrialist, Grid All-America". The Buffalo Evening News. September 13, 1973. p. VI-64. Retrieved June 29, 2023 – via newspapers.com.

[3] Delta Kappa Epsilon Council (1910). Warren, Aldice G. (ed.). Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company. p. 742. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

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