Delta Upsilon
Delta Upsilon is a non-secret international men's fraternity founded on November 4, 1834 at Williams College. Delta Upsilon has no secret rituals, principles, motto, handshakes, or other secret things typically associated with fraternities.
The fraternity believes in a set of principles known as The Four Founding Principles. Those principles are, The Promotion of Friendship, The Development of Character, The Diffusion of Liberal Culture, and the Advancement of Justice. Delta Upsilon is derived from the first two letters of the fraternity motto, Dikaia Upotheke, meaning "Justice, our foundation."
The fraternity was originally founded as an anti-secret social fraternity to combat against the prevailing secret societies at the time. Over the years, the fraternity has since become simply non-secret.
Delta Upsilon is now a thriving international fraternity with over 80 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 DU's, Deltas, and Ducks.
Philanthropy
Delta Upsilon is known for running great philanthropic events in many communities internationally. The main organization they provide support to is Boys and Girls Club.
Notable DU's
James A. Garfield: Williams 1856, second fraternity man to become President of the United States
Justin L. Morrill: Middlebury 1860, United States Senator from Vermont and author of the land grant college act
Rossiter Johnson, Rochester 1863, historian and novelist
David Starr Jordan, Cornell 1872, first president of Stanford University
Daniel S. Lamont, Union 1872, Secretary of War
George W. Goethals, Manhattan 1877, General United States Army, 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, U. S. Vice President, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court
Alexander D. Noyes, Amherst 1883, financial editor of the New York Times
Charles G. Dawes, Marietta 1884, Vice President of the United States and Ambassador to Britain
Fenton W. Booth, DePauw 1892, dean of Harvard Law
Rupert Hughes, Western Reserve 1892, historian and novelist
Stephen Crane, Lafayette and Syracuse 1894, journalist and author of Red Badge of Courage
Alfred J. P. Sloan Jr., Technology 1895, chairman of the board of General Motors
Arthur M. Hyde, Michigan 1899, United States Secretary of Agriculture
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Colgate 1900, theologian
William B. Greeley, Stanford and California 1901, chief forester, U. S. Forest Service
Kurt Vonnegut Jr., American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. He was recognized as New York State Author for 2001-2003.
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
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