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OTD – Theodore Roosevelt, DEKE, Dies at 60

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was an initiate of the Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Harvard University. He died on on January 6, 1919, of a coronary embolism. He was 60 years old. His … Continue reading

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Begin the Beguine on Cole Porter’s Birthday

Cole Porter was born on June 9, 1891, in Peru, Indiana. His family was well-to-do thanks to the industriousness of his grandfather, J.O. Cole, who struck gold in California and returned to Indiana to parlay it into a greater fortune. … Continue reading

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George H. W. Bush, R.I.P.

George Herbert Walker Bush, our 41st President, died yesterday at the age of 94. His wife, Barbara Bush, died this past April. President Bush became a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter while he was a student at Yale … Continue reading

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U.S. Presidents and Fraternity Men – First Ladies and Sorority Women

Ever wonder which Presidents belonged to fraternities? Or which First Ladies were in women’s fraternities/sororities? Or which Presidential offspring belong to these organizations?  National Panhellenic Conference women who have served as First Lady Lucy B. Hayes, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Ohio … Continue reading

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95 Years Ago a Pi Phi and a Phi Gam Became FLOTUS and POTUS

I should call this blog “I get by with a little help from my friends.” This time it was a post by the Phi Gamma Delta Archives (and Archivist Towner Blackstock) that reminded me about the events of the early … Continue reading

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Congratulations All Around!

Congratulations are in order! My Syracuse friends were celebrating Coach Jim Boeheim’s 1,000 win. He is a graduate of Syracuse where he became a member of the Delta Upsilon chapter. *** Yesterday, Super Bowl LI dominated the twitterverse.  The first … Continue reading

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A Shant and a President, an Ann Arbor Story

The minutes of the founding chapter of Delta Kappa Epilson reveal that on December 16, 1854,  “A Petition to establish at the University of Michigan was read and granted,” according to the “This day in DEKE history” facebook page. The … Continue reading

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A Cuba Connection as Delta Kappa Epsilon Turns 172

Today is the day on which Delta Kappa Epsilon was founded 172 years ago. There are many people, places, and things which have DKE connections. I’ve learned about many of them through This Day in Deke History posts on social … Continue reading

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Following a Mentor in the 1870s and Landing in Greencastle, Indiana

In 1877, four young Japanese men arrived in Greencastle, Indiana. They became students at the alma mater of their teacher, an American missionary. They, too, like their mentor, became fraternity men. Two joined Delta Kappa Epsilon and the other two … Continue reading

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The “Shant” on Delta Kappa Epsilon’s Founding Day

On June 22, 1844, in room 12 of Old South Hall, 15 Yale College* students from the Class of 1846 organized Delta Kappa Epsilon. The fifteen founders are William Woodruff Atwater, Edward Griffin Bartlett, Frederic Peter Bellinger, Jr., Henry Case, … Continue reading

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