Today’s post about Nobel Prize winners with Greek-Letter Organization affiliation is thanks to the research of Ashley Martin, Director of Communications at Delta Upsilon.
Ashley’s career in fraternity communications began at Zeta Tau Alpha where she spent seven years. She had a short stint at Delta Sigma Phi before being hired by DU. She served as President of the Fraternity Communications Association, 2013-2015. In 2016, she was awarded the Marilyn Simpson Ford Distinguished Service Award. The award is named for the long-time editor of the Arrow of Pi Beta Phi. How fitting that Martin is an alumna of the Butler University chapter of Pi Phi.
The awardees are in alphabetical order, with the category and year of award, followed by GLO affiliation.
Luis Walter Alvarez, Physics, 1968, Phi Gamma Delta
Christian B. Anfinsen, Chemistry, 1972, Delta Upsilon
Kenneth Arrow, Economics, 1972, Sigma Phi Epsilon
John Bardeen, Physics, 1956, Zeta Psi
John Bardeen, Physics, 1972, Zeta Psi
Barry Barish, Physics, 2017, Sigma Alpha Mu
George Wells Beadle, 1958, Physiology/Medicine, FarmHouse
Michael Bishop, Medicine, 1989, Lambda Chi Alpha
Norman E. Borlaug, Peace, 1970, Alpha Gamma Rho
Ken Brockman, Peace, 2005, Tau Kappa Epsilon, UN IAEA award
Pearl S. Buck, Literature, 1938, Kappa Delta
Owen Chamberlain, Physics, 1959, Theta Chi
Donald J. Cram, Chemistry, 1987, Lambda Chi Alpha
Charles Gates Dawes, Peace, 1925, Delta Upsilon
Bob Dylan, Literature, 2016, Sigma Alpha Mu – almost (lived in the house and accepted the bid, but was never initiated)
Robert F. Engle III, Economics, 2003, Beta Theta Pi
John Franklin Enders, Medicine, 1954, Delta Kappa Epsilon
William Faulkner, Literature, 1949, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
William Alfred Fowler, Physics, 1983, Tau Kappa Epsilon
Robert Horvitz, Medicine, 2002, Alpha Epsilon Pi
John St. Clair Kilby, Physics, 2000, Acacia (honorary)
Martin Luther King, Jr., Peace, 1964, Alpha Phi Alpha
Paul Lauterbur, Medicine, 2003, Phi Kappa Tau
George C. Marshall, Peace, 1953, Kappa Alpha Order
Stanford Moore, Chemistry, 1972, Phi Kappa Sigma
Toni Morrison, Literature, 1993, Alpha Kappa Alpha
Dale Mortensen, Economics, 2010, Beta Theta Pi
Kerry B. Mullis, Chemistry, 1993, Sigma Chi
Marshall W. Nirenberg, Medicine, 1968, Pi Lambda Phi
Linus Pauling, Chemistry, 1954, Delta Upsilon
Linus Pauling, Peace, 1962, Delta Upsilon
Lester Bowles Pearson, Peace, 1957, Delta Upsilon
Edward C. Prescott, Economics, 2004, Delta Upsilon
Stanley B. Prusiner, Medicine, 1997, Alpha Epsilon Pi
Edward Mills Purcell, Physics, 1952, Phi Kappa Sigma
Adam G. Riess, Physics, 2011, Phi Delta Theta
Frederick Chapman Robbins, Medicine, 1954, Phi Gamma Delta
Theodore Roosevelt, Peace, 1906, Delta Kappa Epsilon
Elihu Root, Peace, 1912, Sigma Phi Society
Francis Peyton Rous, Medicine, 1966, Phi Kappa Psi
Juan Manuel Santos, Peace, 2016, Delta Upsilon
William F. Sharpe, Economics, 1990, Theta Xi
Thomas A. Steitz, Chemistry, 2009, Delta Tau Delta
George H. Whipple, Medicine, 1934, Beta Theta Pi
Woodrow Wilson, Peace, 1919, Phi Kappa Psi
Woodrow Wilson, Phi Kappa Psi
