Delta Upsilon
Carnegie Chapter

​​List of Delta Upsilon Brothers​ Source

​

Politics and government

 

• Stephen Johnson Field, Williams 1837, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Daniel Bigelow, Union 1846, Pioneer lawyer, judge and legislator in Washington Territory
• James A. Garfield, Williams 1856,President of the United States
• Justin Smith Morrill, Middlebury 1860, United States Senator from Vermont; author of the Morrill Act
• William H. H. Miller, Hamilton 1861, United States Attorney General
• Daniel S. Lamont, Union 1872, United States Secretary of War
• George W. Goethals, Manhattan 1877, United States Army general, chief engineer during the building of the Panama Canal
• Charles Evans Hughes, Colgate and Brown 1881, Governor of New York, United States Secretary of State, Chief Justice of the United States
• Charles G. Dawes, Marietta 1884, Vice President of the United States, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Nobel Peace Prize laureate
• Arthur M. Hyde, Michigan 1899, United States Secretary of Agriculture
• Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan 1904, United States Senator from Michigan
• Joyce Kilmer, Rutgers 1908 (did not graduate), poet, journalist, editor, soldier.
• Warren Randolph Burgess, Brown 1912, United States Permanent Representative to NATO
• Joseph P. Kennedy, Harvard 1912, Ambassador to Great Britain, Kennedy family patriarch
• Paul Douglas, Bowdoin 1913, United States Senator from Illinois
• Sumner T. Pike, Bowdoin 1913, President of the Atomic Energy Commission
• Kenneth B. Keating, Rochester 1919, United States Senator, New York; Ambassador to India; Ambassador to Israel; Brigadier General, United States Army
• Lester B. Pearson, Toronto 1919, Prime Minister of Canada and President of the United Nations General Assembly; Nobel Prize winner for Peace
• David E. Lilienthal, DePauw 1920, Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission
• Herbert Brownell, Nebraska 1924, United States Attorney General
• Clifford P. Case, Rutgers 1925, Senator from New Jersey
• General David M. Shoup, DePauw 1926, Commandant of the Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient
• Winston L. Prouty, Lafayette 1930, Senator - Vermont
• Foy D. Kohler, Ohio State 1931, Ambassador to the USSR
• William H. Avery, Kansas 1934, Governor, State of Kansas
• Robert T. Stafford, Middlebury 1935, US Congressman and Senator, Vermont
• Hugh Ellsworth Rodham, Pennsylvania State 1935, Father of First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
• Joseph L. Fisher, Technology 1935, US Congressman, Virginia
• C. William O'Neill, Marietta and Ohio State 1938, Governor, State of Ohio
• John P. Robarts, Western Ontario 1939, Premier, Province of Ontario, Canada
• George Welch (pilot), Purdue 1941, Shot down the first Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War on Dec 7, 1941. WWII triple air ace in three different fighter aircraft.
• F. Ray Keyser, Jr., Tufts 1950, Governor, State of Vermont
• Dr. G. William Whitehurst, Washington and Lee 1950, US Congressman from Virginia
• William H. Brown, Jr., Swarthmore 1951, Parliamentarian, United States House of Representatives
• John Bertrand Conlan, Northwestern 1951, US Congressman, Arizona
• Alan J. Dixon, Illinois 1951, Senator - Illinois
• E. Peter Lougheed, Alberta 1952, Premier, Province of Alberta, Canada
• Robert P. Hanrahan, Bowling Green 1956, US Congressman, Illinois
• Thomas E. Morgan, Lafayette 1958, US Congressman, Pennsylvania
• John S. Herrington, Stanford 1961, US Energy Secretary
• N. Lloyd Axworthy, Manitoba 1963, Member of Parliament, Minister of Foreign Affairs
• Michael D. Barnes, North Carolina 1965, US Congressman, Maryland
• Angus S. King, Jr., Dartmouth 1966, former Governor of the State of Maine and current U.S. Senator from Maine
• Anthony J. Moffat, Jr., Syracuse 1966, US Congressman, Connecticut
• Tommy Franks, Texas 1967, United States Army general, commander of United States Central Command,
• Robert B. Reich, Dartmouth 1968, former United States Secretary of Labor
• Les Aspin, Marquette 1970, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, United States Secretary of Defense
• Chuck Poochigian, Fresno 1972, California State Senator (14th District)
• Thomas J. Vilsack, Hamilton 1972, Governor of Iowa
• Tom Riley, Stanford 1972, United States Ambassador to Morocco
• John Delaney, University of Florida 1977, former mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, current president of the University of North Florida
• Juan Manuel Santos, Kansas 1973, Current President of the Republic of Colombia
• Steve Stivers, Ohio State University 1989, Colonel in Ohio National Guard and U.S. Rep. for Ohio's 15th Congressional District

 

Sports

 

• James H. Horne, Bowdoin 1897, athletic director and head coach at Indiana University
• Jack Coombs, Colby 1906, World Series pitcher with the Philadelphia A's
• Sam Barry, Iowa 1926, Founder New York Knicks, NBA Hall of Fame coach
• Ned Irish, Pennsylvania 1928, NBA Hall of Famer
• Andrew Currie, Manitoba 1935, Professional football player - Regina Roughriders, Canadian Football League Hall of Famer
• Leland MacPhail, Swarthmore 1939, President, National League Baseball and GM of the New York Yankees
• Hugh Gallarneau, Stanford 1941, Professional football player - Chicago Bears
• Horace Ashenfelter, Penn State 1949, 1952 Olympic gold medalist (steeplechase)
• Frank R. Burns, Rutgers 1949, Head football coach, Rutgers University
• Darrell Royal, Oklahoma 1950, Head football coach, University of Texas
• Harvey Kuenn, Wisconsin 1954, Baseball player and manager
• Michael White, California 1957, NFL Coach
• Lou Holtz, Kent State 1958, Head football coach, University of South Carolina, NCAA Football National Champion as Coach of Notre Dame in 1988
• Peter V. Ueberroth, San Jose 1959, Organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
• Theodore R. Boehm, Brown 1960, Chairman, 1987 Pan Am Games organizing committee
• Fred Arbanas, Michigan State 1961, Football player - Dallas Texans (AFL) and Kansas City Chiefs
• Galen Hall, Penn State 1962, Former head football coach, University of Florida
• Paul Flatley, Northwestern 1963, Professional football player - Minnesota Vikings
• Pete Gogolak, Cornell 1964, Professional football player - New York Giants
• Clark Graebner, Northwestern 1965, Professional tennis player
• James D. Rodgers, Iowa 1965, Head coach - Boston Celtics
• Jim Boeheim, Jr., Syracuse 1966, Head coach, Syracuse basketball
• Rick Venturi, Northwestern 1968, NFL coach
• Bruce Coslet, Pacific 1968, NFL coach
• Thurman Munson, Kent State 1969, Professional baseball player, New York Yankees
• Randy Gregg (hockey player), Alberta 1975, NHL defenseman on five Stanley Cup Championships
• Mick Luckhurst, California 1979, NFL placekicker
• Paul Mokeski, Kansas 1979, NBA center
• Craig Bolerjack, Kansas State 1980, CBS sportscaster
• Ken Margerum, Stanford 1981, NFL Receiver
• Chad Little, Washington State 1985, NASCAR Driver and Commentator
• Tom Burgess, Colgate 1986, Professional football player - Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg (CFL)
• James A. Les, Bradley 1986, Professional basketball player
• Craig Kelly, Washington 1987, Professional Snowboarder, Four Time World Champion, Three Time US Champion, Godfather of Freeriding
• Mike Withycombe, Fresno 1988, Professional football player - New York Giants, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, San Diego Chargers

Education

 

• David Starr Jordan, Cornell 1872, First President of Stanford University
• William H. P. Faunce, Brown 1880, President of Brown University
• Fenton W. Booth, DePauw 1892, Dean of Howard Law School, judge of the United States Court of Claims
• Harry Emerson Fosdick, Colgate 1900, Theologian, author, educator
• James B. Conant, Harvard 1914, President of Harvard University
• John C. Warner, Indiana 1919, President, Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University)
• Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, Kent State 1949, President Emeritus, Miami University
• Dr. Gordon P. Eaton, Wesleyan 1951, President, Iowa State University
• Dr. Paul J. Olscamp, Western Ontario 1958, President of Bowling Green State University
• William R. Brody, Technology 1965, President, Johns Hopkins University
• Melvin A. Eggers, Syracuse 1976, Chancellor of Syracuse University
• Dr. Richard M. Cyert, Carnegie 1986, President of Carnegie Mellon University
• Selamawi Asgedom, Harvard 1999, Noted motivational speaker and author
• David Frohnmayer, Oregon, President of the University of Oregon (initiated as university president in 2001)
• Edward C. Prescott, Swarthmore College 1962, American Economist, Winner of Nobel Prize in Economics 2004, Professor at ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business

Entertainment

 

• Harry Carey, New York 1902, Early western movie actor
• Edgar Bergen, Northwestern 1927, Ventriloquist and entertainer
• Donald J. Wright, University of Western Ontario 1933, Member of the Order of Canada, composer, musician and educator
• George A. "Banana George" Blair, Miami 1937, Champion barefoot water-skier, businessman, entertainer
• Noel Stookey, Michigan State 1955, Folk singer and composer, "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary
• Richard Threlkeld, Ripon 1960, ABC news correspondent
• Alan Thicke, University of Western Ontario 1967, Actor and songwriter
• Gabriel Macht, Carnegie 1994, Actor
• Pete Yorn, Syracuse 1996, Singer, Songwriter
• Jason Lewis, San Diego 1993, Actor, Model

​

Literature and publishing

 

• Rossiter Johnson, Rochester 1863, Historian and novelist
• Rupert Hughes, Western Reserve 1892, Historian and novelist
• Stephen Crane, Lafayette and Syracuse 1894, Journalist and author; Red Badge of Courage
• Joyce Kilmer, Rutgers 1909, Poet and battlefield reporter
• Leland Stowe, Wesleyan 1921, Columnist and 1930 Pulitzer Prize winner
• Hedley Donovan, Minnesota 1934, Editor-in chief of TIME Magazine
• Austin H. Kiplinger, Cornell 1938, Publisher of the Kiplinger Letter
• Dwight E. Sargent, Colby 1939, Editorialist and Editor, New York Herald Tribune
• Heywood Hale Broun, Swarthmore 1940, Editorialist and author
• Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cornell 1944, Editorialist and author
• Richard A. Moran, Rutgers 1972, Author

​

Business

 

• Alfred P. Sloan, Technology 1895, Chairman of the board - General Motors
• Clarence Francis, Amherst 1910, President of General Foods
• Thomas B. McCabe, Swarthmore 1915, President of Scott Paper and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
• David Burpee, Cornell 1917, President of Burpee Seed Company
• Edward P. Taylor, McGill 1922, Chairman of Canadian Breweries and President of the Argus Corp.
• James S. McDonnell, Technology 1929, Chairman of McDonnell-Douglas
• Semon E. Knudsen, Technology 1936, President of Ford Motor Company
• Thomas Perkins, MIT 1953, prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founding partner, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. Serves on the board of directors for News Corp. He is the former owner of The Maltese Falcon, the world's largest privately owned sailing yacht
• John P. Morgridge, Wisconsin 1955, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
• John W. Rogers, Miami 1957, Chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service
• Michael D. Eisner, Denison 1964, Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Co.
• John Bello, Tufts 1968, Founder of SOBE Beverage Company, President of NFL Properties from 1986–93
• David C. Novak, Missouri 1974, Chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands Inc., former COO at the Pepsi-Cola Company.
• Chase Carey, Colgate 1976, President and CEO of DirecTV. Chase is also on the Board of Directors for News Corp.
• John Thain, MIT 1977, Current CEO Merrill Lynch & Co. Former President and COO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.; former CEO of NYSE.
• Dan Nye, Hamilton College 1988, Former President and CEO of LinkedIn.com
• Greg Skibiski, Founder, former CEO & Chairman of Sense Networks

​​

Science and technology
 

• Charles F. Kettering, Ohio State 1904, Inventor and philanthropist
• Laurens Hammond, Cornell 1916, Inventor of the pipeless organ
• Arnold O. Beckman, Illinois 1922, Inventor of the pH meter and founder of Beckman Instruments
• Linus C. Pauling, Oregon State 1922, Winner of two Nobel Prizes ; chemistry and peace
• Dr. Christian B. Anfinsen, Swarthmore 1937, Nobel Prize winner for chemistry
• Dr. William C. Dement, Washington 1949, Pioneer in sleep research, discovered and named REM sleep, author of many books on sleep, founder of the National Sleep Foundation, and a longtime professor at Stanford University where he established one of the first university sleep laboratories.
• Dr. Robert Cade, Texas, Inventor of Gatorade, Professor at the University of Florida
• Col. Frederick H. Hauck, Tufts 1962, NASA astronaut
• Don Francis, California 1966, Discovered link between HIV and AIDS, subject of And the Band Played On.
• Brewster H. Shaw, Wisconsin 1967, NASA astronaut
• Terry Hart, Lehigh 1968, NASA astronaut

Religion

 

• Logan Herbert Roots second Episcopal Bishop of Hankow
• Lars-Göran Lönnermark, Michigan State 1959, Bishop emeritus of the Church of Sweden, high predicate of Stockholm, and Chief Royal Chaplain to the King of Sweden.