List of Delta Upsilon alumni

This is a "'list of notable alumni of the international fraternity Delta Upsilon.

Politics and government

*Stephen J. Field, Williams 1837, US Supreme Court Justice
*James Abram Garfield, Williams 1856, The second fraternity man to become President of the United States
*Justin Smith Morrill, Middlebury 1860, United States Senator - Vermont; author of the Morrill Act
*William H.H. Miller, Hamilton 1861, United States Attorney General
*Daniel S. Lamont, Union 1872, Secretary of War
*George W. Goethals, Manhattan 1877, US Army General, chief engineer during the building of the Panama Canal
*Charles Evans Hughes, Colgate and Brown 1881, Governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court
*Charles G. Dawes, Marietta 1884, Vice President of the United States and Ambassador to Great Britain; winner of the Nobel Prize for peace
*Arthur M. Hyde, Michigan 1899, US Secretary of Agriculture
*Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan 1904, United States Senator, Michigan
*Joyce Kilmer, Rutgers 1908 (did not graduate), poet, journalist, editor, soldier.
*Warren Randolph Burgess, Brown 1912, United States Ambassador to NATO
*Joseph P. Kennedy, Harvard 1912, Ambassador to Great Britain, father of two Senators and a President
*Paul Douglas, Bowdoin 1913, Senator - 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, President of the Atomic Energy Commission
*Herbert Brownell, Nebraska 1924, US Attorney General
*Clifford P. Case, Rutgers 1925, Senator - New Jersey
*General David M. Shoup, DePauw 1926, Commandant, [http://www.usmc.mil US Marine Corps] and Congressional 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, Governor of the State of Maine
*Tommy Franks, Texas 1967, Commander in Chief of US Central Command, General in the US Army
*Robert B. Reich, Dartmouth 1968, former Secretary of Labor
*Les Aspin, Marquette 1970, Congressman from Wisconsin and former Secretary of Defense
*Charles Poochigian, Fresno 1972, California Senator in the 14th District
*Thomas J. Vilsack, Hamilton 1972, Governor of the State of Iowa
*Tom Riley, Stanford 1972, US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco
*Dennis R. Rehberg, Washington State 1977, US Congressman, Montana
*John Delaney, University of Florida 1977, former Mayor of Jacksonville, Florida, current president of the University of North Florida
* [http://benjaminhackett.com Benjamin Hackett] , Carnegie Mellon University 2006, Founder of [http://www.usbcs.org USBCS (United States & Bahrain Civil Society)] , Bahrain (GCC), current director of GCCPartners

ports

*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
*Harry Emerson Fosdick, Colgate 1900, Theologian, author, educator
*James B. Conant, Harvard 1914, President of Harvard
*Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, Kent State 1949, President Emeritus, Miami University
*William R. Brody, Technology 1965, President, Johns Hopkins 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
*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
*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, Western Ontario 1967, Actor and songwriter
*Jason Lewis, San Diego 1993, Actor, Model
*Gabriel Macht, Carnegie 1994, Actor
*Pete Yorn, Syracuse 1996, Singer, Songwriter

Literature and publishing

*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
*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
*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
*William E. Robinson, New York 1923, Chairman of Coca-Cola Company
*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 owns The Maltese Falcon (yacht) - the world's largest privately owned sailing yacht
*John P. Morgridge, Wisconsin 1955, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
*Michael D. Eisner, Denison 1964, Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney Co.
*Chase Carey, Colgate 1976, President and CEO of DirecTV. Chase is also on the Board of Directors for News Corp.
*John Thain, Technology 1977, Current CEO Merrill Lynch & Co. Former President and COO of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.; former CEO of NYSE.

cience 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 long time professor at Stanford University where he established one of the first university sleep laboratories.
*Col. Frederick H. Hauck, Tufts 1962, NASA astronaut
*Don Francis, California 1966, Discovered link between HIV virus and AIDS, subject of And the Band Played On.
*Brewster H. Shaw, Wisconsin 1967, NASA astronaut
*Terry Hart, Lehigh 1968, NASA astronaut

External links

* [http://www.deltau.org/NotableDUs.aspx Enumeration of notable alumni from the official website of Delta Upsilon]