Delta Kappa Epsilon

Delta Kappa Epsilon ( ΔΚΕ, also pronounced DKE or " Dik ", members are also called " Deke " called ) is a "secret" fraternity for young male college students in the United States.

The fraternity was founded on June 22, 1844 at Yale University by 15 students because they partly in the existing fraternities ( Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon ) were added.

Three years after the founding of branches were ( chapters ) founded in Bowdoin, Princeton, Colby and Amherst College. Today, Delta Kappa Epsilon has 64 branches and over 85,000 members and alumni across the United States.

Known members

  • George H. W. Bush, U.S. President
  • George W. Bush, U.S. President
  • Donald G. Fisher, an entrepreneur ( Gap Inc.)
  • Gerald R. Ford, U.S. President
  • Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. President
  • Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln and U.S. Secretary of War
  • Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. President
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