Undergraduate Chapter

Delta Upsilon Video

• Founded as the first non-secret fraternity
• Sixth-oldest general men’s college fraternity
• North America’s oldest and largest non-secret fraternity.
• Founded @ Western Illinois on April 27,1974
• Chapter size: 25 members (Fall ’14)
• Member GPA: 3.108 (Fall ’14)

#1 in grades in IFC and #2 overall in Greek Life

• Philanthropy:
  – Global Service Initiative
  – Amazing Race (Spring)
  – Haunted House (Fall)

• Mascot: Duck
• Colors: Sapphire Blue and Old Gold
• Four Founding Principles

– The Promotion of Friendship
– The Development of Character
– The Diffusion of Liberal Culture
– The Advancement of Justice

• Over 80 Chapters and several Colonies with approximately 3,000 undergraduate members and 65,000 living alumni. Delta Upsilon has initiated over 110,000 men since its founding.
• Prominent DU Alumni:
  – Alan Thicke (Actor, Songwriter)
  – Charles Evans Hughes (Chief Justice of the United States, U.S. Secretary of State)
  – James A. Garfield (20th President of the United States)
  – Jim Boehiem (College Baseball Coach)
  – Lou Holtz (College Football Coach)
  – Michael D. Eisner (Disney C.E.O.)
  – Tommy Franks (Retired General of the United States Army)
  – Dr. Will S. Keim (Motivational Speaker)
• Phone: 309-837-1525

Undergraduate Chapter Board
Updated – 11/17/15