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Quick Facts

  • 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: 20 members (Fall ’15)
  • Member GPA: 3.121 (Spring ’15)
  • Philanthropy:
    – Global Service Initiative
    – Amazing Race
  • Mascot: Duck
  • Colors: Saphire 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)
  • Address:
    – 620 West Elting, Macomb, IL 61455