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The Objects of Delta Kappa Epsilon are the Cultivation of General Literature and Social Culture, the Advancement and Encouragement of Intellectual Excellence, the Promotion of Honorable Friendship and Useful Citizenship, the Development of a Spirit of Tolerance and Respect for the Rights and Views of Others, the Maintenance of Gentlemanly Dignity, Self-Respect, and  Morality in All Circumstances, and the Union of Stout Hearts and Kindred Interests to Secure to Merit its Due Reward. 
Article II The Constitution of DKE 

If there is anything the general public knows about DKE, it is the names of some of the Fraternity's members. DKE is a small fraternity as fraternities go. What is exceptional about prominent DKE alumni is not that there are so many of them, but that they represent such a large percentage of the membership. Here are just a few... 

• Presidents of the United States
• Rutherford B. Hayes, Delta Chi 
• Theodore Roosevelt, Alpha 
• Gerald R. Ford, Omicron 
• George H. W. Bush, Phi 
• Vice Presidents of the United States 
• Theodore Roosevelt, Alpha 
• Gerald R. Ford, Omicron 
• George H. W. Bush, Phi 
• J. Danforth Quayle, Psi Phi 
• Sitting State Governors
• George W. Bush, Phi, Texas
• Mike Foster, Zeta Zeta, Louisiana
• Tony Knowles, Phi, Alaska
• 105th U. S. Congress
• Senator Bob Livingston, Tau Lambda, Louisiana
• Senator Ted Stevens, Theta Rho, Alaska
• Senator John Chaffee, Phi, Rhode Island
• Congressman Cass Ballenger, Sigma, North Carolina
• Congressman Pete Stark, Sigma Tau, California
• Newspaper Publishers & Editors
• Whitelaw Reid, Kappa, Editor-in-chief, New York Tribune
• William Randolph Hearst, Alpha, Publisher,  Hearst Newspapers
• Otis Chandler, Sigma Rho, Publisher,  Los Angeles Times
• Richard J. V. Johnson, Omega Chi, Publisher, Houston Chronicle
• Eugene Pulliam, Psi Phi, Publisher, Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc.
• Rance Craine, Psi Phi, Publisher, Crain Communications
• Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court 
• John Hessin Clarke, Beta Chi 
• Harold H. Burton, Theta 
• Potter Stuart, Phi 
• Other Famous Dekes 
• William Simon, Rho - Former Secretary of the Treasury 
• John F. Akers, Phi - Past President of I.B.M. 
• Mario Garcia Menocal, Delta Chi - President of the Republic of Cuba 
• Charles Ives, Phi - Pulitzer Prize winner in Music 
• Yuan Schikau, Phi - Prime Minister of the Chinese Empire 
• Henry Cabot Lodge, Alpha - Senate Majority Leader 
• Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, Kappa - first director of the C.I.A. 
• Melvil Dewey, Sigma - devised the Dewey Decimal System 
• Charles A. Ellis, Gamma Phi - designed the Golden Gate Bridge 
• Robert A. Peary, Theta - first man to reach the North Pole 
• Alan Bean, Omega Chi - Apollo astronaut, walked on the moon 
• Business Founders, Presidents, and Chairmen 
• J. Pierpont Morgan, Alpha - financier 
• Irving H. Chase, Phi - Chase Manhattan Bank 
• Dean Witter, Jr., Phi - Dean Witter & Co. 
• Edward Bausch, Beta Phi - Bausch & Lomb Opticals 
• William W. Wrigley, Phi - Wrigley's Gum 
• Howard Heinz, Phi - Heinz 57 Varieties 
• Howard Johnson, Phi - Howard Johnson Motor Inns 
• James M. Gamble, Lambda - Proctor and Gamble 
• Herb Kelleher, Gamma Phi - Southwest Airlines
• Fred Smith, Phi - Federal Express
• Prominent Sporting Figures 
• Paul Brown, Kappa - coach of Cleveland Browns and owner of Cincinnati Bengals 
• Thomas W. Landry, Omega Chi - coach of Dallas Cowboys 
• Joe Paterno, Upsilon - Penn State football coach 
• George Steinbrenner, Epsilon - owner of the New York Yankees 
• Don Schollander, Phi - won four gold medals in swimming in 1964 Olympics 
• Calvin Hill, Phi - Yale football star 
• Hugh Culverhouse, Psi - owner of Tampa Bay Buccaneers 
• A. Bartlett Giamatti, Phi - Commissioner of Major League Baseball 
• In the Entertainment World 
• Dick Clark, Phi Gamma - hosted American Bandstand 
• Harry Hamlin, Theta Zeta - actor 
• Cole Porter, Phi - composer 
• Jonathan Winters, Lambda - comedian and writer 

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