The list of Delta Kappa Epsilon brothers (commonly referred to as Dekes) includes initiated and honorary members of Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Delta Kappa Epsilon counts many political, business, sports, education, science, and arts leaders. Listed is a sample of some famous Dekes.
Presidents of the United States
19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes, Delta Chi
26th President, Theodore Roosevelt, Alpha
38th President, Gerald R. Ford, Omicron
41st President, George H. W. Bush, Phi
43rd President, George W. Bush, Phi
Note: 32nd President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Alpha Franklin D. Roosevelt was a member of the Alpha Chapter of DKE at Harvard and would be considered the sixth DKE brother to serve as President of the United States; however, the Harvard chapter was de-recognized by DKE International due to the chapter's stance on dual membership with other fraternities.
Vice Presidents of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt, Alpha
Gerald R. Ford, Omicron
George H. W. Bush, Phi
J. Danforth Quayle, Psi Phi
Justices of the United States Supreme Court
Harold H. Burton, Theta
John Hessin Clarke, Beta Chi
Potter Stewart, Phi
Brett Kavanaugh, Phi
Nobel Laureates
John F. Enders, Phi – 1954 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine
James P. Allison, Omega Chi – 2018 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine
Pulitzer Prize winners
Harvey Cushing, Phi – 1926 Pulitzer Prize winner in biography
Charles Ives, Phi – 1947 Pulitzer Prize winner in music
Virginius Dabney, Eta – 1948 Pulitzer Prize winner in editorial writing
Ira B. Harkey Jr., Tau Lambda – 1963 Pulitzer Prize winner in editorial writing
Dean Acheson, Phi – 1970 Pulitzer Prize winner in history
Walter A. McDougall, Sigma – 1985 Pulitzer Prize winner in biography
Newspaper & Magazine publishers and editors
Norman Chandler, Sigma Rho – publisher, Los Angeles Times
Otis Chandler, Sigma Rho – publisher, Los Angeles Times
Briton Hadden, Phi – co-founder of Time Magazine
William Randolph Hearst, Alpha – publisher, Hearst Newspapers
Eugene Pulliam, Psi Phi – publisher, Indianapolis Newspapers, Inc. Ken Purdy, Rho Delta – Editor, Parade (magazine), Car and Driver, True (magazine) James C. Quayle, Psi Phi – chairman, Huntington Newspapers, Inc Whitelaw Reid, Kappa – editor-in-chief, New York Tribune Ogden Reid, Phi – New York Tribune John Wright Sifton, Alpha Tau – President of Manitoba Free Press
Agency heads
Rear Admiral Sidney W. Souers, Kappa – first director of the Central Intelligence Agency Sargent Shriver, Phi – Founder and first director of the Peace Corps
Businessmen
John F. Akers, Phi – past president of IBM
Frank Batten, Eta – founder Weather Channel
Edward Bausch, Beta Phi – Bausch & Lomb Opticals
Alfred R. Berkeley III Eta – former Nasdaq president
Alfred Bloomingdale, Upsilon – founder of Diners Club International
Matthew Borden, Phi – Industrialist
Lawrence Bossidy, Mu – Chairman of Honeywell
Charles Sterling Bunnell, Phi – CitiBank
Dave Calhoun, Sigma Alpha – Boeing
James Boorman Colgate, Mu – Colgate-Palmolive
Donald Fisher, Theta Zeta – Founder and Past Chairman of Gap Inc. Theodore J. Forstmann, Phi – financier, subject of the book and movie Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco James Gamble, Lambda – Procter & Gamble Rutherford P. Hayes, Delta Chi – Librarian and banker Webb Hayes, Delta Chi – co-founder of Union Carbide, Congressional Medal of Honor Walter Hoving, Upsilon – Tiffany & Co. Herb Kelleher, Gamma Phi – Southwest Airlines Robert Lehman, Phi – Lehman Brothers Craig McCaw, Sigma Rho – McCaw Communications, cellular telephones Bradley Palmer, Alpha – Founder of United Fruit Company, Gillette, and ITT John Pierpont Morgan, Jr., Alpha – financier Frederick W. Smith, Phi – FedEx Oscar Tang, Phi – New York financier and philanthropist. Current head of the board of trustees for Phillips Academy. Robert J. Thorne, Delta Chi - Montgomery Ward William L. Trenholm, Delta – North American Trust Company, Comptroller of the Currency John Hay Whitney, Phi – New York Herald Tribune, Ambassador to England, art collector Joseph Wilson, Beta Phi – Xerox Dean Witter, Jr., Phi – Dean Witter Reynolds (Now part of Morgan Stanley) William Wrigley III, Phi – Wrigley Company