Famous Delta Upsilon Alumni

Question 1

Stephen J. Field

Answer 1

Williams 1837 Supreme Court Justice, Fraternity founder

Question 2

James A Garfield

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Williams 1856 President of the United States

Question 3

David Starr Jordan

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Cornell 1872 First President of Stanford University

Question 4

George W Goethals

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Manhattan 1877 Builder of the Panama Canal

Question 5

Charles Evans Hughes

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Colgate and Brown 1881: One of the greatest Chief Justices of the Supreme Court in US History (the international examiners have always seemed to like this guy)

Question 6

Charles Gates Dawes

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Marietta 1884 Winner of Nobel Peace Prize in 1925

Question 7

Stephen Crane

Answer 7

Lafayette and Syracuse 1894: Author of The Red Badge of Courage

Question 8

Alfred P. Sloan

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Technology 1895 Chairman of the Board, General Motors, Founder of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Question 9

Joseph P. Kennedy

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Harvard 1912 Ambassador to the Court of Saint James and father of two Senators and one President

Question 10

James B. Conant

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Harvard ‘15 Presidetn, Harvard University

Question 11

Lester B. Pearson

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Toronto ‘19 Former Prime Minister of Canada, President of the United Nations General Assembly, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1957)

Question 12

Linus C. Pauling

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Oregon State ‘22 Winner of Nobel Prizes for Chemistry and for Peace

Question 13

General David B. Shoup

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Depauw ‘26 Commandant, US Marine Corps

Question 14

Edgar Bergen, Northwestern ‘27

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Famous ventriloquist and entertainer

Question 15

George Alfred “Banana George” Blair

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Miami Ohio ‘37 Well-known Businessman, entrepreneur and barefoot water-skier who donned famous banana yellow wetsuits

Question 16

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Cronell ‘44 Author of Slaughter House Five, among other works

Question 17

Louis L. Holtz

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Kent State ‘59 Division 1 Football coach

Question 18

Peter Ueberroth

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San Jose ‘59 Commissioner of Major League Baseball and Organizer of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games

Question 19

Galen Hall

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Penn State ‘62 Outstanding Penn State quarterback who started for coach Rip Engle’s Nittanny Lions in 1960 and 1961

Question 20

Michael D. Eisner

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Denison ‘64 Chairman and CEO of Disney

Question 21

Thurman Munson

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Kent State ‘69 Famous Major League Catcher. Only Yankee to win both Rookie of the Year and MVP. He was a 7 time all star

Question 22

Jim Boeheim

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Syracuse ‘66 Head coach of Syracuse University basketball team

Question 23

Juan Manuel Santos

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Kansas ‘73 President of the Republic of Columbia. recipient of the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize

Question 24

Tommy Franks

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TeSign at Topas-Austin (dropout) former Commander in Chief of US Central Command, General in the US Army

Question 25

Wayne Brady

Answer 25

University of Miami (dropout) Actor, comedian, and singer