SAE has eight founders. Click
here for a little info about the history of the Fraternity from the headquarters website. The eight founders were:
Noble Leslie DeVotie (Chief Founder, author of the Ritual)
Nathan Elams Cockrell
John Barratt Rudulph (designed the badge)
John Webb Kerr
Samuel Marion Dennis
Wade Foster
Abner Edwin Patton
Thomas Chappell Cook