Interesting FACTS That Some May Not Know About Your Organization

[DUKyleXY]

1. Delta Upsilon is the sixth oldest Greek-letter fraternity being founded in 1834.

2. Delta Upsilon is larger than the oldest five fraternities combined.

3. Delta Upsilon was the first fraternity founded as a non-secret fraternity.

4. Delta Upsilon was the only NIC or NPC society to be founded on the Williams College Campus.

[1908Revelations]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

The vast majority of our members are in education, too, as were all but 2-3 of our Founders. And Howard started as a Teacher's College. That is because back then that was almost the only field that women could go into. My guess is the same could be said of AKA and ZPhiB, but I'll let them confirm that.

In the most recent survey, fifty percent (50%) of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority members indicated that they were in the field of education... taken from http://www.aka1908.com/present/membership/

[CasperDU173]

Originally Posted by DUKyleXY

1. Delta Upsilon is the sixth oldest Greek-letter fraternity being founded in 1834.

2. Delta Upsilon is larger than the oldest five fraternities combined.

3. Delta Upsilon was the first fraternity founded as a non-secret fraternity.

4. Delta Upsilon was the only NIC or NPC society to be founded on the Williams College Campus.

Delta Upsilon was the first Fraternity to have members in roles of:

President of the United States,

Vice President of the United States,

Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court,

Prime Minister of Canada.


The only other Fraternity to share this honor is Psi Upsilon

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

To be fair, it's awfully... PINK for a fraternity

I had that same thought. Reminds of when my son disappeared from his sister's Barbie birthday party because, in his words, "it's just a little too much pink."

But, of course, DO was founded as a sorority.

FWIW, the Wiki says that the colors are "Old Rose and Pearl Gray."

Originally Posted by CasperDU173

Delta Upsilon was the first Fraternity to have members in roles of:

President of the United States,

Vice President of the United States,

Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court,

Prime Minister of Canada.

I assume you mean the first to have a member in each of these four positions?

[CasperDU173]

I assume you mean the first to have a member in each of these four positions?[/QUOTE]

Yes