Editing Delta Kappa Epsilon (section)

=== Other notable members ===
Many American and Canadian politicians, businessmen, sports figures, and artists have been members, including [[Joe Paterno]], [[Herb Kelleher]], [[J.P. Morgan, Jr.]], [[William Randolph Hearst]], [[Cole Porter]], [[Brett Kavanaugh]], [[Ron DeSantis]], [[Bradley Palmer]], [[Henry Cabot Lodge]], [[Dick Clark]], [[Tom Landry]], [[David Milch]], and [[George Steinbrenner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/dkequarterly/docs/the_deke_quarterly_9e27292f54d0e0 |title=The Deke Quarterly by Delta Kappa Epsilon Quarterly |date=22 June 2019 |publisher=Issuu |accessdate=2021-11-19}}</ref>  '''ΔΚΕ''' flags were carried to the [[North Pole]] by its discoverer, Admiral [[Robert Peary]] and to the [[moon]] by astronaut [[Alan Bean]].

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the first [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] officer killed in battle was member [[Theodore Winthrop]] of ''Phi chapter''. 

A poem published in 1897, titled ''Brothers in DKE'', was based on an anecdote of a Union soldier, Edwin S. Rogers of Maine, who was mortally wounded on 7 June 1864, at the [[Battle of Cold Harbor]]. An unnamed [[Confederate States Army|confederate]] soldier happened upon Rogers, who was wearing a DKE pin on his uniform. As the confederate soldier was also a DKE member, he gave aid and comfort to his fraternity brother, until he died shortly after. The soldier then sent the pin to Rogers family.<ref name="Brothers">{{cite web|title=Poem: Brothers in DKE|url=http://www.dke.org/brothers-in-dke|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140803010930/http://www.dke.org/brothers-in-dke|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2014|work=DKE|access-date=3 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.epageflip.net/i/302013-spring-2014-newsletter/4?|title=The Battle of Cold Harbor, 1864 And The Story Behind "Brothers in DKE"|website=epageflip.net|date=2014|access-date=13 March 2025}}</ref>

During the [[Spanish–American War]], the first American officer to be killed was a fraternity member, Surgeon John B. Gibbs (''Phi Chi''). '''{{lang|grc|ΔΚΕ}}''' member J. Frank Aldritch (''Psi Phi'') died when the [[USS Maine (ACR-1)|USS ''Maine'']] was sunk.

The fraternity has fifteen Medal of Honor recipients: [[George N. Bliss]] (''Delta''), [[Deming Bronson]] (''Kappa Epsilon''), [[Allen Buchanan (Medal of Honor)|Allen Buchanan]] (''Psi Phi''), [[Richard E. Fleming]] (Phi Epsilon), [[George W. Ford]] (''Zeta''), [[Webb Hayes]] (''Delta Chi''), [[Ruel Milton Johnson]] (''Omicron''), [[Charles Mattocks]] (''Theta''), [[Samuel E. Pingree]] (''Pi''), [[Adolphus Staton]] (''Beta''), [[Wager Swayne]] (''Phi''), [[Edward N. Whittier]] (''Upsilon''), and [[Eri D. Woodbury]] (''Sigma'').

[[Yung Wing]], the first Chinese graduate from an American university in 1854, was a member of the ''Phi chapter''.