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DELTA CHI ASSOCIATION DELTA KAPPA EPSILON FRATERNITY DELTA CHI CHAPTER AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY Office of the Alumni Historian 3237 East Fox Street Mesa AZ 85213-5520 HISTORICAL REGISTER OF THE DELTA CHI CHAPTER OF DELTA KAPPA EPSILON AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY Second Edition H. William Fogle, Jr. ∆X '70, Editor February 6, 2011 The Delta Chi Association, Ithaca NY ©2011 FOREWORD⎯ The First Edition of The Historical Register of the Delta Chi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Cornell University was completed and published in 1994 with a print run of five copies. It was based on a FileExpress database constructed during the Nineteen-Eighties from a review of the ∆X Chapter Meeting Minutes and several published chapter membership directories. A redacted version was released on the Cornell University eCommons@Cornell website on 26 March 2010. This Second Edition of The Historical Register was produced following a 2010 review of the Personal Record Blank (PRB) initiation records held by the Delta Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity Headquarters in Ann Arbor MI. The first PRB form found in the ∆KE Headquarters collection was that of Brother Willard Cameron Cool 1916 (∆X initiate #427, b. 18 August 1891, i. 1 December 1912). This paper-based system continued up until the time when Brother Charles Richard Spaziani, Jr. 1997 was initiated in 1994. Additional resources, e.g. the Cornell University website directory, the Stewart Howe Alumni Service database, and the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) were used to add members initiated during the past two decades and confirm death dates of deceased members. In some cases, back issues of the Delta Chi Deke and the Cornell Alumni Magazine provided data to resolve names and class years. The list of chapter presidents was updated with the help of many living members who advised the Alumni Historian by e-mail. Refer to the References section for identifications of the documentary sources used. The old FileExpress database was converted into a Microsoft EXCEL™ application and Virtual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros were written to create and format the Roll of Members and Index sections of this document. The system of assigning ∆X Lineal Registration Numbers began with the chapter’s first member, Brother Julius Chambers 1870 (∆X #1, initiated on 11 February 1870 as the chapter’s senior charter member) and continued with duplications and lapses until Brother Marc Joseph Umscheid 1990 (∆X #1,423, initiated on 23 April 1988). Brothers who were initiated at chapters other than ∆X before matriculating at Cornell were not included in this numbering system. The reader will also note that some of the “unnumbered” names have proven impossible to verify with the sources available. The Alumni Historian has chosen to retain them on the chapter’s list to support future inquiries. Birth dates have been redacted for living members so that only the year of birth is given. A blank in this field indicates that the data is missing from this database. Social Security Numbers are in the public domain for the deceased and the SSDI provides a useful tool for confirming birthdates and surname spelling. The presence of an SSN on the list indicates that this resource has provided an exact match to the brother’s identification data. The phrase “no result” means that the SSDI was interrogated and no match was obtained. This is often the case for brothers who were born or died on foreign soil, or died before these numbers came into common use. Class Year is a problematical data item. Often the brother’s professed class year differs from that published by the University due to missed academic terms, absence for military service or accelerated graduation. The Alumni Historian has attempted to take the University’s side of this matter when discrepancies are found, but accessing Cornell’s data directly is often impossible. 2 Expulsion, suspension, censure and resignation were very formal processes in the early years of ∆X. These cases are noted in the roll of members. These unhappy disassociations occurred from time to time in the years following World War II, but records are often vague or nonexistent. The Roll of Members records what is known about these cases. Notes indicating service in the following war zones are included if data is available. Spanish–American War (1898); Border War (1910–1918); World War I (WWI 28-Jul-1914 to 11-Nov-1918); World War II (WWII, 1-Sep-1939 to 2-Sep-1945); Cold War (1947–1991); Korean War (25-Jun-1950 to 27-Jul-1953); Vietnam War (1-Nov-1955 to 30-Apr-1975); Persian Gulf War (2-Aug-1990 to – 28-Feb-1991); Iraq War (20-Mar-2003 to...); and Afghanistan War (7-Oct-2001 to ...). Contact information is provided at the end of this document to facilitate the processing of corrections and amendments. HWF 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ROLL OF MEMBERS IN ∆X of ∆KE .......................................................................................... 5 REGISTRY OF DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS....................................................................... 110 Political Leaders and Public Office Holders........................................................................... 110 Naval and Military Officers.................................................................................................... 110 Prominent Figures in the Professions ..................................................................................... 110 Brothers Lost in Consequence of Military Service................................................................. 111 Athletes ................................................................................................................................... 111 ∆KE Convention Presidents.................................................................................................... 111 ∆KE National Council Officers .............................................................................................. 111 PRESIDENTS OF THE DELTA CHI CHAPTER OF DELTA KAPPA EPSILON................. 112 Notes on the Terms of Chapter Presidents.............................................................................. 117 LIST OF PROGENITORS AND LEGACIES ........................................................................... 119 Confirmed Progenitor/Legacy Groups.................................................................................... 119 Uncertain Progenitor/Legacy Groups ..................................................................................... 131 SPECIMEN PERSONAL RECORD BLANKS......................................................................... 135 Brother Willard Cameron Cool 1916 (∆X Initiate #427) ....................................................... 135 Brother Clayton Caskey Ingersoll 1918 (∆X Initiate #464) ................................................... 136 Brother John DeWitt Warner III 1931 (∆X Initiate #612)...................................................... 137 INDEX ........................................................................................................................................ 138 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................... 155 REQUEST FOR CORRECTIONS............................................................................................. 156 4 ROLL OF MEMBERS IN ∆X of ∆KE The following records are in Class Year order, and within Class Year, by ∆X Registration Number. The line fields are described in left-to-right order. Line #1: (1) ∆X Lineal Registration Number, (2) brother’s full name, (3) ∆KE Personal Record Blank code (“PRB” if the document was reviewed by the Alumni Historian during the summer of 2010; blank otherwise), (4) ∆KE chapter that initiated the brother if not ∆X, and (5) Cornell University Class Year. Line #2: (1) birth date (blank if missing; or in the redacted form, “b. -----YYYY,” if the brother is not deceased), (2) initiation date, (3) death date or the notation “deceased” if a death notice was published without the date, (4) Social Security Number if available for deceased members only, and (5) age at death if known. Line #3: Significant accomplishments in ∆KE; and Line #4: General Significance (war service, business distinction, etc.). #1 James Julius Chambers 1870 b. 21-Nov-1850 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 12-Feb-1920 age: 69 Charter Member, Senior, and first Beta. Celebrated journalist, author and explorer. #2 Sidney Howard Soule 1871 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 6-Aug-1914 Charter Member. #3 John Milton McNair 1871 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 12-Nov-1897 RESIGNED, 22 February 1870. #4 John DeWitt Warner 1872 b. 30-Oct-1851 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 27-May-1925 age: 73 Charter Member. President DKE National Council (1883-85). Cf. DX of DKE Special Study #09: John DeWitt Warner ’72. U.S. Congressman from New York, Lawyer, Art Patron, Historian. #5 Patrick William Cullinan 1872 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 29-Jul-1926 Charter Member and first DX Scriba. RESIGNED, 5 October 1870, to join Alpha Delta Phi. #6 Frank DeElwin Nash 1872 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 30-Jun-1925 Charter Member. U. S. Congressman from Washington, Wash. Legis., Lawyer. #7 Darius Adams Ogden, Jr. 1872 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 24-Sep-1918 Charter Member. Lawyer. 5 #8 Charles Victor Parsell 1872 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 15-Apr-1920 Charter Member. Principal, Cascadilla School, Ithaca NY. #9 Ambrose Clothier Pike 1872 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 15-Mar-1903 Charter Member. #14 George Adrian Iselin 1872 i. 11-Feb-1870 d. 8-Nov-1909 Charter Member. Editor. #15 William Winterhouse Sabin 1872 b. 12-Aug-1850