DU Dinner Celebrates 150 Years, Fetes More than 50 Alumni

Alumni brothers representing six decades of DUs convened in Ithaca on the weekend of November 8 to celebrate the Cornell chapter’s 150 years on the Hill and to be recognized for their financial contributions and service to DU. The highlight of the weekend was the recognition dinner’s keynote address by...

October 25, 2018 – With more than 70 alumni and 50 guests in attendance, DU kicked off its 150th year at Cornell with two full days of activities over Homecoming Weekend. Many thanks to weekend chair Scott Keenum ’76 for organizing another successful weekend. The highlight of the weekend was...

October 23, 2018 – “Raising Our Game” co-chairs Doug Porter ’78 and Tom Scott ’78 this week issued the campaign’s fall report, asking alumni to consider DU in their year-end giving. Planning for summer 2019 renovations is underway, but will soon face a critical deadline. “We have plans to upgrade...

August 1, 2018 –  Tom Scott ’78, co-chair of DU’s “Raising Our Game” campaign, today announced that as of July 15, 2018, 163 brothers have made pledges totaling $1.6 million. Of this, $1.1 million has been collected, which has allowed us to make immediate improvements to the house, especially on...

January 15, 2018 – Led by Alumni Philanthropy Chair Cal Fastuca ’78, eight DUs spent a week in Jamaica over winter break working at an elementary school. With nine participants, the Cornell cohort was the largest of the eight DU chapters participating in the Delta Upsilon International mission. “We worked at the...

November 21, 2015 – Austin H. Kiplinger ‘39, a Washington publisher, civic leader and philanthropist who sustained the growth of his family’s media empire and whose interests ranged from raising wheat to collecting memorabilia of the city’s history, died Nov. 20 at a hospice in Rockville, Md. The cause was...

October 1, 2017 – Phase 1 renovations and major upgrades to our house at 6 South Avenue are complete! Importantly, these improvements already have an impact on how the undergraduates live, study and thrive in the House. The Great Hall, Chapter Room and Library have been refurbished including: All new finishes...

August 1, 2015 – Thanks to class correspondent Joan Pease '75, several DUs were mentioned in the July issue of the CAM.  This is more testimony to the power of brotherhood to keep alumni connected to not only the chapter, but Cornell as well. “…  But there’s one group of men...

February 1, 2015 – On Jan. 22, 2015, the Ivy Football Association honored eight distinguished alumni of Ivy League football at a dinner in New York City. For the fourth time since 2001, a DU was honored: General John M. Paxton, Jr., Assistant Commandant, United States Marine Corps. Brother Paxton was promoted to General...