Cal Plimpton, Sigma/Amherst '39, president of three institutions of higher education, including 

his alma mater, joined DKE's Mystic Circle Feb. 1 

at age 88. Plimpton followed his father George, Sigma 1876, to Amherst and to DKE.  Cal's older brother, Francis T. P. Plimpton, also was a 

Sigma Deke, in the Class of 1922, as is his son 

Francis Jr., Sigma '50.

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The Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house sits as the construction from the expansion of Bryant-Denny Stadium draws closer. The DKE house was demolished in May 2006.

"We had mixed emotions at first, but when they showed us the plans, we were very excited about what they wanted to do with the stadium and, in hindsight, we're very pleased with the way it turned out," UA alumnus and former DKE member John McNeil said of the 23,352 square foot DKE house, priced at approximately $6.6 million.

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World War I Flying Ace, and Psi Phi alumnus, 

Weir Cook '16 has portrait added to 

Indiana Governor's Office.

A portrait of Weir Cook, World War I hero and member of Psi Phi Deke's Class of 1916, is "the newest addition to the Hoosier Heritage Portrait Collection that adorns the south wall of Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels' office." 

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Fifty-eight years ago this week, 

DKE International Traveling Secretary William Henderson joined brothers from the 

University of Washington Kappa Epsilon chapter and others in leading induction ceremonies 

in the Mayfair Room at the Hotel Vancouver.  

On February 26, 1949, 37 undergraduates were initiated and Phi Alpha of DKE was born, becoming Deke's fifth Canadian chapter and 50th active chapter in North America.

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