A report on McGill University, University of Toronto and Delta Upsilon

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Coat of arms of the University of Toronto
Delta Upsilon's mother chapter was founded in 1834 in the West College building (pictured) at Williams College.
James McGill, the original benefactor of McGill University.
Charter granted by King George IV in 1827, establishing King's College.
Kōjirō Matsukata (bottom right), the son of Prince Matsukata, was initiated into Delta Upsilon at Rutgers University in 1885.
The first Principal of McGill College, The Rt. Rev. Dr. George Mountain
Painting of University College, 1859.
Chief Justice of the United States Charles Evans Hughes served as president of Delta Upsilon and oversaw its incorporation.
Sir John William Dawson, Principal of McGill University, 1855–1893
A Sopwith Camel aircraft rests on the Front Campus lawn in 1918.
Delta Upsilon members from the University of Washington chapter attend a rush party aboard the SS Tacoma in 1916.
The Arts Building, completed in 1843 and designed by John Ostell, is the oldest building on campus
Soldiers' Tower, a memorial to alumni fallen in the World Wars, contains a 51-bell carillon.
Stained glass at McGill University's Redpath Library shows St. George coated in the tabard of Delta Upsilon. It commemorates 23 McGill members of Delta Upsilon killed in World War I.
The interior of the Redpath Museum
The neoclassical Convocation Hall is characterized by its domed roof and Ionic-pillared rotunda.
Delta Upsilon's first Harvard chapter revolted, disaffiliated, and ultimately merged with the Fly Club, whose clubhouse is pictured. A more recent colonization attempt proved similarly disastrous.
McGill University and Mount Royal, 1906, Panoramic Photo Company
Old Vic, the main building of Victoria College, typifies the Richardsonian Romanesque style.
An illustrated representation of the badge, which also forms part of the crest of the arms.
The Second University Company prior to their departure for France
The Sandford Fleming Building contains offices of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.
A Delta Upsilon member wearing the fraternity ribbon with badge.
Stained Glass Great War Memorial entrance to the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art
The Munk School of Global Affairs encompasses programs and research institutes for international relations.
Cover of the sheet music to the 1896 publishing of the Delta Upsilon March
Lower campus at sunset
The Naylor Building contains offices for the university's Department of Medicine.
The University of Illinois Delta Upsilon house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The recently renovated McTavish Street is a critical artery connecting the lower campus to the upper campus
Robarts Library, a Brutalist structure, houses the university's main collection for humanities and social sciences.
This map shows the expansion of active undergraduate chapters of Delta Upsilon from 1834 to 2014 in the United States (Canada not reflected here).
Roddick Gates act as the main entrance to the downtown campus
The AeroVelo Atlas won the Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition in 2013.
The chapter house of the Iowa State University chapter of Delta Upsilon is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Built in 1892, Old Chancellor Day Hall houses the Faculty of Law
The discovery of stem cells by McCulloch and Till is the basis for all modern stem cell research.
Former President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos Calderón, is a Delta Upsilon member from the fraternity's University of Kansas chapter
The "McGill Ghetto"
The Donnelly Centre is part of the Discovery District, one of the world's largest biotechnology research clusters.
A hockey game on campus in 1884, just seven years after McGill students wrote the then-new game's first rule book, with the Arts Building, Redpath Museum, and Morrice Hall (then the Presbyterian College) visible
Varsity Stadium
Solin Hall, situated in Saint-Henri near Lionel-Groulx station, serves as an off-campus apartment-style dorm.
The University of Toronto Rowing Club trains in Toronto Harbour for the 1924 Summer Olympics. The team won silver for Canada.
Macdonald Campus under construction in 1906
Generations of students have attended speeches, debates and concerts at Hart House.
The Macdonald Campus coat of arms
Sunlight fills Knox College Chapel during a Christmas concert of the engineering faculty's Skule Choir.
The newly built McGill University Health Centre at the Glen Site
21 Sussex Court holds office space for several student organizations, like The Varsity newspaper.
Parc Rutherford at night. The Genome Building (left), Wong Building (middle), and McTavish Reservoir (right) are seen in the background.
Teefy House, a residence hall of St. Michael's College, is home to female first-year undergraduate students.
McGill's coat of arms
William Lyon Mackenzie King, the longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history with over 21 years in office, BA, MA
The laboratory of Rutherford, early 20th century
Lester B. Pearson, Canadian Prime Minister and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957, BA
Radon, discovered at McGill by physicist Ernest Rutherford
Paul Martin, 21st Canadian Prime Minister, LLB
The Falcon, a statue outside of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library, part of the McLennan–Redpath Library Complex
John Kenneth Galbraith, noted economist and a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism, B.Sc.(Agr.)
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building, also a library, sits adjacent to the old Strathcona Music Building
John Charles Fields, mathematician and the founder of the prestigious Fields Medal
PhD candidates march at Commencement in McGill's distinctive scarlet regalia.
Harold Innis, professor of political economy, helped develop the staples thesis and the Toronto School of communication theory
Opening of the Student Union building, 1906
Frederick Banting, Nobel Laureate in Medicine and the first person to use insulin on humans, MD
McGill's Molson Stadium
Roberta Bondar, CSA astronaut and the first Canadian female in space, PhD
A hockey match at McGill in 1901
Julie Payette, CSA astronaut and the 29th Governor General of Canada, MASc
McGill Hockey Team, 1904
Jennie Smillie Robertson, First female surgeon in Canada, MD
McGill announces new name for men's varsity sports teams
The Queen's-McGill Challenge Blade
The Lorne Gales Trophy
3rd prime minister of Canada Sir John Abbott (BCL, 1847).
7th prime minister of Canada Sir Wilfrid Laurier (BCL, 1864).
Inventor of the game of basketball James Naismith (BA, 1887).
Co-inventor of the charge-coupled device and Nobel prize laureate in Physics Willard Boyle (BSc, 1947; MSc 1948; PhD 1950).
Emmy Award winner known for his portrayal of Captain Kirk in the Star Trek franchise William Shatner (BComm, 1952).
Balzan Prize winner, referred to as "the founder of neuropsychology" Brenda Milner (PhD, 1952)
Grammy Award winner and poet Leonard Cohen (BA, 1955).
6th President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (PhD, 1965).
48th Prime Minister of Egypt Ahmed Nazif (PhD, 1983).
Former astronaut and 29th governor general of Canada Julie Payette (BEng, 1986).
Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio (BEng, 1986; MSc, 1988; PhD, 1991).
The current and 23rd prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau (BA, 1994).
Former international president of Médecins Sans Frontières Joanne Liu (MDCM, 1991; IMHL, 2014).

The university is one of two members of the Association of American Universities located outside the United States, alongside the University of Toronto, and is the only Canadian member of the Global University Leaders Forum (GULF) within the World Economic Forum.

- McGill University

It receives the most annual scientific research funding and endowment of any Canadian university and is one of two members of the Association of American Universities outside the United States, the other being McGill University in Montreal.

- University of Toronto

In 1898, Delta Upsilon joined the recent trend of fraternity expansion into Canada by chartering a chapter at McGill University in Montreal.

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A Great War memorial window featuring Saint George and a slain dragon at the entrance to the Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art is dedicated to the memory of 23 members of the McGill chapter of Delta Upsilon who gave their lives in the Great War.

- McGill University

A scene from a season one episode of TV show Suits starring Delta Upsilon alumni Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams was shot at the Delta Upsilon chapter house at the University of Toronto.

- Delta Upsilon

Other fraternity chapters at the University of Toronto include Alpha Delta Phi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Delta Upsilon, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Kappa Sigma, Phi Gamma Delta, Psi Upsilon, Beta Theta Pi, Phi Kappa Pi, Kappa Sigma, Lambda Phi Epsilon, Sigma Nu, Theta Delta Chi, Alpha Kappa Nu, Alpha Omicron Pi, Delta Delta Delta, Pi Beta Phi and Lambda Chi Alpha.

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