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|birthplace= [[University of Southern California]], ([[Los Angeles, California]]) |
|birthplace= [[University of Southern California]], ([[Los Angeles, California]]) |
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|type= Professional |
|type= Professional, Co-Educational |
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|emphasis= Cinematic Arts |
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|scope= National |
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|mission= Delta Kappa Alpha is |
|mission= The mission of Delta Kappa Alpha is to foster lifelong character, collaborative and creative storytelling, ethical and productive business practices, philanthropic action, and fraternal bonds by and between students of the cinematic arts. |
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|vision=The vision of Delta Kappa Alpha is to be recognized as the premier institute of upstanding entertainment industry leaders. |
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|motto= Truth in Illusion |
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==History== |
==History== |
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''This section details primarily the Alpha (USC) chapter of Delta Kappa Alpha, as its history is the most well documented.'' |
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Delta Kappa Alpha was founded in 1936, at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, originally as a group for [[cinematographer]]s. Soon the Alpha chapter encompassed all undergraduate divisions at the School of Cinematic Arts, including Film & TV Production, Critical Studies, Writing for Screen & Television, Animation & Digital Arts, and most recently Interactive Entertainment.<ref>[http://cinema.usc.edu/degrees/undergraduate/index.cfm SCA Undergraduate Programs]</ref> |
Delta Kappa Alpha was founded in 1936, at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, originally as a group for [[cinematographer]]s. Soon the Alpha chapter encompassed all undergraduate divisions at the School of Cinematic Arts, including Film & TV Production, Critical Studies, Writing for Screen & Television, Animation & Digital Arts, and most recently Interactive Entertainment.<ref>[http://cinema.usc.edu/degrees/undergraduate/index.cfm SCA Undergraduate Programs]</ref> |
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*Alpha chapter, [[University of Southern California]], est. 1936 |
*Alpha chapter, [[University of Southern California]], est. 1936 |
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*Delta chapter, [[University of California, Los Angeles]], est. 1953 |
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*Epsilon chapter, [[San Francisco State University]], est. 2010 |
*Epsilon chapter, [[San Francisco State University]], est. 2010 |
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*Zeta chapter, [[Chapman University]], est. 2013 |
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Each chapter elects an Executive Council consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Programming, Publicity, Pledgemaster, Cinematic Affairs, Treasurer. Working with the Executive Council is the Sergeant-at-Arms. |
Each chapter elects an Executive Council consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Programming, Publicity, Pledgemaster, Cinematic Affairs, Treasurer. Working with the Executive Council is the Sergeant-at-Arms. |
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==Notable alumni== |
==Notable alumni== |
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*[[Alfred Hitchcock]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Lucille Ball]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Joe E. Brown]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Frank Capra]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[George Cukor]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[John Cromwell]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Irene Dunne]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Blake Edwards]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[John Flory]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Gene Fowler]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[John G. Frayne]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Arthur Freed]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Karl Freund]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[William Goetz]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[James Wong Howe]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[John Huston]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Ub Iweks]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Chuck Jones]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Gene Kelly]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Stanley Kramer]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Jack Lemmon]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Harold Lloyd]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Michelle Manning]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Steven Spielberg]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Arthur Miller]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Boris V. Morkovin]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Jack Oakie]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Charles Palmer]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Gregory Peck]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[William Perlberg]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Mary Pickford]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Miklos Rosza]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Rosalind Russell]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[George Seaton]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Mark Serrurier]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Mogen Skot-Hansen]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Robert Snyder]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[George Stevens]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Gloria Swanson]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Norman Taurog]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Slavko Vorkapich]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[King Vidor]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Hal Wallis]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Jack Warner]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Wally Westmore]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Haskel Wexler]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Billy Wilder]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Elmo Williams]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Robert Wise]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[William Wyler]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Fred Zinnemann]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Adolph Zukor]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[C. B. DeMille]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Sir Cedric Hardwicke]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Jesse Lasky]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[William Cameron Menzies]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[William Seiter]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Gregg Toland]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Jerry Wald]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Julie Andrew]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Orson Welles]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Fred Astaire]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Lucien Ballard]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Anne Baxter]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[William Castle]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Stanley Cortez]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Deimer Daves]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Stanley Donen]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Allan Dwan]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Rudy Fehr]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Sylvia Fine]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Glenn Ford]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Lee Garmes]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Greer Garson]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[John Green]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Conrad Hall]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Henry Hathaway]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Howard Hawks]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Edith Head]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Wilton Holm]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Hunter Ross]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Mervyn LeRoy]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Norman Jewison]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Sol Lesser]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Rouben Mamoulian]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Walter Matthau]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Steve McQueen]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Paul Newman]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[David Raskin]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Hal Roach]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Sydney Solow]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Barbara Stanwyck]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Jimmy Stewart]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Daniel Taradash]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[William Tuttle]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Mae West]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Charles Wheeler]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Joanne Woodword]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[William A. Fraker]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Jerry Goldsmith]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Albert Whitlock]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Eric Berndt]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Charles Brackett]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[John Ford]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Fritz Lang]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Frances Marion]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*USC Alma and Alfred Hitchcock Professor for the Study of American Film [[Drew Casper]] |
*USC Alma and Alfred Hitchcock Professor for the Study of American Film [[Drew Casper]] |
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*[[Lawrence Weingarten]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*[[Herbert E. Farmer]]<ref name=DKAhist/> |
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*Director [[George Lucas]]<ref name=DKAhist>[http://www.wix.com/uscdka/delta-kappa-alpha#!history Delta Kappa Alpha History]</ref><ref name=skyw>[http://books.google.com/books?id=KqhZAAAAMAAJ Skywalking: the life and films of George Lucas]</ref> |
*Director [[George Lucas]]<ref name=DKAhist>[http://www.wix.com/uscdka/delta-kappa-alpha#!history Delta Kappa Alpha History]</ref><ref name=skyw>[http://books.google.com/books?id=KqhZAAAAMAAJ Skywalking: the life and films of George Lucas]</ref> |
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*Producer [[Howard Kazanjian]]<ref name=DKAhist/><ref name=skyw/> |
*Producer [[Howard Kazanjian]]<ref name=DKAhist/><ref name=skyw/> |
Revision as of 01:22, 30 January 2013
Delta Kappa Alpha | |
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ΔΚA | |
Founded | March 16, 1936 University of Southern California, (Los Angeles, California) |
Type | Professional, Co-Educational |
Emphasis | Cinematic Arts |
Scope | National |
Mission statement | The mission of Delta Kappa Alpha is to foster lifelong character, collaborative and creative storytelling, ethical and productive business practices, philanthropic action, and fraternal bonds by and between students of the cinematic arts. |
Vision statement | The vision of Delta Kappa Alpha is to be recognized as the premier institute of upstanding entertainment industry leaders. |
Motto | Truth in Illusion |
Colors | Royal Blue Old Gold |
Symbol | Movie camera |
Flower | White Carnation |
Mascot | Dragon |
Publication | "Cine-Journal" |
Website | Delta Kappa Alpha Website |
Delta Kappa Alpha (ΔΚA) is a co-educational professional fraternity founded in 1936, at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.
According to USC's cinema website, "Recognized by the School of Cinematic Arts as the official professional cinema fraternity at the University of Southern California, DKA engages the community through philanthropic, social, and professional events. The goal of this co-ed fraternity is to establish meaningful relationships and camaraderie between students highly committed and interested in the film industry and in the cinematic arts."[1]
History
Delta Kappa Alpha was founded in 1936, at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, originally as a group for cinematographers. Soon the Alpha chapter encompassed all undergraduate divisions at the School of Cinematic Arts, including Film & TV Production, Critical Studies, Writing for Screen & Television, Animation & Digital Arts, and most recently Interactive Entertainment.[2]
The Alpha chapter had considerable influence in its first incarnation from 1936 until the mid-1980s. The fraternity had its own office within the School of Cinematic Arts building, equivalent to the current Student Production Office in today's SCA complex.
The fraternity also held annual banquets to honor notable contributors to the cinematic arts. Film legends such as Alfred Hitchcock and Fred Astaire were inducted into the fraternity as honorary members.[3] Hollywood heavyweights such as Sophia Loren, George Cukor, and Judy Garland were known to attend these events.[4]
The fraternity was in its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, when Dirty Dozen members George Lucas and Howard Kazanjian were among its members. There were 5 national chapters with a membership of 1500 in 1965.[5] However, by the mid 1980's the Alpha chapter as well as other chapters in the United States and South America had disbanded.[6] There are rumors that the fraternity was asked to be shut down due to its increasing influence on campus and in the Hollywood industry, but it is more likely that dwindling membership and funding caused the USC chapter to close.[7] Why all chapters went inactive is unknown. Despite no longer being on campus, USC still held a "DKA film series" of screenings from 1982 until the late 2000s at the Norris Cinema Theater on campus, drawing hour-long lines every Friday.[8][9]
Today
In the spring of 2009,[10] a group of students at USC resurfaced the Alpha chapter, and has since grown to be the largest undergraduate student group at the School of Cinematic Arts,[11] again encompassing all divisions of undergraduate study and bringing guests such as Alan Myerson,[12] John Landis,[13] and John C. McGinley (on behalf of Spread the Word to End the Word)[14] to campus as part of its DKA Speaker Series.
Epsilon chapter San Francisco State University began forming in 2010 with 20 members.[6] The Epsilon chapter's UNAI committee produced the official introduction video to the United Nations Academic Impact program, which premiered at the UN on November 19, 2010.[15] The chapter has also worked with Italian neorealist filmmaker Carlo Lizzani in Italy.[16]
Collegiate chapters
- Alpha chapter, University of Southern California, est. 1936
- Delta chapter, University of California, Los Angeles, est. 1953
- Epsilon chapter, San Francisco State University, est. 2010
- Zeta chapter, Chapman University, est. 2013
Each chapter elects an Executive Council consisting of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Programming, Publicity, Pledgemaster, Cinematic Affairs, Treasurer. Working with the Executive Council is the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Other officer positions include Film Committee, Casting Files, Showrunner, Banquet, Historian, Social, Philanthropy, Sunshine, Alumni, Design, Webmaster, Interchapter, Recruitment, and Professional chairs.[17]
Notable alumni
- Alfred Hitchcock[18]
- Lucille Ball[18]
- Joe E. Brown[18]
- Frank Capra[18]
- George Cukor[18]
- John Cromwell[18]
- Irene Dunne[18]
- Blake Edwards[18]
- John Flory[18]
- Gene Fowler[18]
- John G. Frayne[18]
- Arthur Freed[18]
- Karl Freund[18]
- William Goetz[18]
- James Wong Howe[18]
- John Huston[18]
- Ub Iweks[18]
- Chuck Jones[18]
- Gene Kelly[18]
- Stanley Kramer[18]
- Jack Lemmon[18]
- Harold Lloyd[18]
- Michelle Manning[18]
- Steven Spielberg[18]
- Arthur Miller[18]
- Boris V. Morkovin[18]
- Jack Oakie[18]
- Charles Palmer[18]
- Gregory Peck[18]
- William Perlberg[18]
- Mary Pickford[18]
- Miklos Rosza[18]
- Rosalind Russell[18]
- George Seaton[18]
- Mark Serrurier[18]
- Mogen Skot-Hansen[18]
- Robert Snyder[18]
- George Stevens[18]
- Gloria Swanson[18]
- Norman Taurog[18]
- Slavko Vorkapich[18]
- King Vidor[18]
- Hal Wallis[18]
- Jack Warner[18]
- Wally Westmore[18]
- Haskel Wexler[18]
- Billy Wilder[18]
- Elmo Williams[18]
- Robert Wise[18]
- William Wyler[18]
- Fred Zinnemann[18]
- Adolph Zukor[18]
- C. B. DeMille[18]
- Sir Cedric Hardwicke[18]
- Jesse Lasky[18]
- William Cameron Menzies[18]
- William Seiter[18]
- Gregg Toland[18]
- Jerry Wald[18]
- Julie Andrew[18]
- Orson Welles[18]
- Fred Astaire[18]
- Lucien Ballard[18]
- Anne Baxter[18]
- William Castle[18]
- Stanley Cortez[18]
- Deimer Daves[18]
- Stanley Donen[18]
- Allan Dwan[18]
- Rudy Fehr[18]
- Sylvia Fine[18]
- Glenn Ford[18]
- Lee Garmes[18]
- Greer Garson[18]
- John Green[18]
- Conrad Hall[18]
- Henry Hathaway[18]
- Howard Hawks[18]
- Edith Head[18]
- Wilton Holm[18]
- Hunter Ross[18]
- Mervyn LeRoy[18]
- Norman Jewison[18]
- Sol Lesser[18]
- Rouben Mamoulian[18]
- Walter Matthau[18]
- Steve McQueen[18]
- Paul Newman[18]
- David Raskin[18]
- Hal Roach[18]
- Sydney Solow[18]
- Barbara Stanwyck[18]
- Jimmy Stewart[18]
- Daniel Taradash[18]
- William Tuttle[18]
- Mae West[18]
- Charles Wheeler[18]
- Joanne Woodword[18]
- William A. Fraker[18]
- Jerry Goldsmith[18]
- Albert Whitlock[18]
- Eric Berndt[18]
- Charles Brackett[18]
- John Ford[18]
- Fritz Lang[18]
- Frances Marion[18]
- USC Alma and Alfred Hitchcock Professor for the Study of American Film Drew Casper
- Lawrence Weingarten[18]
- Herbert E. Farmer[18]
- Director George Lucas[18][19]
- Producer Howard Kazanjian[18][19]
- Steve Bloom[18]
- Editor Arthur Schneider[20]
- Chuck Jones[21]
Delta Kappa Alpha dinners and honorees
Delta Kappa Alpha had an annual banquets in January/February which honored figures in the Cinema industry and presented them with honorary membership in the fraternity. Honorees include:
- 1953 Arthur Charles Miller[22]
- 1957 William A. Seiter[23]
- 1957 (November) Gene Kelly[24]
- 1958 Cecil B. Demille[25]
- 1959 George Cukor[25]
- 1961 Greer Garson and Kirk Douglas[26]
- 1963 (25th anniversary) Mary Pickford and Harold Lloyd[27]
- 1964 Gloria Swanson, Adolph Zukor, Jack Lemmon, Charles Brackett, and Billy Wilder[28][29]
- 1965 Rosalind Russell, Norman Taurog and Robert Wise[5]
- 1966 Lucille Ball, Gregory Peck and Hal Wallis[30]
- 1967 Irene Dunne and Jack Oakie[31]
- 1968 Mae West, Mervyn LeRoy and James Stewart[32]
- 1970 Julie Andrews and Norman Jewison[33]
- 1972 Edith Head, Alfred Hitchcock, Walter Matthau and Sidney J. Solow, president of Consolidated Film Industries[34][35]
- 1973 Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Daniel Taradash and Lester Novros[36]
- 1974 Barbara Stanwyck, Johnny Green and William Castle[37]
- 1975 Fred Astaire and Stanley Donen[38]
- 1976 Glenn Ford[39]
- 1977 Albert Whitlock[40]
- 1978 Disney's Nine Old Men[41] and Neil Simon [42]
- 1979 Russ Meyer[43]
Additional Honorary Members
- 1959 John G. Frayne[44]
References
- ^ USC School of Cinematic Arts website
- ^ SCA Undergraduate Programs
- ^ DKA Alpha chapter website
- ^ "USC President Rufus von KleinSmid, Sophia Loren, George Cukor, and Judy Garland at a DKA event circa 1959."
- ^ a b USC's El Rodeo Yearbook 1965 p178
- ^ a b DKA Beta chapter website
- ^ "The fraternity died in the early 80s due to a lack of interest and efforts to fundraise."
- ^ Daily Trojan article, "DKA movies a Friday tradition"
- ^ "Oct 2, 2007 ... Friday, DKA Film Series is showing Pirates of the Caribbean."
- ^ [1] "Delta Kappa Alpha (DKA) is the resurrected cinema fraternity..."
- ^ DKA Alpha chapter website
- ^ DKA Presents a Q&A with Alan Myerson
- ^ A Question and Answer Session lead by USC’s Cinema Fraternity
- ^ Daily Trojan article, "Spread the Word to End the Word’ comes to USC"
- ^ UNAI website
- ^ The Last Maestro page
- ^ DKA Alpha chapter website
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- ^ a b Skywalking: the life and films of George Lucas
- ^ George Schlatter and Arthur Schneider, Jump Cut: Memoirs of a Pioneer Television Editor, McFarland & Co Inc (31 Jul 1997), ISBN 978-0-7864-0345-5
- ^ Chuck Jones: Conversations
- ^ Lensman to Be Honored by Fraternity
- ^ Fraternity to Induct
- ^ Fraternity to Honor Gene Kelly
- ^ a b Tierney Film return set
- ^ Greer Garson and Kirk Douglas with Awards
- ^ America's Sweetheart remembered
- ^ Past, Present Merge for Mutual Love of Movies
- ^ Realistic Locales Seen Aiding Actors
- ^ USC Fraternity Cites 3 Film-TV Personalities
- ^ Hollywood Celebs Send Second String for Awards
- ^ Nostalgia was the keynote, Mae West stole the show
- ^ Bouquets for Notables at Film Banquet
- ^ Film Notables Receive Honorary Tribute
- ^ Journal of the University Film Association Vol. 24, No. 1/2, 1972
- ^ Paul Newman joins Ingmar Bergman Cult
- ^ Fraternity Fetes Stanwyck, Green, Castle
- ^ Tributes to Fred
- ^ Glen Ford's Delta Kappa Alpha Certificate
- ^ The late Albert Whitlock was one of movie history’s most skilled illusionists.
- ^ Chronology of the Walt Disney Company
- ^ Neil Simon to Move Back to New York
- ^ Russ Meyer--the life and films: a biography and a comprehensive, illustrated
- ^ Journal of the University Film Producers Vol. 11, No. 4, SUMMER, 1959