Each year, Delta Kappa Epsilon presents an award to one national alumnus for outstanding service to his chapter. That award is known as the William M. Henderson Award.

This is DKE’s top alumni award and is named for the Fraternity’s long-time Executive Director, Bill Henderson, Zeta Zeta ’39. It is unique among major inter-fraternal awards in being presented not for work done at the top administrative level of the Fraternity but solely for exceptional service to an individual chapter of DKE, not necessarily the recipient’s own. The award was established in 1975 and consists of an engraved silver cup that remains the property of the recipient.