Sandra Day O'Connor is a Kappa Alpha Theta.

Kate Spade, sister-in-law of David Spade (I think), is a Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Helen Walton, widow of Sam Walton of Wal-Mart fame, is also a Kappa.

Some others are Mariska Hargitay, Donna DeVarona, Madelyn Pugh ("I Love Lucy" writer), and Barbara Feldon.

Someone said something about someone in O-Town wearing Pi Kappa Phi letters, yea... Trevor went to CSU- Fullerton and was a Pi Kappa Phi there... He was good with the ladies.. and he is still really close with the guys there.. and go party with them..

Actually, Magaret Chase Smith, the first woman senator was a Sigma Kappa...she was also the first woman to sit on both houses of Congress..

There's a statistic somewhere... I can't remember it exactly... but it's something like, 75% of goverment officials were greek in their college days. I don't know about you, but that makes me pretty d@mn proud. :D

dave mathews
 

I don't know about Dave being in a fraternity, I knew he was from South Africa because most great people are from there (including myself ):D however, on Tuesday when I see dave (Floor seats by the way) I will ask him.. he hehe. Also I think it's funny because nearly all sororities have said their pins have been up in space, theres supposably been a xo pin in space also!! But I know for sure Haper Lee who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird was a Chi O!!


Princess E

I serached the Internet to find out about this senate stuff. The Theta one was Nancy Kassenbaum... she is considered the first woman elected to senate in her own right.

Here is what I found...

Out of the first five female senators, the three women who served a full Senate term all succeeded their husbands. Hattie Caraway (D. Ark.) initially filled her dead husband's term but was twice re-elected. Margaret Chase Smith (R. Me.) succeeded her husband in the House, then ran for the Senate on her own. Maurine Neuberger (D. Ore.) replaced her incumbent husband when he died two days before the deadline to file for reelection. It was 1978 before a woman was elected to a full term who was not a political widow succeeding her husband; Nancy Landon Kassenbaum (R. KS) was a political daughter who had not held public office prior to her election to the Senate.

Famous Betas
 

A few well known Betas:

John Wooden - legendary UCLA basketball coach (10 national titles)
Gary Barnett - head football coach, Colorado
Dick Gephardt - Congressman (House minority leader)
Kyle Brandt - MTV Real World Chicago
Mike Schimdt - Hall of Fame 3rd baseman, Philadelphia Phillies
Scott McCarron - professional golfer
Samuel Palmisano - newly elected CEO, IBM
Adam West - actor (original batman series)
Stephen Sondheim - famous broadway composer (West Side Story)
George Peppard - actor, Hannibal (the A-Team)

Also...
*More Congressmen, Senators, Supreme Court Justices and Olympic Medalists than any other fraternity* (atleast thats what they tell me :) )

I found on one Pi Kappa Phi website that Jerry "The King" Lawler was a Pi Kapp, but have not been able to confirm this anywhere. Anyone know?

http://www.pikapps.net/images/lawler.jpg

Re: dave mathews
 

i can confirm this one :) susan helms was a special initiate of the pi gamma chapter in 1998(my chapter) she was the first woman to live on the mir space station, and she brought her badge with her on her. After returning she presented her badge back the chapter as a gift to thank us for initiating her (she framed it w/photos taken from space and stuff like that)..unfortunately it was stolen from the chapter some time last year, i don't know if i has been returned. :(

I was reading through the post and realized 1 famous Deepher, possibly the most recgonizable 1 is missing from the list: Bette Midler

I've been hearing this bette midler thing for a while and from watching VH1 behind the music, I give you my conclusion.....
Bette Midler went to college in hawaii....
I don't think we've ever had chapters in hawaii...
second she dropped out of college, which makes her not an alum.

I wish it were true though! oh well....

Does anyone know of any famous ADPis?

Lindy!!!!!!!! She rocks. I think she will be famous one day.

I don't know where and how that Bette Midler rumor started. She's not on the International website as a famous alumna so I figure that she isn't. It would be cool though. ;)

Best link (that I've found):
http://www3.baylor.edu/alpha_delta_pi/famous.htm

The one we always got a kick out of was Loula Kendall Rodgers, who designed the Confederate Flag! :)

I just discovered that the woman who played Maybelle Merriweather in GWTW was an ADPi, too.

honeychile

ps - I love Bette Midler!