Re: Priscilla...
 

What?!! No way is Elvis Greek!! He never even went to college as far as I know.

Is this for real?

He did NOT go to college, but TKE offered him honorary memebership. It just barely counts, but he is a TKE

yep...
 

Yep, this is on the other thread...

But yeah, Elvis is an honorary member for his contributions to the chapter at Arkansas State University, fully initated and approved by the Grand Chapter and International Headquarters...

pasted from the other thread...
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Famous Tekes...

We have way too many ... But here's a few PROMINENT Alumni of Tau Kappa Epsilon...



POLITICS (and there are more not listed) olitics -

Ronald Wilson Reagan - 40th President of the United States of America
Senator Robert Byrd - West Virginia
Charles Whittaker - United States Supreme Court Justice
John G. Rowland - Governor of Connecticut
Albert Rossellini Fmr. Governor of Washington
Mike O'Callaghan Fmr. Gov. of Nevada
George Leader Fmr. Governor of Pennyslvania
Lester C. Hunt Fmr. Senator/Governor of Wyoming
Frank B. Morrison Fmr. Governor of Nebraska
Former Governor of Delaware
Martin Schreiber - Fmr. Governor of Wisconsin
Earle H. Harbison, Jr. - Deputy Director - CIA (U.S. Central Intelligence Agency)
Janes E. Fitzmorris - Lieutenant Governor - Louisiana
L Talbot Hood - Director of Radio Free Europe
William Hyland Former Deputy Director - National Security Council
Robert L. "Bob" Barr,
Congressman, Georgia
Bob Butterworth
Florida Attorney General
James H. Quillen,
Congressman, Tennessee
David S. Hayes Pennsylvania Representative
William H. Hudnut, III Fmr. Mayor/Indianapolis
Richard B. Stone Fmr. Senator/ U.S. Ambassador
Bill Stark FBI/Foreign Counterintellegence Division
Bill Baker California Representative
Bob Barr Georgia Representative
Lane Evans Illinois Representative
W.J. Tauzin Louisiana Representative
Richard E. Neal Massachusetts Representative
Dave Camp Michigan Representative
Joe Knollenberg Michigan Representative
Bill Barrett Nebraska Representative
Earl Pomeroy North Dakota Representative
Bill Brewster Oklahoma Representative
Charles Wilson Texas Representative
John Bryant Texas Representative
Walter Myers, Jr. Indiana Supreme Court Just.
Alan C. Nelson U.S. Comm. of Immigration
James B. Long Comm. of Insurance/NC
Sidney W. Morrison U.S. Congress
Joseph Jepson - Senator, Iowa
G. Michael Witte Indiana Court Justice
Dan Henderson - Fmr. Mayor of El Paso, Texas
John Sisco Fmr. Undersec./Pres/American Un.
Donald Hunter Indiana Supreme Court Just.
Victor Schiro Fmr. Mayor/New Orleans
Robert W. Berrey, III Apellate Judge/Missouri Court of Appeals
John Gibson Judge/U.S. Court of Appeals
Marshall Gardener Retired/Hearings and Appeals/Soc Security Director
Gary A. Doer - Premier of Manitoba
Pete Cenarrusa - 5 term Secretary of State - Idaho


Many more in Congress...

Entertainment

Elvis Presley
Willie Nelson
Les Paul (Inventor of the Electric Guitar)
Danny Thomas
Lawrence Welk
Fred Dryer (TV Star, and NFL player)
Robery Wuhl (Actor)
Merv Griffin
The LETTERMEN (all of them)
The Everly Brothers (all of them)
Raymond W. Franklin President/Stage America, Inc./Producer and Director
John A. Russo Writer/Filmmaker
Mark A. Fite Vice President/Stage America, Inc.
William Melendez - THE VOICE OF CHARLIE BROWN (yes you read that right!) and creator of the Peanuts specials
Christopher Glenn (CBS News Anchor)
James Drury
Miles Wilkin - CEO SFX Theatrical Group

And a lot more...

Athletics

Terry P. Bradshaw -
Pittsberg Steelers Quarterback. Led the Steelers to 4 Super Bowl titles (1975-76,79-80); 2-time Super Bowl MVP (1979-80) and regular season MVP in 1978.

George S. Halas -
NFL Founder (YES THE FOUNDER OF THE NFL!)/ Chicago Bears Football Club Owner & Coach

Phil Simms,
New York Giants Quarterback and MVP of Super Bowl XXI

Marv Levy - NFL coach

Richard "Digger" Phelps - NCAA - Coach of Notre Dame, ESPN TV Analyst

Jim Harrick - NCAA Coach

Ken Phelps
Professional Baseball Player
Eddie Enos Professional Football
Danny Villanueva Professional Football
Doug Blubaugh Olympic Gold Medal winner/Wrestling,
Jim Grabowski Professional Football
Gerry Philben Professional Football
Ben Davis Professional Football
John Beasley Professional Football
Tom Beer Professional Football
Lou Carnesecca Head Basketball Coach/St. John's University
Joseph C. Sambito Professional Baseball
Richie Scheinblum Professional Baseball
Ray Crowley Professional Baseball
Joe Tait Sportscaster
Dr. Edmond F. Enos Founder/Institute of Comparative Physical Health
Harold V. "Shorty" Almquest Football and Basketball coach/Univ. of Minnesota

Too many more to list...




Philanthropic, Literary, Scientific, Military, etc...

General Joseph W. Ralston - Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Forces in Europe

Colonel Gerald P. Carr - NASA Commander - SKYLAB IV

Rear Admiral John R. Fisher - President of Navy League

Roy K. Flint - Dean - U.S. Military Academy - West Point

William A. Fowler - Nobel Prize - Physics

Dr. Frank Jirka - President - American Medical Association

Irving Krick - President - American Institute of Aerological Research

Ralph Keyes - President Kiwanis Foundation

George A. Newbury - Former Soverign Grand Commander, Scottish Rite of Free Masonry

Hugh. Milton II - Former Undersecretary, U.S. Army... President of New Mexico State University

Spence T. Marks - Former Director U.S. Army Scientific/Technical Information

Roy W. Riegle - Former Most Eminent Grand Master, Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America

A lot more...


Education

Dr. John Cribbet - Chancellor - University of Illnois - Urbana-Champaign

Gregory Geoffroy - President - Iowa State University

William Muse - Chancellor - East Carolina University

Chester Lay - Former President - Southern Methodist University
and DEAN OF PRESIDENTS - American Colleges and Universities

Joseph Sico - President - American University

Hoke Smith - President - Towson University

J. Richard Stoltz - President - Lincoln College

Donald R. Theophilus - President - University of Idaho

Dr. John Calhoun Jr. - V.P. Academic Affairs - Texas A & M University...

and more...

BUSINESS

Conrad M. Hilton - Founder of HILTON Hotels (and Paris' Grandpa)

Howard D. Schultz - Chairman/CEO, Chief Global Strategist - STARBUCKS COFFEE

Paul Oreffice - Chairman/CEO - Dow Chemical

Charles R. Walgreen Jr. - Founder - Walgreen Drugs

Russel Heil - V.P. Operations - Delta Airlines

James Kilts - President/CEO - The Gillette Company

Earl Harbison, Jr. - President - Monsanto Chemicals

Robert E. Gunn - Chairman/CEO - Financial Counselors, INC.

Edward Droste - CO-FOUNDER - HOOTERS Restaurant, President - Provident Management Corporation

John Currey - President - Boreal Laboratories, LTD

Raymond G. Chambers - Co-Owner - NEW JERSEY NETS

Roger J. Dow - Vice President/Marketing - Marriot Hotels

Harold A. Shaub - President/CEO - Cambell Soup Company

Ward Smidl - President - Colley Elevator Company

H.R. Bresee - President - H.R. Bresee and Co. /
Director and Vice Chairman - Bank Of Illinois


Ronald C. Barr - President - AMFAC, INC/Hotels and Resorts

James Evans - President/CEO - Best Western International

Douglas Habig - President/CEO Kimball International, INC.

Walter "Bud" Loghman - Chairman of the Board - First Bank of Illinois

John Currey - President - Boreal Laboratories

Walter F. Cornett III - Chairman of the Board /Treasurer of the Board of Directors - Viridian, Inc.

and more of course...

Cat in the Hat would be a cool SigEp brother.

I'd want Kelly Ripa. I love her :)

I apologize if I wasn't clear. I was just making the point that there were more than three Williams sisters. That one that was killed was not the soror.

Well, I would Like to Be Me! Impotent enough!:D

Oh, How do they Put Their Pantty Hose or Pants Legs on?:confused:

OOOHY, One Leg at a time!

Everyone on Here is Important!:D :) :cool:

Having sexual disfunction does not make you famous.

I would like to add that as I stated in my initial post, THIS IS FOR FUN. I did not imply that famous people are important to a GLO. Obviously it is the unnamed majority that make things work. However, if I were to have started a thread that asked who you would most like to claim in your GLO, my response would have been Jennifer A_ _ _ _ who lives down the street from me. That would mean nothing to any of you because she isn't someone any of you know! Do you get where I am going with this? Famous people aren't more important than non-famous people, but because we all know who they are, we can facilitate a discussion.

If you are offended by this thread, by all means ignore it. I wish you would, in fact. Sheez.

When I was a pledge I was told for some unknown reason that Carol Burnett was an ADPi. Which made me think strongly about that "pulling the ear thing." But, alas that information was false.

So, it would have been cool if

Carol Burnett - Funny, Leader, Giver

Lisa Simpson - I mean the GPA alone. . . if she ever grows up - the future holds the presidency.

Anne Klein - Hello lion jewelery - another falsehood told to this little pledge.

One or both of the Olsen Twins - hello, great rush tool. (did they go greek?)

I read that Condi (sp?) Rice is an Alpha Chi Omega - I LOVE HER?

Fun Thread

Since this thread was first started, I've tried and tried to think of some famous musicians who I'd like for sisters, and you know, all the ones I'd really like to have...we already have! With the exception of Sheryl Crow, most of our famous members are not on the mainstream radar, but are VERY prominent in music circles.

The only mainstream artist I've been able to come up with is Carole King. I like the fact that she's a singer/songwriter (like Sheryl!), not just a pretty face. Anna Nalick would be cool, too, although she's not terribly famous (yet). I'm sure there are others...I just can't think of any.

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It's funny you mention Anne Klein...I have a really cute pink and gold Anne Klein purse with the lion logo all over it. I've always thought it would be a good purse for a Phi Mu to own!
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As long as we're dreaming:D

Every female governor and President. If male, then their wives. And their daughters....

Maybe that would remind other alumnae who "forget" or "don't have time" to remember their vows.

To heck with political affliations..our vows are taken for a lifetime.:D

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Reagan was a TKE? Man, you'd think he'd have been more fun.
(just kidding).
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Okay, I have to retract my statement. I would love to have Condi as a Delta. Although she and I are on opposite sides of the political equation, what she has accomplished as a Black woman is amazing. But alas, the NPC already has her.

Tom, can I make you an honorary Delta beaux? ;)

lol...
 

Yep, Reagan was the prime example of a TKE...

We hear so much of President Reagans days in the White House... He regularly attended TKE national events, visited houses, had Tekes over at the White House regularly, greeted Tekes first whenever he went to different places to visit and even had a badge on him most of the time...

Theres a great story about how a Teke came into the White House with his wife - Ronald asked if she had been properly pinned... The Teke responded that he had not properly pinned her...

So Reagan reached somewhere and pulled out a badge, got on his knee, and sung the TKE Sweetheart song to her...

Life long example...

When he died, TKE National Officers and many many others attended memorial services...
and my Chapter president and Vice President were present at a special reception sometime after that at the Ranch here in California...

Every Teke across the nation wore a black ribbon under their badge for 14 days - a custom of ours when a Frater enters the Chapter Eternal...

Re: lol...
 

That's really a sweet story...boys, take note!

Best Part...
 

The best part about that was the fact that the Leader of the Free World had enough humility to get down on a knee and honor a wife/sweetheart that had not been properly honored in our customs...
:D

Hows that for a thought, eh?

Michael Stipe.

Re: lol...
 

I attended a Reagan TKE memorial at my school that was co-sponsored with a business fraternity that he was also a member of. (I went with my boyfriend who is a TKE) it was a very nice outdoor ceremony.

I always heard that she pulled her ear as a shout out to her grandmother. She would have been a good greek catch. I'm sure she would have made an amazing rusher.

Yes, Condi is an Alphi Chi (I think somewhere in Colorado - U. of Denver maybe?) I would love to have her too.

And with all this Ronal Reagan talk, I will wistfully add that I would love to claim Nancy Reagan. I believe she went to Smith, so she is not greek. I realize that she isn't as beloved as R.R. and she definitely has some issues, but she is a lovely lady and certainly was a loyal wife. Above all else, I would have wanted her so her husband could have serenaded the AOIIs!

I would also want Molly Shannon from SNL because I would think any rush skit with her in it would be a scream. ("Come be an AOII so you can be a superstar!")

Nancy Grace - legal-type talk show host on CNN.

Laura Ingraham - lawyer, former collegiate athlete, radio talk show host, former Supreme Court clerk

Also, Candice Olsen from "Divine Design" on HGTV. Not only is she very pretty, but she has a lot of personality and she could redecorate the chapter houses when they need it. :)

I have to go with what SmartBlondeGPhB and AOII_LB93 said, if they contributed it would be cool.

ADPi has so many famous alums that I am so proud to call my sisters but of the famous ones only a select handful actually do anything with the organization now.

Honestly, it seems like right now our famous alums are more for bragging rights during recruitment.

I would just love for our current famous alums to actually do stuff.

And quite honestly I love the famous alums we have, so right now I really can't think of any other famous people that I would love to see ADPi's. (If that makes sense at all). Plus, the other famous people I like are already greek (ie. Jennifer Garner, Pi Phi).

I think thats right - I also heard it was to say goodnight to her daughter, anyway when I thought she was an ADPi, I thought maybe she may have tried to sneak in some sort of somthing on her show.

Jean Smart got "ADPi Pin" on designing women. I fell over backwards when I heard that on TV.

If I ever get on national tv (again) I will try to get something in about ADPi, unless I am doing something I should be doing ;).

I don't care about famous people -- however, I wish that as a sister, I could tell Kimberly Williams to get the hell off that According to Jim show. It's embarrassing.

LOL. I needed that laugh right now.




ADPi Conniebama: I now wish I could watch Designing Women so I could see that. That would have been pretty cool to watch. D:)

I am pretty sure that Condi went to Berkely. She went to school and was friends with the former Dean of Students of San Diego State (who was a Sigma Kappa). Our greek advisor was able to get Condi to sign a picture of herself and give it to SDSU's AXO chapter. Pretty cool.

From her official bio:

Born November 14, 1954 in Birmingham, Alabama, she earned her bachelor's degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the University of Denver in 1974; her master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975; and her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver in 1981. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been awarded honorary doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991, the University of Alabama in 1994, the University of Notre Dame in 1995, the National Defense University in 2002, the Mississippi College School of Law in 2003, the University of Louisville and Michigan State University in 2004. She resides in Washington, D.C.

She never attended college in California. She was however the the provost at Stanford.

In June 1999, she completed a six year tenure as Stanford University 's Provost, during which she was the institution's chief budget and academic officer. As Provost she was responsible for a $1.5 billion annual budget and the academic program involving 1,400 faculty members and 14,000 students.

Well then I stand corrected! Looks like I was misinformed! Thanks for the info ;)

Barbara Bush: she just seems so classy, and I know the later Bush women went Theta, but if Barbara's unaffiliated, can KD have her?

Sarah Michelle Gellar: kicked butt as "Buffy;" would make "our chapter kicks so much butt" a literal statement.

Mary Chapin Carpenter: I really like her music, plus the chapters who performed folksy-country-sounding guitary songs during recruitment always impressed me.

LOL. OMG Buffy is my all-time favorite show. He he.

She would definately make the "chapter kick so much butt", she does have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do and did most of her stunts on Buffy (except the ones labeled "dangerous").

You are too late! She is an AI of Pi Beta Phi (recently too, I might add!)

:(

Awww, that's too bad! Oh well, the Pi Phis are awesome, too, and lucky to have her!

I totally read that as George Jefferson!!! :D

Are you speaking of the current first lady? Because she is a Theta (Beta Sigma chapter/SMU). This info is on the Theta website.

I SO laughed out loud at this. LOL

We all know George Jefferson is a Sigma.

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*running out of thread*

I am betting she means "Babs" Bush....GW's mom :)

I believe that Barbara "Babs" Bush is an alumna initiate of Pi Beta Phi?

You are correct

Is Kimora Lee Simmons Greek? I'd love some Baby Phat 'nalia...also I think she's a beautiful example of multiculturalism...

i don't believe she's been to college and i don't know of anyone taking her as an honorary member.