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Originally Posted by dakareng (Post 464049)

Hate to burst people's bubbles but neither Meg Ryan or Sally Fields are members of Pi Beta Phi (at least the ones that we know as prominant actors.... there may be A Meg Ryan who is a Pi Phi but it isn't the one from When Harry Met Sally)

There is a section on the Pi Phi webpage that lists who the notable Pi Phis are..... you'll be impressed at the variety of pioneers in medicine, politics and science...

And Meg Ryan isn't even the actress's real name...her real last name is Hruska or something like that.

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Originally Posted by PiPhiAlum (Post 75840)

Ann Sommovigo Moore - President of People Magazine Group (TN Beta)
Anna B. Fisher - Astronaut (CA Epsilon)
Anna Eileen Heckart Yankee - Actress (OH Beta)
Anna Fisher - Astronaut (CA Epsilon)
Anne Moore - President of People Magazine Group
Beth Brickell - actress who starred in the 1960's television show "Gentle Ben" (Arkansas Alpha)
Betty Cole Dukert - producer of "Meet the Press" (Missouri Alpha and Gamma)
Carrie Chapman Catt - Founder of the National League of Women Voters (Iowa Gamma,)
Charlotte Lansing, was an Opera singer in the 1930's (NY Alpha)
Courtney Gibbs - Miss USA 1988 & Model (TX Delta)
Delta Burke’s character, Suzanne Sugarbaker, of Designing Women was a Pi Phi.
Diane DeWitt - model (TX Beta)
Dianne Dewitt Menicheschi - Model (TX Beta)
Edith Chan - television producer (TX Beta)
Eileen Gechart Yankee - actress who has won an Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe (OH Beta)
Eileen Heckert - Actress
Elizabeth Shue - Actress
Euginea Moore Anderson - first woman Ambassador to Denmark (Iowa Beta)
Faye Dunaway - Actress (FL Beta)
Grace Goodhue Coolidge - wife of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States (VT Beta)
Jacquelyn Mayer Townsend - Miss America 1963 (IL Epsilon)
Jane Bryant Quinn - Author & Financial Columnist (VT Alpha)
Jane Sibbett - actress who has appeared on "Friends" (CA Delta)
Jennifer Biddulph Maxwell - co-creator of the Power Bar (CA Beta)
Jenonne Walker - Ambassador to the Czech Republic (OK Alpha)
Katherine Browne - Opera star in the 1920's (IL Zeta)
Kathy Garver - actress and producer. She played Cissie on "Family Affair." (CA Delta)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson - US Senator (TX Alpha)
Kay Hall - Gold and Bronze medals in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics (WA Gamma)
Kelli Kuehne - toured with the LPGA and was Nike's first female golf spokesman (TX Alpha)
Lisa Morgan Beaupre - Miss Teenage America, 1988 (CA Delta)
Margaret Truman Daniels - Author & Daughter of President Harry Truman (DC Alpha)
Marilyn Horne - Opera Star (CA Gamma)
Marilyn Van Derbur Atler - Miss America 1958 & Motivational Speaker (CO Alpha)
Martha Hyer - Actress (IL Epsilon)
Mary Elizabeth Blackmon - Actress (LA Alpha)
Mary Margaret Truman - Daughter of Harry S. Truman
Maudie Prickett - Actress (Wyoming Alpha)
Meredith Auld Brokaw, Her husband is broadcaster Tom Brokaw.
Nancy Hogshead - Olympic Gold Medalist- Swimming (NC Beta)
Nancy Kulp - Actress played Jane Hathaway, "The Beverly Hill Billies" (FL Beta)
Patricia Neal - Actress (IL Epsilon)
Paula Ragusa Prentiss - Actress (VA Alpha)
Rebecca Hoke Hollen - Soap-opera actress (TX Beta)
Robin Smith - Filmmaker (OH Alpha)
Rosemary Lanewas - Actress in the 1930's (Iowa Beta)
Ruby Mercer - Metropolitan Opera star (OH Alpha)
Ruth Walsh Mcintyre - Journalist/News Anchor (SC Alpha)
Sally Sockwell - Stage actress (TX Beta)
Susan Akin - Miss America 1986 (MS Beta)
Susan Lucci - Actress (All My Children)
Tiffany Craig Miss Oklahoma 1994
Tracy Ruiz - 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist- Synchronized Swimming (AZ Alpha)
Virginia Murphy Plankenbaker - was Indiana State Senator (Indiana Delta)
The founder of Monet jewelry is a Pi Phi.
Mrs. Parker (Parker Pens) ....look for the arrow
Mrs. Wrigley (Wrigley Gum) .look for the arrow on the package

And the list goes on and on and on...

(Sorry for the repeats)

Go Pi Phi!!!

I wish there was a famous Pi Phi from MI. one day..

Brad Pitt in Pi Phi shorts (ha ha)
http://totalfratmove.com/747101

Jenna Dewan, University of Southern California, Channing Tatum's wife and she is a model actress and dancer.

Savannah Guthrie , University of Arizona,American journalist and attorney, working for NBC News Morning show now.

Jennifer Lancaster is a Pi Phi. She wrote Bitter is the New Black and other books that are autobiographical about her working at a Fortune 500 company and then suddenly losing her job. Her books are really funny and often she uses Pi Phi letterheads in her notes in her books. Apparently she was rush chair at her chapter (she went to a Big 10 school but I can't figure out where). Her website is www.jennsylvania.com and in her "About" section there's a picture of her and one of her sisters wearing lettered shirts in front of a boat. The only thing that irks me is that her books advertise her as a "former sorority girl". I'm re-reading Bitter is the New Black and her notes indicate that her chapter sisters called her Hitler in recruitment and she fined them $100 for not smiling enough.

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Originally Posted by wingsnhalos (Post 2167456)

Brad Pitt in Pi Phi shorts (ha ha)
http://totalfratmove.com/747101

http://totalfratmove.com/wp-content/...1323043472.jpg

Brad is a Missouri Sigma Chi, and this picture looks like it was taken at Derby Days.

Do you think Jennifer Garner's days as a Pi Phi may have helped in her research for her next movie???
http://movies.yahoo.com/video/ymovie...-30363229.html

"Butter" looks hilarious. Can't wait to see it!

*crashing* because I happen to very much enjoy TPW's blog and show: Ann Marie “Ree” Smith Drummond, California Gamma. Award-winning American blogger for The Pioneer Woman, New York Times bestselling author and star of the Food Network’s Pioneer Woman.

I thought Ree Drummond was an OK Alpha (OU)? She's definitely both an Okie and a Pi Phi, maybe I just assumed about her college.

I copied the info from the Pi Beta Phi official website; I suspected Ree was a Pi Phi (and don't ask me to reveal why, because then I'd have to... well... nevermind!).

Yeah, I looked it up on Wikipedia and it looks like she did go to USC, I probably just conflated her being and Okie with going to OU. I've known she was Pi Phi for a while, but I can't remember where I heard it.

I'm getting ready to try a recipe of hers, and I have high hopes. Her blog/recipes are pretty entertaining, but generally don't appeal to me.

TRY THE CINNAMON ROLLS. Incredible. You will be the most popular person in the entire zip code where you live (OK, I will butt out of your thread now, Pi Phis!).

There's a rumor going around that Suzanne Collins, author of The Hunger Games, is a Pi Phi. I'm pretty sure it isn't true. I think people see arrow symbols on stuff and just hope it means it's related to Pi Phi.

She graduated from my alma mater, I do not believe she was Greek. She was a theater arts major, which has a VERY low percentage of Greeks. She was the subject of a profile in our alumni magazine and they usually mention Greek affiliation, as well. The Pi Phi chapter at IU would definitely have made it known if she was an alum.

ETA: Molly Malaney from the Bachelor was definitely a Pi Phi at IU. She is the one Jason didn't pick for the final rose and then dumped Melissa Rycroft on national TV and then got together with her.