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Famous ZBTs
Leonard Bernstein ...........Composer, Conductor Jack Benny (UCLA) ...........Comedian, Motion Picture Actor Charles Coburn ..............Motion Picture Actor Melvin Douglas (chicago) ....Motion Picture Actor Sidney Factor (USC '37) .....Max Factor Cosmetics Samuel Goldwyn (Chicago) ....Film Producer, Director, MGM Jerry Herman (U. of Miami) ..Playwrite: Hello Dolly, La Cage Aux Folles Robert Klein ................TV Comedian, Motion Picture Actor Jerry Lawerence (Ohio St.) ..Playwright: Mame Sheldon Leonard (Union) .....TV Actor, Procducer Robert Q. Lewis (Michigan) ..Entertainer Walter Minisch ..............Motion Picture Producer Donald Newhouse (Syracuse) ..Publishing Michael Ovitz (UCLA) ........Disney William S. Paley (Penn.) ....Founder and Chairman of the Board, CBS Arnold Picker (CCNY) ........Chairman of the Board, United Artists Samuel Rosman (Columbia) ....Chairman of the Board, 20th Century Fox Gene Stacks (Cornell) .......Actor and Stage Director William Todman ..............TV Game Show Producer Ned Tanen (USC) .............Motion Picture Producer Jack L. Warner (USC) ........President, Warner Brothers Mike Wallace (Columbia) .....TV New Commentator Peter Yarrow ................Singer with Peter, Paul and Mary group Robert Zelnick (Cornell) ....ABC-TV Network, Pentagon Correspondant Mel Allen ...................Sportscaster Alan Cohn ...................President, NY Knicks and NY Rangers Howard Cosell ...............Sports Broadcasting Donnie Edwards (UCLA)........Professional Football Player Mike Epstein ................Professional Baseball Player Burton Baskin (Illinois) ....Founder, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream Henry Block (Penn.) .........H & R Block Richard Block (Penn.) .......H & R Block Barry I. Bricken (Maryland) .President, Pants by Barry Jacob Burns (GWU) ...........Attorney and Businessman in NY Joseph Dazansky .............President, Giant Foods Richard L. Fisher (Penn.) ...Fisher Brothers Construction, NY Samuel Friedland ............Chairman of the Board, Food Fair William Gaines ..............Publisher, Mad Magazine Bernard Gimbel (Penn.) ......Chairman of Gimbel's Department Store Andrew Goodman ..............Chairman of the Board, Bergdorf-Goodman Armand Hammer (Columbia) ....President, Occidental Petroleum, Arm and Hammer products Yes, the guy who invented Arm and Hammer was actually named Armand Hammer |
slayerzbt, very impressive!:cool:
Kenny Chesney from East Tn. Is Rene Zellwiger a GLO Member? Oh, His New Bride. We also have a long list for only being Founded in 1909. Interesting Fact: Two LXAs were on the same TV Sitcom. Ralph Waite and Will Geer! Good night Daddy, Good Night Grand Pa!:) Just a few: Pappy, Greg Boyington, Jimmy Doolittle, Larry Brown, Rick Patino, Harry Truman, Harry Blackman, Dillard of Dept Store, Bob Uric, Chester (Dick Tracy) Gould, Claude Aikens, Tom Earp (:D ), ETC! |
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I do know a sort-of-famous Greek. Marietta DePrima, who played Sally on The Hughleys, is a Theta from Northwestern. I grew up with her. |
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What's the truth on Oprah and AKA? I've seen some sites that say she's an honorary member and others that say she was offered honorary membership but turned it down.
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I read on another thread that Debbie Matenopoulos is an AOII. Is that true? It is difficult to verify because our HQ website does not list notables (because every member is notable to us!) Does anyone know?
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But these are ladies that are AXiD's Jen Schefft, "The Bachelorette" Jane Henson - she and Jim Henson created Fozzie Bear in honor of Alpha Xi Delta and the first Kermit the Frog was created from curtains at Jane's AXiD house Kim Webster Gail Kobe Megan Blake Betsey Johnson |
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KLPDaisy, thanks for the Grape Shot! :D IHQ doesnt have all of them listed:( Check lambdachi.org and see who all are there, remember, there are some that have been dropped from the Site!:mad: Out with The Old, in with the new if there are so many!:( Amazing how some rumors are started about some Peeps? Wonder who started them? Press Agents or some wishful thinking!;) |
I recently learned that Carson Kressley of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy is an APO Brother. :)
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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... If I were to list anymore, there wouldn't be room... :) |
Willie Nelson went to college?!?!?!?!?! That chapter was missing in his biographies!
PS - If you didn't double space, it would probably be a "neater" list! :) |
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