20...she's not an AOII either.

We can claim Jan Davis, but not Sally Ride.

19!

Acutally Mrs. Campbell was most definitely not a Kappa. Nowhere in our history or database does Kappa claim her has a member. There is no "Mrs. Campbell" even. More likely, the fleur-de-lis on the label is a tie into the award the soup won at the 1900 Paris exhibition, the medal of which is also on the Campbell's soup labels.

Process of Elimination
 

Sally Ride....not a Chi Omega.


18!

EDUCATION: Graduated from Westlake High School, Los Angeles, California, in 1968; received from Stanford University a bachelor of science in Physics and a bachelor of arts in English in 1973, and master of science and doctorate degrees in Physics in 1975 and 1978, respectively.
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For those who collect the Baird's books, what were the sororities present at Stanford from 1968 to 1973? Once known, that will narrow the field considerably.

None. They returned in 1978.

Right, but she could have been initiated as an alum.

Right, since I mentioned Laurel, but not Sally, I think we've established that she's not a Gamma Phi Beta.

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.....Kelly :)

Not an ASA

16.


(Although the Teacher from October Sky is...the actual teacher from the true story, not the actress).

Thanks...and an apology
 

I've Googled "Sally Ride" and "sorority" and no specific sorority pops up, just the fact that she's a member. Most other famous people, their GLO comes right up. I owe an apology to the Ladies of the Golden Key. Wikipedia's entry for notable Kappas has listed Mrs. Campbell as an alum...guess not. Sorry, my mistake.
- Prunetacos

It doesn't, and hasn't for quite some time. There are guidelines used by those who update the Wikipedia page on who constitutes as notable Kappas. Misinformation is usually quickly deleted or corrected.

Another Greek urban legend. methinks. Why think I so?

Joseph Campbell founded the company in 1869, one year before Kappa was founded. It didn't start making soup until 1897, but the suggestion and process for making soup came from John Dorrence, the nephew of the company's general manager. The can label was suggested by companty exec, Heberton Williams, who derived the red and white label from the Cornell football team. The gold medal on the can is an award from the Paris Exposition. (All of this info can be found at the Campbell website.)

One other thing -- when I googled, it appeared that every Kappa chapter site that mentioned this connection referred to Mrs. Campbell simply as "Mrs. Campbell." Seems like if she really was a Kappa, someone would know her first name. Also seems like she might be mentioned on Kappa's national site, which she is not.

The reality is that fluer-de-lis were common ornaments around the time that the label was designed, and someone probably realized that gold fluer-de-lis complemented the Paris Expo medal nicely.

ETA: Sorry. If I had kept reading I would have seen that this had already been addressed. But I will note that my google search turned up quite a few Kappa chapters perpetuating this Greek urban legend.

I will confirm that Sally Ride is not a Pi Beta Phi-- our recent issue of the Arrow had a feature that confirmed (or dispelled) myths about famous individuals who are/ were Pi Beta Phi members and the website has a complete listing. We'd be proud to claim Sally Ride, if she really was a member but she isn't.

Since someone else mentioned Suzanne Sugarbaker (you can feel free to duck if you so desire but I'm not throwing anything), she did say she is a Mississippi Beta Pi Phi... that is the chapter at Ole Miss. While she IS a fictional character, the show's use of a trademarked name and accurate identification of a chapter must have been with consent-- the reference is included among the 'facts'. Mrs Parker and Mrs. Wrigley were NOT Pi Phis... their husbands just liked arrows ;)

Local Honorary or service sorority?
 

I wonder if Sally Ride was a member of a local, honorary or service sorority(??) If she were in my GLO, I'd be telling the world!

Piece of trivia - Pat Schroder, congresswoman from Colorado who briefly had an "exploratory" run for President in the Democratic primaries of 1988, was a Chi Omega. (It's in her autobiolgraphy.) Does anybody know what Hillary Clinton was in? I've heard that Bill Clinton was an Alpha Phi Alpha, but not completely sure on that.

Bill Clinton is an Alpha Phi Omega.