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Originally Posted by OTW (Post 1589758)

Has Tri Sigma ever had chapters at UW and Stanford?

Off hand, I do not know. I am sure a Tri Sigma should be able to answer that.

Maybe she was a... (wait for it)... an AI?

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Originally Posted by TSteven (Post 1589761)

Maybe she was a... (wait for it)... an AI?

LOL. She went to UW. The Gamma Phi IHQ website says she was a member of Lambda Chapter. Lambda Chapter is at UW.

(I think it's easy to debunk the Tri Sigma membership with this one) ;)

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Originally Posted by deezeelove (Post 1588909)

here's a list of famous delta zetas...

Mercedes Bates (Theta) – first female corporate officer of General Mills Foods. After being appointed to head the Betty Crocker division, she was often referred to as "Betty Crocker".
Joy Behar – host of The View on ABC
Marti Dodson (Theta) – lead singer for national recording artist, Saving Jane
Nanette Fabray (Xi Omicron) – actress, worked to bring sign language and captioning to television
Edith Head (Alumna Initiate, Mu) – Emmy Award-winning designer; 7-time Oscar winner in costume design
Florence Henderson (Alumna Initiate, Alpha Chi) – actress, (The Brady Bunch)
Maurine Brown Neuberger (Omega) – former US Senator
Pat Priest (Alpha Chi) – actress, (The Munsters)
Ivy Baker Priest (Alpha Chi) – Former United States Treasurer
Marcia Wallace (Delta Nu) – TV and stage actress
Kay Yow (Zeta Lambda) – women's basketball Coach, NC State

i find the most exciting two to be florence henderson, and mercedes bates!

I don't know why Delta Zeta would want to claim her after her on-air comments last year following the DePauw mess. She said that she was "ashamed" to have been a member and that when she was president of her DZ chapter at Queens College, the chapter seceeded from the National, due to disagreements over membership selection.

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Originally Posted by OTW (Post 1589758)

Has Tri Sigma ever had chapters at UW and Stanford?

They do not currently have a chapter at either school.

There was a prior thread about this too. Here's my list.

Well not my fraternity, but throwing in a very famous name:

Pope Benedict XVI.
Alumni: Lichtenstein-Hohenheim (Freising, Germany)
Honoray Alumni: Alemannia (Munich, Germany)

Checked out all pages and have not found the listing for famous Alpha Xi Deltas:

Marcia Wallace (actress, Bob Newhart show) NOT a Delta Zeta (sorry!!)
Goldie Hawn actress
Betsey Johnson-fashion designer
Jan Davis-astronaut
Sandra Scheuer-shooting victim at Kent State

We have a ton... my personal favorites are Jack Nicklaus and Payne Stewart. My fraternity has won like 30 majors!

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Originally Posted by OTW (Post 1589771)

LOL. She went to UW. The Gamma Phi IHQ website says she was a member of Lambda Chapter. Lambda Chapter is at UW.

(I think it's easy to debunk the Tri Sigma membership with this one) ;)

Jennifer Dunn was definitely a Gamma Phi Beta. She's been written about in our sorority's magazine many times and IIRC several years ago she was a special guest at at Founders Day event at her former chapter (Lambda - UW). She was also an alumna of my high school and my aunt knew her back in da' day. :p

Tau Kappa Epsilon is proud to say that Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers is a member of our fraternity.

Delta Chi has many of it's brothers go on to become successful and famous. Names like Benjamin Harrison, William Jennings Bryant, Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher are among the most recognizable of our alumni. But one trumps even these great men.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ipeSnHEXtn.../Kirk+Fogg.JPG

THAT'S RIGHT, KIRK FOGG FROM LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE.

^^^^ like x 1,000!!!!!!!! Saw someone with a LotHT tshirt on last weekend. Which ever the blue team was.

Some additional famous Theta's:

Dian Fossey - Gorillas in the Mist fame
Ann-Margret - actress
Rue McClannahan - no explanation needed with this group
Kate Voegele - actress One Tree Hill
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings - Author of The Yearling
Joan Ganz Cooney - Creator of Sesame Street

There's lots more too. Lots of famous Theta's!

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Originally Posted by hazelle (Post 1628936)

No offense but, how does a "shooting victim" constitute as someone who is famous? It's unfortunate but, AXiD has many other important/ famous women to mention a unfortunate shooting victim.

Debbie Phelps (and her daughters)-mother a Michael Phelps
Kathryn Stockett-Author of "The Help" which is being adapted into a movie
Dana Ivey-Actress (who just happens to be in the new movie, "The Help")
Evette Simmons-Former President of the National Bar Association (also a Delta Sigma Theta)

Ann Bowden-Wife of Bobby Bowden (FSU Football Coach) and mother of the Bowdens who are coaches at other schools

I'm sure there are more but, I don't want to add anymore, tonight.

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Originally Posted by als463 (Post 2001488)

No offense but, how does a "shooting victim" constitute as someone who is famous? It's unfortunate but, AXiD has many other important/ famous women to mention a unfortunate shooting victim.

She wasn't a victim of a random shooting. The Kent State shootings were a big deal.

But...

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Debbie Phelps (and her daughters)-mother a Michael Phelps
Kathryn Stockett-Author of "The Help" which is being adapted into a movie
Dana Ivey-Actress (who just happens to be in the new movie, "The Help")
Evette Simmons-Former President of the National Bar Association (also a Delta Sigma Theta)

Ann Bowden-Wife of Bobby Bowden (FSU Football Coach) and mother of the Bowdens who are coaches at other schools

same question to you: how are mothers and wives of famous people counted as famous?

Straight from Wikipedia (quite the hefty list):

Academia

Kenneth Arrow - Nobel Laureate in Economics; Professor, Stanford University [8]

[edit] Arts, entertainment, and media

Joe Don Baker - Actor[9]
Robert L. Bartley - Editor, The Wall Street Journal[9]
Marc Blucas - Actor
Romero Britto - Brazilian neo-pop artist
Bob Broeg - Hall of Fame baseball journalist/writer for the St. Louis Cardinals
Jose "Pepi" Diaz - Contestant on The Apprentice 5
Brandon Ebel- Owner of Tooth and Nail, Solid State and BEC record companies.
Andy Fickman- Director
Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) – Children's author[9]
Christopher George - actor and star of The Rat Patrol [10]
Tod Goldberg - Author
John Goodman - Actor[9]
Steve Hofstetter - Comedian/Radio Personality
Josh LaBove - Actor
Carroll O'Connor - Actor[9]
Danny Pino- Actor
Walter Plunkett - Academy Award winning costume designer
Andy Richter - Actor
Travis Rush - Country musician

[edit] Business

Tom Barrett - Chairman & CEO, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company [11]
Richard Bennet, Former Vice President of May Company[11]
Curt Carlson - Founder Carlson Companies, TGI Fridays, Radisson Hotels [11]
James L. Clayton - Founder & Retired CEO, Clayton Homes [11]
Christian Claudio – Puerto Rican athlete, Healthcare Consultant
Kenneth T. Derr - Chairman, Chevron Oil [11]
Richard DeVos - President & Co-Founder, Amway Corporation[11]
John V. Hanson, CEO of Winnebago Corporation
Jeffrey O. Henley - Chairman, Oracle Corporation
Jeff Gerhardt - Teacher, inventor, broadcaster and entrepreneur
John Kotter - Professor, Harvard Business School
Terry J. Lundgren - President & CEO, Federated Department Stores
Alexander Muse - President & CEO, Architel
Kent C. "Oz" Nelson - Retired Chairman & CEO, United Parcel Service [11]
Harold A. Poling - Retired Chairman & CEO, Ford Motor Company [11]
William Schreyer - Retired Chairman & CEO, Merrill Lynch & Co.[11]
Jim Shaffer - Author, the Leadership Solution; Founder, the Jim Shaffer Group
Robert Stempel - Retired Chairman and CEO, General Motors Corporation [11]
Fred L. Turner - Chairman, McDonald's Corporation[11]

[edit] Government and politics

Steve Bartlett - Former U.S. Congressman, Dallas, Texas [12]
Ronald H. Brown - Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce (first African-American member of SigEp)[12]
Ward Connerly - Civil rights activist, regent of the University of California
John E. Douglas - Former Chief, FBI Investigative Support Unit[12]
Brian Dubie - Lt. Governor, State of Vermont
John Engler - Governor, State of Michigan [12]
Alexander Wiley - Senator, Wisconsin 1939-1963
John Arthur Love - Governor, State of Colorado
Scott McClellan - White House Press Secretary, 2003–2006
Roy R. Romer - Governor, State of Colorado[12]
Cecil H. Underwood - Governor, State of West Virginia [12]
Vito John Fossella, Jr. - U.S. Congressman, Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York, 1997—2009
Lowe Finney - Tennessee State Senator, Gibson County, Weakley County, Madison County [13]

[edit] Military

James T. Conway - General, United States Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps
Anthony "Nuts" McAuliffe - General, United States Army [14]
Kiffin Rockwell - First documented American to score a victory in aerial combat
Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. - Former Chief of Naval Operations & Member of Joint Chiefs of Staff [14]
Iven Carl Kincheloe, Jr. - Captain, United States Air Force, Korean War ace and the first to fly above 100,000 feet and Mach 3. Nicknamed "America's No. 1 Spaceman"

[edit] Religion and theology

Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff - Navy chaplain, National Director of Interreligious Affairs (American Jewish Committee), and Special Assistant (for Values and Vision) to the Chief of Staff and Secretary of the United States Air Force

[edit] Science and medicine

Steve Altes - Aerospace engineer, actor
Karol Bobko - Space Shuttle Commander, NASA
Brian Werner - Tiger Missing Link Foundation / Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge Co-Founder, Executive Director, Tiger Conservationist
Douglas C. Engelbart - Inventor of the computer mouse
Drew Feustel - NASA astronaut; Purdue University
Ben Richards- President of Miller 4

[edit] Sports

Bill Brown - Professional football player; Pro Bowl running back, Minnesota Vikings
Hubert A. Caldwell - Olympic crew, 1928 gold medalist
Sean Casey - Professional baseball player; first baseman, Boston Red Sox [15]
Bill Cubit - Head football coach, Western Michigan University
Bill Doba - Former head football coach, Washington State University
John Fina - Professional football player; Tackle, Buffalo Bills [15]
Richard J. Gannon - Professional football player; quarterback, Oakland Raiders, NFL MVP 2002[15]
Orel Hershiser - Professional baseball player; pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cy Young Award Winner, 1988, World Series Champion[15]
Tom Hicks - Owner of the Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers and Liverpool FC [15]
James Johnson- Professional basketball player; Chicago Bulls. Attended Wake Forest University
Gene Keady - Former Head Coach, Purdue University Men's Basketball[15]
Bob Lilly - Professional football player; Pro Football Hall of Fame Tackle, Dallas Cowboys [15]
Dallas Long - Olympic shot putter, 1960 silver medalist, 1964 gold medalist
Ryan Mathews - Running Back, San Diego Chargers, formerly of California State University of Fresno, NCAA Football Leading Rusher of 2009
Kevin Marsh - Head Men's and Women's Golf Coach (Nova Southeastern University) 2 Time NCAA National Golf Coach of the Year
Keith Moreland - Professional baseball player; outfielder, Chicago Cubs
James Naismith - Inventor of the sport of basketball
Davey O'Brien - Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, 1938
Jon Rauch - Professional baseball player; pitcher, Morehead State University
Alma Richards - Olympic high jumper, 1912 gold medalist
Roy Riegels - Member of the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, famed for 1929 Rose Bowl where he was dubbed "Wrong Way"
Johnny Robinson - Professional football player; strong safety, Kansas City Chiefs, All-Time All-AFL Team
Alvin F. Rylander - Olympic crew, 1928 gold medalist
J. C. Snead - Professional golfer[15]
Bob Todd - Ohio State University baseball coach.[16]