Speaking of skaters...
 

When I was in school there was a very persistent rumor going around that Debi Thomas had pledged ASA. This was impossible because not only did we not have a chapter at Stanford, we didn't have one in all of CA. Supposedly she said after a competition "thanks to all my sisters in Alpha Sig."

Does anyone know of any locals around the late 80's in that neck of the woods that might have gone by "Alpha Sig"? I'm curious.

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I've never heard this, and I don't think it's true. (I'd love to be wrong.)

I just checked our int'l website's list of Famous Thetas and she's not listed. I'll double-check with HQ and repost.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is for sure a Delta Gamma. Wherever you read that she wasn't was incorrect. She is an alum of the Sigma Chapter of Delta Gamma at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL (one of the Big 10 schools). If you look on our national website (www.deltagamma.org) you will find her listed as one of our esteemed famous alums.

My Delta Gamma sister is correct.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is indeed a Delta Gee!
Go here for further reinforcement... :)
http://www.deltagamma.org/noteworthy.shtml

A few up-and-coming, somewhat famous Thetas to add to the list:

Melissa Stark , sideline reporter for Monday Night Football

Amy Holmes - on air political commentator on many news shows during the Gore/Bush 2000 election fracas, print and TV journalist, now a host on BET's issues program. (I can personally verify this one - she was initiated in my chapter during my senior year.)

Phi Kappa Theta counts among its members many Catholic leaders as it was originally founded as a catholic fraternity. As such, the Pope is considered a member of Phi Kappa Theta.

As far as I can tell they only have chapters in the USA. Did they vote to make him an honorary member and he was too polite to decline?

It is sort of the same process as the Girl Scouts do with the First Lady being the "honorary president" of their organization...by virtue of the fact that he is "the Pope" he is considered a member.

I am good friends with their ED, I will email him and ask :)

Sandra Day O'Connor
 

I've done a little late night sleuthing. . .

According to her bio, SDO'C was born in 1930. She did undergrad and law school at Stanford - graduated in 1950 and '52, respectively. The Stanford chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta was closed from 1944 until 1978. So, she's not a Theta. (And, until recently, we haven't done many alumnae initiates, so I'm pretty sure that's not the case.)

I think that all Stanford sororities were closed in 1944, so she may not be Greek. . .(or at least not an undergrad initiate).

Anyone else have info?

There are tons of sites out there that list her as being Greek, with no affiliation given. I've also found a list on the Northeast Georgia Alumnae Panhellenic Council website including her as a Pi Phi!)

I've seen a number of sites that list Sandra Day O'Connor as a Theta or a Pi Phi but as far as I can tell, no credible ones.

Michelle Kwan went to UCLA and the Gamma Phi website there makes no mention of her, which you'd think they would if she was an alum of their chapter (or still in it!). Plus, as mentioned, the Gamma Phi website doesn't list her either.

Pam, when I first read this I thought you meant that you were going to email the Pope and ask him. :D

Hey, I could do that ;), but I bet he won't answer...but then you never know. I have emailed some people in significant positions and received what I believe are personal answers :) cool eh?

Greek 101 has a list as well http://www.greek101.com/new/lounge/grk_famous.stm but I'm not sure where the information comes from or how accurate it is...I would have to check with one of my sisters to find that out. But if it is an accurate list, it's interesting and lengthy as well...

Not quite up to date, plus it has a couple of errors and omissions in it as well.

Warren Buffett - Alpha Sigma Phi - Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation.

Willard Scott - Alpha Sigma Phi - Former Today Show weatherman and the first Ronald McDonald. (He's listed as Alpha Sigma Pi.)

Looking at that list I noticed a few things that surprised me.

1) didn't realize the following famous people were in sororities or fraternities:

Jada Pinkett Smith AKA

Jennifer Garner Pi Phi

Nick Lachey SAE (when did he go to college? and where?)

Pope John Paul II Phi Kappa Theta (the pope went to college, an american college no less. I'm confused now.)

2) seeing names of people who are 'supposedly' famous and not knowing who they are but supposedly they are your sisters.


Rosanne Rogers Alpha Delta Pi Actress

Kathy Nail Alpha Delta Pi Actress


I have no idea who these actresses are. I guess I need to do a yahoo search.


3) learning about other famous sisters that you didn't know about

Sherri Bledsoe Halford Alpha Delta Pi VP of Production at Capital Records

Lu Parker Alpha Delta Pi Former Miss USA (although I don't think she actually won. I could have sworn I read that she was a runner up, does anyone know for sure? Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

This one I can verify! She was in the Adelphean and attended Convention that year, tiara & all!

She was from South Carolina, but I forget which school. Clemson?


Edited to correct: Lu Parker is an alumna of Zeta Sigma Chapter, College of South Carolina. She has a website at www.luparker.com.

thanks honey

Brianna you made me curious too, so I looked! Rosanna Rogers is a news anchor in Houston and Kathy Nail is Kate Capshaw's real name.

I think that's how a lot of the "fake" famous Greeks pop up - we forget that actors & actresses are not often under their real names. Someone with that as their actual name gets mistaken for the famous person. Plus some of the names are really common - in the case of Justice O'Connor, I'm sure there were quite a few "Sandra Day"s out there.

Actually, she was only at UCLA for about two years and then transfered up to Stanford and I think she might be back at UCLA. I know she wasn't a member at UCLA and I don't think they have a chapter at Stanford, do they?


Amalia17...yes, Dixie Carter is a Tri-Delta from the University of Tennessee.

What's odd is that they (the greek101 website) listed both Kathy Nail and Kate Capshaw, probably because I would have never in a million, billion years guessed that Kathy Nail is aka Kate Capshaw.

I don't know if this one has been posted but Bill Clinton pledged Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity Mu Alpha Chapter (Georgetown) in undergrad. A lot of the presidents are frat, but he's the only one I know of that actually pledged undergrad.

We have Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman-Epsilon Chapter)!

Gotta love Young Frankenstein.

Also Tom Daschle(United States Senator), James Lovell(Former Astronaut), Togo West (Former Secretary of the United States Army)

Alpha Phi Omega

Most presidents who were in a fraternity, joined as an undergraduate student.

russellwarshay is correct about Presidents
 

Bush I, Bush II, Dan Quayle (veep), Gerald Ford all were undergrad members of a social fraternity. Carter went to the Naval Academy; Nixon played football at Whittier but no fraternities there; L. Johnson pledged a local fraternity in Texas (later a national chapter); Eisenhower went to West Point; Truman didn't go to college. The only one who attended a school with socials and didn't join is Clinton, but he did pledge APO.

Re: russellwarshay is correct about Presidents
 

Clinton went to Georgetown, where they didn't have social fraternties.

Arkansas
 

I was thinking Arkansas. Didn't he do some undergrad work there? He was supposed to go through ROTC there.

Re: Arkansas
 

I don't know. His official Whitehouse bio only makes mention of Georgetown, Oxford, and Yale: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/bc42.html

Re: The APO Hall of Fame
 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by pirate00
[B]Famous Brothers of APO include:

Bill Clinton- 42nd President of the United States (Mu Alpha '67)

Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD)- Fmr. Senate Majority Leader (Mu Sigma '65)


CAPT James Lovell, USN (Ret.)- Apollo 13 Mission Commander (Beta Theta '47)

Hon. Togo West- Fmr. Secretary of the Army/ VA Affairs (Zeta Phi '61)

James McLernon- Fmr. President of Volkswagen of USA (Epsilon Sigma '50)

Phillip Pfieffer- Fmr. Chairman/CEO of Random House, INC. (Zeta Nu '69)

Sen. Mark Hatfield(D-OR) Fmr. United States Senator from Oregon (Epsilon Kappa '47)

Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO)- U.S. Congressman from Missouri (Beta Eta '51)

Reuben Askew- Fmr. Governor of Florida (Iota Rho '51)

Terry Miller- Fmr. Lieutenant Governor of Alaska (Nu Omega '62)

Hon. Willard Wirtz- Fmr. U.S. Secretary of Labor (Eta '29)

Walter Menninger, M.D. - Founder, Menninger Foundation & Cancer Clinic (Zeta '50)

Mike Garrett- 1965 Heisman Trophy Winner (Alpha Kappa '66)

Bob "Butterbean" Love- 3-Time NBA All-Star (Kappa Lambda '64)

Did I leave anyone out?

and
I understood Attractive #7 to mean that a lot of presidents were members of APO (honorary maybe?), but that Clinton was the only one that he knew of that pledged undergrad.

Yes. That's exactly what I meant. A lot of them are honorary but Brother Clinton actually pledged in undergrad.

Re: Re: The APO Hall of Fame
 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by pirate00
[B]Governor Reuben Askew is a Delt.

Also, Delt has updated it's list of notable alumni:

Notable Alumni

Government & Law
Reubin Askew
(Florida State University, 1951) Governor of Florida (1971 79)

* Alben Barkley
(Emory University, 1900) Vice President of the United States (1949 53); U.S. House of Representatives (1913 27); Senator from Kentucky (1927 49, 1955 56)

* Melvin Belli
(University of California, 1929) Nationally known attorney from the 1940’s to the early 1990’s; known as “The King of Torts”

James Blanchard
(Michigan State University, 1964) Ambassador to Canada (1993 96) Governor of Michigan (1983 91); U.S. House of Representatives (1975 83)

* William Brennan
(University of Pennsylvania, 1928) Supreme Court Justice (1956 90)

Hank Brown
(University of Colorado, 1961) Senator from Colorado (1990 96); U. S. House of Representatives (1980 90); current president, University of Northern Colorado

Tom Carper
(Ohio State University, 1968) Senator from Delaware (2001 to present); Governor of Delaware (1993 2001); U.S. House of Representatives (1983 93)

* Tom Clark
(University of Texas, 1922) Supreme Court Justice (1949 67); U.S. Attorney General (1945 49)

Ramsey Clark
(University of Texas, 1951) U.S. Attorney General (1967 69)

* James “Champ” Clark
(Bethany College, 1873) Speaker of the U.S. House (1911 19); U.S. House of Representatives (1893 95, 1897 1921)

Chris Cox
(University of Southern California, 1973) U.S. House of Representatives (1988 to present); White House Staff member under President Reagan (1986 88)

Marlin Fitzqater
(Kansas State University, 1964) Press secretary for Presidents Reagan (1987 89) and Bush (1989 93); spokesman for Environmental Protection Agency (1972 80)

Ernest Fletcher
(University of Kentucky, 1974) U.S. House of Representative from Kentucky (1998 to present)

Brad Henry
(University of Oklahoma, 1985) current governor of Oklahoma

Tim Johnson
(University of South Dakota, 1969) Senator from South Dakota (1997 to present); U.S. House of Representatives (1987 97)

Kenneth Kraft
(University of Maryland, 1973) Current Congressional staff member for Dave Hobson

Blaine Merritt
(Duke University, 1980) Current Majority Chief Counsel/House Committee on the Judiciary

* Donald Pease
(Ohio University, 1953) U.S. House of Representatives (1977 93)

Bill Richardson
(Tufts University, 1970) U.S. Secretary of Energy (1998 2000); Ambassador to United Nations (2001); U.S. House of Representatives (1983 97); former Clinton Cabinet Secretary; current governor of New Mexico

Paul Ryan
(Miami University, 1992) U.S. House of Representative from Wisconsin (1998 to present)

John Snow
(Kenyon College, 1961) U.S. Secretary of Treasury (2002-present)

* Henry Wallace
(Iowa State University, 1910) Vice President of the United States (1941 45); U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1933 40); U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1945 46)





Business
* Arthur Avril
(Ohio State University, 1924) Chairman, Sakrete

George Bennett
(West Virginia University, 1966) Chairman, Symmetrix

Tim Boyle
(University of Oregon, 1971) President, Columbia Sportswear Company

John W. Braitmayer
(Wesleyan University, 1957) President, Mona Industries

C. Robert Brenton
(Iowa State University, 1957) Chairman, Brenton Banks

Thomas Cruikshank
(University of Texas, 1955) Chairman, CEO, Halliburton Companies

Richard Farmer
(Miami University, 1956) Chairman, Cintas

John W. Fisher
(University of Tennessee, 1938) Chairman Emeritus, Ball Corporation

John Harbin
(University of Texas, 1939) Chairman, Lone Star Steel

Jack Laughery
(University of Iowa, 1957) Chairman, Hardee’s Restaurants

John Ludington
(Albion College, 1951) Chairman, Dow Corning

Gary Michael
(University of Idaho, 1962) Chairman, Albertson’s

Ronald McDougall
(University of Wisconsin, 1964) President, Chili’s, Inc.

Marno McDermott
(University of Minnesota, 1960) Chairman, Dos Pesos Restaurants; Founder, Fuddrruckers and Chi Chi’s Restaurants

John Nichols
(University of Oklahoma, 1936) Chairman, Devon Energy

Jerry Riedel
Vice Chairman, Anheuser Busch

Walter Samuelson
(Oregon State University, 1966) President, Quintas Computer Systems

Myron Ullman
(University of Cincinnati, 1969) Chairman, Macy’s

Richard Wagner
(Duke University, 1975) CEO of General Motors

* Michael Walsh
(Stanford University, 1964) Chairman, Tenneco

Edward Whitacre
(Texas Tech University, 1964) Chairman, CEO, SBC Communications

Peter Woo
(University of Cincinnati, 1970) Chairman, The Wharf (Holdings) Limited

Robert Wycoff
(Stanford University, 1952) President, ARCO





Education
Hank Brown
(University of Colorado, 1961) President, University of Northern Colorado (1998 to present)

William Kirwan
(University of Kentucky, 1960) Former Ohio State University President; current Chancellor University of Maryland System

Martin Jischke
(Illinois Institute of Technology, 1963) President, Purdue University; former President of Iowa State University

Peter Likins
(Stanford University, 1957) President, University of Arizona

Duane Cummins
(Bethany College, 1957) Dean, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University; Former President, Bethany College

Ralph Cicerone
(MIT, 1965) Chancellor, University of California at Irvine





Print and Broadcast Journalism
Joseph Campbell
(Dartmouth College, 1925) America’s best known writer on mythology; his theories were featured on the popular PBS series “The Power of Myth”

Bob Dotson
(University of Kansas, 1968) NBC TV features reporter

Winston Groom
(University of Alabama, 1965) Author of FORREST GUMP and other novels

* John D. MacDonald
Author of many Travis McGee mystery novels

* Willie Morris
(University of Texas, 1956) Former editor of Harper’s; author of such books as My Dog Skip

Roger Mudd
(Washington & Lee University, 1950) Former TV new anchor and documentary show host

Richard North Patterson
(Ohio Wesleyan University, 1968) Author of numerous mystery novels





Entertainment
Duane Allen
(Texas A & M at Commerce) Vocalist with “The Oak Ridge Boys”

Peter Buck
(Emory University, 1979) Lead guitarist with “R.E.M.”

Drew Carey
(Kent State University, 1979) TV star, co producer of “The Drew Carey Show” and “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”

* Fielder Cook
(Washington and Lee, 1946) TV and Broadway director; Emmy Award winner

Will Ferrell
(University of Southern California, 1990) Co star on “Saturday Night Live” (1995 2002) and film actor

Frederic Forrest
(Texas Christian University, 1959) Film & TV actor; Oscar Award nominee

David Gates
(University of Oklahoma, 1962) Former lead singer of “Bread”; solo artist and producer

Joel Higgins
(Michigan State University, 1966) TV and stage actor; former star of “Silver Spoons”

Matthew McConaughey
(University of Texas, 1992) Film actor (“A Time to Kill”, “U 571”, “Frailty”)

Jim Nabors
(University of Alabama, 1951) TV actor and singer; best known for “Gomer Pyle” and “The Jim Nabors Show”

Jack O’Brien
(University of Michigan, 1961) Broadway director; double Tony Award nominee in 2001

Pat O’Brien
(University of South Dakota, 1970) Co host of TV’s “Access Hollywood”; also Olympics TV host

David Schwimmer
(Northwestern University, 1988) TV co star on “Friends” (1994 to present) and film actor

Peter Stuart
(Northwestern University, 1989) Former lead singer in “Dog’s Eye View”; solo artist

* Dalton Trumbo
(University of Colorado, 1928) Two-time Oscar winning screenwriter





Sports—Football
John Elway
(Stanford University, 1983) 16-year NFL quarterback with Denver Broncos; Super Bowl MVP; Heisman Trophy runner up

Jim Plunkett
(Stanford University, 1970) Heisman Trophy winner 1970; Super Bowl MVP; 13 year NFL quarterback

* Les Horvath
(Ohio State University, 1943) Heisman Trophy winner, 1944; four year pro player

Dante Lavelli
(Ohio State University, 1945) Pro Football Hall of Fame; 10 year pro with Cleveland

* “Tuffy” Leemans
(George Washington University, 1936) Pro Football Hall of Fame; eight year pro with Giants

Mark Rypien
(Washington State University, 1985) Super Bowl MVP; 12- year NFL quarterback

Gene Washington
(Stanford University, 1969) NFL director of football operations; 10-year NFL player

John Lynch
(Stanford University, 1993) All NFL safety with Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Jon Ritchie
(Stanford University, 1998) Fullback with the Oakland Raiders

Howard Mudd
(Michigan State University, 1963) NFL assistant coach; eight year NFL player

Joe Avezzano
(Florida State University, 1965) Dallas Cowboys assistant coach; Dallas Desparados Arena League head coach

Boyd Dowler
(University of Colorado, 1959) 10-year NFL player with Green Bay Packers; NFL scout

Jeff Siemon
(Stanford University, 1972) 10-year NFL player with Minnesota Vikings

Carmen Cozza
(Miami University, 1952) Former Yale head coach (1965 96); 2002 College Football Hall of Fame inductee





Sports—Baseball
* Branch Rickey
(Ohio Wesleyan University, 1904) Baseball Hall of Fame

* George Sisler
(University of Michigan, 1915) Baseball Hall of Fame; holds record of 257 hits in a season

* Eppa Rixey
(University of Virginia, 1914) Baseball Hall of Fame

Mike Mussina
(Stanford University, 1991) Pitcher with Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees

Shawn Green
(Stanford University, 1996) Outfielder with Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers

Ed Sprague
(Stanford University, 1989) 12 year major league infielder; Olympic Gold Medal winner

Rick Helling
(Stanford University, 1994) Pitcher with Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks

A. J. Hinch
(Stanford University, 1996) Catcher with Kansas City Royals and Oakland A’s

David McCarty
(Stanford University, 1992) Eight-year first baseman with Kansas City and other teams

Mike Aldrete
(Stanford University, 1983) Former 10-year major league first baseman outfielder

Steve Buechele
(Stanford University, 1983) Former 10-year major league third baseman

Mark Marquess
(Stanford University, 1969) Stanford head coach; winner of more than 1,000 games





Sports—Miscellaneous Sports
Al Oerter
(University of Kansas, 1958) Four-time Olympic Gold Medal winner in the discus throw

Todd Martin
(Northwestern University, 1992) Pro tennis player and Davis Cup team member

Scott Dunlap
(University of Florida, 1984) PGA Tour pro golfer

Pete Carril
(Lafayette College, 1952) Basketball Hall of Fame coach; current NBA assistant coach

* Ward "Piggy" Lambert(Wabash College, 1911) Basketball Hall of Fame coach

* Charles "Stretch" Murphy
(Purdue University, 1930) Basketball Hall of Fame player

* Pat Page
(University of Chicago, 1910) Basketball Hall of Fame coach, player

* Andy Phillip
(University of Illinois, 1944) Basketball Hall of Fame player

Mike Bratz
(Stanford University, 1970) 10-year NBA guard; assistant coach with several teams; Cleveland Cavaliers director of player personnel

Bob Leonard
(Indiana University, 1954) 10-year NBA guard; Indiana Pacers head coach; Indiana Pacer broadcast color commentator

Ed Nealy
(Kansas State University, 1982) 10-year NBA forward

Roy Saari
(University of Southern California, 1966) International Swimming Hall of Fame; Olympic Medalist

Jim Stack
(Northwestern University, 1982) Indiana Pacers assistant coach

"Skeet" Chadwick
(Washington & Lee University, 1974) Lacrosse Hall of Fame goalie

Tom Keigler
(Washington & Lee University, 1977) Lacrosse Hall of Fame defenseman

Kyle Rote, Jr.
(University of the South, 1972) First American-born pro soccer star; three-time winner of ABC TV’s “Superstars” competition; sports agent

Jim Sheldon
(University of Kansas, 1975) Executive director, National Soccer Coaches Assn. of America





Broadcasting
Tony Barnhart
(Georgia Southern University, 1975) ESPN college football analyst; author of Southern Fried Football; Atlanta Journal-Constitution sports writer

Vince Doria
(Ohio State University, 1970) ESPN vice president and director of news

* Bill Flemming
(University of Michigan, 1949) Former ABC TV football announcer

Bill Macatee
(Southwest Texas State University, 1977) CBS TV and USA Network golf commentator

Jon Miller
(Miami University, 1978) NBC Sports senior vice president

Jay Randolph
(George Washington University, 1960) Longtime network baseball, football and golf play by play announcer

Craig Sager
(Northwestern University, 1973) WTBS sports commentator




* Denotes Chapter Eternal

Re: Re: Re: The APO Hall of Fame
 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by DeltAlum
[B]Governor Reuben Askew is a Delt.

OK, so he is a Delt in addition to being in APO. He pledged Iota Rho chapter, Florida State Unversity in 1951.

Completely off topic, but if any of you all get the new Greek 101 catalog, be sure to check out all of the mistakes in the back under famous greeks. I think they went out, picked some famous folks, said they were from XYZ, and published it. :rolleyes:

Re: Bill Clinton
 

He taught Law at Arkansas I believe; and is a PAD as well as an APO.

Re: Re: Bill Clinton
 

Ding! Ding! Ding! You are correct :)

I heard Nick Lachey is an SAE.....

Nick Lachey attended Miami University of Ohio... ((enter nerdy story)):

My boyfriend is originally from Ohio & his mom went to Miami of Ohio. He really likes "boy bands" and especially has respect for Nick Lachey because he, too, is from Ohio. So last night, we were watching Newlyweds, & looked up online where he went to college. It didn't say anything about him graduating or about a fraternity, but there is SAE at Miami of Ohio, so it's plausible. As for when he went to college, he was born in 1973 (according to the same source), so he probably attended in the early 90s.

yes, Nick Lachey is an SAE from Miami University.