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Does anyone know where I can find out about well known members of fraternities and sororities.

In From Here to Fraternity by Robert Egan.

If you go through some similar topics on this board, many are posted. Good luck!

Simply go to official webpages or chapter webpages and they usually list famous alum...also Greek101 has a list of famous alum, however I have had to correct them on who's in which GLO...so I wouldn't count on them...

I didn't mean that to sound rude...I have spent time doing similar research so I know who's in which GLO. In fact they still have Lee Merriworth, or Merriweather as a Sigma Kappa and I believe she's a Chi Omega (I don't even know who she is)...nevertheless, you get my point...

here's a related thread: http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/...ML/000865.html

Lee Meriwether is one of 3 women who played "Catwoman" on the Batman TV series. The other 2 are Eartha Kitt and Julie Newmar. She is also a former Miss America.



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Thanks for the info on Lee Meriwether...

FYI: Batman, Adam West, is a Beta Theta Pi

www.msstate.edu/org/kap/famous2.html

From our national page...(pics are there if you are interested go to www.tridelta.org then click on distinguished alums (kind of outdated as it only dates through 1988!!!):

It is impossible to include all the women of merit, for Tri Deltas are outstanding everywhere in every way. The History of Delta Delta Delta 1888-1988 features many more members, as well as the historical issue (fall 1988) of The Trident.

Elizabeth Dole

Leeza Gibbons

Deborah Norville

Katie Couric

Karen Hill Bishop (CNN Producer)

Mary Frances Crosby (television actress, “Dallas” and daughter of Bing Crosby)

Dixie Carter (actress, "Family Law" & "Designing Women")

Donna Axum Whitworth (Miss America 1964;
television host, author.)

Lila Acheson Wallace (co-founder, editor and publisher, Reader’s Digest. She funded many visual and performing arts organizations such as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet and the Martha Dance Company, as well as many parks and urban beautification projects.)

Lee Phillip Bell (television, created and co-produces “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.”)

Doris Kearns Goodwin (A nationally known Presidential historian; won a 1995 Pulitzer Prize in the history category for her book No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II.)

Cathy Guisewite (syndicated cartoonist of “Cathy”)

Shawn Weatherly (Television and movie actress; Miss USA and Miss Universe 1980)

Beta Theta Pi has numerous distinguished alums. I posted some of them on another thread but heres a few....

John Warner (R) Virginia
Richard G. Lugar (R) Indiana
Richard Gepheart (spelled that wrong I think)
Sam Walton, Founder of Walmart
Founder of Nike. Cant remember his name
James Arness (the t.v. show Gunsmoke)
George W. Peppard, "Hannibal on the A-team series"
Richard Karn, the show home improvement
The Producer of "Coach" the t.v. show (His paddle is often seen on the show)
The Sgt. on the t.v. show "CHIPS"
Former British Canadian Prime Minister
John N.W. Turner
The Nordstroms(department store) family and the CEO of the company.
Also we have a Beta Theta Pi on G.W. Bush's Campaign Team.

Beta Theta Pi, founded in 1839, has many more distinguished members often published in the Beta Theta Pi Magazine.

Sela Ward (sisters, once and again, sprint commercials) Lucy Lui (ally mcbeal), joanne woodward, courtney cox, cybil shephard are all Chi Omegas. Ive also heard heather locklear was, but im not sure.

http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif LOL as oppossed to what? That's really funny http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif - didn't realize we were still part of the UK http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/tongue.gif

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I think Emily from realworld/road rules challenge (the one with curly hair http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif ) is a Kappa Delta.

LOL, I've never heard of Courtney Cox being an AGD, but I've heard some of my sisters claim Shannon Elizabeth (a lot of groups want her too), Carly Simon, and Raquel Welch.

So many times I've heard "I heard so and so is an AGD"...I can't wait until IHQ comes out with an official listing of our accomplished alumnae.



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That old show "Coach" often has a Beta Theta Pi Paddle in the background in various epsiodes. Many have often thought Craig T. Nelson is a Beta but hes not. I've heard the Producer of the show might be.

Siobhan,

I'm Kelly green too http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif Yeah, I suppose I messed up there. You got the idea though. John Turner was a Canadian Prime Minister. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif


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Delt also has Will Ferrell from SNL. He's a Delt from USC, class of 1990

And I am not sure Courtenay Cox ever went to college...???

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I know Turner was PM (back in the early 80's) I just thought the british in front of canadian pm was quite amusing http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Hi everyone!

O.K. here's my question...I always see Sarah Jessica Parker's name listed on webpages for famous members...these are usually on school webpages. Anyway, I've read a few of her biographies and none of them say that she even went to a college or university. So, can anyone shed any light on this situation? The same thing goes for Cindy Crawford...I know she went to Northwestern. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

One more thing...Kristen Davis (Charlotte from Sex And The City) went to Rutgers University. Does anyone know if she's a GLO member?

Thanks in advance http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

An episode of Sex and the City had Charlotte lunching with her Delta Gamma sisters. Perhaps she is a DG? Though maybe not as they sorta poked fun at the stereotype of a "sorority girl"

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Oh and I don't think Cindy Crawford was, but I could be wrong. She left school to be a model fairly early in her collegiate career.

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Famous Brothers of Alpha Phi Omega include Bill Clinton and Jimmy Buffett

Prominent Delta Upsilon alumni include:

James Garfield (president)
Lou Holtz
Edgar Bergen
Alan Thicke (yeah Growing Pains!)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Linus Pauling (winner of two Nobel Prizes)
Charles F. Kettering
Arnold O. Beckman (inventor of the pH meter)

That's just a few, a huge list is at the following URL:
http://www.deltau.org/international_...ers/famous.htm

Courtney Cox http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/eek.gif http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/confused.gif That's one I never heard!
I thougth Jimmy Buffet was a Kappa Sigma?!?!
And Tridelt Girl,
Bing Crosby's wife was a Chi Omega. Kinda funny...they must have a strong greek line by now! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif



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What do you get when you cross and Alpha Omicron Pi and a Sigma Phi Epsilon? A beautiful Chi Omega!!!

For Delta Tau Delta, check www.delts.org under "About Delta Tau Delta" and then "Notable Delt Alumni."

A couple of easy ones, though:

Drew Carey, David Schwimmer (Friends) and Matthew McConaughey.

Also, three Superbowl winning quarterbacks:

John Elway, Denver Broncos; Mark Rypien, Washington Redskins; and Jim Plunkett, Oakland Raiders.

Check the website. There's a long list from business, entertainment, politics and sports.

DeltAlum

I need to learn to spell:
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amycat412...

They featured her as a Kappa, not a DG. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
(Just so you'd know http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif)

Thanks for the info, though. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif

http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif thanks for the correction shopgirl! I do so love that show and will be most bummed by the pending writers and actors strikes because they will totally cancel next season of SATC.

Hootie,
You can be an Alpha Phi Omega and a Kappa Sigma, I believe, because APO is a service org. Right???

Jimmy Buffett is an honorary brother, not alumni.

Jimmy Buffett is an initiated brother of Kappa Sigma - http://www.kappasigma.org/notables/Notables.html contains a list of others, like Robert Redford, Ted Turner, etc.

As far as Sarah Jessica Parker, she's an Alpha Phi, according to my friends here.

There are lots of really neat AGD's, one of which was the last Miss America to be crowned in her bathing suit!! But, my favorite is that, although the actress Rue McClanahan is a Kappa Alpha Theta I believe, on The Golden Girls, there is an episode where she talks about her sorority years and her character, Blanche Deveraux is an AGD!! That's actually my fave one and not many people know about it!!

Barbara Bush and Dr.Mae Jemison (also a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha) are honorary sisters of Gamma Sigma Sigma.

Oh, I didn't know that Alpha Phi Omega was a service organization...oopps. my bad

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Shopgirl- Sarah Jessica Parker went to the School of Creative and Performing Arts high school here in Cincinnati, so I doubt she went to college. I would imagine after 4 years of theater/acting classes she would just go to LA. That's just my assumption, so don't hold me to it if I'm wrong. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
Heidi

I'm pretty sure Sarah Jessica Parker didn't go to college. She was on Square Pegs in the early 80's when she was like 18, and has been working steadily ever since.

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AEPhi claims the lovable Mrs. Garett (Facts of Life), Charlotte Rae as an alum from Northwestern U. Another promininent alum is Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the U.S. Supreme Court. And a moment of silence for America's second female astronaut, Judith Resnick, who died in the Challenger explosion.

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Does anyone know if Dixie Carter, "Julia" on "Designing Women", is in a sorority? I know it's a weird question, but I LOVE her on that show and was just curious. How about Delta Burke?

Dixie Carter is a Tri-Delta. I heard from somewhere that Delta Burke was a Zeta. Not positive because we don't list her on our national website under accomplished alums but I know that some ZTA chapters include her under famous alums on their websites. Does anyone know?

Thank you, ZTAngel! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif



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