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Whos your most famous alum??
Doesnt have to be from your chapter, just from your GLO.
(this isnt to judge who has cooler alums, im just wonderin, and others may be too) Id have to saw either Ted Koppel (ABC news anchor) or Bobby Bowden (Head Coach of Florida State Football) :( i guess they are not all that famous since i think i need to explain who they are... |
I love Nightline so you do NOT have to explain who Ted is to me! :D
Oh to answer the question...I would have to say Jeri Ryan. If you like Star Trek Voyager (my husband is addicted), you knew who Seven of Nine was. (or as my PERV husband describes her, 2 of 38s) :rolleyes: She is also on Boston Public Edited for spelling...need coffee |
BQP
Business: -Sam Walton - Founder of Walmart - who hasn't heard of Walmart? -Blake, Bruce, Erik, John, and Peter Nordstrom - Nordstroms, Inc. -Kenneth Lay - CEO of Enron -oops! Greek World: -William Raimond Baird - Creator of the Baird's Manual - honored by all fraternities and sororities. Sports: -John Wooden - coaching God -Mike Schmidt - Hall of Famer 3rd baseman, Phillies BQP |
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Aw crap how could i forget him.....:o
O' and say what GLO your with i dont know many of you.. Mine are all pikes |
I could list many famous alums, but I'll settle for two, one living alumnus and one deceased:
Andy Griffith and Fred (Mr.) Rogers |
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I guess Delta Zeta's most famous alumna is Florence Henderson |
Do we have to stick with some? I guess I won't list all, but stick with the best three I like:
Theta Delta Chi alums Robert Frost (Dartmouth 1896) - four times Pulitzer Prize winner Raymond Hood (Brown 1902) - architect of Chicago tribune and Rockefeller Center NYC Frank Thomas (Stanford 1933) - creator of "Thumper" character in Disney's Bambi |
Dan Patrick, sportscenter
Don Knotts(Barney Fife) Jack Welch(GE) Cheech Marin(You all know Cheech) Dick Enberg(Sportscaster) |
Some of our most famous alumnas are:
Deanna Carter- Country singer Danica McKeller- 'Winnie' on the Wonder Years Jean Smart- Actress, 'Sweet Home Alabama' I believe is one of her most recent movies Kate Capshaw- Actress, 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom', married to Steven Speilberg Judy Woodruff- Principal CNN anchor Lu Parker- Miss USA 1994 Brianna Alpha Delta Pi |
Senator Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator from California
Dr. Judith Seitz Rodin, President, University of Pennsylvania Susan Polis Schutz, Poet and Creator of the Blue Mountain Arts series greeting cards Barbara Aronstein Black, Former Dean, Columbia Law School |
Steven Speilberg-Film God
Lee Iacoca-Marketing God Also, for those of you in boyscouts, George Chapman devised and wrote the Order of the Arrow. Those are my three. |
We have several as well...the most well known are:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Sigma-Northwestern Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a 1996 Emmy Award winner for her portrayal of Elaine Benes on NBC's Seinfeld. She has also won the 1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and three American Comedy Awards as Funniest Supporting Female/Television. She was a member of the Saturday Night Live cast from 1982 to 1985. Her film credits include Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Soul Man (1986), and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989). Patricia Heaton Epsilon-Ohio State The Emmy Award winning actress currently portrays Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS. Television credits include thirtysomething, Room for Two (1992), and Someone Like Me (1994). Film credits include Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) and Beethoven (1992). She is also the author of Motherhood and Hollywood. Joan Lunden Delta Eta-California State, Sacramento Joan Lunden's: "Best known as former co-host of ABC's "Good Morning, America," Joan currently stars in "Behind Closed Doors with Joan Lunden" (A&E), a compelling weekly series that takes viewers on exclusive and explorative journeys, like life with the Cirque du Soleil and on a U-2 spy plane. She is the author of several books, including Joan Lunden's Healthy Living (Crown Publishers, April 1997). She is also the national spokesperson for MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving. and Julia Sweeney Beta-Washington Cast member of "Saturday Night Live" from 1990 to 1994, and made famous by the character, "Pat." Film credits include "It's Pat!" (1994), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), and "National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation" (1997). Julia also wrote and starred in the one-woman movie God Said Ha! (1999). |
hard to pick just ONE, but:
I think the most famous Alpha Phi Alpha is Martin Luther King, Jr. and the most famous Alpha Phi Omega is Bill Clinton.
There are, of course, many prominent Brothers of both orgs, but the question was for THE most famous. :) |
Famous Alpha Sigs:
Andrew Dickson White - first president of Cornell University. (Psi Upsilon also claims him as a famous alum, but back in the day Alpha Sigma Phi was a sophomore class society and Psi U. and Deke (Delta Kappa Epsilon) were junior class societies.) Tom Watson - Golf professional. Warren Buffett - Owner of Berkshire Hathaway. Ross Swimmer (an alum of my chapter) - Past Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Willard Scott - The original Ronald McDonald and later weatherman for the Today show. |
Here are a few Sigma Nu's
Sports: Archie Manning -- NFL QB Paul "Bear" Bryant -- Coached Bama, ATM Eli Manning -- QB at Ole Miss Frank Solich -- Coach at Nebraska Pat Riley -- Coach NBA Bobby Dodd -- Coached Tennessee Entertainment: Harrison Ford Bob Barker Glen Miller Boyd Tinsley (fiddle player for Dave Matthews) Al Michaels -- Announcer, Monday Night Football James Dean Politics: Trent Lott -- US Senator Clifford Hansen -- US Senator Bob Graham -- US Senator Alan Cranston -- US Senator James McClure -- US Senator Quentin N. Burdick -- US Senator Business: Tom Johnson -- Former President of CNN Jack Katz -- founder of Panama Jack Charles Schwab T. William Samuels -- CEO, Maker's Mark Distillery War Hero: Col. Paul Tibbetts -- Pilot of the Enola Gay |
more cause im bored...
Jon Stewart- The Daliy Show Rick Dees- "..and the weekly Top 40.." Nolan Bushnell- Creator of the Atari Horace Grant- 3 time NBA champion (Da Bulls)\ |
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Famous Sigs
A few Sigma Chi's that people may know...
John Wayne, Brad Pitt, Woody Harrelson, David Letterman, Tom Selleck, Mike Ditka, President Grover Cleveland, Warren Beatty, Jim Palmer, William Marriott Sr., Brian Dennehy, Bud Adams, Clarence Gilyard, Barry Goldwater, Andy Rooney, Ted McGinley, Mike Peters, Woody Hayes, Mike Holmgren, William Christopher, Bob Griese, Merlin Olsen, Hank Stram, James Brady, Barry Goldwater, Lamar Alexander, J. William Fulbright, Drew Brees, just to name a few :) |
Screw it, all famous Betas that you want to see (6 pages):
http://www.betathetapi.org/about/betafacts.pdf |
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Follow the rule. Maybe just SOME famous one. I believe "some" means maybe less than 5? Otherwise this thread will be long, as every GLO has TONS of people they're proud of. (Go Greek!) Just my .02 cents ;) |
Ol' Billy Clinton.
At my last sectional conference banquet, I heard that George W. Bush is a honorary member. |
Okay, here are our famous Tridelt alums courtesy of out National Website:
Katie Couric: host of the Today Show Dixie Carter: : actress on "Designing Women" Leeza Gibbons: host of "Extra" Deborah Norville: host of "Inside Edition" Catherine Crier: host of "Crier Today" on Court TV Molly Sims: supemodel and host of MTV's "House of Style" Elizabeth Dole: U.S. senator These are only a few of the bigger name ones and the rest are listed under our website as "Distinguished Deltas" |
Some famous Lambda Chi's
President Harry S. Truman Coach Larry Brown Actor Robert Urich Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun Psychologist B.F. Skinner |
This is a list of all the famous DU's and there are a lot of them
http://www.deltau.org/fraternity/history/famous.html |
duno there is alot..Dr. Sues comes to mind..
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yet again...Famous Delts
Show Biz... Matthew McConaughy Drew Carey David Schwimmer (Friends) Three Superbowl MVP's John Elway Jim Plunkett Mark Rypien From TV Pat O'Brien (Access Hollywood) Bill MacAtee (CBS Sports) Here's a hundred or so more: http://delts.org/info/alumni.shtml So, who's the most famous? Probably Drew Carey. |
that one guy from chips
Frank D. Gilroy |
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And Ruuuuuuuuben from American Idol
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Alpha Chi Omega... from alphachiomega.org
Pam Conn Beall (Chi, Oregon State)—Co-creator of the series of popular children’s songbooks and accompanying audio tapes, video tapes, and coloring books under the label Wee Sing – titles include “Wee Sing America” and “Wee Sing Silly Songs.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linda Cavanaugh Clark (Psi, Oklahoma)—News anchor for KTVY in Oklahoma City and first local (Oklahoma City) journalist to receive the Weintal Award for best broadcast documentary of the year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eleanor Neil Coppola (Alpha Psi, UCLA)—Shot footage for the award-winning documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, which chronicles the making of the film Apocalypse Now. Has also published a journal kept during the filming entitled Notes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carol Reihme Duvall (Beta Epsilon, Michigan State)--Host of "The Carol Duvall Show" on the Home and Garden Television network. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jane Jayroe Gamble (Gamma Tau, Oklahoma City)—Miss America, 1967; civic leader in Oklahoma. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Georgie Anne Geyer (Gamma, Northwestern)—Journalist. Author of several books including a biography of Fidel Castro. Her column on international, domestic, and women’s affairs and U.S. foreign policy appears in approximately 120 newspapers in the United States and Latin America. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jenilee Harrison (Epsilon, Southern California)—Appeared as Jamie Ewing Barnes on the television series “Dallas,” was a regular on “Three’s Company,” has made appearances in numerous television shows and mini-series. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Laura Innes (Gamma, Northwestern)—Appears as Dr. Carrie Weaver on the television series “ER.” She has been nominated twice for an Emmy award for her performance on the program. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June Baumer Kummer (Alpha Zeta, Washington University)—Officer, member of the board of directors and landscape architect for HBE Corporation, which owns and operates the Adam’s Mark hotel chain. Also district and national officer of federal and state garden clubs. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Meredith Monroe (Upsilon, Millikin)—Appears as Andie McPhee on the television series “Dawson’s Creek.” Agnes Eckhardt Nixon (Gamma, Northwestern)—Creator of daytime television dramas such as “All My Children,” “One Life to Live,” “Loving,” and “As the World Turns.” Former chief writer for various daytime dramas and inductee into the Broadcast Hall of Fame. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Condoleezza Rice(Gamma Delta, Denver)--Current National Security Advisor under President George W. Bush. Former Provost of Stanford University, where she was the youngest, first female, and first African-American to hold this second-highest position at Stanford. Formerly the Deputy Director for Eastern European and Soviet Affairs in the National Security Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alma Gates Scroggins (Alpha Upsilon, Alabama)--Executive vice president and chief financial officer of CNN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gail Henion Sheehy (Alpha Iota, Vermont)—Author of the best-selling books Passages, Pathfinders, Spirit of Survival, and Menopause: The Silent Passage. Contributor to Vanity Fair magazine. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Victoria Toensing (Alpha Mu, Indiana)—Attorney in private practice and former deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department. Successfully pursued and sought the arrest of Iraq’s former leading bomb courier and terrorist. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn Wells (Rho, Washington)—Appeared as Mary Ann on the television show “Gilligan’s Island.” Co-host and co-producer of the Children’s Miracle Network Telethon, owner of Wishing Wells Collections, offering easy-closure clothing for the disabled. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peggy Wehmeyer Woods (Alpha Phi, Texas-Austin)-Religion reporter for ABC World New Tonight with Peter Jennings and the first full-time religion reporter on national television. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- also not on here, Trista Rehn, the bachelorette :) -Rissa |
Chi Omega boasts:
Sela Ward (actress) Lucy Liu (charlies angels) Harper Lee (author, "To Kill a Mockingbird") Joyce Dewitt (from "Three's Company") Pat Summit (U. of Tenn. women's basketball coach) Sylvia Hitchcock (Miss Universe) Alanna Davis ("The Today Show") Katherine Grant Crosby (actress) Shelly Long (actress) Heather Locklear (I'm not positive on this one, but I've heard it several times) Lisa Ling ("the View") Joanne Woodward (actress) Cybill Shepard (actress) |
Keeping it down to a few, how about our six DEKE presidents:
R.B. Hayes Theodore Roosevelt F.D. Roosevelt Gerald Ford George H.W. Bush George W. Bush FDR was an initiated DEKE who belonged to a chapter (Harvard) whose charter had been suspended but operated "independently" for several years. The long list is available at http://www.dke.org/ |
pman, mentioned a few.
Other than me, (LOL), Jimmy Dolittle. At one time All Of The Supreme Court Justices in Nevada. Yep, we have a list as long as some Rap Sheets! Hank Iba, Larry Brown, Rick Pitino, Ferrgie Jenkins Will Geer, John Tech, Paul Harvey, Chester Gould (Dick Tracy) William Dillard, Dept Stores! OK more but am stopping now!:) Only new Harry T and met Bob U! |
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