Famous Theta Women??
 

Famous Thetas?? Anyone have any? I just think it's fun to see who out there in the spotlight is one of us. Any stories?

Naturally I have one. One of my sisters here at OSU went to a Sheryl Crow concert... knowing she was a Theta and having backstage passes, ;) Her and Sheryl sat down and I guess talked for hours about their Theta experience.

that's pretty cool!

Laura Bush is a famous theta! :)

Laura is!

I think the poster though was talking more if any famous ones were among us here or had met one.

There is a locally famous theta from my chapter that lives in my neighborhood actually. She is a TV news anchor at one of the TV stations here.

We have a famous alumna from my chapter - Zeta Upsilon at UT-Dallas.

Shannon Hughes, who graduated in Dec. 2003, was the runner-up on the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Search, which aired on NBC in January 2005. She was also my hostess at Day 1 and Preference parties, my class' VPE, and the woman who turned me on to Theta in the first place!

Now she's working around the globe as a model. Last I heard, she had a spread in an Australian fashion magazine.

The First Daughter is also a Theta...I can't ever remember which chapter she's from though. I think it's UT-Dallas. I could be seriously wrong though, but I also think The First Lady was a Theta from SMU? Or was SHE from UT-Dallas? Haha. I get so confused.

I believe they are both Thetas now. Barbara i think joined at Yale and Jenna joined at UT- Dallas i think. Yes Laura is from SMU in Texas.


Lynne Cheney and John McCain's Wife are also Thetas.

I think Jenna joined at UT-Austin, and Barbara joined at Yale her sophomore year. I never knew John McCain's wife was a Theta!

I never knew Cindy McCain was a Theta either! You are right though.... she is from the USC chapter. Thanks for the info!

Cindy McCain's Bio

USC Notable Alumnae

Ahhh...just too cool...it's so much fun getting to see people on tv and "knowing" that you share something so special :) *sigh*

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Being an Arizonian (he he), I had no idea that Cindy is a Theta. How cool is that!

I love when I find out people, who I actually recognize their name, are Greek. Too cool!

any truth to the facts that Walt Disney's daughter was a Theta or the Anheiser Busch daughers were Theta's??? I've heard stories about Disney's "Let's Go Fly A Kite" and something about a Pansy on Budweiser bottles.

I think the Disney's daughters thing may be true; I've seen that tidbit posted on several chapter websites. I havent heard but one time about the Anheiser Busch daughters thing and the pansies on the labels......I dont drink Budweiser or beer either for that matter so I havent checked the pansy on the label thing out for myself :) I've only heard the latter by word of mouth, I dont think I've ever seen it on a Theta website.

Yep- Walt's daughter's are Thetas, but not sure which chapter(s) they were at. Interesting fact (found on wikipedia.org). Diane was the only child born to Walt and Lillian. Her sister, Sharon, was adopted! *I always find these kinds of things related to Disney fun. I am a big Disney fan. I did work at Walt Disney World in FL for 4 months, afterall!*
Also, the song "Let's Go Fly A Kite" might connect slightly to Theta, but the song idea overall is not at all related! I have the soundtrack which includes a thing with the Sherman bros. talking about the songs . . . more on that later if I can remember to check out my cd! (Make sure I'm not relaying wrong info here!)

Other than that . . . I have never met a "famous" Theta, nor can I think of any local famous Thetas...I'll have to see what I can find!

Bump. After last night's win by John McCain, maybe we'll have a repeat for Theta in the first lady position! Good luck!!

does anyone know if John McCain's daughter is a Theta or greek? I've tried to find this out on my own but havent been successful.

I don't think that she's a Theta, I tried to look her up on Sister Search and couldn't find her.

As far as I know the McCain's daughter is not greek. I will try to find this out though. Does anyone know if John McCain is greek?

As for the "Go Fly a Kite" Song, though it might not be related I always love listening to it! It gives me a slight smile just knowing it might be connected. Does anyone know anything more about that pansy on Budweisr thing? I don't drink beer, so I wouldn't know....

McCain went to The Naval Academy (Annapolis). If he is Greek, it would be a service (academic) fraternity. I checked the schools website and I couldn't find anything for "social" greek life.

Social Greek Life is not allowed at U.S.N.A:)

I think it would be interesting if a fraternity approached McCain to join!

If McCain did get elected, wouldn't he be the first president in a while to not be a member of a fraternity?

Honestly though this might happen anyway as I have no idea if Obama is greek, and I am pretty sure Hillary is not as Wesley is an all girls school.

Hillary is an honorary member of Beta Sigma Phi. I dont know about Obama.

Ok, Maybe I just don't know all my GLOs? I have never heard of Beta Sigma Phi? Is it a service group?

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But, Hillary is also been initiated an honorary member of Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity.

Beta Sigma Phi

There are several GCers who are members and they have a forum on GC, as well.

a few more
 

A few more famous Thetas (forgive me if I've posted these elsewhere):

-Melinda French Gates: it's amazing to think of the real impact this woman and her husband are going to have on the world through the Gates Foundation.

-Amy Holmes: if you watch any political/election coverage, you've probably seen her. She's also been on Bill Maher's HBO show. (We don't share the same politics, but we do share the same chapter!)

I just recently learned that Kate Snow (GMA Weekend) is a Theta.

Kate has long been one of my favorite newswomen (classy, intelligent, good vocal quality, good delivery, no jerky movements, etc) so what a wonderful surprise.

She is from the Cornell chapter.

A good source of info. for famous Theta's is the "On this day" feature on the HQ website. If you click on it it will give you a list of Theta related events that happened on each day. A lot of times it gives the birth dates or initiation dates of famous Thetas that arent always listed in the "famous thetas" section.

I like Kerri Strug (remember watching her on TV from 1992 through 1996) and Jenna von Oy from Blossom. I wonder if she is really that bubbly in real life :)

I love Kate Snow!!!! When she found out she was a Theta I was even more excited! It is a family tradition in my house that the family sits and watches the news together every night, at least me and my dad do! And since I just graduated I am back with the family for a while!

Anyways, I constantly yell out "She's a Theta!" Whenever I see one on TV! lol!

Oh and I love Kerri Strug!



Kate Snow has been on the National News a lot lately because of her coverage of the Clinton campaign!

Ok I can't believe no one has said Amy Grant and Dick Chaney's wife Lynn. My sister was in college when Amy Grant became popular and she even came to their chapter when she sang at Baylor.

Up and comign singer/songwriter Kate Voegele is a Theta. She was initiated into Gamma Upsilon chapter in 2006. she has a new single out now titled, "Only Fooling Myself"



You can check her out further here, www.katevoegele.com. Her sound is similar to Michelle Branch.

A thousand times better than Michelle Branch!
 

Pardon the crash, but I love love love Kate Voegele. If I'm not mistaken, she was the first artist signed to MySpace Music and was on One Tree Hill recently. She played a singer "discovered" by Peyton's new record label.

"Kindly Unspoken" is a favorite!

...also, isn't this chapter at Miami (Ohio) ADqtPiMel's sister's chapter?

Yup, she's in my sister's chapter. Kate sang at pref the year my sister went through recruitment - how cool is that? The chapter is very supportive of her, my mom (also a Theta) and sister and I went to one of her shows and almost their entire chapter of around 150 girls was there.

I met Kate when she went through recruitment (I was a junior), and honestly she's just about the nicest person I've ever met - genuinely interested in meeting everyone and very down to earth. She was already famous around Miami, but I never sensed even a shred of an attitude or entitlement. She was also friendly with some of the fraternity guys I lived with so we had several impromptu Friday night concerts in our front yard. :) Y'all should be proud to call her a sister.

I remember Kate when she was a student at Bay High School. I was living in Bay Village at the time.

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OMG I loved her on One Tree Hill. After she sang No Good I immediately went to Itunes and downloaded it :D

She is adorable!!!!

That's so strange, I just saw Kate last Saturday and Tuesday night, she was opening for Hanson! She's amazing, and now I can call her my sister! :)