Sally Ride's Sorority - What is she?
 

I've read that America's first woman astronaut, Dr. Sally Ride, is a sorority member, but I can't find out which sorority. She went to Swarthmore, then to Stanford. Perhaps she was inducted as an alum, after graduation(?) Thanks for any information!!!
- Prune Tacos

I think she was initiated into Pi Beta Phi as an alum. Could be wrong, though.

Thanks!
 

Thanks, if it was. Maybe I should ask Pi Phi. When an alum is asked to join, do they go through a pledging period, the exact same ceremony with young coeds, a special cermony just for alums? I remember that President Eisenhower was a DEKE, but since he went to West Point, where there are no fraternities, he went in as an alum.
Thanks for the help!!
- Prunetacos

I've know AI's who received both the pledging ceremony and the full-on initiation ceremony, and I know some who went straight to the initiation ceremony. I don't know about the actual pledging period itself, but I am thinking "probably not". So that answer overall is..."it depends."

Betty Crocker, anyone?
 

Pi Beta Phi doesn't have her listed on their website as a notable alumna.

I couldn't find an affiliation via Google, either.

She could very well be a member of a professional/honor/service organization and not an NPC.

We do have one of the early female astronauts who AIed and her name escapes me but I think that Sally Ride is a Sigma Kappa. Wait, is ours named Anna Fisher or something like that?

LOL, Sigma Kappa doesn't list her either, although they do have another astronaut, Rhea Seddon, as a sister.

More Sally Ride information
 

http://www.geocities.com/daypanhell/facts.html

That's the site that lists here in "Others" as a sorority member.

- Prunetacos

More Sally Ride information
 

http://www.geocities.com/daypanhell/facts.html

That's the site that lists her in "Others" as a sorority member.

- Prunetacos

Unless it's an I/HQ's official site, I wouldn't put too much weight on it.

I've seen lists that had Betty Crocker, Madonna, Carly Simon, Raquel Welch, etc. etc. listed as Greek. All wrong.

Out of curiosity, why Sally Ride?

Sally Ride - sorority member
 

In answer to OTW, I've read a lot about her, even drove to Baltimore to hear her speak at Gaucher College many years ago for a Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society talk. She was a wonderful, funny, down-to-earth speaker that presented her experiences as an astronaut in a very engaging way. She's a real hero of mine. In the books I've read, lots of informational tidbits are presented, but nothing about joining a college sorority. So - I decided to go here and ask. THanks. - Prunetacos

Hm, this must be wrong as a previous poster said so.:o

About Betty Crocker...Quote from Kappa Alpha Theta threads...please read the following.
So when it was posted that Betty Crocker (along with others) was Greek, followed by the comment "all wrong"- Partly wrong, partly right...:)

If you want to pick nits, go right ahead! :D

I still stand by my statement. Betty Crocker was not Greek. Ms. Husted was. :)

Say Marlo Thomas (who is a Theta) did the voice of Smurfette...are you going to say Smurfette is Greek?

Betty Crocker is a fictional character. She cannot possess a Greek affiliation.

I found a random fact: the nutritionist who wrote the original Betty Crocker cookbook is an ADPi.

In other news, Mrs. Butterworth pledged, but never initiated. :D

You mean that Suzanne Sugarbaker wasn't really a Pi Phi? [ducking]

I LOVE IT!!

What about Aunt Jemima?

Ooh. Very sensitive subject... We're not really supposed to talk about what she did to no longer be a member in good standing....

Let's just say it involved some flapjacks and leave it at that...

I heard that Ronald McDonald was a traveling consultant for his fraternity. Any truth to this claim?

Must be Phi Tau. Why else would he be Red & Old Gold??

What I wanna know is what fraternity claims Ceasar from Little Ceasar's pizza. He's obviously greek, I mean just look at his toga.

Heh heh...sometimes you see Betty Crocker being claimed by Delta Zeta, too, but what they really mean is that Mercedes Bates was a Delta Zeta--she was a corporate officer of General Mills and was often referred to as "Betty Crocker" because she was the VP in charge of the Betty Crocker Food and Nutrition Center. Who knew ol' Betty was in such high demand!

I think he's supposed to be a Roman.

[QUOTE=Prunetacos] I remember that President Eisenhower was a DEKE, but since he went to West Point, where there are no fraternities, he went in as an alum.
Thanks for the help!!
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Ike was a DEKE? I knew that Rutherford B. Hayes, Teddy Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush were DEKE presidents, but Ike? Must have been on Double Secret Probation?

Ike wasn't a Deke, he was a Tau Epsilon Phi, according to their site.

Okay, okay. I know that Betty Crocker was not a real person. However, the women who did the voice of Betty Crocker was. Therefore, that is why I said the statement was partly true, partly false.
Of course Smurfette can't be Greek- she is just a cartoon character. Betty Crocker & Susan Sugarbaker were "real" people- characters on shows, yes, but human nonetheless.

Not trying to be picky, just simply trying to clarify the fact that the person behind the voice of Betty was Greek . . .

I'm failing to see how Betty Crocker is more real then Smurfette.

Is Veronica Mars more real then Homer Simpson??

Best laugh all day!

Which is why it's not accurate to say that the statement that Betty Crocker was Greek was partly true, partly false. The accurate statement would be that the woman who first provided the voice of Betty Crocker was Greek.

If you're going to the Betty Crocker and Suzanne Sugarbaker were "real people" route, than you need to demonstrate that Betty Crocker's backstory gave her a Greek affiliation. Otherwise you're saying that any character is Greek just by virtue of being portrayed or voiced by an actor with Greek affiliation.

Even Smurfette.

I wish Spawn was Greek...

I think that I heard that Betty Crocker and Smurfette both personally left their badges on the moon when they were there.

Seriously, if nobody has claimed Sally Ride, a remarkable woman, it seems likely to me that she may be a plain old GDI.

Smurfette and Betty both knew Neil Armstrong's wives personally...didn't ya know that?

And regarding Sally Ride, I wouldn't be surprised if she was a member of a service/honorary/professional Greek organization based on her resume alone. Nothing on Google came up with an NPC affiliation so I'm guessing she's not one.

So cool, is there any answer without all of the side bars?

Was Sally a Member of a GLO or not!

It dont take a friggen Rocket Scientest to answer that!

Yes or No?


Thank You!

Sally Ride is a Kappa Delta! :D

DaffyKD

http://kappadelta.org/WhoWeAre/Famous.htm

Is she really? I couldn't find her.

Phi Mu has an astronaut, but I forgot her name. Oops. :eek:

Gamma Phi Beta has/had an astronaut - Laurel Blair Salton Clark - whom we lost in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. :(


.....Kelly

Dang, nice try though!


Maybe next time.