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Originally Posted by oldu
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Albertson College in Idaho is named for Kathryn & Joseph Albertson, both possibly members of local groups at that institution.
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Hmmm... I've never heard of either of them being members of greek orgs at the school. I'd be interested to hear your source on that.
As a fairly recent correction, though, the name of the school has reverted back to "College of Idaho," which was the college's original name until the early 1990s. The college did so to avoid the confusion as to whether the school was affiliated with Albertson's grocery stores (which was the source of many "do you want your diploma in paper or plastic?" jokes") and the Albertson's Foundation, an Idaho non-profit org.
In case you're wondering, changing a college's name is quite expensive. The college estimated it would cost them about 2 million.
Here is a link about the name change:
http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/admini....asp?PRID=1132