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Originally posted by decadence
Many of the past US Presidents were members of Greek Letter Organisations (thus, Greek). In addition to being members of social fraternities (i.e. members of The North-American Interfraternity Conference), some were members of other Greek Letter Organisations such as Alpha Phi Omega, a service GLO or other GLOs such as Phi Alpha Delta, a professional GLO (both groups are members of The Professional Fraternity Association). This would form the basis of the statement 80% of US Presidents since 1900 are greek.
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Thanks, decadence, but if you look back at my post, you'll see that I only asked for sources on the two other claims -- that 71% in Who's Who in America are Greek and that 85% of Fortune 500 executives are Greek. I did not ask for confirmation on the "80% of Presidents" claim because that one is much easier to check out, as you have demonstrated. (And this claim is
much more accurate than the all too commonly heard claim that "all but two presidents since 1825 have been Greek.")
Cream, you are exactly right!! I don't think any of us need to rely on possibly-inflated claims that may only undercut our credibility. I'd much rather spend my energy being a good adverstisement for Greek life myself.