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Originally said by someone on GreekChat ages ago: I would be very leery of using any info I got this way -- a lot of what is on the web is rumor or plain wrong. If you can't verify and trust where the information came from, don't use it.
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Agree 100%. At least with the over 80% of US Presidents since 1900 being greek example, we know have a 100% verified situation, based on information from official bodies. Only a few more to verify
Without further ado...
Greek Statistics- 71% of those listed in "Who's Who in America" belong to a fraternity.
- Of the nation's 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by fraternity men.
- 85% of the Fortune 500 executives belong to a fraternity.
- 40 of 47 U.S. Supreme Court Justices since 1910 were fraternity men.
- 76% of all Congressmen and Senators belong to a fraternity.
- Every U.S. President and Vice President, except two in each office, born since the first social fraternity was founded in 1825 have been members of a fraternity.
- 80% of US Presidents since 1900 are greek verified
- 63% of the U.S. President's Cabinet members since 1900 have been Greek.
- A National Conference report shows a majority of the 600 NIC fraternity chapters are above the All-Men's scholastic average.
- A U.S. Government study shows that over 70% of all those who join a fraternity/sorority graduate, while under 50% of all non-fraternity/sorority persons graduate. (also vaguely recall it mentioned this was a Univ. of Missouri study; unable to verify so far)
- Less than 2% of an average college student's expenses go toward fraternity/sorority dues.
- Over 85% of the student leaders on some 730 campuses are involved in the Greek community.
- Over $7 million is raised every year by Greeks nationally.
- 850,000 hours are volunteered by Greeks annually.
- There are 123 fraternities and sororities with 9 million members total.
- There are 750,000 undergraduate members in 12,000 chapters on more than 800 campuses in USA and Canada
- The Greek system is the largest network of volunteers in the US, with members donating over 10 million hours of volunteer service each year
- The Greek system is the largest not-for-profit student landlord in the US, with over $3 billion in assets and more than 250,000 students living in Greek housing in more than 8,000 facilities
P.S (according to someone on GreekChat) Apparently Lyndon B. Johnson was in a local that later joined PiKA, although he was never initiated into PiKA and is not recognized by PiKA as a brother.