Source???

[Dionysus]

On GC, I've read several times that all but two US presidents were social greeks. One of the two who weren't, was a service greek.

What source is this fact stated in?

[Senusret I]

It's not a fact at all.

And I don't know where it was first stated, but it appeared on lots of websites over the years.

[ladygreek]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

On GC, I've read several times that all but two US presidents were social greeks. One of the two who weren't, was a service greek.

What source is this fact stated in?

Which GLOs were founded in the 1700s?

Is the service Greek president Bill Clinton?

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

Is the service Greek president Bill Clinton?

MY Chapter Brother, William Jefferson Clinton, Spring '66/Line 21, former President of the United States, Line Brother of Past National President Jerry Schroeder, Line Brother of Ambassador Christopher Ashby, a PLEDGED, that's right, I said PLEDGED Brother of Mu Alpha Chapter -- NOT HONORARY.

That's Mu Alpha Chapter, Georgetown University, Two-Zero-Zero-Five-Seven.

[aopirose]

Originally Posted by Dionysus

On GC, I've read several times that all but two US presidents were social greeks. One of the two who weren't, was a service greek.

What source is this fact stated in?

IIRC, we talked about this some time ago. Those statistics were from a study done by NIC in either the 1980s or 1990s. They only looked at a certain time frame and was not meant to be a chronicle from "the beginning." Someone had linked the report. It might still be on GC somewhere.

[Drolefille]

Interesting that they would call the Skull and Bones guys "Greek" as they are not. S&B and the other Yale senior societies are quite different from GLOs.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Interesting that they would call the Skull and Bones guys "Greek" as they are not. S&B and the other Yale senior societies are quite different from GLOs.

Both Bushes were in S & B AND DKE. They're Greek because they're DKE.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Both Bushes were in S & B AND DKE. They're Greek because they're DKE.

Doh Thanks. I should have known I was forgetting something.

[DUKyleXY]

This is from the Center for the Study of the College Fraternity, Bloomington, IN.

"The North-American Interfraternity Conference has also compiled a list of U.S. Presidents who were/are fraternity members. Contrary to the statistic quoted above, no president prior to 1877 was a fraternity member and seven presidents since then have not been fraternity men. President who were fraternity members are: President
Years in Office
Fraternity
Rutherford B. Hayes
1877-1881
Delta Kappa Epsilon
James Garfield
1881
Delta Upsilon
Chester Arthur
1881-1885
Psi Upsilon
Benjamin Harrison
1989-1893
Phi Delta Theta
William McKinley
1897-1901
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Theodore Roosevelt
1901-1909
Delta Kappa Epsilon/Alpha Delta Phi
William Howard Taft
1909-1913
Psi Upsilon
Woodrow Wilson
1913-1921
Phi Kappa Psi
Calvin Coolidge
1923-1929
Phi Gamma Delta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1933-1945
Alpha Delta Phi
Harry S. Truman
1945-1953
Lambda Chi Alpha
Dwight D. Eisenhower
1953-1961
Tau Epsilon Phi
John F. Kennedy
1961-1963
Phi Kappa Theta
Gerald R. Ford
1974-1977
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Ronald Reagan
1981-1989
Tau Kappa Epsilon
George H. W. Bush
1989-1993
Delta Kappa Epsilon
George W. Bush
2001-
Delta Kappa Epsilon
"

So there, since 1877 there have been 17 Greek affiliated Presidents, there have also been 7 unaffiliated.
Sorry to put a rain on anyones parade!