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12-07-2002, 11:57 PM
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I've been hearing this bette midler thing for a while and from watching VH1 behind the music, I give you my conclusion.....
Bette Midler went to college in hawaii....
I don't think we've ever had chapters in hawaii...
second she dropped out of college, which makes her not an alum.
I wish it were true though! oh well....
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12-08-2002, 12:07 AM
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Does anyone know of any famous ADPis?
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12-08-2002, 02:23 AM
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Does anyone know of any famous ADPis?
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Lindy!!!!!!!! She rocks. I think she will be famous one day.
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12-08-2002, 02:55 AM
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I don't know where and how that Bette Midler rumor started. She's not on the International website as a famous alumna so I figure that she isn't. It would be cool though. 
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12-08-2002, 12:31 PM
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Best link (that I've found):
http://www3.baylor.edu/alpha_delta_pi/famous.htm
The one we always got a kick out of was Loula Kendall Rodgers, who designed the Confederate Flag! 
I just discovered that the woman who played Maybelle Merriweather in GWTW was an ADPi, too.
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ps - I love Bette Midler!
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12-08-2002, 12:49 PM
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I heard Dave Matthews pledged Kappa Sig at UVA, but I have no idea if it is true.
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He had contact with the Greek Community there.. Boyd Tinsley (the fiddle player) is a Sigma Nu.
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12-09-2002, 12:02 AM
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My mother-in-law is an ADPi, and she's famous to me. She raised an outstanding daughter!
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12-09-2002, 12:06 AM
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My mother-in-law is an ADPi, and she's famous to me. She raised an outstanding daughter!
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Have I ever mentioned that I have a soft spot in my heart for the men of Delta Tau Delta?
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12-09-2002, 12:59 AM
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Lindy!!!!!!!! She rocks. I think she will be famous one day.
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Who's Lindy?
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12-09-2002, 01:13 AM
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12-09-2002, 01:58 AM
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There's a statistic somewhere... I can't remember it exactly... but it's something like, 75% of goverment officials were greek in their college days. I don't know about you, but that makes me pretty d@mn proud. 
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Here you go sweetheart.
*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.
*63% of the U.S. President's Cabinet members since 1900 have been Greek.
I am extremely proud to be apart of a greek system that successfully trains American youth to become leaders in our society and government.
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12-09-2002, 02:24 AM
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Here you go sweetheart....
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Wow, that is so cool. I feel so incredibly proud right now. Thanks for posting that, KDZB259
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12-09-2002, 02:28 AM
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Tim McGraw
COLOR=crimson] Tim McGraw was a PIKE not sure where.[CRIMSON[/COLOR] and soem famouse ADP's are Deanna CArter, Jean Smart, and Kate Capshaw..just to name a few!
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12-09-2002, 03:49 AM
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Re: Tim McGraw
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COLOR=crimson] Tim McGraw was a PIKE not sure where.[CRIMSON[/COLOR] and soem famouse ADP's are Deanna CArter, Jean Smart, and Kate Capshaw..just to name a few!
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Actually if someone's alive and they haven't been kicked out they ARE a member of their respective organizations. So Tim McGraw IS a pike, not was
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12-09-2002, 10:19 AM
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Originally posted by KDZB259
*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.
*63% of the U.S. President's Cabinet members since 1900 have been Greek.
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While many, many people in government have been/are Greek, I would be very careful before quoting these statistics, which are largely Greek urban legend. The "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" has been gone over on this board many times -- misleading at best and wrong at worst. Check out the thread: Nifty Fun Fact.
As for "76% of all Congressmen and Senators belong to a fraternity," remember that the make-up of Congress changes every two years, so unless you are sure that a statistic like this is very current, I wouldn't quote it.
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