Famous Greeks... or are they???

[meheron]

Originally posted by KarenC725
I thought only the Bush daughter at Texas went greek?

Both Jenna and Barbara are Theta's. The one in Texas a year before her sister. Her sister joined Kappa Alpha Theta this past year.

[DeltAlum]

I think I posted this list the last time a thread like this came up, but will do it again since I think it may have been updated on the Delt Web Page since then.

One thing I thought when I saw someone else's post earlier, it looks like two of us are claiming Florida Governor Askew...

Nobel Prize for Chemistry
Sherwood Rowland




Government
M. Marlin Fitzwater, Press Secretary for former President Bush
Reuben O. Askew, Two Term Governor of Florida
J. William Brennan, Former Supreme Court Justice
Thomas C. Clark, Former Supreme Court Justice
Ramsey Clark, Former US Attorney General
G. Hank Brown, Senator from Colorado
Thomas R. Carper, Governor of Delaware
C. Christopher Cox, Representative from California
Timothy Johnson, Senator from South Dakota
Donald J. Pease, Representative from Ohio
William Richardson, Secretary of Energy
Alben Barkley, Former US Vice President
Henry Wallace, Former US Vice President
Kent R. Hance, Former Texas Railroad Commission Chairman





Education
Murray Blackwelder, Vice President Iowa State University
Larry Clinton Texas A and M University at Commerce
Duane Cummins, President Bethany College
David Dees, Assistant Dean, Enrollment and Academic Services, University of Central Florida
Tom Huddleston, Vice President, Student Development and Enrollment Services, University of Central Florida
Martin C Jischke, President Iowa State University
William E. Kirwan, President Ohio State Univesity
Duane M. Leach, President of Texas-Permain Basin
Peter W. Likins, President Arizona University
Neal Malicky, President Baldwin Wallace College
Jack C. Parker, Vice President for Finance and Administration at Sam Houston State University
Gregory A. Peoples, Dean of Students, Eastern Michigan
Michael Shonrock, Dean of Students at Texas Tech University Vice President Order of Omega
Robert Roush, Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine
Cliff Wood, VP-Academic Affairs, County College of Morris
Victor Yanchik, Dean, College of Pharmacy, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
Larry Wilson, President, Marrietta College




Business
Edward E. Whitacre, Chairman CEO Southwestern Bell
Thomas H. Cruikshank, Chairman CEO Halliburton Companies
Ronald A McDougall, President Chili's Inc.
John W. Nichols, Chairman Devon Energy
Marno M. McDermott, Chairman Dos Pesos Restaurants
Founder of Fuddruckers and Chi Chi's Restaurants
Walter B. Samuelson, President Quintas Computer Systems
John A. Ludington, Chairman Dow Corning
John W. Braitmayer, President Mona Industries
Alan E. Riedel, Vice Chairman Cooper Industries
Gerald A. Kolschowsky, Chairman OSI Industries
Jerry E. Ritter, Vice Chairman Anheuser Busch
Robert E. Wycoff, President ARCO
Gary G. Michael, Chairman Albertson's
David W. Grainger, Chairman WW Grainger
Myron E. Ullman, Chairman Macy's
Stephen Sanger, Chairman CEO General Mills
George B. Bennett, Chairman Symmetrix, Inc.
Arthur C. Avril, Chairman Sakrete
C. Robert Brenton, Chairman Brenton Banks of Iowa
Michael Walsh, Chairman Tenneco
Jack A. Laughery, Chairman Hardee's
Peter K Woo, Chairman The Wharf (Holdings) Limited
John P. Harbin, Chairman Lone Star Steel
Richard T. Farmer, Chairman Cintas
John W. Fisher, Chairman Emeritus Ball Corporation
James T. Lynn, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of Aetna Life and Casualty
Robert H. Hood, Jr., President Douglas Aircraft Company
Henry C. "RIC" Duques, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of First Data Corporation (FDC)
Jerry K. Myers, CEO Steelcase, Inc.
Tim Boyle, CEO Columbia Sportswear
G. Richard Wagner, Jr., President General Motors, North America Operations




Entertainment
Duane D. Allen, The Oak Ridge Boys
Peter L. Buck, R.E.M, Lead Guitarist
Greg Jennings, Restless Heart, Lead Guitarist
Drew Carey, Drew Carey Show
Bill Fagerbakke, Coach
James (Jimmy) Marsden, Second Noah, ABC
Matthew McConaughey, Film Actor, "Angels in the Outfield"
James F. "Fielder" Cook, Broadway director
Frederic F. Forrest, Actor
David A. Gates, Bread
Joel F. Higgins, Silver Spoons
Jim T. Nabors, Gomer Pyle
Romain L. Johnston, Emmy Winner
David Schwimmer, Friends
Jame D. Trumbo, Two Time Oscar Winner
Winston Groom, Author Forrest Gump




Medical
Dr. Hoyt Gardner, Former President of AMA
Dr. Monroe Trout, Chairman Emeritus of American Healthcare Systems
Joseph T. Painter, M.D., Past President, American Medical Association




Broadcasting
William Flemming, Sportscaster
Patrick J. O'Brien, ABC-Access Hollywood
Roger H. Mudd, TV Newscaster
Robert C. Dotson, NBC-TV reporter
William F. MacAtee, TV Sportscaster
Jennings J Randolph Jr., TV baseball announcer
John Rohrbeck, President NBC-TV Stations
Craig G. Sager, TV Sportscaster




Pro Football
Dante B.J. Lavelli, Cleveland Browns Pro Football Hall of Fame
Alphonse E. "Tuffy" Leemans, New York Giants
John A. Elway, Denver Broncos
Mark R.C. Rypien, Quaterback
Jim W. Plunkett, Former Oakland Raiders quaterback
Jeffry G. Siemon, Former Minnesota Viking linebacker
Gene A. Washington, Former San Fransico 49er wide receiver
Boyd H. Dowler, Former Green Bay Packers wide receiver
Howard E. Mudd, Seattle Seahawks coach
Joseph W. Avezzano, Dallas Cowboys assistant Coach




Major League Baseball
Branch Rickey, Jr., Baseball Hall of Fame
George H. Sisler, Baseball Hall of Fame
Eppa Rixey, III, Baseball Hall of Fame
Michael C. Mussina, Baltimore Orioles
Stephen B. Buechele
Shawn Green, Toronto Blue Jays
Rick Helling, Florida Marlins
Willie Adams, Oakland A's
Edward N. Sprague, Toronto Blue Jays
Michael P. Aldrete, Oakland Athletics
David A. McCarty, Minnesota Twins
Paul S. Carey, Baltimore Orioles

[D-Train]

Famous members of Phi Beta Sigma
George Washington Carver
James Weldon Johnson
U.S. Rep. John Lewis
Rod Paige-U.S. Secretary of Education
Bobby Jones-Gospel Singer
Kurt Carr-Gospel Singer
Emmitt Smith-Dallas Cowboys
Jerry Rice-Oakland Raiders
Karl Malone-Utah Jazz
Olden Polynice-Utah Jazz

[sweet-n-rho]

I was trying to be modest on my first thread but since everyone else listed all of there famous people you know I have to represent for my Sigma Gamma Rho Sorors.

Soror Jocelyn Brown -National Sales Director ESSENCE Magazine

Soror Gwendolyn Cherry- Former Florida Congresswoman

Soror Alice Childress- Author of "A Hero Ain't Nothing But A Sandwich"
Soror Emily D. Gunter- Motivational speaker, Author of Superlearning 2000:The new Technologies of Self Empowerment
Soror Alice Hille Jackson- Creative Artist, Co-Creater/Producer of Hal Jackson's Miss Talented Teen Pageant
Soror Dr. Alma Illery- humanitarian and Founder of George Washington Carver Commemoration. Through her efforts, Congress issued a Carver Stamp in 1944.
Soror Marie Lafontant - Founder and President of Haitian Research Center
Soror Kiamsha Madelyn Leeke- a lawyer in Washington, D.C.; Writer and self-publisher of three books of poetry: MY SOUL SPEAKS, I AM MY SISTA'S KEEPER and BABY, I GOT IT BAD FOR YOU BLUES
Soror Charlotte Ottley - Public Relations Specialist, CEO C. Ottley Strategies
Soror L. Marion Poe- First African-American woman to be admitted to the bar in the Southern U.S.
Soror Betrice Powell- Senior Director Mary Kay Cosmetics
Soror Brenda Pressley - Actress
Soror Erika R. Ragland- Committee on Labor and Human Responses on Capitol Hill.
Soror April Sinclair- Author of "Coffee Will Make You Black" and "Ain't Goin' Be The Same Fool Twice"
Soror Chizu Shindo Suzuki - Japanese Artist and Writer
Soror Pat Tobin - Public Relations Specialist, Principle, Pat Tobin & Associate
Soror Mary Washington- First African-American CPA
Soror Rosa Page Welch- Famed Mezzo Soprano & Lecturer, "Ambassador of Goodwill" in interracial relations
Soror Ruth Whitehead Whaley- First African-American woman to actively practice law in the U.S.
Soror Priscilla Williams White- Author of "The Children- What Shall We Tell Them About God?"
Soror Judge Joyce Williams Warren- The First African- American Judge in Arkansas
Soror Ruth Russell Williams- Artist and Entreprenuer, her artwork is sold at JCPenney, Nordstroms & Micheals nationally and internationally. Her works include The Baptism, Family Reunion,The Graduation, Old Time Revival, & Kitchen Beautician. She created the promotional artwork, BigBookBag for the sorority's current project of the same name.

Soror Mother Love- Actress, Radio Person, Television Host of Forgive or Forget
Soror Anna Maria Horsford- Actress on sitcoms Wayan Brothers, Amen and The Movie Fridays
Soror Vanessa Bell Armstrong- Gospel Recording Artist
Soror Cynthia Horner- Right on Magazine Editor
Soror Lindy Corrine Claiborne Boggs-First female U.S. Representative from Louisiana, 1st Woman to Chair National Convention of Major American Political Party

[dubyuhnellpiphi]

pi phi has a bunch... i will just tell you the MOST famous ones... remember there are MANY more

Sally Field
Carrie Chapman Catt (suffragist extrodinare)
Faye Dunaway
Susan Lucci
Grace Coolidge (thanks to her, pi phi is the ONLY sorority in the smithsonian... check her dress in hall of inauguration gowns and you will see the wonderful pi phi badge)
Mrs. Parker (check parker pens for the arrow!)
Mrs. Wrigley (the gum package has what on it? yeah, that would be an arrow!)
Elizabeth Shue
Tracy Ruiz (gold medal swimmer)
Marilyn Horne (opera singer)

NOTE: some of the confusion about delta burke could be because of the fact that Suzanne Sugarbaker (her character on designing women) was a pi phi on the show

ok... enough about the pi phis... for now at least

[navane]

Hello!

I was just browsing the internet when I came across a website called Turn for the Judges (it's about beauty pageants). This article caught my eye - the winner attends my alma mater...and she's a DZ!

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Tess Proano, 20, attending California State University, Long Beach, studying business and a
VIP tour Guide at Disneyland, won the Miss Los Angeles County USA competition. A 2000 Graduate from Long Beach Millikan School, Tess now attends California State University, Long Beach studying Business. She is Vice President of her Sorority, Delta Zeta. She is currently working as a Tour Guide at Disneyland.

She enjoys watching and performing in musical theater. Tess loves to sing and was Long Beach Singer Of The Year. She also enjoys listening to music, reading, dancing and her cat. Tess wants to champion awareness of the importants of empowering our youth through philanthropy. She speaks to schools about staying active in extra curricular activities, youth organizations, and sports.

The first runner-up was Nafeesa De Florias; second runner-up was Lauren Supernaw; third runner up was Cynthia Magsombol; and fourth runner-up was Nicole Tyson. The Miss Photogenic award went to Melinda Cross, while Miss Congeniality was Tess Proano. The
Jennifer Ends Spirit Award went to Nafessa De Florias and the Stephanie Smith Service Award went to Lauren Moniz.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Actually, the story I hear about Delta Burke was, it wasn't Delta herself that was a greek, it was her character on Designing women. She played Suzanne Sugarbaker (sp?) and I believe it wsa Suzanne who was a Pi Phi.

[sweetie adpi]

where my pi's at???

ah well...

speaking of designing women... jean smart, who played charlene is an adpi

as well as:
deana carter - country singer
judy woodruff - head anchor on cnn
danica mckellar - you remember the wonder years
bobbi eakes - she's on the bold and the beautiful
sandra palmer - professional golfer
carol warner shields - pulitzer winning author
lauralee peters - international affairs advisor to the president
gracia yancey backer - missouri house of representatives
harriet elliot - the only woman appointed by president roosevelt to the defense board
anne klein - fashion designer

... i could go on and on

here is a question - does anyone know the answer? to which sorority does sandra day o'connor belong? i've heard adpi, theta, and aephi....

[phikappapsiman]

Some Famous Phi Psis include:

President Woodrow Wilson
Current Senators Paul Coverdell (Georgia) and Evan Bayh (Indiana)
Peter Graves (Mission Impossible)
Edward Herrmann
Roy Schneider (Jaws and All That Jazz)
John Astin (Gomez on "The Addams Family")
Mark Spitz (Gold Medalist in '68 and '72 Olympics)
Jerry Colangelo (Owner of the WORLD CHAMPION Arizona Diamondbacks)
Jerry Yang (Founder of YAHOO!...do you YAHOO?)

[mystikchick]

Originally Posted by phikappapsiman

Some Famous Phi Psis include:

President Woodrow Wilson
Current Senators Paul Coverdell (Georgia) and Evan Bayh (Indiana)
Peter Graves (Mission Impossible)
Edward Herrmann
Roy Schneider (Jaws and All That Jazz)
John Astin (Gomez on "The Addams Family")
Mark Spitz (Gold Medalist in '68 and '72 Olympics)
Jerry Colangelo (Owner of the WORLD CHAMPION Arizona Diamondbacks)
Jerry Yang (Founder of YAHOO!...do you YAHOO?)

my brother is also forever reminding me that michael bloomberg (mayor of NYC) is also a phi psi, as well as president woodrow wilson and jfk, jr

[AGDLynn]

http://www.alphagammadelta.org/About...Alpha_Gams.asp

From the AGD IHQ Site.

I've heard from different sources that Carly Simon is an AGD. I sent her an email asking, but it hasn't been answered so....

[AlphaGamMI]

Since the Alpha Gam link has already been posted, here's the one for Phi Kaps. Pretty impressive list which includes JFK.


Julie


http://www.phikaps.org/join/famous.html

[VT Tri-D]

tri-delt has:
katie couric
leeza gibbons
dixie carter
elizabeth dole
grace kelly
liz claiborne
leanza cornett
deborah norville
mrs. neil armstrong (whos husband put her tri-delt pin on the flag on the moon)
heather locklear

also, delta airlines, delta faucets, the liz claiborne label, and trident gum among other things come from tri-deltas symbols

[xp2k]

There are plenty of famous Chi Phi alumni but here are my favorite...

Chris Hardwick (host of MTV's Singled Out)
Walter Cronkite (Anchorman)
Earl Bruce (former Head football coach at Ohio St.)
Rankin M. Smith, Sr. (Owner of Atlanta Falcons)
and...

...George Ferris, the crazy guy who invented the Ferris Wheel!

XP2k

[filabeaner]

one sigep alum to be mentioned from tx alpha at the univ. of tx is tom hicks, owner of the texas rangers and the dallas stars.


and i seem to know more alum from my chapter in particular at the university of north texas, tx beta chapter:

Duffy Oyster, the owner of the Pancho's food chain

Bill Schmidt, bronze in javelin at '74 munich olympics, made the "be like mike" michael jordan ad campaign for gatorade, was CEO of oakley sunglasses, and now works for mike himself

Joe Don Baker, actor in many 007 movies and many more movies

Jay Lombardo, of Lombardo Apparel (logo after all mavericks games)... makes suits for many actors, and many more athletes of all the dallas area sports teams

can't think of names, but 2 members of Deep Blue Something, the owner/CEO of Petro Oil, and so many more i can't think of at 11:00 at night.