Famous Greeks... or are they???

[AlphaGam1019]

Neil A. Armstrong is a Phi Delt from Purdue. He was the commander of Apollo XI, the first lunar landing.

[queequek]

OK, I did some stuff for our historian, and came up with several famous Theta Delts

ARTS
Robert Frost, Dartmouth 1896, four time Pulitzer Prize winning poet
Alexander Woolcott, Hamilton 1896, drama critic NY Times, Herald-Tribune, Sun.
Norman Hackett, Michigan 1898, actor
Bellamy Partridge, Hobart 1900, author of “County Lawyer”
Donald Parson, Havard 1905, author “Portraits of Keats” “Grass Flowers”
Arthur Hornblow, Dartmouth 1915, film producer Paramount and MGM
Frank Thomas, Stanford 1933, Thumpers (Bambi) creator
George Mosel, Amherst 1944, Pulitzer Prize for “All the Way Home”
John Nichols, Hamilton 1962, author “the Milagro Bean Field War” “the Sterile Cuckoo”
James Wood, MIT ??, actor

JOURNALISM
Charles Miller, Dartmouth 1872, Editor-in-Chief NY Times
S. Emory Thompson, Michigan 1904, publisher Chicago Times
Frazier Hunt, Illinois 1908, writer and war correspondent
Richard Wilson, Iowa State 1927, President of the National Press Club
Harrison Salisbury, Minnesota 1929, Pulitzer Prize journalist

MEDICINE
Frank Lahey, Harvard 1904, Founder of Boston’s Lahey Clinic
Oliver Beahrs, Berkeley 1937, Head Surgery at the Mayo Clinic

PUBLIC LIFE
Alien Beach, Union 1849, Lt. Governor of New York, Secretary of State
W.D. Bloxham, William and Mary 1854, Governor of Florida
Clemment H. Sinnickson, Union 1855, New Jersey (Rep.)
John Hay, Brown 1858, Abraham Lincoln’s secretary, Secretary of State
Henry J. Spooner, Brown 1860, Rhode Island (Rep.)
Henry Gibson, Hobart 1862, Tennessee (Rep.)
Daniel L. Rockwood, Union 1869, Democratic Representative
Hon. John W. Griggs, Lafayette 1868, Governor of New Jersey, Attorney General
Nathan F. Dixon, Jr., Brown 1869, Senator Rhode Island
John Bellamy, Virginia 1875, Senator North Carolina
Walter Stiness, Brown 1877, Rhode Island (Rep.)
Thomas B. Kyle, Dartmouth 1880, Ohio (Rep.)
Frederic C. Stevens, Bowdoin 1881, Minnesota (Rep.)
Daniel J. McGillicuddy, Bowdoin 1881, Maine (Rep.)
John A. Dix, Cornell 1883, Governor of New York
Gonzalo de Quesada, CCNY 1888, founder of Cuban Republic (statue at Havana Park)
J.H. Bartlett, Dartmouth 1894, Governor of New Hampshire
Rollin Stanford, Tufts 1897, New York (Rep.)
Earle S. Warner, Hobart 1902, US Supreme Court Justice
William F. Love, Rochester 1903, New York Supreme Court Justice
Frank H. Buck, Berkeley 1907, California (Dem.)
Hans Schoefeld, Washington 1907, US Minister to Finland
Maurice E. Crumpecker, Michigan 1909, Oregon (Rep.)
Eric A. Johnston, Washington 1917, US Chamber of Commerce President
Irving M. Ives, Hamilton 1919, Senator New York
Arthur Kelly, Toronto 1920, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
Louis P. Baeubien, McGill 1925, Senator of Canada from Quebec
Herman P. Smith, Dartmouth 1933, Member of Congress from Pennsylvania
Henry P. Smith, Dartmouth 1933, New York (Rep.)
John W. Tuthill, William and Mary 1932, Ambassador to Brazil
Alvin M. Bentley, Michigan 1940, Michigan (Rep.)
John W. Brook, Toronto 1946, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
Donald R. Steele, Toronto 1946, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
Richard Holland, Toronto 1947, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
Edward Saunders, Toronto 1949, Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario
Robert L. Leggett, Berkeley 1948, Congressman from California
Thomas R. Pickering, Bowdoin 1953, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
Jerry Lewis, UCLA 1956, California (Rep.)
Wesley C. Uhlman, Washington 1956, Mayor of Seattle

EDUCATION
Albert W. Smith, Cornell 1878, Dean of Cornell Law School
Ernest W. Huffcut, Cornell 1884, Dean of Cornell Law School
Frederick C. Ferry, Williams 1891, President of Hamilton College
Alexander Meiklejohn, Brown 1893, President of Amherst College
Guy S. Ford, Wisconsin 1895, President of University of Minnesota, Phi Beta Kappa
Samuel P. Capen, Tufts 1898, President of the University of Buffalo
Winfred F. Smiter, Bowdoin 1899, President of John Hopkins University
Edmund E. Day, Dartmouth 1905, President of Cornell University
Chauncy Boucher, Michigan 1909, Chancellor of the University of Nebraska
Robert E. Doherty, George Washington 1909, President of Carnegie Institute of Tech
Leonard Carmichael, Tufts 1921, President of Tufts University, Secretary of Smithsonian
Alvin D. Chandler, William and Mary 1922, President of College of William and Mary
Francis H. Horn, Dartmouth 1930, President of the University of Rhode Island
Norman Topping, Washington 1930, Chancellor of the University of Southern California
Robert V. Schnabel, Bowdoin 1944, President of Valparaiso University
Julian Gibbs, Amherst 1946, President of Amherst College
W. Lawrence Gulick, Hamilton 1952, President of St. Lawrence College
Elmer H. Capen, Tufts 1960, President of Tufts University

SCHOLARSHIP
Stephan M. Babcock, Tufts 1886, inventor of the Babcock Centrifuge (butterfat testing)
Herbert E. Bolton, Wisconsin 1895, President of the American Historical Association
Carlos Baker, Dartmouth 1932, Hemingway biographer, scholar of Princeton University
Lester C. Turow, Williams 1960, Dean of the Sloan School of Management (MIT)
William A. McClung, Williams 1966, literary and architectural historian


MILITARY
Benjamin Lamberton, Dickinson 1862, Admiral U.S. Navy
Arthur J. Hepburn, Dickinson 1896, Admiral Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet
Donald B. MacMillan, Bowdoin 1897, Arctic explorer, Rear Admiral, U.S.N.
Robert W. Manss, Michigan 1930, Judge Advocare General of the U.S. Air Force
Robert Lee Scott, Arizona State 1932, U.S. General
Rudolf F. Peskens, Tufts 1966, Brigadier General U.S. Air Force

ARCHITECTURE
Raymond M. Hood, Brown 1902, Rockefeller Center and Chicago Tribune

BUSINESS
James R. Mellon, Washington and Jefferson 1865, President of Ligonier Valley Railroad
Eugene Grace, Lehigh 1899, Chairman of the Board of Bethlehem Steel
J. Frank Drake, Dartmouth 1902, Chairman of the Board of Gulf Oil Corporation
Harvey Dow Gibson, Bowdoin 1902, President of the Manufacturers Trust Co
Stanton Griffs, Cornell 1910, Chairman of the Board of Madison Square Garden
Willard H. Dow, Williams 1919, President of Dow Chemical Corporation
Leo D. Welch, Rochester 1919, Chairman of the Board of Standard Oil
Myford Irvine, Stanford 1921, landholder in California, City of Irvine named after him
George L. Smith, Columbia 1925, President of Kinney Shoe Company
William H. Elliot, William and Mary 1928, President of Border Corporation
Charles C. Tillinghast, Brown 1932, President of TWA, Chancellor of Brown University
Karl J. Neer, Illinois 1933, President of Neer Oil Company
James W. Kerr, Toronto 1937, President of TransCanada Pipelines
William Edwards, Michigan 1939, President of Hilton Hotels
Edwin A. Gee, George Washington 1941, CEO International Paper
Charles K. Fletcher, Jr., Stanford 1950, Chairman of the Home Federal Saving Assoc
William J. Henry, William and Mary 1963, President Time Life Books, Inc.

ENGINEERING
Alexander Holley, Brown 1853, Bessemer Steel, statue in Washington Square, NYC

SPORT
Edward Marsh, Lehigh 1894, gold medalist 1900 Olympics – rowing
Walter H. Snell, Brown 1913, player Boston Red Sox
Clarence P. Houston, Tufts 1914, President of NCAA
Leon Tuck, Dartmouth 1915, silver medalist 1920 Olympics – hockey
Stanley Lomax, Cornell 1923, radio sports broadcaster
Walter F. O’Malley, Pennsylvania 1926, owner of Brooklyn/LA Dodgers
William F. McAfee, Jr., Michigan 1929, player Chicago White Sox
John W. Allyn, Lafayette 1939, owner of Chicago White Sox
Donald B. Canham, Michigan 1941, University of Michigan Athletic Director
Harry Dalton, Amherst 1950, Executive VP Milwaukee Brewers
William P. Ficker, Berkeley 1950, Winner of America’s Cup Race
Benjamin L. Abruzzo, Illinois 1952, Crewmember of “Double Eagle II”
(first trans-Atlantic balloon flight)
Mark Donahue, Brown 1959, Indianapolis 500 Winner
Darrin Nelson, Stanford 1981, Stanford All-American, player Minnesota Vikings
Chuck Muncie, Berkeley 1975, Cali professional football player
Garin Veris, Stanford 1985, All-Pro football player

CLERGY
RT. Rev. J.H.D. Wingfield, William and Mary 1853, Bishop of North Carolina
RT. Rev. A.M. Randolph, William and Mary 1855, Bishop of Virginia
Rev. Franklin Clark Fry, Hamilton 1921, President of the Lutheran Church of America
RT. Rev. Robert C. Rusack, Hobart 1947, Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles

[queequek]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
And his first name is Neil.

DeltAlum, LOL

[navane]

Originally posted by UNFSigmaChi
Famous Sigma Chis are...sorry if i forget some cause their are a lot

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My cousin said that Justin Huish - 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist in Archery is a Sigma Chi from his chapter at Arizona State University.


......Kelly

[phikappapsiman]

Originally posted by navane



My cousin said that Justin Huish - 1994 Olympic Gold Medalist in Archery is a Sigma Chi from his chapter at Arizona State University.


......Kelly

I remember him...he won two gold medals...he also got busted for possession of marijuana, didn't he? I seem to remember it being in the paper a while back

[aggieAXO]

I heard somewhere (can't remember source) that his wife was an AXO and that there was an AXO pin on the flag that was placed on the moon

Originally posted by AlphaGam1019


FYI, Armstrong is a member of Phi Delta Theta.

[AlphaGam1019]

*cough* urban legend *cough*

[DeltAlum]

Hmmm...

I've heard this "pin on the flag on the moon" thing over and over again.

I'm wondering if Neil Armstrong had several wives, or his one wife belonged to eight or ten sororities?

In any event, I'm surprized Apollo XI ever got off the ground with that many sorority badges on board.

[sigkapgirl]

Originally posted by kristiAZD


Steve,
Don't forget about Dr. Seuss!! I am forever being reminded of that by my boyfriend.
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Actually, we just had Dr. Suess Day at my university due to Mrs. Geisel's(Dr. Suess' wife) major contributions to our campus. Our campus' central landmark library is named after the Geisel family. This would be the most feautured item on all university post cards and souveneirs.


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Just a note, but Dr. Suess's wife was a Sigma Kappa! Often times Sig Eps and Sig Kaps have Xmas parties and watch "The Grinch that Stole Christmas", all Sig Kaps and Sig Eps know why

[aggieAXO]

he he he he he

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Hmmm...

I've heard this "pin on the flag on the moon" thing over and over again.

I'm wondering if Neil Armstrong had several wives, or his one wife belonged to eight or ten sororities?

In any event, I'm surprized Apollo XI ever got off the ground with that many sorority badges on board.

[navane]

Originally posted by phikappapsiman


I remember him...he won two gold medals...he also got busted for possession of marijuana, didn't he? I seem to remember it being in the paper a while back

He has one individual gold medal and one men's team gold medal from the Atlana Games in 1996. At least, I think that's right.

But yes, he was arrested (or, he turned himself in, that is) for he and his roommate being in posession of marijuana, paraphanalia such as scales and baggies, and $30,000 in cash. They charged him for posession with intent to sell. Though, I don't know what the outcome of his trial was.

Knowing that he was in deep doo-doo, he resigned his place on the Sydney Olympic team before the National Archery Association could strip him of it.

That same year, one of the other US Archery Men's Team members was found to have cheated during the Olympic trials (after completely missing the target, he shot an extra arrow when no one was looking). The National Archery Association yanked *him* from the Olympic team. So, 2 of the 3 were ousted. For the first time in history, both of the olympic team alternates were sent to the games!

That wasn't archery's finest hour.

How do I know all of this? I am an archer myself and a member of the NAA.

Anyway, I didn't mention Justin's "boo-boo" in my post 'cause I didn't want anyone to think that I was saying something bad about Sigma Chi. Surely people make mistakes....and one organization isn't bad because of one member.

......Kelly

[thetakates]

Just a reply to a Sigma Chi. David Letterman was a Sigma Chi, but i have heard that he got kicked out because of grades. I have heard this from some brothers of SIgma Chi. But when he did his Ball State homecoming special with Biff, SIgma Chi ended up on there. THere flag and lots of their brothers! But he is still a Sigma Chi just a little bit of trivia there for you .

[kristiAZD]

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Just a note, but Dr. Suess's wife was a Sigma Kappa! Often times Sig Eps and Sig Kaps have Xmas parties and watch "The Grinch that Stole Christmas", all Sig Kaps and Sig Eps know why [/B][/QUOTE]

My boyfriend and I had a discussion about this a few months ago and he told me that Dr. Suess's wife actually WASN'T a Sigma Kappa. That's what he was taught in his program since there has been so many rumors about it. Looks like this is another case like the pin on the moon.....will we ever know the truth? Probably not.

[Glitter650]

I think a lot of these "famous" people who are listed as famous greeks maybe added as kind of "honorary" members because they live up to the ideals of the Org. For instance Rosa Parks is listed as a Alpha Kappa Alpha I believe on one list I've seen, but I know she never attended college.. I believe they bestowed her member ship for showing that she posessed the qualities that their org. strives for... this may be the case for some of the other members listed on the famous lists...

[princess781]

Thanks for the post about Tim McGraw. I knew he was in a fraternity but I never knew which one. Does anyone know if Kenny Chesney was ever in a fraternity? He said in an interview about playing in houses, but he never mentioned that he was a member. Hmmm... Those are two men I would mix with anyday! Haha!