Famous Greeks... or are they???

[SoCalGirl]

Sorry ladies.

Mrs. Geisel/Seuss is not a Sigma. That's according to Nationals.

I wish she was. She lives in San Diego and is always giving $$$$ away. The UCSD library is named after her husband. I'd be stoked to have her in our alumnae chapter!

I wonder if she's in a sorority or if she even went to college. What a triumph it'd be to initiate her as an almuna.

[sphinxpoet]

Originally posted by nube one
Short list of famous Alphas (Alpha Phi Alpha)
Martin Luther king Jr.- Civil Rights Leader
Thurgood Marshall- Former Supreme Court Justice
Paul Robeson-Orator, Actor, Singer, Activist
W.E.B. DuBois-Author Civil & Human Rights activist
Lenny Wilkens-"winningest coach" in NBA
Stuart Scott-ESPN Anchor
Jesse Owens-1936 gold medalist
"Fritz" Pollard-First NFL Coach (1929)
Duke Ellington-Jazz Musician, Pre-eminent American composer
David Dinkins-Former mayor of NYC (first black)
Cornel West-philosopher-Harvard prof.



First of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all!

BRo forgot Hubert Horatio Humphry - Former Vice President of the United States

[Optimist Prime]

I just relized something. When I get famous it will be hard to prove who I am because I will most likely use an assumed name.

[Opie25]

Let's see...famous Phi Delts... Here are a few:

Neil Armstrong (Astronaut)
F. Story Musgrave (Astronaut)
Lou Gehrig (Baseball)
Benjamin Harrison (US President)
Adlai Stevenston (US VP)
James Baker (Frmr. Sec. of State)
Bill Bixby (Actor) that's right the HULK!
Dirk Benedict (Actor) Face from the A Team
Tim Conway (Actor/Comedian)
Robert Ebert (Critic)
Hank Ketchum (Creator Dennis the Mennace)
Sam Nun (Politician)
But Reynolds (Actor)
Bob Scheifer (CBS News)
Frank Loyd Wright (Architect)
J. Willard Marriot (founder of Mattiot)
John McLarmore (founder of Burger King)

You can find more at: http://www.phideltatheta.org/

look under our fraternity, then famous Phi's

Also, as far as the Armstrong thing goes (it has been discussed in a couple of other posts). I do not know if he did leave a Phi Delt and/or Alpha Chi Badge on the moon but I have heard that at several different times.

I do know that in our General Headquarters Meuseum that there is a Phi Delt Bade and a small Phi Delt flag (like the US flag the astronauts wear on their space suits) in a display, along with that is a letter from and signed by Armstron himself. It states something like, " I herby donate this badge and flag, that I carried to the moon on the Appolo landing, with the date and signature of Armstrong." So, I don't know if that clears anything up or adds more mystery to it. I think I have a pic of it somewhere I will look tonight and see and maybe scan it in this week.

This convo actually leads me to open a new thread. What are other organizations Urban Legends? Wheter it be unconfirmed membership of certain "famous" people or the Armstrong moon badge story? I will try to start a new thread and get some interesting disuccsion going.

Thanks!

o.p.i.e.

[DeltAlum]

I was just watching the US Open Tennis Championship coverage, and went back to check the Delt webpage. Bill MacAtee, the studio anchor is a Delt.

I thought I'd seen that before, but wasn't sure.

[IowaHawkeye]

I was watching O-town's "Making the Band" yesterday on MTV and Trevor, one of the members, was wearing PKF letters. supposedly he goes to Cal State fullerton.

[honeychile]

Francine Neff, first woman treasurer of the USA, was an ADPi (they gave everyone who attended a convention a dollar bill with her signature). There's more, but I can't access the list from work .

I heard that Steve Martin was a Delt, and that JFK was a Phi Kappa Theta.

honeychile

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by kristiAZD


Steve,
Don't forget about Dr. Seuss!! I am forever being reminded of that by my boyfriend.

Ditto to that...those boys love their Dr. Seuss!

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by honeychile
I heard that Steve Martin was a Delt
honeychile

While it's possible, he's not listed on our webpage, and it's the first time I've heard of it.

I guess for comic relief, we'll stick with Drew Carey and David Schwimmer among others.

[MsVixen]

the only one i know is that lucy lui is a CHI OMEGA

[RubberSoul]

Originally posted by DeltAlum
Having posted a really long list the first time this question was asked on another thread, I'll just do this very short list:

Three Superbowl Winning Quarterbacks and MVP's

John Elway, Denver Broncos; Mark Riepen, Washington Redskins; and Jim Plunkett, whereever the Raiders were that year.

David Schwimmer from Friends, Matthew McCongnehey (sp?), Drew Carey and Will Ferrell from SNL are Delts.

You can see the whole list at www.delts.org.

I have had the pleasure of meeting and partying with Drew Carey. He is an alum of the Delta Omega chapter of Delta Tau Delta at Kent State, and during my collegiate years and shortly thereafter he used to come to KSU's Homecoming.....he was very funny and down-to-earth.

[RubberSoul]

I didn't have the patience to read the whole thread, but Chi Omegas I can vouch for are Lucy Liu, Sela Ward, Mary Ann Mobley (former Miss America, actress, she's on Game Show Network a lot!!!!!!!!) Joanne Woodward (actress, married to Paul Newman), Joyce DeWitt (yes, Janet from 3s Company!!!!)

I have a hard time believing there are not others, particularly with as large a national as we are.

[PearlGrrl]

Originally posted by AGDLynn

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....

That's hilarious -- I've heard the Carly Simon rumor, too! We had some Thetas call and yell at us after we listed Rue McL....han (can't spell) as an alum in our NPC view book. Our mistake, BUT Blanch (the character) was an Alpha Gam on the show.

[KellyO97]

These are some of the names my chapter has gathered from other websites....I know some of them (like Heather Locklear and a couple of other actresses) were not "official" -- I don't know if they were not initiated or if they disaffiliated or whatever....if anyone knows the real deal on any of them, let me know!

Also, there are a lot of other women in other fields....too numerous to mention. Like someone else said, we've had a lot of members!

Kathryn Grant Crosby, actress
Joyce Dewitt, actress (Three’s Company)
Lisa Huber, actress, (Passions)
Lucy Liu, television and film actress (Ally McBeal, Charlie’s Angels)
Shelly Long, actress (Cheers)
Cybil Shepard, actress (Moonlighting)
Sela Ward, Emmy Winning Actress (Sisters, Now and Again, The Fugitive)
Joanne Woodward, Academy Award Winning actress (The Three Faces of Eve)

Natalie Allen, news anchor, (CNN)
Alanna Davis, news anchor (The Today Show)

Lauren Hutton, model
Lee Meriweather, Miss America 1955
Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America 1959
Sylvia Hitchcock, Miss Universe 1967

Martha Layne Collins, Former Governor of Kentucky
Shirley Hufsyedler, former Sect. Of Education (Carter Administration)
Chairwoman of the Committee on Immigration Reform (Clinton Administration)
Patricia Schroder, Longest-serving Congresswoman in U.S. History (24 years)

Harper Lee, author, (To Kill a Mockingbird)
Holly Nicholson, financial author

Susan Athey, noted economist

Susan Helms, NASA Astronaut and first woman to live in the International Space Station

Alice Sheets Marriot, hotel executive

Pat Summitt, Olympic gold and silver medallist
Championship Women’s Basketball coach

Mabelle McElvain Miller, First lady of oil and gas production

[cherub]

Apparently actress Jennifer Garner, star of "Alias", is a Pi Phi. That one hasn't been posted yet.