Famous Greeks... or are they???

[MysticCat]

In light of all the Dave Matthews posts, check out his bio at the Dave Matthews Band Mailing List website. He did finish high school(in Johannesburg), he did not got to college, and the band got its start in Charlottesville.

[KEPike]

Originally posted by Optimist Prime
OX has the following
Jon Stuart-daily show

Jon Stuart is a Pike. Along with Jon, other prominent Pikes include:

Tim McGraw, Married to Faith Hill...country music megastar on the side

Bobby Bowden, Head Football Coach at Florida State

Dr. Stephen Covey, Author of the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Strom Thurmond, Old Dude...US Senator

Rick Dees, hosts the Weekly Top 40

Horace Grant, professional Basketball Player

Ted Koppel, ABC News Anchor

Jeff Taylor, Founder & CEO of Monster.com

Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theater

And many more CEOs and business leaders, Congressmen, and athletes or coaches.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by KEPike

Strom Thurmond, Old Dude...US Senator

...and married to an ADPi less than half his age!

honeychile

[DeltAlum]

Originally posted by aedea42


I have to agree.. I've never heard of any famous ASA alum... the only one I heard was Pamela Anderson Lee but I was then informed later that she never went to college so she couldn't have been an ASA... but it kinda makes me sad that we don't have anyone famous to claim...

Ladies,

There are almost certainly some famous people from your sorority. Maybe they're (you're) simply not hung up on name dropping.

You have some very good chapters on some of the campuses where I advise -- and in the long run, isn't that what is important?

[MTSUGURL]

A close friend of mine in high school went to South East Missouri State and pledged ASA there... She loved it!

[MSKKG]

Sandra Day O'Connor is a Kappa Alpha Theta.

Kate Spade, sister-in-law of David Spade (I think), is a Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Helen Walton, widow of Sam Walton of Wal-Mart fame, is also a Kappa.

Some others are Mariska Hargitay, Donna DeVarona, Madelyn Pugh ("I Love Lucy" writer), and Barbara Feldon.

[DeltaGammaRocks]

Someone said something about someone in O-Town wearing Pi Kappa Phi letters, yea... Trevor went to CSU- Fullerton and was a Pi Kappa Phi there... He was good with the ladies.. and he is still really close with the guys there.. and go party with them..

[skjackee]

Originally posted by Thetagurl
Here are theta's or you can look on our website www.kappaalphatheta.org
we have a ton but here are some off the top of my head
Amy Grant
Sheryl Crow
Rue McChalahan (Blanch from the golden girls)
Ann Margaret
Kerri Strug
Laura Bush and the twins
Vice Pres Cheney's wife
creator of sesame street
1st woman elected to senate
six from blossom
The walt disney theme song was written for thetas"Let's fly a kite
because his wife and daughter were thetas
Author of the yearling
lots of pro golfers
and lots more

Actually, Magaret Chase Smith, the first woman senator was a Sigma Kappa...she was also the first woman to sit on both houses of Congress..

[ADPiViolets]

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.

[chioprincess]

I don't know about Dave being in a fraternity, I knew he was from South Africa because most great people are from there (including myself ) however, on Tuesday when I see dave (Floor seats by the way) I will ask him.. he hehe. Also I think it's funny because nearly all sororities have said their pins have been up in space, theres supposably been a xo pin in space also!! But I know for sure Haper Lee who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird was a Chi O!!


Princess E

[sororitygirl2]

I serached the Internet to find out about this senate stuff. The Theta one was Nancy Kassenbaum... she is considered the first woman elected to senate in her own right.

Here is what I found...

Out of the first five female senators, the three women who served a full Senate term all succeeded their husbands. Hattie Caraway (D. Ark.) initially filled her dead husband's term but was twice re-elected. Margaret Chase Smith (R. Me.) succeeded her husband in the House, then ran for the Senate on her own. Maurine Neuberger (D. Ore.) replaced her incumbent husband when he died two days before the deadline to file for reelection. It was 1978 before a woman was elected to a full term who was not a political widow succeeding her husband; Nancy Landon Kassenbaum (R. KS) was a political daughter who had not held public office prior to her election to the Senate.

[JerzeeBoy26]

A few well known Betas:

John Wooden - legendary UCLA basketball coach (10 national titles)
Gary Barnett - head football coach, Colorado
Dick Gephardt - Congressman (House minority leader)
Kyle Brandt - MTV Real World Chicago
Mike Schimdt - Hall of Fame 3rd baseman, Philadelphia Phillies
Scott McCarron - professional golfer
Samuel Palmisano - newly elected CEO, IBM
Adam West - actor (original batman series)
Stephen Sondheim - famous broadway composer (West Side Story)
George Peppard - actor, Hannibal (the A-Team)

Also...
*More Congressmen, Senators, Supreme Court Justices and Olympic Medalists than any other fraternity* (atleast thats what they tell me )

[swede]

I found on one Pi Kappa Phi website that Jerry "The King" Lawler was a Pi Kapp, but have not been able to confirm this anywhere. Anyone know?

[xok85xo]

Originally posted by chioprincess
theres supposably been a xo pin in space also!!

i can confirm this one susan helms was a special initiate of the pi gamma chapter in 1998(my chapter) she was the first woman to live on the mir space station, and she brought her badge with her on her. After returning she presented her badge back the chapter as a gift to thank us for initiating her (she framed it w/photos taken from space and stuff like that)..unfortunately it was stolen from the chapter some time last year, i don't know if i has been returned.

[EGDeepher]

I was reading through the post and realized 1 famous Deepher, possibly the most recgonizable 1 is missing from the list: Bette Midler