Famous Greeks... or are they???

[MSKKG]

My sister catered Steve "Air" McNair's wedding reception a few years ago. Both he and his wife are Greeks, but I don't remember which ones. Delta Sigma Theta comes to mind for his wife, but it has been too long ago for me to be sure.

[enlightenment06]

Originally posted by Jody
Star Jones, one of the moderaters of The View is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. For verification, please review the acknowledgements in her book, If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

Plus, I saw her at a national conference almost 17 years ago!

AND I know people from her chapter. She is most definitely a soror.

[starang21]

Originally posted by MSKKG
My sister catered Steve "Air" McNair's wedding reception a few years ago. Both he and his wife are Greeks, but I don't remember which ones. Delta Sigma Theta comes to mind for his wife, but it has been too long ago for me to be sure.

he's a que.

[blue_n_orange]

This is a long AND old thread, but I'm posting this anyways.

Famous Kappas:
Kate Spade
Ashley Judd
Jane Pauley
Nancy O'Dell
Candice Bergen
Mrs. Campbell (fleur-de-lis on the soup cans!)
Kate Jackson

There are many more, but it's late (or early). Also, someone said before (way before) that Will Ferrell was a Delta Tau Delta. He isn't. He's a TKE. He wears a TKE jersey many times while playing a frat boy on SNL and he gave a tour of a TKE frat house on an Mtv special for "Old School."

And I'm pretty sure the KKG pin has never been to the moon. If the pin-on-the-moon claim (Tri-Delt's pin) is a rumor, there are a heck of a lot of people still spreading them (it's in the UF recruitment guides all the time).

[CasperDU173]

DU has quite a few famous alumni:

James Abram Garfield Williams 1856, President of the US

Charles Evans Hughes, Colgate and Brown 1881, Governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court

Charles G. Dawes, Marietta 1884, Vice President of the United States and Ambassador to Great Britain; winner of the Nobel Prize for peace

Joseph P. Kennedy, Harvard '12, Ambassador to Great Britain, father of two Senators and a President

Lester B. Pearson, Toronto '19, Prime Minister of Canada and President of the United Nations General Assembly; Nobel Prize winner for Peace

Hugh E. Rodham, Pennsylvania State '35, Father of First Lady Hillary Rodham-Clinton

Justin "Sam" Barry, Iowa '26, Founder New York Knicks, NBA Hall of Fame coach

Leland S. MacPhail, Swarthmore '39, President, National League Baseball and GM of the New York Yankees

Dr. J. Robert Cade, Florida '45, Inventor of Gatorade

Louis L. Holtz, Kent State '58, Head football coach, University of South Carolina

Peter V. Ueberroth, San Jose '59, Organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics and Commissioner of Major League Baseball

James A. Boeheim, Jr., Syracuse '66, Head coach, Syracuse basketball, and the winner of the 2003 NCAA National Championship

Fenton W. Booth, DePauw 1892, Dean of Harvard Law

Stephen Crane, Lafayette and Syracuse 1894, Journalist and author; Red Badge of Courage

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cornell '44, Editorialist and author

Michael R. Hallman, Michigan '67, Past President and Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft, past President & CIO of Boeing Computer Services, past Vice President of Field Operations for IBM. Brother Hallman currently serves on the boards of directors of Intuit, InFocus Corporation, Network Appliance Corporation, and two wholly owned subsidiaries of Fujitsu Ltd.

John J. Bello, Tufts '68, Founder of SOBE Beverage Company, President of NFL Properties from 1986-93

Douglas Lebda, Bucknell '92, Founder and CEO of LendingTree.com

Linus C. Pauling, Oregon State '22, Winner of two Nobel Prizes ; chemistry and peace

There is a list of more at: http://www.deltau.org/fraternity/history/famous.html
I think that DU boasts one of the greatest list of alumni who have went on to hold prominent positions throughout this country.

[DeltAlum]

Again,

http://www.delts.org/info/alumni.shtml

[hottytoddy]

The newly elected governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, was an SAE...his wife Marsha was a KD.

[DaffyKD]

Since the original poster asked who we thought was in our GLO but turns out they weren't I will have to add that I was always told that Pat Nixon (President Nixon's wife) was a Kappa Delta. I was at national convention the year she died and when they did the memorial service for those who had died since the last convention I was really shocked to not hear Pat mentioned. Found out that was just a rumor. Not sure if only our chapter knew of the rumor or if it was a national rumor at the time.

DaffyKD

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by hottytoddy
The newly elected governor of Mississippi, Haley Barbour, was an SAE...his wife Marsha was a KD.

I'm sure that he still is an SAE and that his wife is still a KD, unless they either resigned or were expelled.

[ADPiAkron]

I do not know what the final decision on Sandra Day O'Connor was...but I emailed EO today and she was definitely never an ADPi!!!

[sigep533]

Originally posted by bolingbaker
members: Brad Pitt (Sigma Chi), Jon Stewart (Pike), David Schwimmer on Friends (Delta Tau Delta), David Spade (SAE).

dr. sues sig ep

[MSKKG]

Originally posted by AkronADPi
I do not know what the final decision on Sandra Day O'Connor was...but I emailed EO today and she was definitely never an ADPi!!!

Sandra Day O'Connor is a Theta.

[ISUKappa]

Two more fun Kappas to add:

Laurie Hickson-Smith--Designer for Trading Spaces (The Key did a really nice article on her last year).

Anne Barge--up and coming Wedding Gown Designer (hers was the gown that was chosen on the last GMA or Today show throws a wedding (I don't remember which show for sure)).

It's interesting to see how many "well I heard..." and urban legends there are out there about GLO affiliation.

[FHwku]

Pat Green
Texas Tech FarmHouse

[honeychile]

Have any of y'all ever read the book or see the website www.savekaryn.com? She's in a sorority, but I don't know which one. I emailed her to ask, though!