Famous Greeks... or are they???

[sugar and spice]

I've seen a number of sites that list Sandra Day O'Connor as a Theta or a Pi Phi but as far as I can tell, no credible ones.

Michelle Kwan went to UCLA and the Gamma Phi website there makes no mention of her, which you'd think they would if she was an alum of their chapter (or still in it!). Plus, as mentioned, the Gamma Phi website doesn't list her either.

[33girl]

Originally posted by sageofages
It is sort of the same process as the Girl Scouts do with the First Lady being the "honorary president" of their organization...by virtue of the fact that he is "the Pope" he is considered a member.

I am good friends with their ED, I will email him and ask

Pam, when I first read this I thought you meant that you were going to email the Pope and ask him.

[sageofages]

Originally posted by 33girl
Pam, when I first read this I thought you meant that you were going to email the Pope and ask him.

Hey, I could do that , but I bet he won't answer...but then you never know. I have emailed some people in significant positions and received what I believe are personal answers cool eh?

[nyrdrms]

Greek 101 has a list as well http://www.greek101.com/new/lounge/grk_famous.stm but I'm not sure where the information comes from or how accurate it is...I would have to check with one of my sisters to find that out. But if it is an accurate list, it's interesting and lengthy as well...

[AlphaSigOU]

Originally posted by nyrdrms
Greek 101 has a list as well http://www.greek101.com/new/lounge/grk_famous.stm but I'm not sure where the information comes from or how accurate it is...I would have to check with one of my sisters to find that out. But if it is an accurate list, it's interesting and lengthy as well...

Not quite up to date, plus it has a couple of errors and omissions in it as well.

Warren Buffett - Alpha Sigma Phi - Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Corporation.

Willard Scott - Alpha Sigma Phi - Former Today Show weatherman and the first Ronald McDonald. (He's listed as Alpha Sigma Pi.)

[ASUADPi]

Looking at that list I noticed a few things that surprised me.

1) didn't realize the following famous people were in sororities or fraternities:

Jada Pinkett Smith AKA

Jennifer Garner Pi Phi

Nick Lachey SAE (when did he go to college? and where?)

Pope John Paul II Phi Kappa Theta (the pope went to college, an american college no less. I'm confused now.)

2) seeing names of people who are 'supposedly' famous and not knowing who they are but supposedly they are your sisters.


Rosanne Rogers Alpha Delta Pi Actress

Kathy Nail Alpha Delta Pi Actress


I have no idea who these actresses are. I guess I need to do a yahoo search.


3) learning about other famous sisters that you didn't know about

Sherri Bledsoe Halford Alpha Delta Pi VP of Production at Capital Records

Lu Parker Alpha Delta Pi Former Miss USA (although I don't think she actually won. I could have sworn I read that she was a runner up, does anyone know for sure? Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

[honeychile]

Originally posted by ASUADPi

Lu Parker Alpha Delta Pi Former Miss USA (although I don't think she actually won. I could have sworn I read that she was a runner up, does anyone know for sure? Please correct me if I'm wrong.)

This one I can verify! She was in the Adelphean and attended Convention that year, tiara & all!

She was from South Carolina, but I forget which school. Clemson?


Edited to correct: Lu Parker is an alumna of Zeta Sigma Chapter, College of South Carolina. She has a website at www.luparker.com.

[ASUADPi]

thanks honey

[33girl]

Brianna you made me curious too, so I looked! Rosanna Rogers is a news anchor in Houston and Kathy Nail is Kate Capshaw's real name.

I think that's how a lot of the "fake" famous Greeks pop up - we forget that actors & actresses are not often under their real names. Someone with that as their actual name gets mistaken for the famous person. Plus some of the names are really common - in the case of Justice O'Connor, I'm sure there were quite a few "Sandra Day"s out there.

[TriDeltaGal]

Originally posted by sugar and spice

Michelle Kwan went to UCLA and the Gamma Phi website there makes no mention of her, which you'd think they would if she was an alum of their chapter (or still in it!). Plus, as mentioned, the Gamma Phi website doesn't list her either.

Actually, she was only at UCLA for about two years and then transfered up to Stanford and I think she might be back at UCLA. I know she wasn't a member at UCLA and I don't think they have a chapter at Stanford, do they?


Amalia17...yes, Dixie Carter is a Tri-Delta from the University of Tennessee.

[ASUADPi]

Originally posted by 33girl
Brianna you made me curious too, so I looked! Rosanna Rogers is a news anchor in Houston and Kathy Nail is Kate Capshaw's real name.

I think that's how a lot of the "fake" famous Greeks pop up - we forget that actors & actresses are not often under their real names. Someone with that as their actual name gets mistaken for the famous person. Plus some of the names are really common - in the case of Justice O'Connor, I'm sure there were quite a few "Sandra Day"s out there.

What's odd is that they (the greek101 website) listed both Kathy Nail and Kate Capshaw, probably because I would have never in a million, billion years guessed that Kathy Nail is aka Kate Capshaw.

[Attractive#7]

I don't know if this one has been posted but Bill Clinton pledged Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity Mu Alpha Chapter (Georgetown) in undergrad. A lot of the presidents are frat, but he's the only one I know of that actually pledged undergrad.

[GPhiLlama]

We have Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman-Epsilon Chapter)!

Gotta love Young Frankenstein.

[Attractive#7]

Also Tom Daschle(United States Senator), James Lovell(Former Astronaut), Togo West (Former Secretary of the United States Army)

Alpha Phi Omega

[PhiPsiRuss]

Originally posted by Attractive#7
A lot of the presidents are frat, but he's the only one I know of that actually pledged undergrad.

Most presidents who were in a fraternity, joined as an undergraduate student.