I do not think it is always selling out. I can think of two examples. 1) If a person becomes prominent in their feild and holds the ideals of your organization close to their heart, why not initiate them? I don't think organizations are going to initiate honoraries just because they are famous. 2) My chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon has an honorary named Ward Connerly. Whether you agree with his opinions or not is besides the point.. he is a HUGE national political figure on the issue of Affirmative Action. When he went to my school, we were local Delta Phi Omega... soon after he graduated, we became national Sigma Phi Epsilon. A couple decades after this, the brothers asked Ward Connerly if he would like to be an honorary member of SigEp. We did this because he had done a lot for us, including breaking color barriers that a lot of Greek organizations had in those days.(he joined in the late fifties). He loved DPO and he was in no doubt a SigEp man. By the way, we dont consider "honoraries" to be honorary... if you think about it, all of us should feel honored to be in the group. Therefore, Mr.Connerly is a brother.
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