GLO Famous Members Urban Legends

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On the Chi Omega website is a comprehensive list of well-known Chi Omegas. For as long as I can remember, there have been urban legends and/or rumors that everyone from Barbara Eden to Faith Hill is a Chi Omega! Not true. I thought I would include some of my research on famous women who some think are our Sisters!

•Cybill Shepherd: Cybill Shepherd -- that is her real name. She first attended Hunter College (we did not have a chapter at Hunter when she was there) and after a couple of stints at schools where there has never been a Chi Omega chapter, she attended the University of Southern California. Alumnae who were involved during the early 1970s have no memory of her being a Chi Omega.

•Lauren Hutton Real name: Mary Laurence Hutton – one of the first students to attend the University of South Florida in 1960 (before Theta Theta Chapter was founded) and then she transferred to Tulane University and graduated in 1964 (never a member of Rho Chapter).

•Heather Locklear: Locklear attended UCLA, but was not a Chi Omega. Heather Thomas who starred with Lee Majors in the TV series “The Fall Guy” (1981-86)– was an initiate of Gamma Beta at UCLA.

•Lee Meriweather: Her real name is Lee Ann Meriwether and she attended City College of San Francisco. Chi Omega has never had a chapter there.

•Shelley Long: Born Shelley Lee Long, she studied drama at Northwestern University, but left before graduating. No record of her being an initiate of Xi Chapter.