colleges named in honor of a Greek

[oldu]

Stetson University in Florida is named for John B. Stetson, a Delta Upsilon from Harvard

Other possibilities:

Lyon College in Arkansas is named for Frank Lyon Sr., a graduate of University of Alabama ca. 1930. Is he Greek?

Lynn University in Florida is named for Eugene M. Lynn a 1941 graduate of Stetson University and probably a Greek.

Albertson College in Idaho is named for Kathryn & Joseph Albertson, both possibly members of local groups at that institution.

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana is named for Anton Hulman, a 1921 graduate of Yale and probably a Greek.

Anyone have more information on the above?

[SWTXBelle]

There is a Pi Beta Phi Elementary School in Gatlinburg- started out being run by the sorority, then was named in their honour when the local school system took it over - did I get that right, Pi Phis?

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

There is a Pi Beta Phi Elementary School in Gatlinburg- started out being run by the sorority, then was named in their honour when the local school system took it over - did I get that right, Pi Phis?

I'm not a PiPhi, but here's a link to the school's website. I think it is really cool that they have a grade school named after them!
http://www.pbp.sevier.org/

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

There is a Pi Beta Phi Elementary School in Gatlinburg- started out being run by the sorority, then was named in their honour when the local school system took it over - did I get that right, Pi Phis?

The school was discussed in this post a few weeks ago.

[skylark]

Originally Posted by oldu

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Albertson College in Idaho is named for Kathryn & Joseph Albertson, both possibly members of local groups at that institution.

Hmmm... I've never heard of either of them being members of greek orgs at the school. I'd be interested to hear your source on that.

As a fairly recent correction, though, the name of the school has reverted back to "College of Idaho," which was the college's original name until the early 1990s. The college did so to avoid the confusion as to whether the school was affiliated with Albertson's grocery stores (which was the source of many "do you want your diploma in paper or plastic?" jokes") and the Albertson's Foundation, an Idaho non-profit org.

In case you're wondering, changing a college's name is quite expensive. The college estimated it would cost them about 2 million.

Here is a link about the name change: http://www.collegeofidaho.edu/admini....asp?PRID=1132