colleges named in honor of a Greek

[alum]

Originally Posted by honeychile

If my greek history is correct, RE Lee is also an honorary initiate of Phi Mu, making Washington and Lee also named for a sorority.

How appropriate considering that W&L is nearly 80% Greek!

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

This isn't a university...but there's a Pi Beta Phi School. I'm not sure what the official title of it is, but I think it's an elementary or middle school.

That's pretty sweet to have a school named after your entire org!

I think you're talking about the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, which is a Pi Phi philanthropy?

[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.

[Tom Earp]

[QUOTE=BlueNYC2;1578579]just some random facts i know...

Samford was originally established as Howard College, and when they started to grant master's they changed it to Samford because there was already a Howard University in DC.



Samford was a big benefactor for Howard College and they changed to his name for all of the money he gave them.

Duke was founded with money from a tobacco family and cannot think of the name or company at the moment.

[dukedg]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Duke was founded with money from a tobacco family and cannot think of the name or company at the moment.

American Tobacco Company

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The American Tobacco Company was founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke as a merger between a number of tobacco manufacturers including Allen and Ginter and Goodwin & Company. The company was one of the original 12 members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 1896.

Akin to the domination of Standard Oil in the same era, the American Tobacco Company dominated the industry by acquiring the Lucky Strike Company and over 200 other rival firms. The company built processing plants and warehouses in Reidsville, North Carolina and Durham. Antitrust action begun in 1907 against the American Tobacco Company, which broke the company into several major companies in 1911. Those companies include:

• American Tobacco Company
• R. J. Reynolds
• Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company
• Lorillard

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It doesn't appear to me that either Washington Duke or JB Duke went to college, but I'm not sure. Anyone know? Also, I suppose, they could be honorary members of fraternities.

[Tom Earp]

Very nice and thank you dukedg!

[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

[roseato]

A questioner asked whether Tony Hulman (of Rose-Hulman) was in a fraternity at Yale. He was not in a fraternity at Yale, but was initiated by Alpha Tau Omega at Rose-Hulman. He grew up next to the Rose ATO house, so he actually did have a close association with ATO.

So add Rose-Hulman to the list under Alpha Tau Omega.