This raises a way to be more specific about the president's greek affiliation. Alpha Phi Omega has had chapters give honorary membership to every US president between Kennedy and George Bush (the elder), but in many (I believe most) cases, the presentation was just "congratulations, our chapter has decided to do this", with the president having almost no idea who we are.
What I would like to see in this list of presidents is for each of the fraternities they are listed as belonging to, did their membership occur 1) the "normal" way, joining the fraternity after a pledging process as a student (for masons, advancing normally before being US president), 2) Honorary Membership granted before the person was elected president, 3) Honorary Membership granted after the person became president. In the case of 2) & 3) I'd like to know if the president ever went through the brotherhood ceremony (Honorary APO brothers can go through the brotherhood ceremony). While Gerald Ford (for example) was given honorary brotherhood in Alpha Phi Omega, I'd be surprised if he remembered us at this point. Brother Clinton, OTOH, definately remembers us.
Part of this for me is the idea that President Grant is listed as a greek, but he went through west point...
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Naraht
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