Famous Greeks... or are they???

[anniesigkap]

Ok, sorry if I am repeating this but everyone claims their pin is on the moon but has no proof. Sigma Kappa though has proof that our badge has been in space.

From our pledge book:

"Rhea Seddon, Lambda, is a mission specialist for NASA. Her first flight into space was aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985. She took her Sigma Kappa badge on her flight into space."

It might not be on the moon but it has been out there!!

Just to prove Sigma Kappas are out of this world!!

sorry if this is corny

[DWAlphaGam]

Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361


I also don't know if this is another thread (i'm sure one of my brothers mentioned it) but the star of the Indiana Jones movies, Harrison Ford is a Sigma Nu.

Sigma Nu's watching the movies will always catch the irony of Indy's supposed dislike of snakes, since the snake is prevalent in Sigma Nu symbols.

Now, i'm not claiming this was done on purpose, Ford giving a shout out to Sigma Nu's everywhere, but i always give an extra chuckle at that part when watching his movies.

Kitso
KS 361

The rattlesnake is also one of Theta Chi's symbols, so I guess it's doing double-duty in that one.

[KDShannon]

some more for KD..

*Bonnie Dunbar- NASA astronaut and shuttle mission specialist
*Donna Stone Pesch- founder of the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, now known as Prevent Child Abuse America
*Cynthia Clark Wedel-first woman president of the National Council of Churches, who later became the second woman president of The World Council of Churches
*Marjorie Mehne Culmer-National President, Girl Scouts of the USA, elected 1957
*Ruth Johnson Colvin-founder and President of Literacy Volunteers of America
*Christine O' Grady Gregoire-Attorney General, State of Washington (present)
*Patricia Polito Miller-Co-owner/president of Vera Bradley Designs, recipient Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award
*Mary Elizabeth Nickinson Chitty-editor of the Sewanee Review
*Lori Beecher- producer, NBC News
*Sarah James - Dateline NBC Correspondent
*Janet Marie Smith- architect who designed two Major League baseball parks--Camden Yards (Baltimore) and Olympic Stadium (Atlanta)
*Claudia Kennedy, Alpha Delta-Rhodes--United States Army's first female three-star general and highest ranking female officer in Army history (now retired)

Of course one of our founders- Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson was the granddaughter of US President, John Tyler and daughter of President of William and Mary College in VA

[lifesaver]

Originally posted by AlphaSigLana
Ok this is beginning to be embarressing-- there are no famous alum from ASA. Also on the thread about what chapter do you want on your campus no one has said they want ASA. So i think I am going to pretend not to be an ASA since no one seems to like us!

I didnt mention it because we are already fortunate enough to have the beautiful, talented and awesome gals from ASA represented on our campus.

[33girl]

thanks lifesaver

OK maybe she is not famous in the movie star sense...but at our convention last month, the Recognition of Eminence Award (only 7 ASA's have received it) went to Cindy Ryan. Cindy is the first woman ever to be the chief counsel to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Plus, I met her and she's totally cool.


oh, and I had a letter published in TV Guide once. Does that count as fame?

[Optimist Prime]

He's not famous anymore because he's dead, but General Sherman was a Theta Chi.

[SigmaKappaKelly]

Originally posted by kristiAZD

Just a note, but Dr. Suess's wife was a Sigma Kappa! Often times Sig Eps and Sig Kaps have Xmas parties and watch "The Grinch that Stole Christmas", all Sig Kaps and Sig Eps know why [/B][/QUOTE]

My boyfriend and I had a discussion about this a few months ago and he told me that Dr. Suess's wife actually WASN'T a Sigma Kappa. That's what he was taught in his program since there has been so many rumors about it. Looks like this is another case like the pin on the moon.....will we ever know the truth? Probably not. [/B][/QUOTE]

I am almost 100 percent sure that Dr. Suess's wife is a Sigma Kappa. There are WAY too many similarities in the grinch for her not to be. And there is no way that it is just a coincidence. My Sigma sisters can back me up on that.

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

AlphaSigLana: didn't ASA grow out of an educational society? Which means most ASAs were originally teachers... and if THAT doesn't make them some of the most important people on the planet, I don't know what does. :-)

Aside from that, some of the most influencial people in MY life have been housewives, students, secretaries..... just because you're not world-famous doesn't mean you don't make a world of difference. :-D

~ Jacquelyn.

[Optimist Prime]

Why don't you just ask Dr. Suess' wife what sorority she was in?

[PSUSigKap]

SigmaKappaKelly, i feel ya girl!!! there are too many coincidences for her not to be a sig kap. if she's not, i like to think she is. . .hahahah

[SoCalGirl]

Sorry ladies.

Mrs. Geisel/Seuss is not a Sigma. That's according to Nationals.

I wish she was. She lives in San Diego and is always giving $$$$ away. The UCSD library is named after her husband. I'd be stoked to have her in our alumnae chapter!

I wonder if she's in a sorority or if she even went to college. What a triumph it'd be to initiate her as an almuna.

[sphinxpoet]

Originally posted by nube one
Short list of famous Alphas (Alpha Phi Alpha)
Martin Luther king Jr.- Civil Rights Leader
Thurgood Marshall- Former Supreme Court Justice
Paul Robeson-Orator, Actor, Singer, Activist
W.E.B. DuBois-Author Civil & Human Rights activist
Lenny Wilkens-"winningest coach" in NBA
Stuart Scott-ESPN Anchor
Jesse Owens-1936 gold medalist
"Fritz" Pollard-First NFL Coach (1929)
Duke Ellington-Jazz Musician, Pre-eminent American composer
David Dinkins-Former mayor of NYC (first black)
Cornel West-philosopher-Harvard prof.



First of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all!

BRo forgot Hubert Horatio Humphry - Former Vice President of the United States

[Optimist Prime]

I just relized something. When I get famous it will be hard to prove who I am because I will most likely use an assumed name.

[Opie25]

Let's see...famous Phi Delts... Here are a few:

Neil Armstrong (Astronaut)
F. Story Musgrave (Astronaut)
Lou Gehrig (Baseball)
Benjamin Harrison (US President)
Adlai Stevenston (US VP)
James Baker (Frmr. Sec. of State)
Bill Bixby (Actor) that's right the HULK!
Dirk Benedict (Actor) Face from the A Team
Tim Conway (Actor/Comedian)
Robert Ebert (Critic)
Hank Ketchum (Creator Dennis the Mennace)
Sam Nun (Politician)
But Reynolds (Actor)
Bob Scheifer (CBS News)
Frank Loyd Wright (Architect)
J. Willard Marriot (founder of Mattiot)
John McLarmore (founder of Burger King)

You can find more at: http://www.phideltatheta.org/

look under our fraternity, then famous Phi's

Also, as far as the Armstrong thing goes (it has been discussed in a couple of other posts). I do not know if he did leave a Phi Delt and/or Alpha Chi Badge on the moon but I have heard that at several different times.

I do know that in our General Headquarters Meuseum that there is a Phi Delt Bade and a small Phi Delt flag (like the US flag the astronauts wear on their space suits) in a display, along with that is a letter from and signed by Armstron himself. It states something like, " I herby donate this badge and flag, that I carried to the moon on the Appolo landing, with the date and signature of Armstrong." So, I don't know if that clears anything up or adds more mystery to it. I think I have a pic of it somewhere I will look tonight and see and maybe scan it in this week.

This convo actually leads me to open a new thread. What are other organizations Urban Legends? Wheter it be unconfirmed membership of certain "famous" people or the Armstrong moon badge story? I will try to start a new thread and get some interesting disuccsion going.

Thanks!

o.p.i.e.

[DeltAlum]

I was just watching the US Open Tennis Championship coverage, and went back to check the Delt webpage. Bill MacAtee, the studio anchor is a Delt.

I thought I'd seen that before, but wasn't sure.