GLO Famous Members Urban Legends - Page 13

NutBrnHair · #1 07-13-2009, 11:09 AM

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.

33girl · #2 07-13-2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

•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).

I know that this is saying that she wasn't a member - but just as a sidenote - in the book Model she says she got a modeling job because the person hiring her was impressed that she went to Sophie Newcomb. How did that work? Were the chapters actually at Sophie Newcomb or Tulane?

klf3kids · #3 07-24-2009, 05:25 AM

I posted the same information once before in a similar thread, so please bear with me if you have already seen it:

Re: Heather Locklear...she was often confused with Heather Thomas (probably best known for her role as "Jody" on the '80s T.V. series, "The Fall Guy," and for a very successful "pin-up girl" type poster that came out about the same time as the show I believe). Both "Heathers" were at UCLA when I attended the university in the mid-late 70's and the reason Heather Locklear is frequently and incorrectly referred to as a Chi Omega alumna.

Heather Thomas was in my fall 1975 Chi Omega pledge class and she was definitely initiated (as we all were) during UCLA's winter quarter 1976. Heather Locklear began her studies at UCLA when Heather Thomas and I were upper classmen if I remember correctly. Heather Locklear was on the cover of the UCLA Bruin "Bearwear" catalogue her freshman year, I think, and became a campus sensation (but Chi O Heather Thomas was quite the campus beauty as well!).

FYI: Heather Thomas was highlighted in the Eleusis a few months ago for publishing her first novel, "Trophies." She was also interviewed on "The Today Show," etc., about the book.

ChioLu · #4 09-21-2011, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

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!

•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.

Here's the Lauren Hutton story I heard: She was in Nashville shooting a movie in the 1980s. Lauren was staying at a downtown hotel that was the venue for a Vanderbilt Chi Omega date party. She was invited as a guest to the party and ended up leaving with a members' date. How this got morphed into Lauren being a member of Chi O, I have NO idea.

Heather Locklear: She pledged Chi Omega and is pictured in the Bruin yearbook in the Chi O group photo that year. Heather deactivated. A year later, she pledged Tri Delta. Never initiated and left school when her acting/modeling career started to take off.

Zeta rumor: I had always heard that the wife of the founder of Hallmark cards was a Zeta Tau Alpha, as the logo for the company is a 5-point crown (like ZTA's symbol). But haven't seen any evidence to this. Can any ZTA's verify?

Now, I do know that a beer was created for a Chi Omega. The former CMO of Iron City Beer (located in Pittsburgh) created Iron City Light for his wife, a Chi Omega alumna. (I'm friends with the daughter and verified the story at her wedding.) Now that's love!

KD4Me · #5 07-13-2009, 04:01 PM

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Once upon a time when I was in college, I was told that Betty Crocker was a KD. I was also told that Pat Nixon, wife of President Nixon was a KD. When Mrs. Nixon died, no mention was made of it in the sorority magazine, thus I learned another legend was urban! I was also told that Racque Welsh was an Alpha Phi pledge who was asked to leave. After reading this thread, seems Ms. Welsh is claimed by several houses.

DaffyKD

Up until reading this post, I had never heard an urban legend about anyone famous being a KD. I was starting to get a complex.

WinniBug · #6 07-10-2009, 07:26 PM

I was told that Pam Anderson was an Alpha Sig

33girl · #7 07-10-2009, 08:24 PM

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I was told that Pam Anderson was an Alpha Sig

There are actually two Pamela Andersons who are ASAs (I looked on SisterCircle). However, as they pledged in the early 1970s and the famous Pam was born in 1967, that pretty much negates that. I think this is the source of 90% of these mixups - a noncelebrity w/ the same name as a celebrity.

WinniBug · #8 07-11-2009, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

There are actually two Pamela Andersons who are ASAs (I looked on SisterCircle). However, as they pledged in the early 1970s and the famous Pam was born in 1967, that pretty much negates that. I think this is the source of 90% of these mixups - a noncelebrity w/ the same name as a celebrity.

from reading this thread, i think that's where most these urban legends come from

Gusteau · #9 07-11-2009, 08:13 AM

As much as I love Anthony Bourdain, he is not a Delta Chi.

So many chapter list him on their websites and recruitment videos. Gentlemen, by college you should know that Wikipedia is not a credible source. He's not listed on the HQ list of famous members. If that wasn't enough, wikipedia lists him as "NYU '74" he went to Vassar (which does not have Greek life).

Deltasig89 · #10 07-12-2009, 06:46 PM

Ive heard repeatidly that Colbert from the Colbert report or w.e is a delta sig. NOT TRUE

Shellfish · #11 07-13-2009, 04:22 PM

KD4Me, I heard a few years ago that Alison Moorer was a KD, but she's not on the national Web site. Oh, well.

luv n tpa · #12 07-24-2009, 06:48 PM

I can't tell you how many TPA chapter websites claim Sarah Jessica Parker as a famous alum. She's not; I asked her myself when she was promoting her line at Steve & Barry's. She did say she was flattered, but embarrassed to admit she never went to college.

Penguin08 · #13 07-24-2009, 10:30 PM

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I can't tell you how many TPA chapter websites claim Sarah Jessica Parker as a famous alum. She's not; I asked her myself when she was promoting her line at Steve & Barry's. She did say she was flattered, but embarrassed to admit she never went to college.

Yeah I've heard that too. It would've been cool though because we don't have any famous alums.

SWTXBelle · #14 07-24-2009, 11:17 PM

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Yeah I've heard that too. It would've been cool though because we don't have any famous alums.

I've said it before - while it is kinda neat to have famous sisters, I am far more impressed by the unsung heroes of our GLOs, those who make a difference day in, day out in the lives of their colleges, their friends, their families, their communities. I've no doubt Theta Phi Alpha can claim MANY of these wonderful women. We may not know their names, but they are the heart and soul of the NPC - all of the member glos.

tld221 · #15 07-24-2009, 11:51 PM

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So I just heard an urban legend today....

I don't know if Key Foods (the grocery store) is a national chain or whatever, but today someone at work today said they think the founder's wife was a Kappa Kappa Gamma. Though they couldn't name the guy, they were sure it was in honor of his wife. Since this just seems very strange, I doubt it can be true.

The things people come up with is bizzare sometimes...

LOL we have Key Food here (NY/LI/Westchester/Duchess/NJ), hilarious. The ones here dont scream of anything related to the class that is sorority life.