Famous Greeks... or are they???

[SurfinDBeach]

No, it's correct... Beta Psi Chapter - Arkansas State Univ. ... Elvis is Honorary (he's the only honorary on that list)...

Honorary members are approved by Nationals (Grand Chapter), are contributors to the chapter in different ways and are "initiated" as well...

Willie Nelson did attend college for some time after the Air Force...

[a.e.B.O.T.]

Ok... that makes more sense

[midwsternchick]

Karyn Bosnak was a Delta Gamma at the University of Illinois. Champaign Urbana. Pledge class 1990 i think.

Originally Posted by OohTeenyWahine

Don't know which one she belongs to, but I read somewhere that a movie depicting her "struggles" will be out in 2005.

And for those who wondered how she looked like, here she is (from the Smoking Gun):



Edited to add: Columbia College of Chicago lists her as a 1996 graduate. Don't know if that was for undergrad or grad work.

[jon1856]

SAE's include:
Prominent Alumni: William McKinley, Elliot Ness, David Spade, Phil Jackson, Dennis Erickson, William Faulkner, Joe Foss, Bob Ballard, General Richard Myers, Ernie Harwell, Tony Boselli, Bo Schembechler, Nick Lachey, Fred Savage, Pete Carroll, Mack Brown
Arts & Entertainment

• Glenn Ballard,
  Emmy Award-winning record producer
• Beau Bridges, actor
• Lloyd Bridges, actor
• Eraldo Carugati, artist
• David Clemmons, stage actor and singer
• David Connell, musician with the Connells
• Mike Connell, musician with the Connells
• Roger Corman, motion picture producer
• Jim Dunne, composer and producer
• Sam Elliot, actor
• William Faulkner, Pullitzer Prize winning author
• Carmen Finestra, television producer
• Terry Gilliam, actor and producer
• Sheldon Hackney,
  chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
• Bobby Hatfield,
  musician with the Righteous Brothers
• Jim Ibbotson,
  musician with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• John Jakes, author
• David McFadzean, television producer
• Walker Percy, author
• Michael Rosenbaum, actor
• Grant Shaud, actor
• Fred Savage, actor
• Hal Shmykus, author
• Andy Sidaris, motion picture director
• David Spade, actor
• Pete Taylor, Pullitzer Prize winning author
• Kevin Tighe, actor
• Bobby Troupe, actor
• Rudy Vallee, actor
• Bob Waterman, author
• Robert Woods, actor
• Robert Young, actor

Media

• Bill Allen,
  executive vice president for MTM Television
• Dave Campbell, sports broadcaster
• George Gallup, pollster
• Ernie Harwell, sports broadcaster
• Bob Goen, Host of Entertainment Tonight
• Phillip Howlett, publisher of Sports Illustrated
• Chet Huntley, TV news anchor
• Kenley Jones, TV correspondant
• James Kilpatrick, sydnicated columnist
• John Palmer, TV news anchor
• Ross Porter, sports broadcaster
• Ernie Pyle, World War II war correspondent
• James Quello,
  former chair of the Federal Communications Commission
• Hughes Rudd, TV correspondant
• Larry Sorenson, sports broadcaster
• Louis Weill, publisher of TIME magazine

Sports

• Troy Aikman, professional football player
• Andy Bean, professional golfer
• Scott Boras, sports agent
• Avery Brundage,
  president of the International Olympic Commitee
• Ken Caminiti, professional baseball player
• Bumby Frazier, president of the United States Tennis Association
• Bill Freehan, professional baseball player; all star catcher
• Mike Gminski, professional basketball player
• Brian Goodell, Olympic gold medalist
• Kevin Grevey, professional basketball player
• John Hencken, Olympic gold medalist
• Bobby Jones, legendary professional golfer
• Max Knake, professional football player
• Pete Maravich, professional basketball player
• Ed McCaffrey, professional football player
• Kevin S. McClatchy, owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Patrick McEnroe, professional tennis player
• Jack Mills, sports agent
• Bob Murphy, professional golfer
• Craig Nettles, professional baseball player
• John Offerdahl, professional football player
• Gregg Olson, professional baseball player
• Tom Purtzer, professional golpher
• Frank Ramsey, basketball hall of famer
• Bob "Buck" Rodgers, professional baseball manager
• Brad Schumacher, Olympic Gold Medalist
• Taylor Smith, president of the Atlanta Falcons
• Fran Tarkenton, Hall-of-Fame football player
• Walt Terrell, professional baseball player
• David Treadwell, professional football player
• Dick Van Arsdale, professional basketball player
• Tom Van Arsdale, professional basketball player
• William T. Young, Kentucky Derby winning breeder

Government & Politics

• Bill Archer, US Representative
• Max Baucus, US Senator
• Doug Bereuter, US Representative
• David Bonior, US Representative
• William Brock, former US Secretary of Labor
• Jay Dickey, US Representative
• Peter Dominici, US Senator
• Thomas Ewing, US Representative
• George Gekas, US Representative
• Paul Gillmor, US Representative
• Stephen L. Henry,
  former Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
• David Hobson, US Representative
• Fob James,
  former Governor of Alabama
• Kenneth James, Candian House of Commons
• Don Johnson, US Representative
• Gary Johnson,
  former Governor of New Mexico
• William McKinley,
  25th President of the United States
• Connie Mack, US Senator
• Ross Perot,
  presidential candidate and founder of the Reform Party
• Larry Pressler, US Senator
• David Pryor, US Senator
• Mark Pryor,
  former Attorney General of Arkansas
• Ralph Regula, US Representative
• Pat Robertson, Religious Right leader
• Joseph M. Rodgers,
  former ambassador to France
• Richard Russell, US Senator
• Charles Stenholm, US Representative
• Jim Guy Tucker, former Governor of Arkansas

Military

• Joe Foss,
  World War II flying ace and former governor of South Dakota
• Frank Kelso,
  Commander-in-Chief US Atlantic Fleet
• Ernie Pyle, World War II war correspondent

Law Enforcement

• Elliot Ness, ATF agent

Science

• Robert Ballard, oceanographer
• Robert Goddard, physicist and Father of the modern rocket
• Joseph Strauss,
  engineer & designer Golden Gate Bridge
  Founded Ohio Epsilon Chapter at U.C.

Business

• Michael Andreas,
  vice chairman Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
• Donald Beall,
  president Rockwell International
• Norman Blake, CEO USF&G Corp.
• J. Donald Bowers, V.P. United Airlines
• Doug Burgum,
  president/CEO Great Plains Software
• Roger Crouch, founder MNX Transport Co.
• Cecil Day, owner Days Inn
• Richard Duchossois,
  owner Arlington International Racecourse
• Tom DuPree, CEO Appleby's South Restaurants
• David Garrett, former chair Delta Airlines
• John J. Gillin, V.P. Coca Cola
• Walter Hanson,
  CEO Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, and Co.
• James Hembree,
  president Dow Chemical / Canada
• Thomas J. Kalinske, CEO SEGA of America
• Phillp Knox,
  V.P. / General Counsel to Sears, Roebuck & Co.
• Tony Lama, founder Tony Lama Boots
• Richard LeFauvre,
  president Saturn Car Corporation
• Richard Morrow,
  president and CEO Amoco Corp.
• Bill Osborn, CEO Northern Trust Bank
• T. Boone Pickens, chair Mesa Petroleum
• David Scott, chair Allis Chalmers
• L. Edwin Smart,
  CEO and chair Trans World Airline
• Chris Sullivan, CEO Outback Steakhouse
• E. Lawrence Tabat,
  chairman Dictaphone Corp.
• William Young, chair Royal Crown Corp.

• Ivan Allen Jr. - Mayor of Atlanta
• Harry Agganis - Boston University football All American, Boston Red Sox 1B, "The Golden Greek"
• Robert Ballard - explorer, located the wreck of the RMS Titanic
• Haley Barbour - Governor of Mississippi
• Max Baucus - Montana Senator
• Dierks Bentley - country music singer and musician (Vanderbilt University)
• Tony Boselli - professional football player
• Beau Bridges - Actor
• Lloyd Bridges - Actor
• Mack Brown - football coach, University of Texas
• Bob Bryan - tennis player, Stanford University
• Mike Bryan - tennis player, Stanford University
• Ken Caminiti - professional baseball player
• Pete Carroll - football coach, University of Southern California
• Sandro Corsaro - American Animator and Author
• Jay Davis - Famous musician from Georgia
• Jim DeMint - US Senator from South Carolina
• Paul Dietzel - Football coach, Louisiana State University
• Pete Domenici - New Mexico Senator
• David Drier - US Representative from CA
• Sam Elliott - actor
• Don Evans - former US Commerce Secretary
• Dennis Erickson - NFL coach
• Thomas Ewing - former congressman, R-IL, Millikin University
• William Faulkner - Nobel Prize winner, Literature
• Joe Foss - former SD Governor, Medal of Honor recipient, 1st Commissioner of the AFL, former NRA President
• James Frey - author, "A Million Little Pieces"
• George Gallup - founder of The Gallup Poll
• Terry Gilliam - film director, member of Monty Python
• Robert Goddard - father of modern rocketry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Bob Goen - former co-host of Entertainment Tonight
• Philip Graham - former publisher of the Washington Post and Newsweek, University of Florida
• Ernie Harwell - sportscaster
• Jud Heathcote - Hall of Fame former Michigan State University Basketball Coach
• Johnny Isakson - U.S. Senator from Georgia
• Phil Jackson - professional basketball coach
• Gary Johnson - Former Governor of New Mexico (R)
• Bobby Jones - professional golfer
• Nick Lachey - singer
• L.Q.C. Lamar - statesman, Justice of US Supreme Court
• Matt Long - actor, Western Kentucky University
• John Lynch - Governor of New Hampshire
• Connie Mack III - former Florida US Senator
• "Pistol Pete" Maravich - professional basketball player, Louisiana State University
• Ed McCaffrey - professional football player
• Patrick McEnroe - tennis professional
• William McKinley - Twenty-fifth President of the United States
• Richard Myers - former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Eliot Ness - Prohibition agent
• William Oefelein - NASA Astronaut
• Hank Paulson - U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Chief Executive Officer, Goldman Sachs
• Walker Percy - Author
• William Perez - CEO of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company
• Larry Pressler - former South Dakota US Senator
• David Pryor - former Arkansas US Senator
• Mark Pryor - U.S. Senator from Arkansas
• Adrian Pujol - Actor
• Ernie Pyle - legendary WWII journalist
• Robert D. Ray - Governor of Iowa
• Richard Riley - former US Secretary of Education
• Pat Robertson - Christian leader, 1988 Presidential Candidate
• Michael Rosenbaum - actor, Lex Luther, Smallville Western Kentucky University
• Jerry Sanders - Mayor of San Diego (former San Diego Chief of Police)
• Fred Savage - actor, Stanford University
• Bo Schembechler - football coach, University of Michigan
• Richard Scruggs - Lawyer
• John Shadegg - Arizona Congressman
• Grant Shaud - actor on "Murphy Brown", University of Richmond
• George Smathers - senator and congressman, D-FL, philanthropist, University of Florida
• David Spade - actor/comedian
• Drew Stanton - quarterback Michigan State University
• John Sununu - U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
• Kevin Tighe - actor
• Rudy Vallee - entertainer
• Charles Z. Varnell - George Lucas's right hand man and co-producer of Star Wars
• Ed Wilson - President and CEO of Fox Entertainment
• Robert Young - actor ("Father Knows Best", Marcus Welby, MD)
• William T. Young - businessman, major owner of thoroughbred racehorses
• Jacob Edward Stiles - Mr. University Southern Methodist University

[RitaMae1908]

Jane Addams
Founder of Hull House, Chicago, Illinois
Marian Anderson
First African-American woman to sing at the Metropolitan Opera
Dr. Maya Angelou
Renowned novelist, poet, educator, dancer. National Ambassador for the U.S. Committee for UNICEF, Grammy winner for Best Spoken Word. Her works include "And Still I Rise" and "Phenomenal Woman".
Dr. Gwendolyn Calbert Baker, PhD.
President of the United States Committee for UNICEF
Angie Brookes
The first woman President of the United Nations.
Bebe Moore Campbell
Accomplished Author of Brothers and Sisters and Your Blues Aint Like Mine.
Suzette Charles
Miss America 1984, contemporary singer and actress
Ella Fitzgerald
Internationally famous jazz singer, known as the "First Lady of Song".
Dr. Mae Jemison
Became the first African-American woman astronaut in 1992. She is also a noted physician. She has done medical studies in Cuba, Kenya, and Thailand
Star Jones Reynolds
Starlet Jones is a lawyer, former assistant district attorney and former NBC news correspondent. She is also a past 2nd Supreme Basilues of AKA. Former co-host of TV Show "The View".
Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights Activist, Director of Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Social Change and Civil Rights Activism.
Gladys Knight
Accomplished singer and actress
Yvette Lee
Producer of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper and A Different World, and creator and executive producer of Living Single
Toni Morrison
Nobel prize winning novelist and poet whose works include Song of Solomon and Beloved.
Jomarie Payton Noble
Humanitarian and actress; star of Family Matters
Rosa Parks
Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement", for refusing to give up her seat to a white man in 1955. This launched the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasted for one year.
Suzanne de Passe
Chairman and CEO of de Passé Entertainment
Phylicia Rashad
Actress on the award-winning Cosby show and the TV series Cosby
Eleanor Roosevelt
Humanitarian and former First Lady of the United States
Sonia Sanchez
Noted author and poet
Jada Pinkett-Smith
Actress whose works include: The Nutty Professor, Set It Off, Menace to Society, and A Different World; wife of actor Will Smith
Dr. Debbye Turner
Humanitarian and Miss America, 1990
Leah Tutu
Wife of South African activist Bishop Desmond Tutu
Iyanla Vanzant
Author of 10 books and Public Inspirational Speaker
Marjorie Judith Vincent
Miss America, 1991
Lynn Whitfield
Humanitarian and actress. She is the star of The Jospehine Baker Story, also star of A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Alicia Keys
J Records Recording artist. Known for musical talent on piano.
Chamique Holdsclaw
WNBA player for the Los Angeles Sparks.
Loretta Devine
Accomplished Screen and TelevisionActress; Some of her works: Dreamgirls (The Broadway Musical),Waiting To Exhale, I Am Sam, Urban Legend, Grey's Anatomy, Boston Public
Vanessa Bell Calloway
Actress; Coming To America, What's Love Got To Do With It, Crimson Tide
Zina Garrison-Jackson
Pro tennis player
Althea Gibson
World Tennis Champion
Wanda Sykes
Stand-Up Comedianne, Actress; Monster-In-Law, My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Wanda At Large

Just to name a few...
99 years serving all mankind...

[mystikchick]

Originally Posted by phikappapsiman

Some Famous Phi Psis include:

President Woodrow Wilson
Current Senators Paul Coverdell (Georgia) and Evan Bayh (Indiana)
Peter Graves (Mission Impossible)
Edward Herrmann
Roy Schneider (Jaws and All That Jazz)
John Astin (Gomez on "The Addams Family")
Mark Spitz (Gold Medalist in '68 and '72 Olympics)
Jerry Colangelo (Owner of the WORLD CHAMPION Arizona Diamondbacks)
Jerry Yang (Founder of YAHOO!...do you YAHOO?)

my brother is also forever reminding me that michael bloomberg (mayor of NYC) is also a phi psi, as well as president woodrow wilson and jfk, jr

[BlueNYC2]

i aint goin thru 33 pages of this thread to see if these names were posted...

Famous Brothers of PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED...

Jerry Rice
Emmitt Smith
Dr. Walter Turnbull-RIP Frat
Blair Underwood
Rod Paige-Former US Sec. of Education
Ed Townes
Joey Porter
A. Philip Randolph
Dr. Alain Leroy Locke
Huey P. Newton
Lou Brock
Willis Reed
Willis McGahee
Braylon Edwards
George Washington Carver
Hines Ward
Ryan Howard
Ed Town - US Congressman


shit, there's a whole lot more to name...

GOMAB!!!

[cheerfulgreek]

Originally Posted by BlueNYC2

i aint goin thru 33 pages of this thread to see if these names were posted...

Famous Brothers of PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY, INCORPORATED...

Jerry Rice
Emmitt Smith
Dr. Walter Turnbull-RIP Frat
Blair Underwood
Rod Paige-Former US Sec. of Education
Ed Townes
Joey Porter
A. Philip Randolph
Dr. Alain Leroy Locke
Huey P. Newton
Lou Brock
Willis Reed
Willis McGahee
Braylon Edwards
George Washington Carver
Hines Ward
Ryan Howard
Ed Town - US Congressman


shit, there's a whole lot more to name...

GOMAB!!!

LOL

[! alan]

Originally Posted by starang21

he's a que.

most agree with this

[UGAalum94]

I'm challenging on Faulkner as an SAE. It seems unlikely, really, if you know his biography. "Count no 'count" was an SAE?

(By some accounts, he dropped out of high school, went off to join the Royal Air Force because he was too short to join the US military for WWI, when he was enrolled at Ole Miss, he was a special student, and I think, kind of thought of as unusual. It just doesn't seem like he would have been invited to join SAE, but maybe I'm wrong.)

Are you saying that the Modernist writer was in a fraternity as a young man or are you saying the fraternity gave him honorary membership, or maybe, that the fraternity had a member named William Faulkner, but he wasn't the writer. What are the circumstances of his membership?

The list is impressive enough without him. If you've got Walker Percy and Shelby Foote, you're well represented in terms of 20th century southern men of letters, even without Faulkner. I certainly don't mean to slight the rest of the list or SAE.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

I'm challenging on Faulkner as an SAE. It seems unlikely, really, if you know his biography. "Count no 'count" was an SAE?

(By some accounts, he dropped out of high school, went off to join the Royal Air Force because he was too short to join the US military for WWI, when he was enrolled at Ole Miss, he was a special student, and I think, kind of thought of as unusual. It just doesn't seem like he would have been invited to join SAE, but maybe I'm wrong.)

Are you saying that the Modernist writer was in a fraternity as a young man or are you saying the fraternity gave him honorary membership, or maybe, that the fraternity had a member named William Faulkner, but he wasn't the writer. What are the circumstances of his membership?

The list is impressive enough without him. If you've got Walker Percy and Shelby Foote, you're well represented in terms of Th century southern men of letters, even without Faulkner. I certainly don't mean to slight the rest of the list or SAE.

Fair question for which I do not have any kind of direct answer for.
He is listed as a Brother on our Nationals site as well as many others.
And yes, he was at Ole Miss for a very short period of time.....

[DSTRen13]

This may have already been posted; I didn't read through from the beginning.

From http://www.deltasigmatheta.org/ :

Notable Deltas

This provides a glimpse of some of the people who helped mold a legacy to make Delta Sigma Theta a powerful force -- more than a sorority.

Osceola Macarthy Adams, a founding member of Delta, was one of the first Black actresses on Broadway. She was the Director of the Harlem School of the Arts and directed the theatrical debuts of Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier.

Sadie T. M. Alexander, Ph.D., 1st National President (1919-1923), was the nation's first woman to earn a Ph.D. in economics (1921). A distinguished attorney, she was among the founders of the National Bar Association (1925) and she was appointed to President Truman's Commission on Civil Rights (1945).

Tina Allen, sculptor and painter recently sculpted a life-sized bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She is the conceptual designer of two major international projects: The International Children's Peace Park and the Monumental Statue of Nelson Mandela. Ms. Allen has received the Essence Award, the Stellar Award and the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award.

Brigadier General Hazel Johnson Brown, Ph.D., was the first African American woman general in the United States Army.

Selma Burke, Ph.D., sculptor, won the 1943 Fine Arts Competition for the District of Columbia for a profile of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. This artwork was adapted for the United States dime.

Alexa Canady, M.D., at age 26 became the first Black woman neurosurgeon in the United States. She specializes in pediatric neurosurgery.

Elizabeth Catlett is an internationally acclaimed sculptor and lithographer. She is noted for the vast range of works she creates, including life-size sculptures and even larger pieces.

Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman member of the U.S. Congress, was the first African American and first woman to run as a major party candidate for the presidency of the United States.

Ruby Dee Davis is an extraordinary actress with performance credits on stage, in film and on television. She has also written a collection of poetry.

Myrlie Evers-Williams is the Chairman Emerita of the Board for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

Frankie M. Freeman, noted attorney and 14th National President (1967-1971), was the first woman appointed to the Civil Rights Commission by President Lyndon B. Johnson and served 16 years.

Patricia Roberts Harris served as Delta Sigma Theta's first Executive Director. She was also the first Black woman to be appointed ambassador to a European country (Luxembourg) and to be appointed to a presidential cabinet post as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). She was later appointed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. In January 2000, she was honored on the 23rd commemorative stamp in the United States Postal Service's Black Heritage Series. Other Deltas that have been ambassadors are Ann Holloway and Bynthis Perry.

Dorothy I. Height, Ph.D., 10th National President (1947-1956), was appointed by President Carter to the Presidential Commission on a National Agenda for the 1980s. She has served as president of the National Council of Negro Women for over 40 years.

Alexis Herman was the Secretary of Labor and a Cabinet Member in the administration of President William Clinton.

Darlene Clark Hine, Ph.D., noted author, built her career on researching, publishing and raising the bar of how the experience of African American women should be recorded. She was the first African American to become the John A. Hannah of History Endowed Chair at Michigan State University.

Shirley Jackson, Ph.D., is the 18th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is the first African-American woman to head a leading technological university, the first African-American woman to earn a Ph.D. at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (in 1973), and she was the first African-American woman to become a commissioner of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Elaine R. Jones is the first woman to serve as Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. She is also the first African American woman graduate of the University of Virginia Law School and the first African American woman elected to the American Bar Association Board of Governors.

Barbara Jordan was the first African-American to serve in the U.S. congress from the South since reconstruction; first Black woman to preside over a state senate; and the first Black person to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention.

Jewel S. Lafontant was the first American woman to be admitted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. She was also the first female Deputy Solicitor General of the U.S. during the Nixon Administration.

Carrie P. Meek is a Congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives for the 17th District of Florida.

Jane E. Smith, Ph.D. served as the President and CEO of the National Council of Negro Women.

Mary Church Terrell was the first African American chosen to represent the United States Congress of Women and to serve on the board of education of a major city.

Rae Lewis-Thornton is an AIDS activist who has been featured on the cover of Essence magazine, as well as in numerous feature stories in Ebony and Emerge magazines, Chicago Tribune newspaper, Chicago Sun Times newspaper, and the Washington Post. She was also featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and Nightline with Ted Koppel. She received an Emmy award in 1996 for her WBBM-TV's ongoing series of first person stories on living with AIDS.

Stephanie Tubbs-Jones is a Congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives for the 11th District of Ohio.

Barbara Watson was first African American woman to serve as chief of a State Department bureau. She became Administrator of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs on July 31, 1968, served until December 31, 1974, and was re-appointed on April 7, 1977. On August 17 of that year, she became Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs.

[UGAalum94]

http://www.squarebooks.com/faulkner/chron.php

This is a chronology of Faulkner's life from one of the bookstores in Oxford. They have him joining SAE in 1919, which would have been when he was at Ole Miss.

It seems like they'd be up on their Oxford history.

So maybe he was a regular member.

ETA: why do I only see my errors when I see them quoted? Why can't I proofread my own comments the first time? Argh.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by Alphagamuga

http://www.squarebooks.com/faulkner/chron.php

This is a chronology of Faulkner's life from one of the bookstore's in Oxford. They have him joining SAE in 1919, which would have been when he was at Ole Miss.

It seems like they'd be up on their Oxford history.

So maybe he was a regular member.

Thank you for your fine bit of research.
This would seem to confirm that Mr. Faulkner was a Brother:"1919
Visits Memphis and New Orleans; poem "L'Apres Midi d'un Faune" published in the New Republic; enters University of Mississippi as special student; joins fraternity (Sigma Alpha Epsilon); short story "Landing in Luck" and poems published in student newspaper The Mississippian. "

[Tom Earp]

What is really cool, is that there are so many Members of GLOs who have for years are well known and have distinguished themselves because of being Members of GLOs!

I will not go into the LXA list as We were only Founded in 1909, but with so many to be named!

But, from checking web sites and the many posts, it just goes to show, WE are important in many ways!

[CZAXOTerp]

Originally Posted by VT Tri-D

Neil Armstrong's wife is definitely a tri-delt and our pin is on the flag on the moon. We have a picture of the flag with our pin on it in our house.

Originally Posted by AXWhoah

Some one wrote that Neil Armstrong's wife was a TriDelt. I've always heard that she was an Alpha Chi Omega and that the Lyre badge of AXO is on the flag that is on the moon. Does someone know for sure?? Though I'm pretty sure that she was an Alpha Chi.

Originally Posted by AlphaGam1019

*cough* urban legend *cough*

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Hmmm...

I've heard this "pin on the flag on the moon" thing over and over again.

I'm wondering if Neil Armstrong had several wives, or his one wife belonged to eight or ten sororities?

In any event, I'm surprized Apollo XI ever got off the ground with that many sorority badges on board.

I am going to clear up this moon thing once and for all-
Neil Armstrong's first wife Janet Shearon Armstrong is an Alpha Chi Omega (from the Purdue chapter.) He did not take her badge into space with him, he took his Phi Delt badge, but did not leave it on the moon.

Perhaps wife #2, Carol Held Knight is a Tri Delt?
Even if she is, he and Janet did not divorce until 1994 and I don't think that Neil has been on the moon in the meantime, so no Tri Delt badge on the moon either.

http://www.nndb.com/people/488/000022422/

[LUC Kappa]

Originally Posted by Thetagurl

I knew the first Bush was in a secret society but I did not know about George W. I always heard he was a DEKE but never heard anything about him being in the secret society. That's really interesting

The first Bush was also in Alpha Phi Omega

Also Ashley Judd is a KKG

[CasperDU173]

Some of the famous members of Delta Upsilon.

Politics and Government

Stephen J. Field, Williams 1837, US Supreme Court Justice
James Abram Garfield, Williams 1856, 20th President of the United States
Justin L. Morrill, Middlebury 1860, United States Senator - Vermont; author of the land grant college act
W.H.H. Miller, Hamilton 1861, Attorney General of the United States
Daniel S. Lamont, Union 1872, Secretary of War
George W. Goethals, Manhattan 1877, US Army General, chief engineer during the building of the Panama Canal
Otto M. Eidlitz, Cornell 1881, Contractor and civic investigator
Charles Evans Hughes, Colgate and Brown 1881, Governor of New York, Secretary of State, and Chief Justice of the United States.
Charles G. Dawes, Marietta 1884, Vice President of the United States and Ambassador to Great Britain; winner of the Nobel Prize for peace
Arthur M. Hyde, Michigan 1899, US Secretary of Agriculture
William B. Greeley, Stanford and California '01, Chief Forester, US Forest Service
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan '04, United States Senator, Michigan
J. Arthur Clark, Toronto '06, President of the Canadian Bar Association
Robert H. Lord, Harvard and Northwestern '06, Adviser to the 1918 Versailles Peace Conference
Amos J. Peaslee, Swarthmore '07, United States Ambassador to Australia
W. W. Randolph Burgess, Brown '12, United States Ambassador to NATO
Joseph P. Kennedy, Harvard '12, Ambassador to Great Britain, father of two Senators and a President
James B. Conlan, Harvard '13, Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany
Paul H. Douglas, Bowdoin '13, Senator - Illinois
Sumner T. Pike, Bowdoin '13, President of the Atomic Energy Commission
John L. Keddy, Hamilton '15, Curator of the Smithsonian Institute
Matthew W. Hill, Washington '17, Chief Justice, Washington State Supreme Court
Kenneth B. Keating, Rochester '19, United States Senator, New York; Ambassador to India; Ambassador to Israel; Brigadier General, United States Army
Lester B. Pearson, Toronto '19, Prime Minister of Canada and President of the United Nations General Assembly; Nobel Prize winner for Peace
David E. Lilienthal, DePauw '20, President of the Atomic Energy Commission
Herbert Brownell, Nebraska '24, US Attorney General
Clifford P. Case, Rutgers '25, Senator - New Jersey
Francis H. Russell, Tufts '26, United States Ambassador to Indonesia
General David M. Shoup, DePauw '26, Commandant, US Marine Corps and Congressional Medal of Honor winner
John M. Matthias, Ohio State '28, Justice, Ohio Supreme Court
Frank R. Kenison, Dartmouth '29, Chief Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court
Winston L. Prouty, Lafayette '30, Senator - Vermont
Foy D. Kohler, Ohio State '31, Ambassador to the USSR
William H. Avery, Kansas '34, Governor, State of Kansas
Robert T. Stafford, Middlebury '35, US Congressman and Senator, Vermont
Hugh E. Rodham, Pennsylvania State '35, Father of First Lady Hillary Rodham-Clinton
Joseph L. Fisher, Technology '35, US Congressman, Virginia
George R. Hunter, Manitoba '37, Member of Parliament
William C. O'Neill, Marietta and Ohio State '38, Governor, State of Ohio
John P. Robarts, Western Ontario '39, Premier, Province of Ontario, Canada
George S. Welch, Purdue '41, Shot down the first Japanese aircraft of the Pacific War on Dec 7, 1941. WWII triple air ace in three different fighter aircraft.
F. Ray Keyser, Jr., Tufts '50, Governor, State of Vermont
Dr. G. William Whitehurst, Washington and Lee '50, US Congressman from Virginia
William H. Brown, Jr., Swarthmore '51, Parliamentarian, United States House of Representatives
John B. Conlan, Northwestern '51, US Congressman, Arizona
Alan J. Dixon, Illinois '51, Senator - Illinois
E. Peter Lougheed, Alberta '52, Premier, Province of Alberta, Canada
Robert Hanrahan, Bowling Green '56, US Congressman, Illinois
Ronald A. Irwin, Western Ontario '57, Minister of Indian Affairs
Thomas E. Morgan, Lafayette '58, US Congressman, Pennsylvania
John S. Herrington, Stanford '61, US Energy Secretary
N. Lloyd Axworthy, Manitoba '63, Member of Parliament, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Michael D. Barnes, North Carolina '65, US Congressman, Maryland
Angus S. King, Jr., Dartmouth '66, Governor of the State of Maine
Anthony J. Moffat, Jr., Syracuse '66, US Congressman, Connecticut
Paul R. Ford, Middlebury '67, Director of Amnesty International
Tommy R. Franks, Texas '67, Commander in Chief of US Central Command, General in the US Army
Les Aspin, Jr., Marquette '70, Congressman from Wisconsin and former Secretary of Defense
Charles Poochigian, Fresno '72, California Senator in the 14th District
Thomas J. Vilsack, Hamilton '72, Governor of the State of Iowa
John Danilovich, Stanford '72, US Ambassador to Costa Rica
Tom Riley, Stanford '72, US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco
Dennis R. Rehberg, Washington State '77, US Congressman, Montana

Sports

John Wesley Coombs, Colby '06, World Series pitcher with the Philidelphia A's
Ralph N. Good, Colby '10, Major League Baseball player, Boston Nationals
Billy Foulds, Toronto '11, Canadian Football League - Quarterback, Coach, Hall of Fame
Frank S. McGill, McGill '15, Member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame
Kenneth L. "Tug" Wilson, Illinois '20, Chairman US Olympic Committee
Justin "Sam" Barry, Iowa '26, Founder New York Knicks, NBA Hall of Fame coach
Edward S. "Ned" Irish, Pennsylvania '28, NBA Hall of Famer
Don A. Veller, Indiana '35, Former head football and golf coach at Florida State University
Andrew Currie, Manitoba '35, Professional football player - Regina Roughriders, Canadian Football League Hall of Famer
Leland S. MacPhail, Swarthmore '39, President, National League Baseball and GM of the New York Yankees
Hugh Gallarneau, Stanford '41, Professional football player - Chicago Bears
Dr. J. Robert Cade, Florida '45, Inventor of Gatorade
Bill Bangert, Purdue '48, 1945 U.S. Men's Indoor Track and Field champion in the 16-pound shot put. 1944 and 1945 NCAA Track and Field champion in the discus. 1946 Big Ten indoor champion in the 16-pound shot put. 1946 Big Ten outdoor champion in the 16-pound shot put and discus.
Frank R. Burns, Rutgers '49, Head football coach, Rutgers University
Darrell K. Royal, Oklahoma '50, Head football coach, University of Texas
Harvey Kuenn, Jr., Wisconsin '54, Baseball player and manager
Michael K. White, California '57, NFL Head Coach
Louis L. Holtz, Kent State '58, Legendary college football coach
Peter V. Ueberroth, San Jose '59, Organizer of the 1984 Summer Olympics and Commissioner of Major League Baseball
Theodore R. Boehm, Brown '60, Chairman, '87 Pan Am Games organizing committee
Neil R. Austrian, Swarthmore '60, Former president and COO of the NFL
Fred Arbanas, Michigan State '61, Football player - Dallas Texans (AFL) and Kansas City Chiefs
Galen S. Hall, Penn State '62, Former head football coach, University of Florida
Paul Flatley, Northwestern '63, Professional football player - Minnesota Vikings
Peter Gogolak, Cornell '64, Professional football player - New York Giants
Clark E. Graebner, Northwestern '65, Professional tennis player
James D. Rodgers, Iowa '65, Head coach - Boston Celtics
Steven Solomon, Tufts '65 - Former President/COO of the National Hockey League
James A. Boeheim, Jr., Syracuse '66, Head coach, Syracuse basketball
Rick J. Venturi, Northwestern '68, NFL coach
Bruce N. Coslet, Pacific '68, NFL coach
Thurman Munson, Kent State '69, Professional baseball player, New York Yankees
Ed Molstad, Alberta '70, Professional football player, Edmonton (CFL)
John J. Ebersole, Penn State '70, Professional football player, New York Jets
Rodney "Pete" Watson, Tufts '72, Professional football player, Cincinnati Bengals
James H. Sundberg, Iowa '73, Professional baseball player, Texas Rangers
Richard W. "Rick" Sund, Northwestern '73, NBA executive
Randolph C. Gradishar, Ohio State '74, Professional football player, Denver Broncos
Mark VanEeghen, Colgate '74, Professional football player, Oakland Raiders
Randell Gregg, Jr., Alberta '75, NHL defenseman on four Stanley Cup Championships
Paul K. Mokeski, Kansas '79, NBA center
Craig K. Bolerjack, Kansas State '80, CBS sportscaster
Dino Mangiero, Rutgers '80, Professional Football player - Kansas City Chiefs, Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots
Thomas W. Darling, Syracuse '81, Silver medal in crew, '84 Olympics and crew member, Stars and Stripes, winner of the America's Cup
Ken Margerum, Stanford '81, NFL Receiver
Chad G. Little, Washington State '85, NASCAR Driver and Commentator
Tom Burgess, Colgate '86, Professional football player - Ottowa, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg (CFL)
James A. Les, Bradley '86, Professional basketball player
Mark Whitycombe, Fresno '88, Professional football player - New York Giants, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers, Cincinnati Bengals
Jimmy Ball, Arlington '90, BMX Cycler - 1991 Silver Medal, Pepsi Games of Texas, Two-time U.S. Gold Cup Champion, Four-time Texas State Champion, ABA World #6 ('95) and #4 ('99), Over 25 career National Main Event victories



Education

David Starr Jordan, Cornell 1872, First President of Stanford University, President of Indiana University
William H. P. Faunce, Brown 1880, President of Brown University
Fenton W. Booth, DePauw 1892, Dean of Harvard Law
Harry Emerson Fosdick, Colgate '00, Theologian, author, educator
James B. Conant, Harvard '14, President of Harvard
Homer W. Davis, Hamilton '16, President of Athens College, Athens, Greece
George W. Haskins, Purdue '16, Created the Purdue School of Aeronautical Engineering and Astronautical Engineering.
John C. Warner, Indiana '19, President, Carnegie Institute of Tehnology
Dr. Phillip R. Shriver, Kent State '49, President Emeritus, Miami University
Dr. Gordon P. Eaton, Wesleyan '51, President, Iowa State University
Dr. Richard A. Kenyon, Clarkson '54, President, Tri-State University
Stanley O. Ikenberry, Illinois '56, Chancellor and President, University of Illinois System
Dr. James B. Holderman, Denison '58, President, University of South Carolina
Dr. Paul J. Olscamp, Western Ontario '58, President of Bowling Green State University
Dr. Arthur K. Smith, Jr., Houston '59, President & Chancellor of the University of Houston
Dr. John E. Brown, Kansas '61, President of Coe College
Dr. William H. Mobley, Denison '63, President, Texas A&M University
William R. Brody, Technology '65, President, Johns Hopkins University
Bro. Dr. Craig J. Franz, FSC, Bucknell '75, President, St. Mary's College of Minnesota
Dr. Will S. Keim, Pacific '75, Noted motivational speaker and author
Melvin A. Eggers, Syracuse '76, Chancellor of Syracuse University
John A. Delaney, Florida '77, President, University of North Florida
Dr. Richard N. Cyert, Carnegie '86, President of Carnegie-Mellon University
Selamawi Asgedom, Harvard '99, Noted motivational speaker and author
David C. Broski, Bradley '01, President of Bradley University
David Frohnmayer, Oregon '01, President of the University of Oregon

Entertainment

Harry Carey, New York '02, Early western movie actor
Edgar J. Bergen, Northwestern '27, Ventriloquist and entertainer
George A. "Banana George" Blair, Miami '37, Champion barefoot water-skier, businessman, entertainer
Anthony H. Sargent, Washington and Lee '55, News correspondent, CBS News
Noel P. Stookey, Michigan State '55, Folk singer and composer, "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary
Ronald H. Husmann, Northwestern '59, Broadway and screen actor and producer
Richard D. Threlkeld, Ripon '60, ABC news correspondent
John H. Davidson, Denison '63, Actor, singer and comedian
Alan Thicke, Western Ontario '67, Actor and songwriter
Stephen R. Walker, Iowa State '84, Host of "The Pet Department" - FOX TV
Jonathan M. Frankel, Syracuse '86, News correspondent - NBC
Jason Lewis, San Diego '93, Actor, Model
Jonathan Buss, Bradley '94, Emmy Award Winning Director for an HBO Short Film
Pete Yorn, Syracuse '96, Singer, Songwriter


Literature and Publishing

William Bross, Williams 1838, Editor - Chicago Tribune
Rossiter Johnson, Rochester 1863, Historian and novelist
Rupert Hughes, Western Reserve 1892, Historian and novelist
Stephen Crane, Lafayette and Syracuse 1894, Journalist and author; Red Badge of Courage
Joyce Kilmer, Rutgers '09, Poet and battlefield reporter
Leland Stowe, Wesleyan '21, Columnist and 1930 Pulitzer Prize winner
Hedley W. Donovan, Minnesota '34, Editor-in chief of TIME Magazine
Drew Middleton, Syracuse '34, Syndicated columnist and London correspondent, The New York Times
Robert Letts Jones, Stanford '35, President of Copley Newspapers
Austin H. Kiplinger, Cornell '38, Publisher of the Kiplinger Letter
Dwight E. Sargent, Colby '39, Editorialist and Editor, New York Herald Tribune
Heywood Hale Broun, Swarthmore '40, Editorialist and author
Donal Dinwiddle, Virginia '40, Editor-in-chief, Popular Mechanics Publishing Company
Buert R. Servaas, Indiana '41, President, The Saturday Evening Post
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Cornell '44, Editorialist and author
Richard F. McLoughlin, DePauw '50, President of Reader's Digest
Donald Axinn, Middlebury '51, Poet and author
Robert S. Phillips, Syracuse '60, Poet and author
Lynn D. W. Luckow, North Dakota '71, President & CEO of Jossey-Bass Publishers
Richard A. Moran, Rutgers '72, Author
Joseph P. Turton, Denison '94, Author - My Freshman Manual


Business

Alexander D. Noyes, Amherst 1883, Financial editor of the New York Times
Alfred J.P. Sloan, Jr., Technology 1895, Chairman of the board - General Motors
Wallace T. Holliday, Western Reserve '05, President of Standard Oil of Ohio
William A. Mather, McGill '08, President of Canadian Pacific Railroad
Clarence Francis, Amherst '10, President of General Foods
Albert W. Hughes, Colgate '11, President of J.C. Penny
Thomas B. McCabe, Swarthmore '15, President of Scott Paper and chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
Winthorp H. Smith, Amherst '16, Co-founder of Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith
David Burpee, Cornell '17, President of Burpee Seed Company
Morse G. Dial, Cornell '19, Chairman of Union Carbide
Edward P. Taylor, McGill '22, Chairman of Canadian Breweries and President of the Argus Corp.
William E. Robinson, New York '23, Chairman of Coca-Cola Company
James S. Schoff, Rochester '23, Chairman of Bloomingdale's Department Stores
Nelson Schaenan, Sr., Cornell '23, Chairman of Smith Barney & Company
Arnold Bernhard, Williams '25, Founder of the investment news organization ValueLine
Charles F. White, Bucknell '25, President of M&M Candy Company
Leslie M. Cassidy, Pennsylvania '26, Chairman and CEO of Johns-Manville
Earl B. Hathaway, Northwestern '27, President of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Trevor F. Moore, Toronto '28, Vice President - Imperial Oil of Canada
James S. McDonnell, Technology '29, Chairman of McDonnell-Douglas
Arthur V. Danner, Indiana '30, President of Mobil Petroleum Company
Leonard E. Root, Pacific '32, President of Lockheed Missles and Space Co.
Edward W. Carter, UCLA '32, Chairman emeritus, Carter, Hawley, Hale (Nieman-Marcus, WaldenBooks)
Dwane L. Wallace, Wichita '33, Chairman of Cessna Aircraft Co.
Semon E. Knudsen, Technology '36, President of Ford Motor Company
David M. Chenoweth, McGill '38, Director and executive vice president of Molson Brewries, Ltd.
Edward G. Harness, Marietta '40, CEO of Proctor & Gamble
Walter A. Fallon, Union '40, President and CEO of Eastman Kodak
Forwood C. Wiser, Jr., Northern Illinois '42, President of Trans World Airlines
Charles L. Brown, Virginia '43, Chairman AT&T
H. James Avery, Illinois ’44 – Founder and CEO of James Avery Craftsman, Inc.
L. Gordon McGovern, Brown '48, Chairman of Campbell Soup
Charles D. Miller, Johns Hopkins '49, CEO of Avery Dennison
John W. Amerman, Dartmouth '53, Chairman and CEO of Mattel International
Richard P. Simmions, Technology '53, Chairman of Allegheny Ludlum Steel
William M. Crossin, Toronto '55, President of Merle Norman Cosmetics
William G. Davidson, Wisconsin ’55, Executive VP of Harley-Davidson, (Grandson of Founder) – ’99 Inductee of Motorcycle Hall of Fame
John P. Morgridge, Wisconsin '55, President and CEO of Cisco Systems, Inc.
John W. Rogers, Miami '57, Chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service
Lawrence D. Downing, Iowa State '58, President of the Sierra Club
Neil Austrian, Swarthmore '61, Chairman of iWon.co
Gerald T. Aaron, Wichita '63, President of Pizza Hut
Michael D. Eisner, Denison '64, Chairman and CEO of Walt Disney, Inc.
Michael McConnell, Tufts '65 - CEO of Brown Brothers Harriman investment bank in New York City
Steve Rowley, Ohio '65, President of DAY-TIMERS, Inc.
Michael R. Hallman, Michigan '67, Past President and Chief Operating Officer of Microsoft, past President & CIO of Boeing Computer Services, past Vice President of Field Operations for IBM. Brother Hallman currently serves on the boards of directors of Intuit, InFocus Corporation, Network Appliance Corporation, and two wholly owned subsidiaries of Fujitsu Ltd.
Thomas Stallkamp, Miami '68, President of DaimlerChrysler Corporation
John J. Bello, Tufts '68, Founder of SOBE Beverage Company, President of NFL Properties from 1986-93
John H. Eyler, Jr., Washington '69, President and CEO of FAO Schwartz
Miles G. Bryant, III, Arlington '70, President and General Director of Chrysler of Mexico
Mark O. Stutrud, North Dakota ’74, Founder and President of Summit Brewing Co.
John Thain, Technology '77, CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
Douglas Lebda, Bucknell '92, Founder and CEO of LendingTree.com
W. Marshall Sims, DePauw '00, President and Founder of Priority Flowers.com

Science and Technology

Charles F. Kettering, Ohio State '04, Founder of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for cancer research
Laurens Hammond, Cornell '16, Inventor of the pipeless organ
Arnold O. Beckman, Illinois '22, Inventor of the pH meter and founder of Beckman Instruments
Linus C. Pauling, Oregon State '22, Winner of two Nobel Prizes ; chemistry and peace
Dr. Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, Jr., Swarthmore '37, Nobel Prize winner for chemistry
Dr. William C. Dement, Washington '49, Pioneer in sleep research, discovered and named REM sleep, author of many books on sleep, founder of the National Sleep Foundation, and a long time professor at Stanford University where he established one of the first university sleep laboratories.
Dr. Augustus A. White, III, Brown '57, Chief Surgeon of Orthopedics at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston
Col. Frederick R. Hauck, Tufts '62, NASA astronaut
Brewster H. Shaw, Wisconsin '67, NASA astronaut
Terry Hart, Lehigh '68, NASA astronaut
Lee Nordan, Tufts '68, Prominent eye surgeon in San Diego and a pioneer in Lasix Surgery and Radial Carotomy

[AlphaFrog]

When did this thread become the "Copy and paste the famous members from your GLO website" thread?

Trust me, no one cares...and even if they did they could go to www.GLO.com and find out.

[JonInKC]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

When did this thread become the "Copy and paste the famous members from your GLO website" thread?

Trust me, no one cares...and even if they did they could go to www.GLO.com and find out.

Agreed. At least put like just the most prominent dozen or so. I'm not going to read through all of that.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

Agreed. At least put like just the most prominent dozen or so. I'm not going to read through all of that.

Or go back to the title of the thread and the original post and see that this thread was never meant to be a place to list famous members, regardless of whether the list was only 12 or 12,000:

Originally Posted by RockChalk

Reading through the "Did you pledge someone famous" thread, it seems like there are a lot of celebrities who people *think* were Greek, but no one can verify which GLO they belonged to (or if they even went to college). So, if you want to find out if a certain celeb is Greek, post here and let your fellow GC'ers help you investigate.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Or go back to the title of the thread and the original post and see that this thread was never meant to be a place to list famous members, regardless of whether the list was only 12 or 12,000:

That's what I meant -

I know it turned into that about page 3, but I don't really want to wade through that garbage to find the actual information.

[Tom Earp]

AlphaFrog, agree, it goes without saying that each of us as GLOs have illustrious members.

That is simply because We As Glos are Special!

Originally Posted by dream*a*dream

i certainly do not mean to start anything, believe me. i recently heard that - candice bergen and mariska hargitay are no longer members of kappa kappa gamma? is this true? they are no longer listed among the "famous kappas." i am somewhat curious - especially if you are an alumnae - what would happen to cause something like this?

*sweet*dreams*

Are they even members to begin with?

I saw a lot of webpages that said both are KKGs, but if it's not on the official HQ website, then maybe they're not really members. I don't pay attention to HQ websites that often so I don't know if they were even listed there before.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by dream*a*dream

i certainly do not mean to start anything, believe me. i recently heard that - candice bergen and mariska hargitay are no longer members of kappa kappa gamma? is this true? they are no longer listed among the "famous kappas." i am somewhat curious - especially if you are an alumnae - what would happen to cause something like this?

*sweet*dreams*

Yes, Candice Bergen was a member of the Beta Alpha chapter at UPenn. It is my understanding she resigned membership by choice within the last 15 years link

Mariska Hargitay was also a member of the Gamma Xi chapter at UCLA but was dismissed at some point. link

Even alumnae can be dismissed or resign membership, just as active members can, for a myriad of reasons.

As OTW said, the most complete resource for notable members is the organization webpage.

[AGDLynn]

As OTW said, the most complete resource for notable members is the organization webpage.

Yes and no, if HQ doesn't post their names on the public site and you don't know their maiden name, then someone "famous" might not be found out so easily.

I'm more impressed when initiated member continue to be active as much as they can.

I'm definitely not impressed when someone pointedly doesn't want to be reminded they initiated. Unfortunately, it's frowned about hit them over the head with whatever they signed.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by ISUKappa

As OTW said, the most complete resource for notable members is the organization webpage.

That is probably true for many organizations, but I know that AOII discourages the listing of prominent members and therefore does not list any on our IHQ webpage.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

I know that AOII discourages the listing of prominent members and therefore does not list any on our IHQ webpage.

Why is that?

[AOII_LB93]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Why is that?

Because all of our members have something special to offer AOII, not just the ones who happen to be "famous".

Originally Posted by AGDLynn

Yes and no, if HQ doesn't post their names on the public site and you don't know their maiden name, then someone "famous" might not be found out so easily.

I'm more impressed when initiated member continue to be active as much as they can.

I'm definitely not impressed when someone pointedly doesn't want to be reminded they initiated. Unfortunately, it's frowned about hit them over the head with whatever they signed.

Honestly? I know that people like to brag and say "so-and-so famous person is a member of my organization!" They even like to post lists detailing all the famous people in their organization. I think it's great knowing that you share a brother/sisterhood with a celebrity -- but how many of them actually stay active as alums and give back to the organization?

I know that there are several celebrity Greeks who remain loyal to their organization and give back when they can, but I'm thinking the majority of them don't even give a shit anymore.

It's like, "Hey! Amber Brkich Mariano is an AGD from Westminster in PA! She won Survivor All Stars!" Whoopdefreakingdoo. What has she done for the Fraternity after achieving celebrity status besides give one interview to the Quarterly?

You can list pages and pages worth of notable alums, but what good is the list if they don't bother to have anything to do with the organization?

[Senusret I]

*barf*

[AOII_LB93]

Originally Posted by OTW

Honestly? I know that people like to brag and say "so-and-so famous person is a member of my organization!" They even like to post lists detailing all the famous people in their organization. I think it's great knowing that you share a brother/sisterhood with a celebrity -- but how many of them actually stay active as alums and give back to the organization?

I know that there are several celebrity Greeks who remain loyal to their organization and give back when they can, but I'm thinking the majority of them don't even give a shit anymore.

It's like, "Hey! Amber Brkich Mariano is an AGD from Westminster in PA! She won Survivor All Stars!" Whoopdefreakingdoo. What has she done for the Fraternity after achieving celebrity status besides give one interview to the Quarterly?

You can list pages and pages worth of notable alums, but what good is the list if they don't bother to have anything to do with the organization?

*stands up cheers, claps and hoots* THANK YOU! Who gives a rat's azz about some famous alum that doesn't do jack diddley squat for the org?!

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

Because all of our members have something special to offer AOII, not just the ones who happen to be "famous".

I like that reasoning.

However...st the same time, it's nice to have a list just so we can put rumors to rest once and for all. One visit to AGD's website clearly proves that Raquel Welch, Madonna, Carole King, and Betty White are NOT AGDs.

[Senusret I]

I think every member has a role that can be defined by their careers.

I wouldn't expect Lionel Richie to be a Regional Vice President, but I appreciate the concert he gave during our centennial (at no charge to the fraternity) as a fundraiser for the foundation.

Several prominent Alphas moderated seminars at the centennial convention. Also, depending on where the general convention is, you might have various local alpha politicians or celebs come and give remarks.

Which is good enough for me.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

Because all of our members have something special to offer AOII, not just the ones who happen to be "famous".

That's sweet.

I found this thread very helpful:
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ghlight=Famous

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by OTW

Honestly? I know that people like to brag and say "so-and-so famous person is a member of my organization!" They even like to post lists detailing all the famous people in their organization. I think it's great knowing that you share a brother/sisterhood with a celebrity -- but how many of them actually stay active as alums and give back to the organization?

I know that there are several celebrity Greeks who remain loyal to their organization and give back when they can, but I'm thinking the majority of them don't even give a shit anymore.

It's like, "Hey! Amber Brkich Mariano is an AGD from Westminster in PA! She won Survivor All Stars!" Whoopdefreakingdoo. What has she done for the Fraternity after achieving celebrity status besides give one interview to the Quarterly?

You can list pages and pages worth of notable alums, but what good is the list if they don't bother to have anything to do with the organization?

That's really sad ...

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally Posted by OTW

You can list pages and pages worth of notable alums, but what good is the list if they don't bother to have anything to do with the organization?

I agree COMPLETELY.

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by OTW

You can list pages and pages worth of notable alums, but what good is the list if they don't bother to have anything to do with the organization?

Most of ours do, so I don't have any complaints.

[UGAalum94]

I'll be honest: I wasn't really into the thread that much but the William Faulkner as fraternity guy thing was really worth thinking about as far as I'm concerned.

Rather than notable alums, I'd like to see unexpected alums.

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by OTW

I like that reasoning.

However...st the same time, it's nice to have a list just so we can put rumors to rest once and for all. One visit to AGD's website clearly proves that Raquel Welch, Madonna, Carole King, and Betty White are NOT AGDs.

I don't have strong feelings about it either way, but I agree that there would be some advantages to having a list. For one, some individual chapters feel pressured to list notable alumnae on their webpages because the other sororities on their campus do. It would give them a concrete, accurate list. Plus, many people misconstrue it to mean that we have never had a notable initiate. I did think it was sort of strange when To Dragma (our magazine) did a feature on Courtney Kupets (the Olympic gymnast who is a member of our chapter at U of Georgia.) It was interesting, but it draws attention to a notable member, which I thought was the point of not having a list. Of course, they also did a feature on GC's own Snowlady, who is not "famous", so maybe it's all cool.