Famous Greeks... or are they???

[wanderersarah]

We've had a few notable members of Sigma Psi, but the most famous are:

Martha Powers (1963) - Novelist

Florence Ellinwood Allen (1902)- Suffragist, First Women Elected to a Judicial Position in the U.S. , First Female State Supreme Court Justice (Ohio), First Women Appointed a Federal Bench
Can you tell I'm proud of her?
To read more about her: http://www.law.stanford.edu/library/...apers/flo.html

[lyrica9]

Originally posted by aphibeach
Alpha Delta Pi and Alpha Phi both claim Sandra Bullock as part of their chapter.....it's unclear which she joined but she dropped out of school (East Carolina University) with one semester left to go

i'm such a nerd, but i searched for the answer because i didn't think sandy was in a sorority. and she wasn't.
from an interview with her:

Were you into the fraternity/sorority scene when you were in college?

I was a little sister for the worst fraternity in the school that's now been condemned.

Tell me a nightmare frat party story.

I only have one. This guy that I really liked and I were drinking 'Shake Em Ups' which is Thunderbird and grapefruit juice. I don't remember anything that happened and apparently I was sick in front of him, on him, and beside him. He had to drag me to my dorm room and I didn't hear from him for a week. I was like, "This is just the worst" and then he called me and we dated almost two years.

full article here http://www.dennishensley.com/SandraBullock.htm

[bonelifer]

MysticCat I mean nothing by this but you should have Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Nationals call the Professional Fraternity Association and rescend their membership, and also they should change their joint-statement with Kappa Kappa Psi, since the last paragraph is as quoted

PHI MU ALPHA is neither an honor nor a recognition society. We are an active professional fraternity as defined by the Professional Fraternity Association of which we are participating members.

Originally posted by MysticCat81
[My Broken Record]

While I gladly claim brotherhood with the late Fred Rogers, I have to say it again...

Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia is a social fraternity for men in music, not a professional fraternity.

[/My Broken Record ]

[bluefish81]

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
PS - not to say I think ours is. It certainly holds first place in my heart but as for most beautiful sorority badge, I think I'd have to include on the list...

KD's diamond
ADP's diamond
KAQ's triangle
SSS's triangle
SK's triangle
SSS's triangle
KKG's key
PBF's arrow


though I love the badges that are the org's secret letters on top of each other (like CW, AF, AGD, AOP) because they're so symbolic.

Theta's badge is kite shaped, not a triangle. Thanks for including it on your list though!

[UCLAblondeGPhiB]

whew... I just joined GC, and I have to do some Gamma Phi representin':

Originally posted by SigKapQueen Originally posted by SigKapQueen
does anyone know if MICHELLE KWAN, famous figure skater, went greek, cuz on the clemson NPC website they said she went GAMMA PHI BETA. just want to know if any other people would know.

I was told when I was a freshman (joined in fall/01) that Michelle Kwan went through informal spring rush in 2001, got bids from all the houses she visited, but didn't join a house. She had a good friend in Gamma Phi who was a senior when I was a freshman, and apparently (probably exaggerated) she was told by Michelle that the only house she was seriously considering was ours, but she decided she was going to redouble her efforts for the Olympics. From what I've heard, she hasn't graduated UCLA; perhaps she's transferred, or just hasn't completed the units yet.

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
OK. To clear this up again:

(1) your badge is not on the moon. There are no badges actually on the moon.
(2) Your badge may well have gone into *space.* I know Sigma Kappa had a badge go into space, and -- which shuttle was it that burned on reentry? -- a GPhiB recently was IN space.

Gamma Phi Beta Alum Laurel Blair Salton Clark was one of the astronauts who died on the Columbia over a year ago.




Other Famouse Gamma Phis:

Donna Wolf Steigerwaldt - President of Jockey International

Cloris Leachman, - Actress

Joan and Jayne Knoerzer - Doublemint twins

Kelli McCarty - Miss USA 1991, also stars in the soap opera Passions

Jesse Wilson Sayre - daughter of Woodrow Wilson, had first ever White House wedding

Margaret Woodrow Wilson: daughter of President Woodrow Wilson

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
[though I love the badges that are the org's secret letters on top of each other (like CW, AF, AGD, AOP) because they're so symbolic.

Ours also falls into that category..........

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
OK. To clear this up again:

(2) Your badge may well have gone into *space.* I know Sigma Kappa had a badge go into space, and -- which shuttle was it that burned on reentry? -- a GPhiB recently was IN space.

The Columbia......Laurel Blair Clark. Her badge, however DID NOT go into space with her. It was presented to our Foundation Director by her husband at our convention in Chicago. So if you ever see it on ebay, you will know that it is either fake or was stolen.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by bonelifer
MysticCat I mean nothing by this but you should have Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Nationals call the Professional Fraternity Association and rescend their membership, and also they should change their joint-statement with Kappa Kappa Psi

I can't speak to details, but my understanding is that the appropriateness of continued membership in the PFA has been a matter of considerable discussion at national levels, and probably will continue to be. It is a rather complex issue for a variety of reasons, and no one wants to take action without a lot of forethought.

It should be noted, however, that the PFA defines eligibility rather generally: fraternities that are "identified by, or related to a field of study or common interest." (My emphasis.) Even though we voted 20 years ago to rid our governing documents of "professional" language and return to our roots as a social fraternity, it could be said we still meet the PFA definition since we are identified by a common interest in music. But like I say, I'm pretty sure the discussions will continue.

As for the Kappa Kappa Psi joint-statement, I can't remember exactly when it was issued (although I think it was many years ago), but the part you quoted, while perhaps accurate at the time -- and arguably accurate even now, given the PFA definition of "professional fraternity" as noted above and the fact that the statement says "as defined" by the PFA -- indeed appears misleading given our current status.

[oncelurked]

Having read this thread as much from the beginning as I have time for (meaning I skimmed most of the really long posts), I'd like to add two points.

1) As much as I would like to say Sandra Day O'Conner or any other female Stanford graduate (1947-1978) was a member of a GLO, unless it was an academic GLO, not one woman is. Sororities were banned from campus in 1944 - all members would not have immediately graduated, thus the lag time until 1947 when I believe the last of the women graduated. Theta, Pi Phi, Kappa and DG were re-introduced to campus in 1978, though from what I gather they were not officially recognized by the university itself until 1980. Tri-Delt came back in 1984 and Chi Omega came back in 1991. Unfortunately, DG closed in 1999.

2) I would love to claim Cybil Shepard as a sister, I cannot find her chapter of initiation and she is not listed on the website, thus I would conclude she is not a Chi Omega

I'm pretty sure the other women listed as Chi Omega alumnae really are sisters. I would like to include an up and coming designer in the soon-to-be-famous category: Liz Pineda, a Chi Omega from UCLA. She has a boutique in Madrid and if you go, you absolutely must check it out.

Edited for grammar.

[zuzu575]

i recently found out ann coulter is/was a delta gamma at cornell.

lucky us.

[PHAShriner/1906]

Thurgood Marshall, Paul Robeson, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Three FAMOUS Sons of ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. Enough said.

[bonelifer]

The Joint Statement with Kappa Kappa Psi, was finalized less than a year ago sometime during the middle of the Spring of 2004 so it's actually rather new. I know because I remember seeing on our National Listserve a message from our National Council stateing a recently agreed upon Joint-Statement had been posted.

Originally posted by MysticCat81
I can't speak to details, but my understanding is that the appropriateness of continued membership in the PFA has been a matter of considerable discussion at national levels, and probably will continue to be. It is a rather complex issue for a variety of reasons, and no one wants to take action without a lot of forethought.

It should be noted, however, that the PFA defines eligibility rather generally: fraternities that are "identified by, or related to a field of study or common interest." (My emphasis.) Even though we voted 20 years ago to rid our governing documents of "professional" language and return to our roots as a social fraternity, it could be said we still meet the PFA definition since we are identified by a common interest in music. But like I say, I'm pretty sure the discussions will continue.

As for the Kappa Kappa Psi joint-statement, I can't remember exactly when it was issued (although I think it was many years ago), but the part you quoted, while perhaps accurate at the time -- and arguably accurate even now, given the PFA definition of "professional fraternity" as noted above and the fact that the statement says "as defined" by the PFA -- indeed appears misleading given our current status.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by bonelifer
The Joint Statement with Kappa Kappa Psi, was finalized less than a year ago sometime during the middle of the Spring of 2004 so it's actually rather new. I know because I remember seeing on our National Listserve a message from our National Council stateing a recently agreed upon Joint-Statement had been posted.

There has to be a misunderstanding. I went back and checked -- the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia-Kappa Kappa Psi Joint Statement was published in the December 1973 issue of our magazine, The Sinfonian. That would mean it is at least 10 years older than our formal decision to return to our roots as a social fraternity.

ETA: Since posting on this subject , I learned that Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia has, in fact, withdrawn from the Joint Statement with Kappa Kappa Psi.

[MissEm]

Just some famous Alpha Gams

Raquel Welch
Carol King
Madonna pledged but never initiated

[ZTAngel]

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AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!