Sally Ride's Sorority - What is she?

[adpiucf]

Hillary was not in an NPC sorority

[aopirose]

I think that Hilary is a member of Beta Sigma Phi. IIRC, a co-worker showed me a write up about her in their magazine.

[Sister Havana]

Hillary Clinton is an Honorary Brother of the Alpha Beta Chi (SUNY/Plattsburgh) chapter of Alpha Phi Omega.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by KLPDaisy

Bill Clinton is an Alpha Phi Omega.

I seem to recall another thread where it was decided that Clinton was not in an undergraduate fraternity, then was a Rhodes Scholar and studied in the UK, but that he might be an honorary Alpha Phi Omega.

Does that seem right to anyone else?

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by Prunetacos

Piece of trivia - Pat Schroder, congresswoman from Colorado who briefly had an "exploratory" run for President in the Democratic primaries of 1988, was a Chi Omega. (It's in her autobiolgraphy.)

Point of Information:

Pat Schroeder IS (not "was") a Chi Omega. She was initiated into our Pi Beta Chapter at Univ. of Minnesota. She was named a "Woman of Achievement" and gave an outstanding speech at our 1992 Convention.

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

I seem to recall another thread where it was decided that Clinton was not in an undergraduate fraternity, then was a Rhodes Scholar and studied in the UK, but that he might be an honorary Alpha Phi Omega.

Does that seem right to anyone else?

Nope. He pledged Alpha Phi Omega, Mu Alpha (Georgetown) chapter as an undergraduate.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by dakareng

Mrs Parker and Mrs. Wrigley were NOT Pi Phis... their husbands just liked arrows

Well shut my mouth! I personally have been passing those rumors around for well over twenty-five years. Now in my defense, I was never corrected otherwise on my so called "knowledge of famous Pi Phis" by either family or friends who *are* Pi Phis.

[dakareng]

Don't feel bad... you aren't the only one to play the telephone game with misinformation that some creative person dreamt years ago. I seem to remember sisters collecting Parker pens just because of the arrow clips on them. The piece in the Arrow is the first time I've seen it in writing that it's a myth, although I'd heard it from our Archivist when we were surfing chapter websites.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by dakareng

Don't feel bad... you aren't the only one to play the telephone game with misinformation that some creative person dreamt years ago. I seem to remember sisters collecting Parker pens just because of the arrow clips on them. The piece in the Arrow is the first time I've seen it in writing that it's a myth, although I'd heard it from our Archivist when we were surfing chapter websites.

I do believe that every Pi Phi at Kentucky had a Parker pen and chewed - never in public mind you - Wrigley gum.

[dekeguy]

Well, Mrs. Wrigley may not have been a Pi Phi, but Mr. William W. Wrigley was a DEKE. My Pi Phi sister smugly tells me that DEKES tend to naturally gravitate toward Pi Phis (unless of course they happen to be insufferable older sisters) so who knows, she might have been a Pi Phi wannabe, or perhaps pledged but did not initiate...

[LuvUTrulyKKG]

Originally Posted by MysticCat81

Another Greek urban legend. methinks. Why think I so?

Joseph Campbell founded the company in 1869, one year before Kappa was founded. It didn't start making soup until 1897, but the suggestion and process for making soup came from John Dorrence, the nephew of the company's general manager. The can label was suggested by companty exec, Heberton Williams, who derived the red and white label from the Cornell football team. The gold medal on the can is an award from the Paris Exposition. (All of this info can be found at the Campbell website.)

One other thing -- when I googled, it appeared that every Kappa chapter site that mentioned this connection referred to Mrs. Campbell simply as "Mrs. Campbell." Seems like if she really was a Kappa, someone would know her first name. Also seems like she might be mentioned on Kappa's national site, which she is not.

The reality is that fluer-de-lis were common ornaments around the time that the label was designed, and someone probably realized that gold fluer-de-lis complemented the Paris Expo medal nicely.

ETA: Sorry. If I had kept reading I would have seen that this had already been addressed. But I will note that my google search turned up quite a few Kappa chapters perpetuating this Greek urban legend.

Kappa Kappa Gamma Headquarters (and more specifically, the women in charge of technology) have been trying to fix the chapter websites. However, due to yearly officer turnover, graduation, and neglect of sites, "Mrs. Campbell" is still mentioned on chapter sites.

[sdsuchelle]

Okay, so I did some research.

Wikipedia states that Sally Ride was born in 1951, and she attended Swarthmore College for awhile but then recieved her BA from Stanford.

So, I'm assuming she was an undergrad around 1969-1973.

Both Swarthmore and Stanford did not have sororities at that time. Both Stanford and Swarthmore abolished them in the 40's, and Stanford did not allow sororities back on campus until 1977.

It seems, maybe, that Sally Ride was never a sorority member at all. These kinds of rumors tend to perpetuate... I mean, I'm constantly hearing that Michelle Pfieffer was an ADPi, but she was never initiated.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by sdsuchelle

These kinds of rumors tend to perpetuate...

They sure do.

Maybe it was Michelle Pfieffer who left her badge on the moon...

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

They sure do.

Maybe it was Michelle Pfieffer who left her badge on the moon...

And does that mean that Catwoman is an ADPi??

[tunatartare]

I'm still waiting for some sorority to claim Cleopatra as a famous member. If I had to venture a guess, I'd say she's a Sigma Kappa because of the snakes.