Famous Greeks... or are they???

[dubyuhnellpiphi]

pi phi has a bunch... i will just tell you the MOST famous ones... remember there are MANY more

Sally Field
Carrie Chapman Catt (suffragist extrodinare)
Faye Dunaway
Susan Lucci
Grace Coolidge (thanks to her, pi phi is the ONLY sorority in the smithsonian... check her dress in hall of inauguration gowns and you will see the wonderful pi phi badge)
Mrs. Parker (check parker pens for the arrow!)
Mrs. Wrigley (the gum package has what on it? yeah, that would be an arrow!)
Elizabeth Shue
Tracy Ruiz (gold medal swimmer)
Marilyn Horne (opera singer)

NOTE: some of the confusion about delta burke could be because of the fact that Suzanne Sugarbaker (her character on designing women) was a pi phi on the show

ok... enough about the pi phis... for now at least

[navane]

Hello!

I was just browsing the internet when I came across a website called Turn for the Judges (it's about beauty pageants). This article caught my eye - the winner attends my alma mater...and she's a DZ!

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Tess Proano, 20, attending California State University, Long Beach, studying business and a
VIP tour Guide at Disneyland, won the Miss Los Angeles County USA competition. A 2000 Graduate from Long Beach Millikan School, Tess now attends California State University, Long Beach studying Business. She is Vice President of her Sorority, Delta Zeta. She is currently working as a Tour Guide at Disneyland.

She enjoys watching and performing in musical theater. Tess loves to sing and was Long Beach Singer Of The Year. She also enjoys listening to music, reading, dancing and her cat. Tess wants to champion awareness of the importants of empowering our youth through philanthropy. She speaks to schools about staying active in extra curricular activities, youth organizations, and sports.

The first runner-up was Nafeesa De Florias; second runner-up was Lauren Supernaw; third runner up was Cynthia Magsombol; and fourth runner-up was Nicole Tyson. The Miss Photogenic award went to Melinda Cross, while Miss Congeniality was Tess Proano. The
Jennifer Ends Spirit Award went to Nafessa De Florias and the Stephanie Smith Service Award went to Lauren Moniz.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Actually, the story I hear about Delta Burke was, it wasn't Delta herself that was a greek, it was her character on Designing women. She played Suzanne Sugarbaker (sp?) and I believe it wsa Suzanne who was a Pi Phi.

[sweetie adpi]

where my pi's at???

ah well...

speaking of designing women... jean smart, who played charlene is an adpi

as well as:
deana carter - country singer
judy woodruff - head anchor on cnn
danica mckellar - you remember the wonder years
bobbi eakes - she's on the bold and the beautiful
sandra palmer - professional golfer
carol warner shields - pulitzer winning author
lauralee peters - international affairs advisor to the president
gracia yancey backer - missouri house of representatives
harriet elliot - the only woman appointed by president roosevelt to the defense board
anne klein - fashion designer

... i could go on and on

here is a question - does anyone know the answer? to which sorority does sandra day o'connor belong? i've heard adpi, theta, and aephi....

[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?)

[AGDLynn]

http://www.alphagammadelta.org/About...Alpha_Gams.asp

From the AGD IHQ Site.

I've heard from different sources that Carly Simon is an AGD. I sent her an email asking, but it hasn't been answered so....

[AlphaGamMI]

Since the Alpha Gam link has already been posted, here's the one for Phi Kaps. Pretty impressive list which includes JFK.


Julie


http://www.phikaps.org/join/famous.html

[VT Tri-D]

tri-delt has:
katie couric
leeza gibbons
dixie carter
elizabeth dole
grace kelly
liz claiborne
leanza cornett
deborah norville
mrs. neil armstrong (whos husband put her tri-delt pin on the flag on the moon)
heather locklear

also, delta airlines, delta faucets, the liz claiborne label, and trident gum among other things come from tri-deltas symbols

[xp2k]

There are plenty of famous Chi Phi alumni but here are my favorite...

Chris Hardwick (host of MTV's Singled Out)
Walter Cronkite (Anchorman)
Earl Bruce (former Head football coach at Ohio St.)
Rankin M. Smith, Sr. (Owner of Atlanta Falcons)
and...

...George Ferris, the crazy guy who invented the Ferris Wheel!

XP2k

[filabeaner]

one sigep alum to be mentioned from tx alpha at the univ. of tx is tom hicks, owner of the texas rangers and the dallas stars.


and i seem to know more alum from my chapter in particular at the university of north texas, tx beta chapter:

Duffy Oyster, the owner of the Pancho's food chain

Bill Schmidt, bronze in javelin at '74 munich olympics, made the "be like mike" michael jordan ad campaign for gatorade, was CEO of oakley sunglasses, and now works for mike himself

Joe Don Baker, actor in many 007 movies and many more movies

Jay Lombardo, of Lombardo Apparel (logo after all mavericks games)... makes suits for many actors, and many more athletes of all the dallas area sports teams

can't think of names, but 2 members of Deep Blue Something, the owner/CEO of Petro Oil, and so many more i can't think of at 11:00 at night.

[Optimist Prime]

Theta Chi has me well, one day.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by Optimist Prime
Theta Chi has me well, one day.

They're lucky to have you! Don't ever let them forget it!

[amycat412]

VT Tri Delt- I've always heard Heather Locklear was a Chi O -- but she didn't stay at UCLA long enough to get initiated....


Does anyone know if Nancy O"Dell from Access Hollywood is Greek? She graduated from Clemson.

[DeltAlum]

Pat O'Brien of Access Hollywood (Is he still on it? I don't watch), and former CBS Sports Anchor is a Delt.

[BearyCuteAPhi]

Just wondering if anyone knew if Julia Roberts was/is a greek?


Ronnie