Whos your most famous alum??

[AWDpike]

Doesnt have to be from your chapter, just from your GLO.
(this isnt to judge who has cooler alums, im just wonderin, and others may be too)

Id have to saw either Ted Koppel (ABC news anchor) or Bobby Bowden (Head Coach of Florida State Football)



i guess they are not all that famous since i think i need to explain who they are...

[Jill1228]

I love Nightline so you do NOT have to explain who Ted is to me!

Oh to answer the question...I would have to say Jeri Ryan. If you like Star Trek Voyager (my husband is addicted), you knew who Seven of Nine was. (or as my PERV husband describes her, 2 of 38s)

She is also on Boston Public

Edited for spelling...need coffee

[ZZ-kai-]

BQP

Business:
-Sam Walton - Founder of Walmart - who hasn't heard of Walmart?
-Blake, Bruce, Erik, John, and Peter Nordstrom - Nordstroms, Inc.
-Kenneth Lay - CEO of Enron -oops!

Greek World:
-William Raimond Baird - Creator of the Baird's Manual - honored by all fraternities and sororities.

Sports:
-John Wooden - coaching God
-Mike Schmidt - Hall of Famer 3rd baseman, Phillies

BQP

[Frat_Boy951]

Originally posted by AWDpike
Doesnt have to be from your chapter, just from your GLO.
(this isnt to judge who has cooler alums, im just wonderin, and others may be too)

Id have to saw either Ted Koppel (ABC news anchor) or Bobby Bowden (Head Coach of Florida State Football)



i guess they are not all that famous since i think i need to explain who they are...

I think more people might know Tim McGraw

[AWDpike]

Aw crap how could i forget him.....

O' and say what GLO your with i dont know many of you..

Mine are all pikes

[MysticCat]

I could list many famous alums, but I'll settle for two, one living alumnus and one deceased:

Andy Griffith and Fred (Mr.) Rogers

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by Jill1228
If you like Star Trek Voyager (my husband is addicted), you knew who Seven of Nine was. (or as my PERV husband describes her, 2 of 38s)

ROFL!!!! That Cyborg could definitely fill out a catsuit


I guess Delta Zeta's most famous alumna is Florence Henderson

[queequek]

Do we have to stick with some? I guess I won't list all, but stick with the best three I like:

Theta Delta Chi alums
Robert Frost (Dartmouth 1896) - four times Pulitzer Prize winner
Raymond Hood (Brown 1902) - architect of Chicago tribune and Rockefeller Center NYC
Frank Thomas (Stanford 1933) - creator of "Thumper" character in Disney's Bambi

[PSK480]

Dan Patrick, sportscenter
Don Knotts(Barney Fife)
Jack Welch(GE)
Cheech Marin(You all know Cheech)
Dick Enberg(Sportscaster)

[ASUADPi]

Some of our most famous alumnas are:

Deanna Carter- Country singer

Danica McKeller- 'Winnie' on the Wonder Years

Jean Smart- Actress, 'Sweet Home Alabama' I believe is one of her most recent movies

Kate Capshaw- Actress, 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom', married to Steven Speilberg

Judy Woodruff- Principal CNN anchor

Lu Parker- Miss USA 1994

Brianna
Alpha Delta Pi

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Senator Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator from California

Dr. Judith Seitz Rodin, President, University of Pennsylvania

Susan Polis Schutz, Poet and Creator of the Blue Mountain Arts series greeting cards

Barbara Aronstein Black, Former Dean, Columbia Law School

[Optimist Prime]

Steven Speilberg-Film God

Lee Iacoca-Marketing God

Also, for those of you in boyscouts, George Chapman devised and wrote the Order of the Arrow.

Those are my three.

[WhiteDaisy128]

We have several as well...the most well known are:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Sigma-Northwestern
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is a 1996 Emmy Award winner for her portrayal of Elaine Benes on NBC's Seinfeld. She has also won the 1993 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and three American Comedy Awards as Funniest Supporting Female/Television. She was a member of the Saturday Night Live cast from 1982 to 1985. Her film credits include Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Soul Man (1986), and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989).

Patricia Heaton
Epsilon-Ohio State
The Emmy Award winning actress currently portrays Debra Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS. Television credits include thirtysomething, Room for Two (1992), and Someone Like Me (1994). Film credits include Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
and Beethoven (1992). She is also the author of Motherhood and Hollywood.

Joan Lunden
Delta Eta-California State, Sacramento
Joan Lunden's: "Best known as former co-host of ABC's "Good Morning, America," Joan currently stars in "Behind Closed Doors with Joan Lunden" (A&E), a compelling weekly series that takes viewers on exclusive and explorative journeys, like life with the Cirque du Soleil and on a U-2 spy plane. She is the author of several books, including Joan Lunden's Healthy Living (Crown Publishers, April 1997). She is also the national spokesperson for MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

and

Julia Sweeney
Beta-Washington
Cast member of "Saturday Night Live" from 1990 to 1994, and made famous by the character, "Pat." Film credits include "It's Pat!" (1994), "Pulp Fiction" (1994), and "National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation" (1997). Julia also wrote and starred in the one-woman movie God Said Ha! (1999).

[Senusret I]

I think the most famous Alpha Phi Alpha is Martin Luther King, Jr. and the most famous Alpha Phi Omega is Bill Clinton.

There are, of course, many prominent Brothers of both orgs, but the question was for THE most famous.

[AlphaSigOU]

Famous Alpha Sigs:

Andrew Dickson White - first president of Cornell University. (Psi Upsilon also claims him as a famous alum, but back in the day Alpha Sigma Phi was a sophomore class society and Psi U. and Deke (Delta Kappa Epsilon) were junior class societies.)

Tom Watson - Golf professional.

Warren Buffett - Owner of Berkshire Hathaway.

Ross Swimmer (an alum of my chapter) - Past Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Willard Scott - The original Ronald McDonald and later weatherman for the Today show.