Sally Ride's Sorority - What is she?

[Prunetacos]

I've read that America's first woman astronaut, Dr. Sally Ride, is a sorority member, but I can't find out which sorority. She went to Swarthmore, then to Stanford. Perhaps she was inducted as an alum, after graduation(?) Thanks for any information!!!
- Prune Tacos

[AGDem]

I think she was initiated into Pi Beta Phi as an alum. Could be wrong, though.

[Prunetacos]

Thanks, if it was. Maybe I should ask Pi Phi. When an alum is asked to join, do they go through a pledging period, the exact same ceremony with young coeds, a special cermony just for alums? I remember that President Eisenhower was a DEKE, but since he went to West Point, where there are no fraternities, he went in as an alum.
Thanks for the help!!
- Prunetacos

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by Prunetacos

Thanks, if it was. Maybe I should ask Pi Phi. When an alum is asked to join, do they go through a pledging period, the exact same ceremony with young coeds, a special cermony just for alums?

I've know AI's who received both the pledging ceremony and the full-on initiation ceremony, and I know some who went straight to the initiation ceremony. I don't know about the actual pledging period itself, but I am thinking "probably not". So that answer overall is..."it depends."

[dekeguy]

[QUOTE=Prunetacos] I remember that President Eisenhower was a DEKE, but since he went to West Point, where there are no fraternities, he went in as an alum.
Thanks for the help!!
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Ike was a DEKE? I knew that Rutherford B. Hayes, Teddy Roosevelt, F. D. Roosevelt, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush were DEKE presidents, but Ike? Must have been on Double Secret Probation?

[AGDem]

Ike wasn't a Deke, he was a Tau Epsilon Phi, according to their site.

Originally Posted by AGDem

I think she was initiated into Pi Beta Phi as an alum. Could be wrong, though.

Pi Beta Phi doesn't have her listed on their website as a notable alumna.

I couldn't find an affiliation via Google, either.

She could very well be a member of a professional/honor/service organization and not an NPC.

[carnation]

We do have one of the early female astronauts who AIed and her name escapes me but I think that Sally Ride is a Sigma Kappa. Wait, is ours named Anna Fisher or something like that?

Originally Posted by carnation

We do have one of the early female astronauts who AIed and her name escapes me but I think that Sally Ride is a Sigma Kappa. Wait, is ours named Anna Fisher or something like that?

LOL, Sigma Kappa doesn't list her either, although they do have another astronaut, Rhea Seddon, as a sister.

[Prunetacos]

http://www.geocities.com/daypanhell/facts.html

That's the site that lists here in "Others" as a sorority member.

- Prunetacos

Originally Posted by Prunetacos

http://www.geocities.com/daypanhell/facts.html

That's the site that lists here in "Others" as a sorority member.

- Prunetacos

Unless it's an I/HQ's official site, I wouldn't put too much weight on it.

I've seen lists that had Betty Crocker, Madonna, Carly Simon, Raquel Welch, etc. etc. listed as Greek. All wrong.

Out of curiosity, why Sally Ride?

[Prunetacos]

http://www.geocities.com/daypanhell/facts.html

That's the site that lists her in "Others" as a sorority member.

- Prunetacos

[DaffyKD]

Originally Posted by Prunetacos

I've read that America's first woman astronaut, Dr. Sally Ride, is a sorority member, but I can't find out which sorority. She went to Swarthmore, then to Stanford. Perhaps she was inducted as an alum, after graduation(?) Thanks for any information!!!
- Prune Tacos

Sally Ride is a Kappa Delta!

DaffyKD

Originally Posted by DaffyKD

Sally Ride is a Kappa Delta!

DaffyKD

http://kappadelta.org/WhoWeAre/Famous.htm

Is she really? I couldn't find her.

[PM_Mama00]

Phi Mu has an astronaut, but I forgot her name. Oops.