Office of Greek Life

Famous Greeks

                                  

Katie Couric

Delta Delta Delta

                                  

Matthew McConaughey

Delta Tau Delta

                                  

Bill Cosby

Omega Psi Pi

                                  

David Spade

Sigma Alpha Epsilon

                                  

Burt Reynolds

Phi Delta Theta

                                  

Don Knotts

Phi Sigma Kappa

                                  

Dr. Suess

Sigma Phi Epsilon

 Did you know?

48% of U.S. Presidents have been Greek

42% of U.S. Senators have been Greek

30% of U.S. Congressmen/women have been Greek

Since 1910, 85% of the Supreme Court Justices have been Greek

 Both women appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court were Greek

Of the nation's 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by Greeks

10% of all listed in Who's Who are Greek

There are 750,000 undergraduate members of Greek organizations

There are 12,000 Greek chapters all over the world

Greeks are located on 800 college campuses in the U.S. and Canada

71% of Greeks graduate, while only 50% of non-Greeks graduate

The all-Greek GPA is higher than the overall collegiate GPA

Over 85% of the student leaders on 730 campuses are members of Greek-letter organizations

Less than 2% of an average college student's expenses go toward Greek membership dues

Greeks form the largest network of volunteers in the U.S.

Greeks volunteer approximately 10 million hours of community service annually

Greeks raise more than $7 million each year for philanthropies

President Bruce Grube of Georgia Southern University is Greek

Country Music star Luke Bryan was Greek at Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Head Football Coach Chris Hatcher was a Kappa Alpha at Valdosta University

 

                                  

Babe Ruth

Alpha Delta Gamma

 

                                  

Chuck Norris

Alpha Delta Gamma

 

                                  

Deanna Carter

Alpha Delta Pi

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Rosa Parks

Alpha Kappa Alpha

                                  

Eleanor Roosevelt

Alpha Kappa Alpha

 

 

                                  

Nancy Grace

Alpha Delta Pi

 

 

 

 

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Courtney Kupets

Alpha Omicron Pi

 

                                  

Art Garfunkel

Alpha Epsilon Pi

 

 

 

 

                                  

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Alpha Phi Alpha

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Lucy Lui

Chi Omega

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Ashton Kutcher

Delta Chi

 

                                  

Henry Winkler

Alpha Tau Omega

 

                                  

Julia Louis Dreyfuss

Delta Gamma

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Cedric the Entertainer

Kappa Alpha Psi

 

                                  

Aretha Franklin

Delta Sigma Theta

                                  

George W. Bush

Delta Kappa Epsilon

                                  

Bill Engvall

Kappa Alpha Order

                                  

Kate Spade

Kappa Kappa Gamma

                                  

Kenny Chesney

Lambda Chi Alpha

 

 

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                                  Ed O'neill

Ed O'Neill

Delta Sigma Phi

 

 

 

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T.C. Carson

Iota Phi Theta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Sean Combs - Diddy

Kappa Delta Rho

 

                                  

Vera Bradley

Kappa Delta

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Jimmy Buffet

Kappa Sigma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Michael Jordan

Omega Psi Phi

 

                                  

Charlotte York

Kappa Kappa Gamma

 

 

 

 

                                  

Michael Jordan

Omega Psi Phi

 

                                  

Randy Owen

Pi Kappa Phi

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Tim McGraw

Pi Kappa Alpha

 

 

                                  

Harrison Ford

Sigma Nu

 

 

                                  Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey

Phi Mu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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James Voss

Theta Xi

 

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Deborah Platt Majoras

Zeta Tau Alpha

                                  

Brad Pitt

Sigma Chi

 

 

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Willie Nelson

Tau Kappa Epsilon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                  

Dionne Warwick

Zeta Phi Beta