I am a proud member of Xi Delta Theta, the number one sorority in Ottawa! With this under my belt, I believe great things come from the greek community... here's a short list of some influential and important people who are in sororities or fraternities!
SORORITY GIRLS
Rosa Parks - Alpha Kappa Alpha (Mother of the Civil Rights Movement)
Julia Louis Dreyfuss - Delta Gamma (Actress, Elaine on Seinfeld)
Florence Henderson - Delta Zeta (Actress)
Jennifer Garner - Pi Beta Phi (Actress)
Grace Coolidge - Pi Beta Phi (Former First Lady)
Margaret Chase Smith - Sigma Kappa (1st US Woman Senator)
Anita Turpeau Anderson - Zeta Phi Beta (First woman on Howard Univ. debate team)
Condoleeza Rice - Alpha Chi Omega (National Security Advisor)
Coretta Scott King - Alpha Kappa Alpha (Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)
Ruth Whitney - Alpha Chi Omega (Past editor and Chief of Glamour Magazine)
Betsy Finley Ashton - Alpha Chi Omega (Author and TV Reporter)
Linda Cavanaugh Clark - Alpha Chi Omega (News Anchor/Journalist)
Carole Warner - Alpha Delta Pi (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Maude McLure Kelley - Alpha Delta Pi (First woman lawyer in Alabama)
Judith Resnik - Alpha Epsilon Phi (Astronaut)
Gladys Knight - Alpha Kappa Alpha (Singer)
Jada Pinkett Smith - Alpha Kappa Alpha (Actress)
Alicia Keys - Alpha Kappa Alpha (honorary sister, singer)
Star Jones - Alpha Kappa Alpha (Host of the View and former District Attorney)
Eleanor Roosevelt - Alpha Kappa Alpha (former First Lady of the U.S.)
Lucy Liu - Chi Omega (Actress)
Molly Sims - Delta Delta Delta (Supermodel)
Aretha Franklin - Delta Sigma Theta (Singer)
Katie Couric - Delta Delta Delta (CBS)
Cheryl Crow - Kappa Alpha Theta (singer)
Carrie Underwood - Sigma Sigma Sigma (singer)
FRATERNITY BOYS
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr - Alpha Phi Alpha (Civil Rights Activist)
Ashton Kutcher - Delta Chi (Actor)
Benjamin Harrison - Delta Chi (Former President of the United States)
Harry S. Truman - Lambda Chi Alpha (Former U.S. President)
Kenny Chesney - Lambda Chi Alpha (Musician)
Michael Jordan - Omega Psi Phi (Former basketball player)
Rev. Jessie Jackson, Sr - Omega Psi Phi (Civil Rights Activist)
Cheech Marin - Phi Sigma Kappa (Cheech & Chong)
Nick Lachey - Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Actor/Singer)
Brad Pitt - Sigma Chi (Actor)
Ronald Reagan - Tau Kappa Epsilon (Former U.S. President)
William Durand - Acacia (NASA Pioneer)
Alfonse D'Amato - Alpha Chi Rho (Senator)
Chuck Norris - Alpha Delta Gamma (Famous Actor)
Ben Stein - Alpha Delta Phi (Actor, commentator, host)
Richard Lewis - Alpha Epsilon Pi (Actor/Comedian)
Mark Zuckerberg - Alpha Epsilon Pi (creator of The Facebook, graduating Harvard)
Orville Redenbacker - Alpha Gamma Rho (Popcorn Guru)
Lionel Richie - Alpha Phi Alpha (Singer)
Frank Sinatra - Alpha Phi Delta (Singer/Actor/Entertainer)
Tony Danza - Alpha Phi Delta (Actor)
Bill Clinton - Alpha Phi Omega (Former U.S. President)
George Ferris Chi Phi (Inventor of the Ferris Wheel)
Adam West - Beta Theta Pi (Actor - The Original Batman)
Kevin Costner - Delta Chi (Actor/Director)
George H.W. Bush - Delta Kappa Epsilon (Former U.S. President)
George W. Bush - Delta Kappa Epsilon (Former U.S. President)
Gerald Ford - Delta Kappa Epsilon (Former U.S. President)
Will Ferrell - Delta Tau Delta (Actor)
David Spade - Sigma Alpha Epsilon (Actor)
Neil Armstrong - Phi Delta Theta (Astronaut)
Lee Ducat - Delta Phi Epsilon (Founder, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation)
There are so many more, but here are some that stuck out to me, whether it was their name of what they have done :)
Jay.xo
Congrats on getting into the number 1 sorority, it must be such a blast spending time with your girlies. :)
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Addie
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