Greek Facts

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    Here are just a few astounding and undeniable statistics about Fraternity and Sorority membership.
     

    Greeks are SUCCESSFUL

    • Of North America's 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by Fraternity men and Sorority women.

    • 71% of those listed in "Who in America" belong to a fraternity.

    • 85% of Fortune 500 Executives belong to a fraternity or a sorority.

    • 76% of all Congressman and Senators belong to a Fraternity or Sorority.

    • Of U.S. Supreme Court Justices since 1910, 85% (40 out of 47) have been Greek.

    • 63% of the U.S. President's cabinet since 1900 have been Greek.

    •  All but two U.S. President's since 1825 have been Greek.

    • 43 of the 100 members of the U.S. Senate are members of a fraternity or sorority.


    Greeks are SMART

    • The Greek system boasts an all-around GPA higher than the average UCSD GPA.
       
    • Statistics show that Greeks have an overall higher rate of graduation.

    • A U.S. Government study shows that over 70% of all those who join a fraternity/sororitiy graduate, while under 50% of all non-fraternity/sorority persons graduate .

    Greeks CARE

    • Combined, UCSD Fraternity and Sorority members contributed over 42,000 hours of community service and raised over $77,000 for their respective philanthropic endeavors.
       
    • Over $7 million is raised each year by Greeks nationally 
       
    • 850,000 hours are volunteered by active greeks annually
       
    • The Greek system is the largest network of volunteers in the US, with members (active and alumni) donating over 10 million hours of volunteer service each year


    Greeks are EVERYWHERE

    • There are 123 fraternities and sororities with 9 million members total
       
    • There are 750,000 undergraduate members in 12,000 chapters on more than 800 campuses in the USA and Canada.

    Famous Greeks!

    The first female senator was Greek.

    The first female astronaut was Greek.

    All of the Apollo 11 astronauts are Greek.

     

    AlphaChiOmega

    Trista Rehn - the orginal Bachelorette

    Condoleeza Rice

    Deidre Downs - Miss America 2005

    Eleanor Neil Coppola - shot footage for award winning documentary, "Hearts of Darkness"

    Laura Innes - appears as Dr. Carrie Weaver on show, "ER"

    Agnes Echkard Nixon - creator of "All My Children", "One Live to Live" and "As the World Turns

    Alma Gates Scroggins - Executive vice president and chief financial officer of CNN

    Dawn Wells - "Mary Ann" on "Gilligans Island"

     

    AlphaEpsilonPhi

     

    Ruth Bader Ginsberg- Supreme Court Justice

    Judith Resnik- 2nd woman astronaut, tragic victim of the Challenger space shuttle.

    Dinah Shore- Actress

    Lauren Weisbeger- Author of The Devil Wears Prada

    Harriet Beloff- Olympic Gold Medalist in figure skating

    Erica Hill- Reporter and anchor for CNN's Prime News with Erica Hill

     

    ChiOmega

    Harper Lee- Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

    Lucy Liu- Actress 

    Pat Head Summit- Coach of the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team

    Alice Sheets Marriott-  Hotel executive

    Shirley Hufstedler- Former Secretary, United States Department of Education

    Sylvia Hitchcock- Former "Miss Universe"

    Susan Helms- NASA Astronaut, first woman to live in the International Space Station

     

    DeltaDeltaDelta

    Katie Couric-  News Anchor, The Today Show

    Elizabeth Dole-  US Senator

    Molly Sims-  Model

    Natalia Livingston-  Actress, General Hospital

    Joanna Garcia-  Actress, Reba

     

    DeltaGamma

    Patricia Heaton- actress on Everybody Loves Raymond

    Julia Louis-Dreyfus- actress on Seinfeld

    Joan Lunden- former co-host of ABC's "Good Morning, America"

    Julia Sweeney- Saturday Night Live

    Lauren Purcell- Deputy Editor of Self magazine

    Sarah Tilghman Hughes- the first female federal judge, and the first woman to swear in a U.S. President (Lyndon B. Johnson)

     

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    Laura Welch Bush- Wife of George W. Bush, the first lady of the United States

    Lynne Vincent Cheney- Chairman of the National Endowment for the humanities 1986-1993, wife of the Vice President of the United States

    Sheryl Crow- Grammy award Singer

    Amy Grant- Grammy award Singer

    Kerri Strug- Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast

    Marlo Thomas- actress

    Ann Margaret- actress

     

    KappaKappaGamma

    Ashley Judd- actress

    Gena Rowlands Cassavetes- Movie and television actress

    Jane Swift - First woman governor of Massachusetts

    Kate Spade- designer

     

    PiBetaPhi

    Susan Lucci-  All My Children

    Kathryn Lyle Stephenson- the first American Board certified woman plastic surgeon in the U.S. She was named as the 1977 Woman of the Year by the American Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

    Faye Dunaway

    Tracie Ruiz- the winner of two Gold medals in synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

    Jennifer Biddulph Maxwell- the co-creator of the Power Bar.

    Jennifer Garner

     

    SigmaKappa

    Susan Johne- a Kentucky Senator

    Margaret Chase-the first US woman Senator and first woman to sit in both houses of Congress

    Rhea Seddon- a mission specialist for NASA and flew to space in 1985 on Discovery