85% of the Fortune 500 Executives,

80% of U.S. Presidents since 1900, and

100% of Apollo 11 Astronauts...

All joined a fraternity!!!
 
 

Did you know...

* Studies indicate that fraternity and sorority members are more likely to remain in college and receive a degree than non-affiliated students.

* More than 7 million men and women in the U.S. and Canada are Greek.

* 80% of chief executives of the 500 largest corporations are Greek members.

* Greeks comprise more than three fourths of Congress.

* 85% of Supreme court Justices since 1910 have been Greek.

* Since 1900, two thirds of members of Presidential Cabinets have been Greek.

* Of the fifteen presidents who had a chance to join a fraternity, twelve took advantage of the opportunity.

* The majority of men listed in "Who's Who in America" are fraternity men.

Fraternities and sororities provide a viable option for leadership development and extracurricular involvement.
 
 

Did you know...

ATHLETES Wilt Chamberlain, John Elway, Lou Gehrig, Orel Hershiser, Jack Nicklaus, Gayle Sayers, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Matt Suhey

ENTERTAINERS Kirstie Alley, Candice Bergen, Jimmy Buffet, Dixie Carter, Bill Cosby, Kevin Costner, James Dean, Bob Dylan, Harrison Ford, Kathie Lee Gifford, Amy Grant, David Letterman, Paul Newman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brad Pitt, Elvis Presley, Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds, John Wayne

POLITICIANS George Bush, Jesse Jackson, Nancy Kassebaum, Martin Luther King, Jr., Maurine Neuberger, Ronald Reagan, Harry S. Truman

OTHERS Barbara Bush, Robert Frost, Lee Iacocca, Linda Byrd Johnson, Joan Lunden, Debora Norville, Georgia O'Keefe, George Patton, Jane Pauley, Marilyn Quayle

...are all Greeks!
 

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Last updated on 20 January 2000.