Famous Greeks

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Here are a few famous Greeks

Delta Chi: Kevin Costner
                Ashton Kutcher
Sigma Nu: Bob Barker
Sigma Chi: Brad Pitt
                John Wayne
                Tom Sellek
Lambda Chi Alpha: Harry S. Truman
                               Kenny Chesney
                               Mark Burnell
Phi Delta Theta: Neil Armstrong
                         Burt Renolds
                         Benjamin Harrison
Phi Kappa Psi: Woodrow Wilson
                        John F. Kennedy
Sigma Sigma Sigma: Carrie Underwood
                                Linda Denham (creator of the Care Bears)
Gamma Phi Beta: Kristie Alley
                           Kelli McCarty
Alpha Sigma Alpha: Freida Riley
Alpha Chi Omega: Trista Rehn
                             Condoleezza Rice
                             Meredith Monroe

*85% of Fortune 500 executives are Greek.
*80% of U.S. Presidents since 1900 are Greek.
*100% of Apollo 11 Astronauts are Greek.
* More than 7 million men and women in the U.S. and Canada are Greek.
* 80% of the 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.