Facts of Sigma Sigma Sigma

  • Carrie Underwood, the American Idol, from Alpha Iota chapter is a Tri Sigma!

  • One of twenty-six sororities that are apart of the National Panhellenic Conference.
  • The first NPC sorority in Europe and Alaska.
  • One of the first Greek Organizations to have a deaf/hard of hearing chapter.
  • The first NPC sorority installed in a foreign country.
  • The first NPC sorority to have a shortened new member program.
  • One of the first national sororities at Longwood College.
  • The first NPC sorority to have a panhellenic department as a part of the National Officer structure.
  • The first NPC sorority with a nationally recognized play therapy program philanthropy.
  • The first sorority to sponsor a National Greek Advisor of the year award.
  • Linda Denham, creator of the Care Bears, is a Tri Sigma.
  • Billie Letts, author of Where the Heart is, is a Tri Sigma.

Facts of Greek Life

  • The first social Greek-letter organization in this country was Phi Betta Kappa. It was created in 1776 in Williamsburg, Virginia.
  • 43 out of 50 of North America's largest companies are headed by Fraternity men and Sorority women
  • 7 out of 10 people listed on the Who's Who are Greek
  • 85% of Fortune 500 executives belong to a Fraternity or Sorority
  • 40 of 47 Supreme Court Justices since 1910 were Fraternity men
  • All but three US Presidents belong to a Fraternity
  • Statistics show that Fraternity and Sorority members have a higher rate of graduation from college than do their non-member Counterparts
  • 63% of US Cabinet members since 1900 belong to a Fraternity or Sorority
  • 68% of doctors and 72% of lawyers, nationally belong to a Fraternity or Sorority
  • ATHLETES: Wilt Chamberlain, John Elway, Lou Gehrig, Orel Hershiser, Jack Nicklaus, Gayle Sayers, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Matt Suhey
  • ENTERTAINERS: Kristie 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 Presely, 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 Iococca, Linda Byrd Johnson, Joan Lunden, Debora Norville, Georgia O'Keefe, George Patton, Jane Pauley, Marilyn Quayle
  • YOU KNOW WHAT ALL THESE PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON? THEY ARE ALL GREEK!!!
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