famous pi phis
 

I am always interested to learn about the famous alumni of different sororities, but I can't find any information on famous pi phis...do you know of any?

U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex) is a Pi Beta Phi alum...

Faye Dunaway, actress
Nancy Kulp, actress (Miss Jane, Beverly Hillbillies)
Patricia Neal, actress
Miss Americas '58,'63,'81 that I know of
Grace Coolidge, 1st Lady
Marilyn Horne, opera star
Carrie Chapman Catt, early suffragist
Eileen Heckart, actress
Kathy Garver, actress (Family Affair)
Margaret Truman Daniel, President's daughter

Don't forget Delta Burke's character, Suzanne Sugarbaker on television's "Designing Women". I think that she was supposed to be a Pi Phi from Ole Miss.

There is a picture in the White House of Grace Coolidge wearing a wine dress and our sorority pin. Also, everytime you eat a piece of wrigley's gum.. think Pi Phi.. notice the arrow. HIs wife was a Pi Phi.

Meg Ryan is also a Pi Phi

Ann Sommovigo Moore - President of People Magazine Group (TN Beta)
Anna B. Fisher - Astronaut (CA Epsilon)
Anna Eileen Heckart Yankee - Actress (OH Beta)
Anna Fisher - Astronaut (CA Epsilon)
Anne Moore - President of People Magazine Group
Beth Brickell - actress who starred in the 1960's television show "Gentle Ben" (Arkansas Alpha)
Betty Cole Dukert - producer of "Meet the Press" (Missouri Alpha and Gamma)
Carrie Chapman Catt - Founder of the National League of Women Voters (Iowa Gamma,)
Charlotte Lansing, was an Opera singer in the 1930's (NY Alpha)
Courtney Gibbs - Miss USA 1988 & Model (TX Delta)
Delta Burke’s character, Suzanne Sugarbaker, of Designing Women was a Pi Phi.
Diane DeWitt - model (TX Beta)
Dianne Dewitt Menicheschi - Model (TX Beta)
Edith Chan - television producer (TX Beta)
Eileen Gechart Yankee - actress who has won an Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe (OH Beta)
Eileen Heckert - Actress
Elizabeth Shue - Actress
Euginea Moore Anderson - first woman Ambassador to Denmark (Iowa Beta)
Faye Dunaway - Actress (FL Beta)
Grace Goodhue Coolidge - wife of Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the United States (VT Beta)
Jacquelyn Mayer Townsend - Miss America 1963 (IL Epsilon)
Jane Bryant Quinn - Author & Financial Columnist (VT Alpha)
Jane Sibbett - actress who has appeared on "Friends" (CA Delta)
Jennifer Biddulph Maxwell - co-creator of the Power Bar (CA Beta)
Jenonne Walker - Ambassador to the Czech Republic (OK Alpha)
Katherine Browne - Opera star in the 1920's (IL Zeta)
Kathy Garver - actress and producer. She played Cissie on "Family Affair." (CA Delta)
Kay Bailey Hutchinson - US Senator (TX Alpha)
Kay Hall - Gold and Bronze medals in swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics (WA Gamma)
Kelli Kuehne - toured with the LPGA and was Nike's first female golf spokesman (TX Alpha)
Lisa Morgan Beaupre - Miss Teenage America, 1988 (CA Delta)
Margaret Truman Daniels - Author & Daughter of President Harry Truman (DC Alpha)
Marilyn Horne - Opera Star (CA Gamma)
Marilyn Van Derbur Atler - Miss America 1958 & Motivational Speaker (CO Alpha)
Martha Hyer - Actress (IL Epsilon)
Mary Elizabeth Blackmon - Actress (LA Alpha)
Mary Margaret Truman - Daughter of Harry S. Truman
Maudie Prickett - Actress (Wyoming Alpha)
Meredith Auld Brokaw, Her husband is broadcaster Tom Brokaw.
Nancy Hogshead - Olympic Gold Medalist- Swimming (NC Beta)
Nancy Kulp - Actress played Jane Hathaway, "The Beverly Hill Billies" (FL Beta)
Patricia Neal - Actress (IL Epsilon)
Paula Ragusa Prentiss - Actress (VA Alpha)
Rebecca Hoke Hollen - Soap-opera actress (TX Beta)
Robin Smith - Filmmaker (OH Alpha)
Rosemary Lanewas - Actress in the 1930's (Iowa Beta)
Ruby Mercer - Metropolitan Opera star (OH Alpha)
Ruth Walsh Mcintyre - Journalist/News Anchor (SC Alpha)
Sally Sockwell - Stage actress (TX Beta)
Susan Akin - Miss America 1986 (MS Beta)
Susan Lucci - Actress (All My Children)
Tiffany Craig Miss Oklahoma 1994
Tracy Ruiz - 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist- Synchronized Swimming (AZ Alpha)
Virginia Murphy Plankenbaker - was Indiana State Senator (Indiana Delta)
The founder of Monet jewelry is a Pi Phi.
Mrs. Parker (Parker Pens) ....look for the arrow
Mrs. Wrigley (Wrigley Gum) .look for the arrow on the package

And the list goes on and on and on...

(Sorry for the repeats)

Go Pi Phi!!!

Wow piphialum!!! You did your homework. Hillarypbf1723 I didn't know about Meg Ryan.

I think I read somewhere that Susan Lucci is a Pi Phi, but I haven'g been able to confirm that.

I've heard that too kellyj.

Thank you Wine&Blue, I was our chapter historian.

I forgot to include Sally Fields on my list!!



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Wow! Look at that list of accomplished women! They really know how to represent Pi Phi!

Proud to be a PI BETA PHI!

How could we forget Mamie Eisenhower?


My chapter loves the flaming Mamie song!

That song is about Mamie Eisenhower???:confused:

How does that go? Flamin' Mamie was a red hot Pi Phi, DA DA DA DA, the hottest Pi Phi in town! When it came to lovin', she was a _____????

HUMAN OVEN DA DA DA DA the hottest pi phi in town!


we say she was a red hot lady though

Okay, wait a minute, I'm remembering it!

Mamie got so heated that she had to retire!
Mamie got much hotter than the Chicago fire!
Flaming Mamie was a red hot Pi Phi DADADADA
The hottest Pi Phi in town, I really mean it!
The hottest Pi Phi in town!

I can safely say I have never heard that song before! Guess I didn't do such a good job as song chair as I thought...

This was in the "Guide to the Greeks" the year I rushed
 

Some famous Pi Phis include Susan Lucci (which was exciting b/c I grew up watching "All My Children"), Faye Dunaway, and Jane Fonda.

Cindy Crawford is also a Pi Phi.

Cindy Crawford was supposedly a Pi Phi and she was supposedly a member of my chapter! (IL Epsilon). It's turned into a running joke... after Founder's Day this year, someone at Chapter asked "I wonder why Cindy didnt come to Founder's Day this year?". As Fraternity heritage chair it is my job to go look through the records and figure it out for certain... we aren't sure if she initiated since she was only at my school for one quarter... I will let you girls know if I figure it out though.

Hey, thanks! I didn't know that. I saw that on a website, but I don' t remember which one.

Cindy Crawford is not a Pi Phi
 

I'm sorry to say that the rumor that Cindy Crawford is a Pi Phi is false. Our TGC told us this year during rush that it isn't true. There is a Cindy Crawford that is a Pi Phi, but not THE Cindy Crawford. I'm sorry! It's ok though just look at all of the past Pi Phi's that have done great things and think of what we can do in the future!


Lindsey
IN Gamma

Not too many people know this but Jackie Kessler the court reporter for Judge Joe Brown is a pi phi. She was a nm beta and only while looking at our old composites did I realize that.

verified
 

How many of these pi phis are verified with nationals?
I mean i know we put out the same long list as before, but there is another thread here saying that that Mrs. Wrigleys was NOT a pi phi.... Esp with the meg ryan rumor too?
Someone brought up on greek life forum that all houses should probably verifiy with nationals before they start listing so many. Im just wondering because i was surprised about the wrigleys and parker pens deal......

[COLOR=deeppink]Dont forget about Cindy Crawford and Jennifer Gardner (from Alias):)

Ok. I can live with the idea of Cindy not being a Pi Phi, but someone please tell me that Jennifer is! I'm a fan! :) LOL

yup Jennifer Garner is a Pi Phi...she was in last summer's arrow...and one exciting thing in this summer;s arrow is that the original voice of Charlie on "Charlie's Angels" just married a Pi Phi! :)

PPL & Mine,
Jess

Did you know that in a painting that has Grace Coolidge with her dog (believe it is a grey hound). Grace is wearing a red dress and standing by her dog in a room in the White House. If you look real close at her dress you can see that she is wearing her member pin!

Its really cool!

-Marty Caldwell
Chapter Secretary
Arkansas Beta

Actually, the dog in the Grace Coolidge portrait is her white collie, Rob Roy. I know this because I have Shelties, and I'm partial. :)

YEs, Grace Coolidge is a Pi Phi (VT BEta) and she is wearing her badge in the portrait in the White House.... and yes, Jennifer Garner is a Pi Phi.. many of the others named on this thread are indeed urban legends. Check pibetaphi.org for an official listing of notable Pi Phis.

And to the song chairman who thought she wasn't doing a good job because she didn't know of 'flaming mamie'... don't be embarrased. That's a song that belongs only in the basements of private pi phi houses. 'Flaming Mamie' and "Mary Margaret Truman" are songs that were taken out of the songbooks at least 15 years ago. They may be fun songs but don't reflect positively on the fraternity are on the real life persons that they are ridiculing.

Re: verified
 

I asked Wrigly's Gum and they said NO Mrs. Wrigley was NOT a Pi Phi, it is just a rumor. the Arrows mean somthing else not Pi Phi

Meg Ryan????
 

Was she really????????

Sally Fields...A Pi Phi? No way!?!?!

And, as was officially announced at Convention: Barbara Bush was initiated into Texas Eta last fall!

Hate to burst people's bubbles but neither Meg Ryan or Sally Fields are members of Pi Beta Phi (at least the ones that we know as prominant actors.... there may be A Meg Ryan who is a Pi Phi but it isn't the one from When Harry Met Sally)

There is a section on the Pi Phi webpage that lists who the notable Pi Phis are..... you'll be impressed at the variety of pioneers in medicine, politics and science...

Margaret Truman as a Pi Phi
 

I have known--or thought I knew--that for many years. When I was at UCLA in the early 1960s I worked as a hasher (waiter) at Alpha Omicron Pi. I remember hearing the ladies sing a song about Margaret Truman, which for some reason stuck in my memory, as follows:
Mary Margaret Truman was the daughter of the Pres.
She lived in the White House with her "lovely" mother Bess.
She didn't go Theta nor Gamma Phi Beta,
no she was a daughter of Pi Beta Phi.
When her father Harry got the "shoo" in '52
Mary Margaret Truman knew just waht to do.
She went back to Missouri, to work in the brewery,
SO LET'S ALL DRINK BEER!

Yes, Nicole Carter, a California Delta, married John Forsythe. He was the voice on Charlie's Angels, and he played Blake Carrington on "Dynasty". SHE'S WONDERFUL!! and so is he. She is now Nicole Carter-Forsythe. She is a good friend and a HUGE supporter of Pi Phi. We get on the phone and talk for hours.
Jen

http://www.olemisssports.com/ViewArt...DB_OEM_ID=2600

I believe Sandra is a Pi Beta Phi alumna from MS Beta. Pretty neat!

I'm friends with Jenni Pulos (Jeff Lewis - Flipping Out on Bravo) on facebook and she is a Pi Phi from UCLA ('95). Thought Y'all might wanna know :)

Don't forget Jennifer Garner (Ohio Eta) and Jenna Dewan from step up who was in the USC chapter!