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University of Wyoming

UW's Prominent Greek Alumnae

SEN. ALAN K. SIMPSON

IT'S A FACT
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SEN. ALAN K. SIMPSON (pictured)
(Alpha Tau Omega)
Past Wyoming Senator

SEN. / GOV. MILWARD SIMPSON
(Alpha Tau Omega)
Past Wyoming Senator and Governor

PETE SIMPSON
(Alpha Tau Omega)
Wyoming Political Personality

SAMUEL H. KNIGHT
(Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
Wyoming Citizen of the Century
Founder - UW Geological Museum

RED JACOBY
(Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
Past UW Athletic Director
Member - UW Athletics Hall of Fame

CURT ROCHELLE
(Sigma Chi)
Primary Contributor - Rochelle Athletics Center

GOV. MIKE SULLIVAN
(Alpha Tau Omega)
Past Wyoming Governor

MARGARET TOBIN
(Pi Beta Phi)
Margaret Tobin Scholarship

REP. RICK TEMPEST
(Sigma Alpha Epsilon)
Past Speaker - Wyoming State House of Representatives

CURT GOWDY
(Alpha Tau Omega)
Wyoming Radio Personality
Member - Wyoming Athletics Hall of Fame

PROMINENT NATIONAL GREEK ALUMNI
Nationally speaking, many of the names that are common in most households bredth of knowledge were once found on Greek chapter rosters. Someday, you too could be on this list.

ATHLETICS
Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Shaquille O'Neal, "Pistol" Pete Marovich, John Elway, Ed McCaffrey, Gayle Sayers, Troy Aikman, Terry Bradshaw, Lou Gherig, Jack Nicholas, Bobby Jones, Payne Stewart, Curtis Strange, Phil Jackson, Pat Riley, and Mike Ditka.

ENTERTAINERS
John Wayne, Jimmy Buffet, Bill Cosby, James Dean, Bob Dylan, Harrison Ford, Sheryl Crow, Kevin Costner, Steven Spielberg, David Spade, Courtney Cox, Katie Couric, Tim McGraw, Kathie Lee Gifford, Amy Grant, David Letterman, Paul Newman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brad Pitt, Elvis Presely, Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds, Kristie Alley, Candice Bergen, Goldy Hawn, Simon AND Garfunkel, Deanna Carter, Ashley Judd, Ashton Kutcher, and Kenny Chesney.

MAJOR POLITICAL FIGURES
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, William McKinley, Ronald Reagan, Benjamin Harrison, Gerald Ford, Grover Cleveland, John F. Kennedy, Chester Arthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, James Garfield, Harry Truman, Rutherford B. Hayes, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin Pierce, Calvin Coolidge, Martin Van Buren,Warren G. Harding, James Polk, Woodrow Wilson, John Quincy Adams, William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt, George H.W.Bush, George W. Bush, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

OTHERS
Rosa Parks, Civil Rights Pioneer
Johnny Carson, Tonight Show host
David Letterman, television show host
Neil Armstrong, astronaut and author
Henry Ford II, former chairman, Ford Motor Company
William Faulkner, author
Maya Angelo, poet and author
Kurt Vonnegut, author
Walker Percy, author
Bob Dole, Past Senate Majority Leader / Presidential Candidate
Laura Bush, First Lady
Barbara Bush, Past First Lady
Lady Bird Johnson, Past First Lady
Elizabeth Dole, Past CEO- American Red Cross, US Senator
Lynne Cheney, Second Lady
Sandra Day O'Conner, Supreme Court Justice
Ruth Badar-Ginsberg, Supreme Court Justice
William Brennan, Supreme Court Justice
Jesse Jackson, chair, Rainbow Coalition
Georgia O'Keaffe, artist
Lee Iacocca, President, Chrysler
Malcom Forbes, Chairman, Forbes Magazine
George Gallup, opinion researcher / pollster
Colonel Sanders, chicken king
Orville Redenbacker, popcorn king
Jane Pauley, newscaster
Warren Beatty, actor
Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician
Derek Bok, president, Harvard University
George Steinbrenner, Owner - New York Yankees
John F. Akers, Founder - IBM
Edward Bausch, Founder - Bausch & Lomb Opticals
Henry B. Thayer, Founder - AT&T
Owen D. Young, Founder - General Electric
William Wrigley, Founder - Wrigley's Gum
Howard Heinz, Founder - Heinz 57
James Gamble, Founder - Proctor and Gamble
Sidney Colgate, Founder - Colgate-Palmolive

Well, you get the idea. From the first man to walk on the moon, to the man who pioneered the rights for African Americans in the United States, to the man who made automobiles a household commodity - greeks have influenced your lives in more ways than you can imagine.
What will your mark on the world be?