Alabama's Public Liberal Arts University

Greek Life

Fun Facts

 

Did you know?

  • Greek individuals represent only 3% of the population of the United States. However this is a very powerful group of individuals.
  • Approximately 85% of top executives of Fortune 500 companies are Greek
  • All but 2 U.S. presidents since 1825 have been Greek
  • 85% of the Supreme Court Justices since 1910 have been Greek
  • 100 of the 158 cabinet members since 1900 have been Greek
  • 76% of current U.S. Senators and Congressmen are Greek


Did you know these people were Greek?

Athletics:
Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Frank Solich, Eric Piatkowski, Bobby Bowden, Steve Spurrier, Troy Aikman, Emmit Smith, Jesse Owens, Lou Gehrig, Payne Stewart, Michael Jordan, Rick Pitino, Bear Bryant, Pat Riley, Johnny Unitas, Orel Hershiser, John Elway, Shaquille O'Neal
Politicians:
George Bush, Condoleeza Rice, Sandra Day O'Conner, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Harry S. Truman, Madelyn Albright, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson
 
Entertainers:
Johnny Carson, Brad Pitt, Drew Carey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sheryl Crow, Matthew McConaughey, Steven Speillberg, Tom Selleck, John Wayne, Paul Newman, David Letterman, Harrison Ford, Jimmy Buffet, Robert Redford, Ella Fitzgerald, Kenny Chesney, and Tim McGraw
 
Others:
Katie Couric, Maya Angelou, Leeza Gibbons, Lee Iacocca, John Glenn, Robert Frost, Colonel Sanders, Tennessee Williams, Margaret Bourke-White, Joan Lunden, Georgia O'Keefe, Coretta Scott King, Toni Morrison