Project Editor: J.V. Dorsey, UCARE, 2008

Greek Hall Of Fame

A Look at Famous Greek Nebraska Alumni

• Edith Abbot, first woman to be named Dean of a Graduate School (University of Chicago), Delta Gamma


• George Beadle, Nobel Prize winner (genetics), Farmhouse


• Herbert Brownell, former Attorney General of Nebraska, Delta Upsilon


• Jon Bruning, Attorney General of Nebraska, Sigma Phi Epsilon


• William Jennings Bryan, former four time Presidential Candidate, Acacia


• Johnny Carson, Comedian, Phi Gamma Delta


• Hal Daub, former Mayor of Omaha, Kappa Sigma


• David Doyle, Actor (Bosley, Charlie Angels), Phi Delta Theta


• Harold Edgerton, inventor of the strobe light, Acacia


• Adrian Fiala, Husker Football announcer, Phi Kappa Psi


• Tommie Frazier, former Husker Football player, Iota Phi Theta


• Cliff Hillegass, inventor of Cliff's Notes, Acacia


• Bob Kerrey, Nebraska Governor and Senator, Phi Gamma Delta


• Frank Morrison, former Governor of Nebraska, Tau Kappa Epsilon


• Frank Mueller, Former member of the US Chamber of Commerce, Delta Sigma Phi


• Donald Othmer, co-editor of the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, Lambda Chi Alpha


• Mildred Othmer Peterson, founder of the Pan American Board of Education, Alpha Delta Pi


• Roscoe Pound, father of Harvard Law, Acacia


• Ruth Bryan Rohde, first woman elected to congress from Florida, Delta Gamma


• Frank Solich, former Husker Football Coach, Sigma Nu


• Kathy Lyle Stephenson, first certified female plastic surgeon, Pi Beta Phi


• C.Y. Thompson, former Dean of Men, Delta Upsilon


• Charles Thone, former Governor of Nebraska, Phi Gamma Delta