List of Alpha Chi Omega members
Alpha Chi Omega is an American collegiate women's fraternity founded at DePauw University in 1885. Following is a list of Alpha Chi Omega members.
Academia
[edit]- Llerena Friend: librarian, teacher, author, and founding director of the Barker Center for Texas History
- Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta): former U.S. Secretary of State and director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University[1]
Art
[edit]- Bonnibel Butler (Theta): illustrator of children's books and magazines, including St. Nicholas[2]
- Carol Haerer (Xi): artist known for abstract painting[3]
Business
[edit]- Sherron Watkins (Alpha Phi): Enron whistleblower, former vice president of Corporate Development of Enron Corporation, USA Today and Time Person of the Year 2002[1][4]
- Barbara W. Winder (Beta Nu): president of the Relief Society
Entertainment
[edit]- Jayne Atkinson (Gamma): actress known for her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April
- Laura Berman (Alpha Iota): relationship therapist and television host of In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman
- Rita Braver (Kappa): CBS news correspondent[1]
- Hannah Brown (Alpha Upsilon): 2018 Miss Alabama USA winner and star of The Bachelorette[5]
- Linda Cavanaugh (Psi): news anchor[6]
- Eleanor Coppola (Alpha Psi): Emmy award-winning documentarian[1]
- Jen Corey (Beta Rho): 2009 Miss District of Columbia winner, top 10 Miss America 2010 contestant[7]
- Melissa d'Arabian (Alpha Iota): The Next Food Network Star winner and host of Ten Dollar Dinners[1]
- Deidre Downs (Zeta Lambda): 2005 Miss America winner[1]
- Carol Duvall (Beta Epsilon): host of The Carol Duvall Show[1]
- Simone Esters (Alpha Nu): 2019 Miss Missouri; 2nd runner up Miss America
- Ruth Brooks Flippen (Gamma): screenwriter and television writer
- Elle Fowler (Beta Tau): co-creator of beauty and style-related tutorials on YouTube as AllThatGlitters21
- Georgia Frazier (Psi): Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009 and Miss Oklahoma 2015
- Kathi Goertzen (Omega): television news anchor
- Alyson Hannigan (Theta Xi): actress known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and How I Met Your Mother[1]
- Jenilee Harrison (Epsilon): actress known for Dallas and Three's Company[1]
- Nancy Hoyt (Delta Kappa): participant in The Amazing Race[8]
- Janet Hsieh (Theta Omicron): television host, Golden Bell Award winner, model, and violinist[9]
- Laura Innes (Gamma): actress (ER)[1]
- Natalie Jacobson (Alpha Tau): television news anchor
- Jane Anne Jayroe (Gamma Tau): 1967 Miss America[1]
- Sarah Jones (Epsilon Kappa): contestant on Survivor[10]
- Taylor Kessler (Delta Kappa): Miss Texas USA 2020[11]
- Tami Lane (Zeta Eta): make-up artist and Academy Award winner[1]
- Audra Levi (Alpha Psi): a star of Kid's Beat and co-founder of the SoCal VoCals[12]
- Jean Martirez (Alpha Nu): news anchor
- Beth Mitchell (Zeta Xi): dancer and 1998 National Shag Dancing Champion
- Meredith Monroe (Upsilon): actress known for Dawson's Creek[1]
- Agnes Nixon (Gamma): four-time Daytime Emmy–winning TV writer and producer[1]
- Aubrey O'Day (Epsilon Psi): former member of Danity Kane and cast member of MTV's Making The Band 3[13]
- Martha Quinn: MTV VJ, radio host and actress
- Melissa Rycroft (Psi): former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and contestant on The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars[14]
- Sarah Shahi (Iota Sigma): actress known for The L Word[15]
- Trista Sutter (Alpha Mu): former star of The Bachelorette[1]
- Dawn Wells (Rho): actress known for Gilligan's Island[1]
Law
[edit]- Robin S. Rosenbaum (Zeta Phi): judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- Victoria Toensing (Alpha Mu): Republican Party operative and deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department[1]
Literature and journalism
[edit]- Kristen Soltis Anderson (Gamma Iota): Republican pollster, blogger, and author
- Ronda Carman (Delta Kappa) author
- Margaret Cousins (Alpha Phi): editor, journalist, and writer
- Shannon Fisher (Beta Delta): journalist[1]
- Georgie Anne Geyer (Gamma): journalist and author[1]
- Mary Emma Griffith Marshall (Lambda): editor and librarian[16]
- Atoosa Rubenstein (Theta Psi): magazine editor[1]
- Gail Sheehy (Alpha Iota): author[1]
Music
[edit]- Amy Beach: composer and pianist[17]
- Edith Bideau: soprano singer[18]
- Winifred Byrd: concert pianist[19]
- Helen Hopekirk: pianist and classical composer[20]
- Margaret Ruthven Lang: composer who was affiliated with the Second New England School[17]
- Marian MacDowell: pianist and co-founder of the MacDowell Colony[21]
- Adele aus der Ohe: concert pianist and composer[22]
- Maud Powell (Alpha): violinist[23]
- Julie Rivé-King: concert pianist, composer, and teacher[24]
- Antoinette Szumowska: pianist[25]
- Margaret Hoberg Turrell: composer and organist
- Ellen Beach Yaw: coloratura soprano[22]
- Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (Alpha): pianist[26]
Politics
[edit]- Jari Askins (Psi): Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma[27]
- Megan Barry (Omicron): mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
- Stephanie Bice (Gamma Epsilon): U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 5th congressional district[28]
- Nan Campbell (Rho): first woman to be elected mayor in the city of Bellevue, Washington
- Kathryn F. Clarenbach (Kappa): first chairperson of the National Organization for Women
- Stephanie Hilferty (Zeta Psi): Louisiana House of Representatives
- Kymberly Pine (Pi): Hawaii House of Representatives
- Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta): former U.S. Secretary of State and director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University[1]
- Emma Ridgway: member of the Washington House of Representatives for five terms
- Victoria Toensing (Alpha Mu): Republican Party operative and deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department[1]
Science and engineering
[edit]- Wally Funk (Gamma Epsilon): first female Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board inspector, one of the Mercury 13, and oldest woman in space as of July 2021[29]
- Anna Menon (Iota Lambda): mission director at SpaceX and NASA biomedical flight controller for the International Space Station
Sports
[edit]- Maddy Curley (Epsilon Chi): collegiate gymnast[1][30]
- Julia Marino (Nu): freestyle skier and the first Winter Olympian to represent the South American country[31]
See also
[edit]References
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