List of Zeta Tau Alpha members
Zeta Tau Alpha is an international women's fraternity. Following is a list of notable members of Zeta Tau Alpha.
Academia
[edit]- Frances St John Chappelle – assistant in psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno
- Elizabeth W. Crandall (Beta Upsilon) – professor, department chair, and dean of the College of Home Economics at the University of Rhode Island
- Rose May Davis (Phi) – chemist professor at Randolph-Macon Woman's College and Duke University
- Pearl A. Neas (Lambda) – registrar of Southwestern University and delegate to Democratic National Conventions
- Dolores Renze (Alpha Epsilon) – archivist, 21st President of the Society of American Archivists, and an editor of The American Archivist
Art
[edit]- Susan Ford Bales (Alpha Upsilon) – photographer, photojournalist, spokesperson for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month,[1] former chair of the board of the Betty Ford Center, and daughter of President Gerald Ford
- Mabel Hewit (Alpha Zeta) – woodblock print artist
Business
[edit]- Deborah Platt Majoras (Delta Omega) – chairman of the Federal Trade Commission[1] and chief legal officer and secretary of Procter and Gamble
Entertainment
[edit]- Erin Andrews (Gamma Iota) – ESPN reporter and host of college football for Fox Sports[1]
- Betty Buckley (Gamma Psi) – Tony Award-winning theater, film, and television actress (Cats, Eight is Enough, Tender Mercies)[1]
- MerrieBeth Cox (Alpha Theta) – 2012 Miss Indiana and finalist in 2013 Miss America pageant[2]
- Faith Daniels (Theta) – News personality (48 Hours, Sunday Morning, The Today Show, CBS Morning News)[1]
- Kylan Darnell (Nu) – 2022 Miss Ohio Teen USA, Top 16 Finalist and "Fan Favorite" at Miss Teen USA 2022[3]
- Phyllis George (Gamma Phi) – Miss America 1971, Emmy Award-winning television host, network television's first woman sportscaster, and former First Lady of Kentucky[1]
- Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Gamma Rho) – actress
- Tiffany Maher (Eta Kappa) – runner-up on U.S. Season 9 of So You Think You Can Dance[4]
- Jenna Morasca (Chi) – actress, swimsuit model, professional wrestler, and winner of Survivor: The Amazon
- Betty Nguyen (Kappa) – CNN journalist,[5] anchor for CBS Morning News and contributor for The Early Show
- Nicole Paggi (Theta Psi) – actress[1]
- Laura Rutledge – reporter and host for ESPN and SEC network and Miss Florida 2012
- Sarah Rose Summers (Gamma Psi) – Miss USA 2018[6]
- Brittany Toll (Beta Nu) – Miss New Mexico USA, top 16 finalist at Miss USA, and Miss New Mexico Teen USA[7]
- Stephanie Ybarra (Theta Omicron) – artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage and a co-founder of the Artists' Anti-Racism Coalition
- Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (Beta Gamma) – first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in music and receive a doctorate in music composition from Juilliard[1]
Literature
[edit]- Cecil Dawkins (Nu) – novelist
Military
[edit]- Margaret A. Brewer (Alpha Gamma) – brigadier general and first woman general officer of the United States Marine Corps[1]
Philanthropy and nonprofit
[edit]- Susan Ford Bales (Alpha Upsilon) – spokesperson for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month,[1] former chair of the board of the Betty Ford Center, photojournalist; daughter of President Gerald Ford
- Roberta Crenshaw (Kappa) – civic leader and philanthropist in Austin, Texas
- Shonda Schilling (Iota Delta) – founder of the Curt and Shonda Schilling Melanoma Foundation of America; author; wife of Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling[1]
- Stephanie Ybarra (Theta Omicron) – co-founder of the Artists' Anti-Racism Coalition and artistic director of Baltimore Center Stage
Politics
[edit]- Cheri Daniels (Alpha Xi) – First Lady of Indiana and wife governor of Indiana Mitch Daniels[8]
- Phyllis George (Gamma Phi) – former First Lady of Kentucky, Miss America 1971, Emmy Award-winning television host, and network television's first woman sportscaster[1]
- Patricia Hollingsworth Holshouser – First Lady of North Carolina, Chair of the North Carolina Commission on Citizen Participation, and Member of the U.S. National Council on Economic Opportunity[9]
- Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (Kappa) – First Lady of Virginia, chair of the Presidents Advisory Committee for Women; daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson, and wife of Charles Robb[1]
- Mary Shadow (Zeta) – Tennessee House of Representatives
- Virginia Shehee (Beta Iota) – Louisiana State Senate 1976–1980[10]
Sports
[edit]- Monica Aldama (Kappa) – coach of the co-ed cheerleading team at Navarro College
- Ryan Carlyle (Beta Omicron) – member of the U.S. women's rugby sevens team at the 2016 Rio Olympics[11]
- Maddie Gardner (Theta Tau) – two-time gold medalist at the All-Star Cheerleading World Championship[12]
- Sarah Patterson (Nu) – head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics team[13]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Notable Zetas". Zeta Tau Alpha. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- ^ "Wearing another crown: Miss Florida and Miss Indiana". Zeta Tau Alpha official site. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ^ "Kylan Darnell is the Queen of Alabama Rush Tok & the Internet is Obsessed with Her - Narcity".
- ^ "Tiffany Maher dances her way into the finals". Zeta Tau Alpha official site. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- ^ Fontenot, Rebecca (2008). "Word-Perfect". Texas Exes. Retrieved 2009-01-14.
- ^ Florida Alligator January 28, 2019
- ^ Sanchez, Lorena (June 19, 2011). "Miss NM Brittany Toll out after swimsuit competition". El Paso Times.
- ^ "The heart of a healthy lifestyle". Themis. Winter 2013.
- ^ Moore, Jeanelle Coulter; Hamrick, Grace Rutledge (1981). The First Ladies of North Carolina, First Ladies from 1776-1889; Brief Biographies of the First Ladies Who Have Lived in the Present Mansion (1889-1981). Raleigh, North Carolina: The Executive Mansion Fine Arts Committee, The Bicentennial Foundation, and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. pp. 79–82.
- ^ "Virginia Ruth Kilpatrick Shehee". The Shreveport Times. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ "About". Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity. Retrieved 2021-04-06.
- ^ "Officers". University of North Carolina ZTA. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- ^ Fraternity, Z. T. A. (2012-06-29). "Convention Initiate Sarah Patterson". ZTA NLC. Retrieved 2021-04-09.