Delta Gamma - Noteworthy Delta Gammas

Noteworthy Delta Gammas

Arts, Entertainment and Broadcast Journalism:

  • Paige Adams-Geller (Alpha Nu) - model, fashion designer, founder Paige Premium Denim, Miss California 1991
  • Jill Arrington (Beta Tau) - former sports reporter for CBS
  • Sabrina Bryan (Zeta Iota) - co-star of Disney Channel's original TV film series and musical group The Cheetah Girls, contestant on Dancing with the Stars seasons 5 and 15
  • Mette Boving Castor (Epsilon Omega) - Miss Louisiana 1997
  • Kristy Cavinder (Alpha Nu) - Miss California 2009
  • Cheryl Crawford (Eta) - Broadway producer; founder of Group Theater and Actor's Studio
  • Ann Daly (Alpha Sigma) - DreamWorks Animation’s chief operating officer
  • Stacy Deffenbaugh (Gamma Rho) - “Good Morning Southwest Florida” anchor on WZVN-TV (ABC 7) in Naples/Fort Myers, FL
  • Judith Ford Johnson Nash (Iota) - Miss America 1969
  • Mary Frann (Sigma) - actress, Newhart, Days of Our Lives
  • Noelle Freeman (Zeta Iota) - Miss California 2011
  • Camilla Morgan Grove (Alpha Zeta) - screen writer, Balls To The Wall
  • Samantha Harris (Sigma) - former host of Dancing with the Stars and host of various shows on E!, model and actress.
  • Patricia Heaton (Epsilon) - actress, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Middle
  • E.D. Tarbox Hill (Beta Eta) - co-host of Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel
  • Dagney Hultgreen (Beta Eta) - former channel hostess for E! Entertainment Television
  • Nadine Jolie (Zeta Theta) - beauty journalist and author
  • Amy Lamare (Alpha Nu) - writer, author, sports writer, radio personality
  • Anne Michael Langguth (Zeta Phi) - Miss Iowa 2009
  • Debbie Turner Larson (Alpha Nu) - actress, played Marta Von Trapp in the 1964 Julie Andrews’ classic The Sound of Music
  • Christine Lahti (Xi) - actress, Chicago Hope
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Sigma) - Emmy Award-winning actress
  • Joan Lunden (Delta Eta) - former host of Good Morning America
  • Caroline McGowan (Beta Upsilon) - Miss Oregon 2011
  • Leslie McLaren (Beta Beta) - Miss Canada 1991
  • Kari Kathleen Markussen (Alpha Sigma) actress, Gimme A Break!
  • Donna Mills (Iota) actress, Knots Landing
  • Terry Murphy (Epsilon) - Emmy Award-winning journalist of Hard Copy
  • Helen O'Gorman (Beta) - sculptor, painter and botanist
  • Melanne Pennington (Alpha Xi) - Miss West Virginia 1984
  • Cristina Perez (Alpha Sigma) - successful lawyer, television personality, radio host, entrepreneur/business owner, author and national columnist
  • Kyra Phillips (Alpha Nu) - anchor on CNN
  • Alice Ripley (Gamma Iota) - Broadway actress; Tony Award winner, "Next to Normal"
  • Allyn Rose (Beta Sigma) - Miss District of Columbia 2012, Miss Maryland USA 2011 - Miss USA Top 8 Finalist
  • Eva Marie Saint (Beta Mu) - actress, On the Waterfront
  • Holly Shand (Phi) - reality star, Road Rules: Latin America, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: Battle of the Seasons
  • Jennifer Smith (Gamma Xi) - producer for CNN's Crossfire
  • Susan Spencer (Beta Xi) - staff correspondent on 48 Hours
  • Julia Sweeney (Beta) - actress and comedian from Saturday Night Live
  • Anita Vogel (Alpha Nu) - Fox News Channel correspondent
  • Sydnee Waggoner (Zeta Zeta) - Miss Alaska 2009
  • Lizz Winstead (Lambda) - creator of Comedy Central's The Daily Show
  • Emily Poeschl (Kappa) - Miss Nebraska USA 2006

Authors and Publishing:

  • Marilyn Barrett (Beta Kappa) - author
  • Phyllis Battelle (Alpha Rho) - nationally syndicated columnist
  • Christine Clifford (Beta Chi) - author and motivational speaker
  • Ann Coulter (Chi) - author of five New York Times bestsellers, legal correspondent and syndicated columnist
  • Brenda Wang Clough (Beta Nu) - author
  • {{Kate Coscarelli]] (Alpha Epsilon) - author
  • Heloise Cruse (Zeta Eta) - advice columnist
  • (Beta Mu) - former Senior decorating editor for House Beautiful magazine, current freelance Producer for House & Garden, Elle Decor, Veranda, Vanity and House Beautiful magazines
  • Suzanne Farrow (Gamma Phi) - nationally syndicated cartoonist
  • Ellen Bromfield Geld (Chi) - author
  • Donna Handly (Beta Pi) - editor, Ms. magazine
  • Jackie Martin (Rho) - became the first woman photo and art editor of the Washington Herald in 1931, served as a war correspondent and director of photo operations of The Marshall Plan
  • Lauren Purcell (Beta Theta) - author and Deputy Editor of Self magazine
  • Heather Buchanan Spohr (Alpha Nu) - writer, author, philanthropist
  • Terry Tempest Williams (Beta Gamma) - author

Business, Education and Government:

  • Edith Abbott (Kappa) - first woman to become dean of a graduate school at an American university, the The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
  • Kelly Ayotte (Alpha Chi) - United States Senator from New Hampshire (2011–pres.)
  • Grace Abbott (Kappa) - highest ranking woman in the United States government for over a decade as the head of the United States Children's Bureau; first woman to be nominated for a Presidential cabinet position — Secretary of Labor in the Herbert Hoover administration; first American sent to the League of Nations to represent the United States
  • Carol Bellamy (Beta Lambda) - President and CEO of World Learning, Executive Director of UNICEF (1995-2005), former Director of the U.S. Peace Corps (appointed by President Clinton)
  • Molly Hering Bordonaro (Phi) - US Ambassador to Malta, appointed by President George W. Bush (2005-2009)
  • Patricia Lemay Burr (Beta Psi) - Administrator, Small Business Administration, appointed by President Jimmy Carter
  • Ada Louise Comstock (Lambda) - first full-time president of Radcliffe College
  • Rita Colwell (Beta Iota) - chairman of Canon US Life Sciences, Inc.; Distinguished Professor both at the University of Maryland at College Park and at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Purdue University Distinguished Alumni honoree; first female to be named Director of the National Science Foundation
  • Deborah Cook (Eta) - Federal Judge for the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, appointed by President George W. Bush (2003-pres.)
  • Ann Coulter (Chi) - Lawyer, Political Commentator, Author
  • Troy Taylor (Tau Omega) - Taylor's Dildos
  • Jo Ann Emerson (Alpha Rho) - U.S. Congresswoman from Missouri (1996-pres.)
  • Susan Shannon Engeleiter (Omega) - first woman to head the Small Business Administration
  • Dorothy Felton (Alpha Omega) - former Atlanta State House of Representatives
  • Mary Gladwin (Eta) - American Red Cross nurse who served in three wars from 1898 to 1919, decorated by the United States, Russian, Japanese and Serbian governments
  • Jan Hart (Alpha Iota) - former Dallas City Manager
  • Melissa Hart (Epsilon Delta) - U.S. Congresswoman from Pennsylvania (2001–2007)
  • Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes (Psi II) - swore in President Lyndon B. Johnson on the day of President John F. Kennedy's assassination, first female federal judge
  • Merry Hull (Alpha Rho) - redesigned the basic construction of the glove in 1939 which became the industry standard and is the design we wear today
  • Mary Landrieu (Gamma Zeta) - United States Senator from Louisiana (1997-pres.)
  • Francess Lucas-Taucher (Delta Lambda) - first female President of Millsaps College (2000–2010)
  • Ruth Bryan Owen (Kappa) - US Ambassador to Denmark, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1936)
  • Patti McGill Peterson (Alpha Chi) - former Executive Director of the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (CIES), former Vice President of the Institute of International Education (IIE)
  • Gretchen P. Purcell, MD, Ph.D. (Upsilon) - first woman to graduate with MD and PhD degrees in medical informatics, a multi-disciplinary field that addresses problems in information management in biology and medicine; Assistant Professor of Surgery and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University
  • Cylda Stokes Rent (Gamma Mu) - President of Mississippi University for Women (1989-2001)
  • Ruth Bryan (Owen) Rohde (Kappa) - U.S. Congresswoman from Florida, as Florida's first woman elected to Congress (1929-1933); Minister to Denmark, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933, she was the first woman to represent the United States in so high a diplomatic post
  • Kathleen “Kathy” Higdon Wilson (Mu) - Chairwoman of the National Women’s Political Caucus (1981-1985)

Sports:

  • Judy Bell (Alpha Pi) - first female president of United States Golf Association (1996-1998), Lifetime Achievement Inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame, 2001
  • Emilee Klein (Gamma Phi) - professional golfer
  • Bonnie Lauer (Beta Xi) - professional golfer; 1977 Rookie of the Year
  • Susan Nattrass (Beta Beta) - first woman shooter in the 1976 Summer Olympics
  • Jill Savery (Gamma) - member of the gold medal U.S. synchronized swimming team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
  • Carin Alice Cone Vanderbush (Gamma Sigma) - 1956 Summer Olympics silver medalist (100m Back) in Melbourne, Australia; set seven world records during her career; inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum as an Honor Swimmer (1984)
  • Anne White (Alpha Nu) - nationally-ranked tennis player in the late 1980s

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