User:ImGz/List of notable NPC Greeks

Notable alumnae within the National Panhellenic Conference. This is mostly so I can keep them all straight and cross check across the multiple sororities/fraternities.
 * Note to self: the majority of this list needs references that are OUTSIDE of the individual sorority/fraternity.

Alpha Chi Omega

 * Eleanor Coppola (Alpha Psi) - Emmy award winning documentarian
 * Deidre Downs (Zeta Lambda) - 2005 Miss America winner
 * Carol Duvall (Beta Epsilon) - host of the Carol Duvall Show
 * Georgie Anne Geyer (Gamma) - journalist
 * Jenilee Harrison (Epsilon) — actress, (Dallas, Three's Company)
 * Laura Innes (Gamma) - actress, (ER)
 * Jane Anne Jayroe (Gamma Tau) — Miss America, 1967; civic leader in Oklahoma
 * Meredith Monroe (Upsilon) - actress, (Dawson's Creek)
 * Agnes Nixon (Gamma) - 4 time Daytime Emmy winning TV writer and producer
 * Aubrey O'Day (Epsilon Psi) - singer, ( Danity Kane, MTV's Making The Band 3)
 * Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta) - U.S. Secretary of State
 * Gail Sheehy (Alpha Iota) - author
 * Trista Rehn Sutter (Alpha Mu) - participant in The Bachelorette
 * Victoria Toensing (Alpha Mu) - former deputy assistant Attorney General in the Justice Department
 * Sherron Watkins (Alpha Phi) - Enron whistleblower
 * Dawn Wells (Rho) - actress, (Gilligan's Island)

Alpha Delta Pi

 * Kate Capshaw (Alpha Gamma) - actress (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom) and wife of Steven Spielberg
 * Deana Carter (Alpha Kappa) - singer
 * Nancy Grace (Delta Theta) - CNN News
 * Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas (Delta) - author, passenger on United Airlines 93
 * Neva Jane Langley (Gamma Gamma) - Miss America, 1953
 * Karen Parfitt Hughes, (Alpha Zeta) - Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
 * Danica McKellar (Alpha Chi) - actress; (The Wonder Years)
 * Jessica Nelson North (Theta) - poet and author. Editor at Poetry
 * Sandra Palmer (Gamma Upsilon) - Professional golfer
 * Lu Parker (Zeta Sigma) - Miss USA 1994; KTLA-TV news correspondent
 * Emily Procter (Delta Omicron) - actress; (CSI: Miami, The West Wing)
 * Carol Shields (Phi) - author; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1995
 * Jean Smart (Alpha Theta) - actress; (Designing Women, 24)
 * Cathy Deupree (Eta) - singer
 * Judy Woodruff (Omicron) - news correspondent

Alpha Gamma Delta

 * Fran Allison (Pi) - radio and TV personality; (Kukla, Fran and Ollie)
 * Amber Brkich (Alpha Epsilon) - actress; (Survivor: All-Stars, Survivor: The Australian Outback, The Amazing Race)
 * Rita Coolidge (Gamma Beta) - singer
 * Donna Fargo (Gamma Eta) - singer
 * Gloria Loring (Delta Alpha) - singer, songwriter, author, and actress; (Days of Our Lives)
 * Dorothy Provine (Iota) - actress; (The Alaskans)
 * Judy Baar Topinka (Lambda) - first female state treasurer in Illinois
 * Barbara Jo Walker (Gamma Zeta) - Miss America, 1947

Alpha Epsilon Phi

 * Barbara Barrie (Omega, Texas) - actress; (Barney Miller)
 * Lillian Copeland (Xi, USC) - Olympic Gold and Silver medalist
 * Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Kappa, Cornell) - Supreme Court Justice
 * Elizabeth Glaser (Sigma, University of Wisconsin) - AIDS Activist and co-founder of The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
 * Erica Hill (Alpha Chi, Boston University) - CNN Anchor
 * Bessie Margolin (Epsilon, Newcomb) - former U.S. Department of Labor attorney
 * Charlotte Rae (Omicron, Northwestern) - actress; (Diff'rent Strokes, The Facts of Life)
 * Judith Resnik (Alpha Nu, Carnegie Mellon) - 2nd American woman astronaut
 * Dinah Shore (Chi, Vanderbilt) - Singer, actress and talk show host
 * Annette Strauss (Omega, Texas) - former Mayor of Dallas
 * Lauren Weisberger (Kappa, Cornell) - author, (The Devil Wears Prada)
 * Harriett Woods (Pi, Michigan) - former Lt. Governor of Missouri

Alpha Omicron Pi

 * Margaret Bourke-White (Omicron Pi) - Photographer and journalist, joined Alpha Omicron Pi while at the University of Michigan. Her works were donated to Alpha Omicron Pi upon her death in 1971, and today are displayed at the international headquarters.
 * Courtney Kupets (Lambda Sigma) - Olympic and World Champion Gymnast at the University of Georgia.

Alpha Phi

 * Nancy Austin (Beta Delta - UCLA) - Management consultant and author of The Assertive Woman
 * Susie Berning (Delta Delta - Oklahoma City) - American professional golfer
 * Elaine Baxter (Βeta Αlpha - Illinois) - Former Iowa secretary of state and former member of the Iowa House of Representatives
 * Becky Cain (Beta Iota - West Virginia) - Past president of the League of Women Voters
 * Liz Carpenter (Omega - Texas) - Author, political humorist, former press secretary for Lady Bird Johnson
 * Edris Rice-Wray Carson (Delta - Cornell) - Public health doctor
 * Georgia Neese Clark Gray (Upsilon - Washburn) - First woman Treasurer of the United States
 * Lisa Colagrossi (Βeta Ιota - West Virginia) - Emmy winning television anchor with WABC-TV in New York
 * Rosemarie DeWitt (Theta Mu - Hofstra) - Actress, (Standoff, Mad Men)
 * Mildred Dunnock (Zeta - Goucher) - Academy Award nominated film and stage actress
 * Claire Waters Ferguson (Beta Beta - Michigan State) - First woman president of the United States Figure Skating Association
 * Ann Martin (Sigma - Washington) - Primetime news anchor and co-host of Woman 2 Woman, KCBS-TV, Los Angeles
 * Margaret McNamara (Lambda - UC Berkeley) - Founder of Reading is Fundamental
 * Maile Misajon (Beta Delta - UCLA) - Winner of the U.S. reality television series Popstars
 * Janet Murguía (Gamma Delta - Kansas) - First female president/CEO of National Council of La Raza
 * Ruth Stafford Peale (Alpha - Syracuse) - Religious leader, public speaker and author
 * Nan C. Robertson (Beta - Northwestern) - Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and feature writer for the New York Times
 * Julee Rosso (Beta Beta - Michigan State) - Founder of The Silver Palate gourmet food shop and Co-author of Silver Palate Cookbook
 * Jeri Ryan (Beta - Northwestern) - Actress, (Boston Public, Star Trek: Voyager, Shark)
 * Inga Swenson (Beta - Northwestern) - Tony Award nominated actress (The Miracle Worker, Benson)
 * Randi Mayem Singer (Lambda - UC Berkeley) - Writer and producer
 * Barbara Brooks Wallace (Beta Delta - UCLA) - Award-winning children's author
 * Alice Waters (Gamma Beta - UC Santa Barbara) - author, chef, founder of Chez Panisse, the original "California Cuisine" restaurant
 * Bishop Catherine Maples Waynick (Εpsilon Ζeta - Central Michigan) - One of only eight women bishops in the U.S. Episcopal Church
 * Frances Willard (Alpha Lambda - Alumna Initiate) - American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist
 * Kimberly Williams (Beta - Northwestern) - Actress, (Father of the Bride, According to Jim, We Are Marshall)
 * Beverly Willis (Beta Upsilon - Oregon State) - Architect, artist, author, and activist
 * Janice Woods Windle (Omega - Texas) - Author of True Women
 * Andrea Wong (Zeta Phi - MIT) - President and Chief Executive Officer of Lifetime Television
 * Lynn Woolsey (Sigma - Washington) - Member of the United States House of Representatives

Alpha Sigma Alpha

 * Freida J. Riley (Beta Pi) - Teacher, her work as a teacher influenced the Rocket Boys, subjects of the movie October Sky.

Alpha Sigma Tau

 * Gwen Frostic (Alpha) - Nature artist and environmentalist; inducted into Michigan Women's Hall of Fame
 * Jessica Furrer (Upsilon) - Semi-finalist, Miss USA 2005 Competition

Alpha Xi Delta

 * Jan Davis (Gamma Eta) - astronaut
 * Betsey Johnson (Eta) - Fashion designer
 * Amanda Pennekamp (Epsilon Iota) - Miss South Carolina USA 2004, Miss Earth USA 2006
 * Deborah Pryce (Psi) - politician, U.S. Representative from Ohio
 * Patsy Ramsey (Iota) - Miss West Virginia 1977 and the mother of JonBenét Ramsey
 * Sandra Scheuer (Beta Tau) - shooting victim in the Kent State shootings
 * Karen Marie Shelton (Epsilon Xi) - Internet (Hairboutique.com) & Telephony (T&S Software) Entrepreneur
 * Karen Tumulty (Beta Alpha) - Time Magazine National Political Correspondent
 * Kim Webster (Iota) - actress

Chi Omega
Entertainment
 * Kathryn Crosby (Iota) - Actress
 * Joyce DeWitt (Phi Epsilon) - Actress; Three's Company
 * Melissa Claire Egan (Epsilon Beta) - Actress; All My Children
 * Ruth Ford (Tau) - Actress
 * Taryn Foshee (Phi Delta) - Miss Mississippi, 3rd runner up to Miss America
 * Sylvia Hitchcock (Nu Beta) - Former "Miss Universe"
 * Angela Kinsey (Theta Kappa) - Actress; The Office
 * Toby Lightman (Nu) - Singer/Songwriter
 * Lucy Liu (Eta) - Actress
 * Taylor Miller (Rho) - Actress; All My Children
 * Mary Ann Mobley (Tau) - Former "Miss America" (1959) and Television Actress
 * Lynda Mead Shea (Tau) - Former "Miss America" (1960) and owner and president of Shea-Moore Design
 * Heather Thomas (Gamma Beta) - Actress; The Fall Guy
 * Sela Ward (Nu Beta) - Actress; Sisters, The Fugitive, Once and Again, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, House
 * Joanne Woodward (Phi Gamma) - Academy Award Actress; Philadelphia, The Three Faces of Eve

Government
 * Marsha Blackburn (Phi Delta) - U.S. House of Representatives
 * Martha Layne Collins (Lambda Alpha) - Former Governor of Kentucky
 * Shirley M. Hufstedler (Pi Gamma) - Former Secretary, United States Department of Education
 * Blanche Lambert Lincoln (Psi) - United States Senator from Arkansas
 * Patricia Schroeder (Pi Beta) - Former Congresswoman from Colorado
 * Virginia Smith (Kappa) - Former member of the United States House of Representatives
 * Carole Keeton Strayhorn (Iota) - Texas Comptroller, ran for TX Gov (2006) as an independent

Business
 * Susan Athey (Mu Kappa) - Professor of Economics at Harvard University
 * Alice Marriott (Xi Alpha) - Entrepreneur and philanthropist
 * Nancy Walton Laurie (Psi) - Niece of Sam Walton founder of Wal-Mart, name sake of the Leadership Institute of Chi Omega.

Literature
 * Ellen Gilchrist (Sigma Epsilon) - Author
 * Harper Lee (Lambda Kappa) - Author; To Kill a Mockingbird
 * Genevieve Taggard (Mu) - Author, poet

Sports
 * Christine Brennan (Xi) - Sports Columnist and Author
 * Lin Dunn (Xi Zeta) - Women's basketball coach
 * Pat Summit (Xi Zeta) - Coach, University of Tennessee Lady Vols

Miscellaneous
 * Susan Helms (Pi Gamma) - NASA Astronaut; 1st woman to live on the International Space Station

Delta Delta Delta

 * Donna Axum (Delta Iota) - Miss America 1964, public service
 * Lee Phillip Bell (Upsilon) - talk show host
 * Lisa Boscola (Gamma Beta) - Pennsylvania State Senate
 * Dixie Carter (Delta Sigma) - actress
 * Kathy Castor (Alpha Omega) - Democratic congresswoman for Florida's 11th congressional district
 * Kiran Chetry (Alpha Pi) - news anchor
 * Kellie Coffey (Theta Gamma) - musician
 * Nellie Connally (Theta Zeta) - former First Lady of Texas
 * Leanza Cornett (Beta Gamma) - Miss America 1993 and television host
 * Katie Couric (Beta Sigma) - TV personality
 * Catherine Crier (Theta Zeta) - judge, TV personality
 * Mary Frances Crosby (Theta Zeta) - actress
 * Elizabeth Dole (Alpha Omicron) - U.S. Senator from North Carolina
 * Joanna Garcia (Alpha Eta) - actress
 * Cynthia Geary (Chi) - actress
 * Leeza Gibbons (Alpha Lambda) - actress
 * Doris Kearns Goodwin (Alpha Upsilon) - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian
 * Cathy Guisewite (Iota) - comic-strip author
 * Hoda Kotb (Beta Nu) - news anchor
 * Deborah Norville (Alpha Rho) - news anchor
 * Kathy Orr (Omicron) - meteorologist
 * Anne Rivers Siddons (Phi Theta) - author
 * Molly Sims (Delta Gamma) - actress, model
 * Shawn Weatherly (Beta Theta) - Miss Universe 1980, actress
 * Tyler Willis (Phi Eta) - Miss Texas USA 2005, Top 15 at Miss USA 2005
 * Melissa Witek (Alpha Psi) - Miss Florida USA 2005, 4th Runner-up at Miss USA 2005

Delta Gamma

 * Edith Abbott (Kappa) - first woman to become dean of a graduate school, The University of Chicago.
 * Grace Abbott (Kappa) - social worker
 * Jill Arrington (Beta Tau) - sports reporter for ESPN
 * Carol Bellamy (Beta Lambda) - CEO and President of World Learning
 * Sabrina Bryan (Zeta Iota) - actress, singer
 * Ann Coulter (Chi) - conservative political author
 * Cheryl Crawford (Eta) - Broadway actress; founder of Group Theater and Actor's Studio
 * Heloise Cruse (Zeta Eta) - advice columnist
 * Jo Ann Emerson (Alpha Rho) - U.S. Congresswoman from Missouri
 * Mary Frann (Sigma) - actress, (Newhart)
 * Melissa Hart (Epsilon Delta) - U.S. Congresswoman from Pennsylvania
 * Patricia Heaton (Epsilon) - actress, (Everybody Loves Raymond)
 * E.D. Hill (Beta Eta) - co-host of Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel
 * Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes (Psi II) - swore in President Lyndon B. Johnson on the day of President John F. Kennedy's assassination
 * Christine Lahti (Xi) - actress, (Chicago Hope)
 * Mary Landrieu (Gamma Zeta) - United States Senator from Louisiana
 * Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Sigma) - Emmy Award-winning actress
 * Joan Lunden (Delta Eta) - former host of Good Morning America
 * Donna Mills (Iota) actress, (Knots Landing)
 * Terry Murphy (Epsilon) - Emmy Award-winning journalist
 * Susan Nattrass (Beta Beta) - first woman shooter in the 1976 Olympics
 * Kyra Phillips (Alpha Nu) - anchor on CNN
 * Eva Marie Saint (Beta M) - actress, (On the Waterfront)
 * Julia Sweeney (Beta) - actress and comedian from Saturday Night Live
 * Lizz Winstead (Lambda) - creator of Comedy Central's The Daily Show

Delta Zeta

 * Mercedes Bates (Theta) - first female corporate officer of General Mills Foods. After being appointed to head the Betty Crocker division, she was often referred to as "Betty Crocker".
 * Marti Dodson (Theta) - lead singer for national recording artist, Saving Jane
 * Nanette Fabray (Xi Omicron) - actress, worked to bring sign language and captioning to television
 * Edith Head (Alumna Initiate, Mu) - Emmy Award-winning designer; 7-time Oscar winner in costume design
 * Florence Henderson (Alumna Initiate, Alpha Chi) - actress, (The Brady Bunch)
 * Maurine Brown Neuberger (Omega) - former US Senator
 * Pat Priest (Alpha Chi) - actress, (The Munsters)
 * Ivy Baker Priest (Alpha Chi) - Former United States Treasurer
 * Marcia Wallace (Delta Nu) - TV and stage actress
 * Kay Yow (Zeta Lambda) women's basketball Coach, NC State

Delta Phi Epsilon

 * Stephanie Abrams (Delta Kappa) - meteorologist for The Weather Channel.
 * Barbara Aronstein Black (Phi) - first woman to head an Ivy League law school.
 * Barbara Boxer (Phi) - U.S. Senator, 6th District, California.
 * Susan Davis (Delta Zeta) - U.S. Representative, 53rd District, California.
 * Jackie Goldberg (Delta Zeta) - California State Assembly, 45th District.
 * Ofira Navon (Psi) - Former First Lady of Israel.
 * Judith Rodin (Nu) - first female president of an Ivy League university.
 * Jan Schakowsky (Rho) - U.S. Congresswoman, 9th District, Illinois.
 * Susan Polis Schutz (Delta Sigma) - Poet, Creator of Blue Mountain greeting cards.

Gamma Phi Beta

 * Jocelyn Birch Burdick (Epsilon) - North Dakota Governor appointed her to US Senate seat held by her late husband in 1992.
 * Carol Ryrie Brink (Xi) - Author of Caddie Woodlawn and winner of the Newbery Medal.
 * Kristin Chenoweth (Beta Omicron) - Tony Award winning actress.
 * Dr. Laurel Clark (Gamma) - NASA Astronaut on the Columbia.
 * Jennifer Dunn (Lambda) - Former U.S. Congresswoman('93-'05)- WA 8th District.
 * Marguerite Higgins (Eta) - UC Berkeley, Pulitzer Prize Winner in 1951.
 * Alex Wystrach Flanagan (Alpha Epsilon) - Sports reporter for ESPN.
 * Dr. Karen Holbrook (Gamma) - President of The Ohio State University.
 * Susan Howard (Alpha Zeta) - Actress, in the TV series Dallas.
 * Cloris Leachman (Epsilon) - Actress, Academy Award Winner.
 * Lynn Morley Martin (Omicron) - Secretary of Labor under President Bush.
 * Kelli McCarty (Beta Chi) - "Beth" on NBC's "Passions," Miss USA 1991.
 * Kelli O'Hara (Beta Omicron) - actress, Tony Award nominee for The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza.
 * Mary Beth Peil (Epsilon) - Tony Award nominated singer and actress (Dawson's Creek).
 * Hope Summers (Epsilon) - actress (The Andy Griffith Show).

Kappa Alpha Theta
Academics
 * Mary Ritter Beard (Alpha, Depauw) - noted historian, Campaigner for Women's Suffrage.
 * Dian Fossey (Gamma Xi, San Jose State) - zoologist, first female Primatologist, wrote 'Gorillas in the Mist'.
 * Margaret Floy Washburn (Iota, Cornell) - the 1st woman to receive a Ph.D. in Psychology.

Arts and entertainment
 * Ann-Margret (Tau, Northwestern) - actress, (State Fair, Viva Las Vegas, Grumpy Old Men).
 * Sarah Clarke (Beta, Indiana) - actress, (24).
 * Joan Ganz Cooney (Beta Delta, Arizona) - founder of the Children’s Television Workshop and creator of Sesame Street.
 * Sheryl Crow (Alpha Mu, Missouri) - Grammy award winning singer.
 * Agnes de Mille (Beta Xi, UCLA) - Broadway choreographer.
 * Amy Grant (Alpha Eta, Vanderbilt) - singer, Grammy Award Winner.
 * Jennifer Jones (Tau, Northwestern) - Academy Award-winning American actress.
 * Rue McClanahan (Gamma Tau, Tulsa) - actress, (The Golden Girls).
 * Julie Moran (Gamma Delta, UGA) - former host of Entertainment Tonight; first female host of ABC's Wild World of Sports; current host of Insiders List on the Fine Living channel.
 * Mary Kay Place (Gamma Tau, Tulsa) - actress, (Being John Malkovich, The Rainmaker).
 * Marlo Thomas (Omicron, USC) - actress and spokeswoman for St. Jude's Children's Hospital.
 * Jenna von Oÿ (Omicron, USC) - actress.
 * Maurine Dallas Watkins (Gamma, Butler) - playwright, (Chicago (1926)).

Politics
 * Karen Koning AbuZayd (Alpha, Depauw) - Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Administration.
 * Nancy Kassebaum Baker (Kappa, Kansas) - former United States Senator.
 * Anna Elizabeth Dickinson (Alpha, Depauw) - influential abolitionist and suffragist.
 * Mary Fallin (Beta Zeta, Oklahoma State) - 1st woman to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma; U.S. House of Representatives.
 * Tillie K. Fowler (Delta Zeta, Emory) - United States Representative from Florida.
 * Barbara Hackman Franklin (Beta Phi, Penn State) - 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce; CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises.
 * Nancy Hanks (Beta Rho, Duke) - 1st woman to serve as the Chairman of the United States National Endowment for the Arts.
 * Claire McCaskill (Alpha Mu, Missouri) - U.S. Congress as Senator from Missouri.

Sports
 * Pauline Betz (Gamma Gamma, Rollins) - American female tennis player.
 * JoAnne Carner (Delta Epsilon, Arizona State) - American professional golfer.
 * Helen Jacobs (Omega, UC Berkeley) - American female tennis player.
 * Melissa Stark (Delta Chi, Virginia) - newsreporter, Monday Night Football.
 * Kerri Strug (Beta Xi, UCLA) - Olympic Gymnast.

Miscellaneous
 * Laura Bush (Beta Sigma, Southern Methodist) - wife of President George W. Bush.
 * Lynne Cheney (Beta Omega, Colorado College) - wife of Vice President Dick Cheney.
 * Melinda Gates (Beta Rho, Duke) - wife of Bill Gates; Co-founder of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
 * Julia Morgan (Omega, UC Berkeley) - architect.

Media
 * Mary Margaret McBride (Alpha Mu, Missouri) - widely followed radio commentator, journalist, author (1935-1955).
 * Kate Millett (Upsilon, Minnesota) - American feminist and author.
 * Judith Miller (Alpha Gamma, Ohio State) - American journalist.
 * Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Psi, Wisconsin) - author, (The Yearling).
 * Kate Snow (Iota, Cornell) - anchor for Good Morning America.

Kappa Delta
Arts and Entertainment
 * Brooke Anderson (Sigma Phi-University of Georgia) - journalist and anchor for Showbiz Tonight
 * Ellen Albertini Dow (Omega Chi-Cornell) - actress, (The Wedding Singer, Wedding Crashers)
 * Ali Landry (Gamma Kappa-Louisiana/Lafayette) - actress, Miss USA 1996; one of People magazine’s 1998 “50 Most Beautiful People”; Frito-Lay spokesperson "Doritos Girl"
 * Georgia O'Keeffe (Beta-Chatham Episcopal) - artist, Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient
 * Debbie Maffett Wilson (Gamma Rho-Sam Houston State) - 1983 Miss America

Literature
 * Pearl S. Buck (Theta-Randolph Macon) - Nobel Prize Winner, Pulitzer Prize Winner
 * Joan Lowery Nixon (Theta Sigma-USC) - author

Military
 * Claudia Kennedy (Alpha Delta-Rhodes) - first female three star general in the Army (now retired)

Government
 * Kathleen Babineau Blanco (Gamma Kappa-Louisiana/Lafayette) - first female elected Governor of Louisiana
 * Jean Carpenter Carnahan (Epsilon Alpha-Missouri/Rolla) - U.S. Senator Missouri 2000-2002
 * Bonnie Dunbar (Sigma Iota-Washington) - NASA Astronaut
 * Christine O' Grady Gregoire (Sigma Iota-Washington) - Governor of Washington

Business
 * Suzy Spafford (Beta Rho-San Diego State) - creator of the Suzy's Zoo greeting cards

Kappa Kappa Gamma
Entertainment
 * Julie Berman (Delta Tau) - Actress, (General Hospital)
 * Sophia Bush (Delta Tau) - Actress, (One Tree Hill)
 * Gretchen Carlson (Beta Eta) (Delta) - Miss America, 1989
 * Dixie Carter (Delta Rho) - President of TNA Entertainment
 * Barbara Feldon (Delta Xi) - Actress, (Get Smart)
 * Jane Froman (Theta) - Singer, subject of the film With a Song in My Heart
 * Kate Jackson (Delta Rho) - Actress, (Charlie's Angels)
 * Ashley Judd (Beta Chi) - Actress, (A Time to Kill, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy)
 * Nancy Olson Livingston (Eta) - Stage and screen star; (Sunset Boulevard)
 * Jo Ann Pflug (Delta Kappa) - Actress, (M*A*S*H)
 * Casey Reinhardt (Eta Beta) - Actress, model (Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County)

Government
 * Jane Swift (Zeta Theta) - First woman governor of Massachusetts
 * Kirsten Gillibrand (Epsilon Chi) - Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2006

Literature
 * Ann Bannon (Beta Lambda) - Pulp fiction author
 * Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Beta Nu) - Author and philanthropist
 * Neta Lohnes Frazier (Gamma Gamma) - Children's author
 * Phyllis McGinley (Delta Eta) - Pulitzer winning poet
 * Alice Duer Miller (Beta Epsilon) - Author & poet; wrote many columns on the Women's suffrage movement for the New York Tribune

Science
 * Edith Clarke (Eta) - First woman to earn electrical engineering degree from MIT; first women elected fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
 * Mareta West (Beta Theta) - First woman astrogeologist; determined the crucial site for the first landing on the moon

Sports
 * Patty Berg (Chi) - Golf champion
 * Jane Blalock (Delta Epsilon) - Golf champion
 * Doris Hart (Delta Kappa) - Third Kappa to win U.S. Women's Open Championship Tennis
 * Helen Wills Roarke (Pi)(Deuteron) - Tennis champion
 * Betty Robinson Schwartz (Upsilon) - Olympic gold medalist, 1928; member of the Track & Field Hall of Fame
 * Hollis Stacy (Delta Epsilon) - Winner of 1978 Women's Open Golf Tournament
 * Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (Pi)(Deuteron) - Tennis champion; founder of Wightman Tennis matches

Media
 * Connie LeGrand (Epsilon Mu) - Former co-anchor of SPEED Channel Speed News
 * Erin Moriarty (Beta Nu) - CBS News; correspondent for 48 Hours
 * Nancy O'Dell (Epsilon Mu) - Co-Anchor of Access Hollywood
 * Jane Pauley (Delta) - Former anchorwoman for "Today Show," NBC
 * Jann Carl Sears (Theta) - Anchor for Entertainment Tonight

Miscellaneous
 * Margaret Hillis (Delta) - Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Choir
 * Lou Henry Hoover (Beta Eta) - First Lady and wife of Herbert Hoover
 * Julia Ward Howe (Phi, Honorary Member) - Lecturer & reformer; author of Battle Hymn of the Republic
 * Kate Shelley (Omicron) - Heroine; saved many lives from near train disaster in 1881
 * Kate Spade (Omega) - Fashion Designer; co-founder of "Kate Spade brands"

Fictional
 * Charlotte York - Character on Sex and the City

Phi Mu
Arts and Entertainment
 * Pam Long (Theta Alpha) - head writer for CBS' Guiding Light
 * Joyce Carol Oates (Beta Zeta) - author, (Blonde, We Were the Mulvaneys)
 * Mary Wickes (Zeta Epsilon) - actress, (Little Women, Sister Act)

Aviation
 * Jerrie Mock (Psi) - first woman to successfully fly solo around the world
 * Mary Weber (Delta Epsilon) - astronaut

Government
 * Betty Montgomery (Delta Kappa) - first female Attorney General of Ohio
 * Melinda Schwegmann (Alpha Eta) - first female Lt. Governor of Louisiana

Journalism
 * Pat Mitchell (Alpha Alpha) - president, PBS

Phi Sigma Sigma

 * Can find no references for the ones that were listed

Pi Beta Phi
Entertainment
 * Susan Akin (Mississippi Beta) - Miss America 1986
 * Faye Dunaway (Florida Beta) - Academy Award-winning Actress
 * Jennifer Garner (Ohio Eta) - Golden Globe-winning Actress/Producer
 * Kathy Garver (California Delta) - Actress and producer. Played Cissie on "Family Affair."
 * Courtney Gibbs (Texas Delta) - Miss USA 1988
 * Marilyn Horne (California Gamma) - Opera Singer
 * Traylor Howard (Florida Beta) - Actress, (Monk)
 * Nancy Kulp (Florida Beta) - Actress, (The Beverly Hillbillies)
 * Jacquelyn Mayer (Illinois Epsilon) - Miss America 1963
 * Patricia Neal (Illinois Epsilon) - Academy Award-winning Actress
 * Marilyn Van Derbur Atler (Colorado Alpha)- Motivational speaker and Miss America, 1958. Named Outstanding Woman Speaker in America and the first woman to win the Speakers' Hall of Fame Award, 1980.

Government
 * Barbara Bush (Texas Eta Alumna Initiate 2003) - First Lady (wife of President George H. W. Bush)
 * Carrie Chapman Catt (Iowa Gamma) - Founder, League of Women Voters
 * Grace Goodhue Coolidge (Vermont Beta charter member) - wife of Calvin Coolidge
 * Kay Bailey Hutchison (Texas Alpha) - Senator from Texas
 * Lisa Murkowski (Oregon Gamma) - U.S. Senator from Alaska
 * Valerie Plame Wilson (Penn State) - Covert CIA officer, central figure in the Plame affair

Literature
 * Sue Grafton (Kentucky Alpha) - Mystery novelist.
 * Jane Bryant Quinn (Vermont Alpha) - Author and Financial columnist
 * Patricia MacLachlan (Connecticut Alpha) - Author of "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and recipient of the John Newbery Medal for her contribution to children's literature.
 * Margaret Truman (DC Alpha) - daughter of U.S. President Harry Truman and author

Science
 * Anna Fisher (California Epsilon) - Astronaut and NASA Physician

Sports
 * Nancy Hogshead (North Carolina Beta) - Winner of three gold medals and one silver medal in swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
 * Tracie Ruiz (Arizona Alpha) - Winner of two gold medals in synchronized swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Miscellaneous
 * Ann Turner Cook (Texas Beta) - original Gerber baby featured in advertisements
 * Cate Edwards (New Jersey Alpha) - daughter of U.S. Senator John Edwards

Sigma Delta Tau

 * Dr. Joyce Brothers (Alpha, Cornell) - psychologist, TV and Radio personality, writer
 * Sherry Lansing (Sigma, Northwestern) - the first woman to head a major film studio
 * Christy Carlson Romano (Gamma Tau, Barnard) - actress and singer

Sigma Kappa

 * Theresa Grentz (Theta) - women's head basketball coach University of Illinois (1995- present), Rutgers (1976-1995), Big Ten Coach of the Year (1997, 1998).
 * Anna McCune Harper (Lambda) - professional tennis player
 * Kate Michael (Epsilon Epsilon) - Miss District of Columbia 2006
 * Margaret Rhea Seddon (Lambda) - A mission specialist for NASA. Took her badge into space.
 * Margaret Chase Smith (Alpha) - first female U.S. Senator, first woman to sit in both houses of Congress.
 * Judith Guest la Vercombe (Alpha Mu) - author, (Ordinary People)
 * Sarah Weddington (Zeta Nu) - attorney for Norma McCorvey in Roe v. Wade, first woman elected from Austin to the Texas House of Representatives.

Sigma Sigma Sigma

 * Carrie Underwood (Alpha Iota) - American Idol season four winner

Theta Phi Alpha

 * No notable alumnae listed

Zeta Tau Alpha

 * Erin Andrews (Gamma Iota) - ESPN reporter, Member of the Gator basketball dance team from 1997- 2000
 * Susan Ford Bales (Alpha Upsilon) - Spokesperson for the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
 * Brigadier General Margaret A. Brewer, U.S.M.C. (Alpha Gamma) - First Woman General of the United States Marine Corps.
 * Betty Buckley (Gamma Psi) - Tony Award winning theater, film, and television actress; (Cats (musical), Eight is Enough, Tender Mercies)
 * Faith Daniels (Theta) - Reporter and News personality; (48 Hours, Sunday Morning, The Today Show, CBS Morning News, A Closer Look)
 * Lisa Gastineau (Nu) - Star of reality show "Gastineau Girls"
 * Phyllis George (Gamma Phi) - Miss America 1971, Emmy Award winning television host and sportscaster (The NFL Today) and author
 * Shannon James (Eta Kappa), model, Miss May 2007 Playboy magazine
 * Nicole Paggi (Theta Psi) - Actress, several notable television roles
 * Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (Kappa) - Daughter of Lyndon B. Johnson, wife of Charles Robb
 * Dr. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (Beta Gamma) - First female to win the Pulitzer Prize in music and to receive a doctorate in music composition from Juilliard.