The list of Chi Omega members includes initiated and honorary members of Chi Omega.
Notable alumnae
Business
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Safra A. Catz | President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation | [1] | |
Mignon Faget | New Orleans-based jewelry designer | ||
Nancy Walton Laurie | Namesake of the Leadership Institute of Chi Omega, Niece of Sam Walton founder of Wal-Mart | [2] | |
Alice Marriott | Entrepreneur and philanthropist, wife of J. Willard Marriott | [3] | |
Kelsey Barnard Clark | Alpha Beta | Bravo Top Chef Winner Season 16 |
Entertainment
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Natalie Allen | CNN Anchor | [4] | |
Tamira A. Cole | Miss Black Kentucky USA, author, USA Today All-USA Academic All American and one of Glamour Magazine's Top 22 College Women | [5] | |
Kathryn Crosby | Actress | [3] | |
Joyce DeWitt | Actress; Three's Company | [3] | |
Rhonda Bates | Actress; The Roller Girls | [3] | |
Melissa Claire Egan | Actress; All My Children | [6] | |
Ruth Ford | Actress | [3] | |
Caroline Carothers | Miss Texas 2016 | [7] | |
Taryn Foshee | Miss Mississippi, 3rd runner up to Miss America | [8] | |
Sylvia Hitchcock | 1967 Miss USA and Miss Universe | [9] | |
Liza Huber | Actress | ||
Angela Kinsey | Actress; The Office | [10] | |
Lynne Koplitz | Stand-up comedian | ||
Adair Tishler | Child Actress | ||
Toby Lightman | Singer/Songwriter | [11] | |
Lucy Liu | Actress known for her work on Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill and for her role as Ling Woo on Ally McBeal | [12] | |
Lynda Lee Mead | 1960 Miss America, owner and president of Shea Design & French Country Imports | [13][14] | |
Linda Miller | Actress; All My Children | [3] | |
Mary Ann Mobley | Former "Miss America" (1959) and Television Actress | [3] | |
Beth Moore | American evangelist, author, and bible teacher | [3] | |
Annie Mumolo | Actress/Writer/Producer; Bridesmaids | [15] | |
Catt Sadler | E! News, E!'s Daily Ten | [3] | |
Jessica Michelle Singleton | Stand-up comedian | ||
Heather Thomas | Actress; The Fall Guy | [16] | |
Ann-Blair Thornton | Miss Kentucky 2011 | ||
Sela Ward | Actress; Sisters, The Fugitive, Once and Again, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, House | [12] | |
Cece DeCorte | [12] | ||
Joanne Woodward | Academy Award Actress; Philadelphia, The Three Faces of Eve | [12] | |
Hope Driskill | Miss Missouri 2011 and Top 16 Miss USA, Survivor: Caramoan | [3] | |
Sloane Roberts | Miss Arkansas 2012 | [3] | |
Ashton Campbell | Miss Arkansas 2014 and Miss America Runner Up 2014 | [3] | |
Sarah Hider | Miss Ohio 2015 | [3] | |
Shannon Sanderford | Miss Texas 2015 | [3] | |
Mikaela Shaw | Miss Wyoming 2015 | [3] | |
Bethany Trahan | Miss Louisiana 2018 | [3] |
Government
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Marsha Blackburn | United States Senator representation Tennessee. Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee | [12] | |
Martha Layne Collins | Former Governor of Kentucky | [3] | |
Shirley Hufstedler | First United States Secretary of Education | [3] | |
Blanche Lincoln | Former United States Senator from Arkansas | [12] | |
Molly Beth Malcolm | First woman chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party | ||
Jen Psaki | White House Press Secretary Democratic Party | [17] | |
Patricia Schroeder | Former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado, first female Congresswoman from Colorado | [3] | |
Virginia Smith | Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Nebraska | [3] | |
Joanna Shields | Baroness and British Parliamentarian | [3] | |
Carole Keeton Strayhorn | Former Texas Comptroller, made an unsuccessful run for Texas Governor in 2006 as an independent | [3] | |
Alison Lundergan Grimes | Former Secretary of State of Kentucky | [3] | |
Mary Ann Tobin | Former Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts | [18] | |
Stephanie Murphy | Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Florida, 7th Congressional District | [19] |
Literature
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Ellen Gilchrist | Author of Victory Over Japan, winner of the 1984 National Book Award for Fiction | [3] | |
Harper Lee | Author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2007 | [12] | |
Frances Mayes | Author of the novel Under the Tuscan Sun | [12] | |
Anita Shreve | Author of The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, and Sea Glass; O. Henry Award recipient in 1976 | ||
Genevieve Taggard | 1931 Guggenheim Fellow and poet | [20] | |
Karen White | New York Times bestselling romantic fiction author |
Philanthropy
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Cynthia Germanotta | Philanthropist, President of Born This Way Foundation, mother of Lady Gaga and Natali Germanotta | [21] |
Science and education
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Susan Athey | Professor of Economics at Harvard University, won the John Bates Clark Medal in 2007 | [3] | |
Susan J. Helms | NASA astronaut and the first woman to live on the International Space Station | [12] | |
Dawn Clark Netsch | Law professor at Northwestern University, Illinois Comptroller | ||
Sherri Whitt | Data Abstraction Wellstar Health System | ||
Kathleen Rubins | Selected as a member of the 20th NASA astronaut class | [22] | |
Janet Morgan Riggs | President of Gettysburg College | ||
Martha Dunagin Saunders | President of the University of Southern Mississippi |
Sports
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
---|---|---|---|
Christine Brennan | USA Today sports columnist, author, and sports commentator for ABC News, CNN, National Public Radio and Fox Sports Radio | [12] | |
Lin Dunn | Head basketball coach for WNBA teams Seattle Storm (2000–2002) and Indiana Fever (2008–present) | [23] | |
Pat Summitt | Head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee | [12] | |
Melissa McNamara | Head coach of the Arizona State University Sun Devils women's golf team (2009 NCAA champions) and former pro golfer on the LPGA tour |
References
- ↑ "Safra Catz is President of Oracle Corporation". The Eleusis. 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ↑ "Foundation Leadership". Chi Omega. Archived from the original on 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "Prominent Chi Omegas" (PDF). Chi Omega. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ↑ Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Glamour girl an inspiration". The Eleusis. 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ↑ "About Melissa". Melissa Egan Official Site. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
- ↑ Press, Rick (July 3, 2016). "Baylor baton twirler wins Miss Texas 2016". Star-Telegram. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
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- ↑ Abel, Fred. "Whatever Happened To...?". Pageantry Mag. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
- ↑ Limmer, Melissa (February 15, 2007). "From a Baylor Classroom to the hit The Office". The Baylor Lariat. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- ↑ Cohen, Jamie (April 13, 2004). "Toby Lightman goes pop!". BadgerHerald. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Outstanding Chi Omegas". Chi Omega. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
- ↑ "People, Sep. 21, 1959". Time. September 21, 1959. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
- ↑ "Home - French Country Imports". frenchcountry-imports.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ↑ "Hello, Hollywood! Check out this... - Chi Omega Fraternity". 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2014-08-20 – via Facebook.
- ↑ "University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)". e-yearbook.com.
- ↑ Feuerherd, Ben (20 January 2021). "Who Is Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary?". NY Post. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
- ↑ Kentuckian Yearbook. University of Kentucky. 1963. p. 202. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ↑ "The Chi Omega Symphony Guides New U.S. Congresswoman – Chi Omega". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ↑ "Women To Sell For Fund". The New York Times. March 22, 1931.
- ↑ ""Pick Yourself Up" – Lady Gaga's West Virginia Roots and Her Grandma's Inspiring Words That Helped Make a Star". 11 March 2019.
- ↑ "Astronaut Candidate Bio: Kathleen Rubins". NASA. September 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
- ↑ Montieth, Mark (December 13, 2007). "Dunn wants Fever to be dynamic". Indianapolis Star.
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