List of Alpha Gamma Delta members
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Alpha Gamma Delta is an international women's fraternity and social organization.[1] It was founded on May 30, 1904, by eleven female students at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.[2] Following are some of its notable members.
- Maruta Gardner (Beta Zeta) – teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent of schools in San Diego County, California
- Kelly M. Miller (Zeta Kappa) – first female president of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi[3]
Art and architecture
- Jeanne Gang – (Sigma) – architect
- Emily Helen Butterfield (Alpha) – Michigan's first licensed female architect, artist, Women's Movement pioneer[4][5]
- Clyde Connell (Mu) – artist[6]
- Lillian Sarafinchan – painter and art director
Business
- Jani Macari Pallis (Gamma Phi) – founder of Cislunar Aerospace[7]
- Beth Ford (Rho) – CEO of Land O'Lakes
Entertainment
- Fran Allison (Pi) – radio and television personality (Kukla, Fran and Ollie)[6]
- Andrea Canning (Zeta Chi) – TV anchor, journalist (Dateline, Weekend Today)[8]
- Rita Coolidge (Gamma Beta) – Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter[9]
- Ashley Durham (Gamma Zeta) – model; Miss Tennessee USA 2011; Miss USA 1st runner-up 2011[10]
- Wynn Everett (Gamma Delta) – actress, known as Whitney Frost on Agent Carter[11]
- Donna Fargo (Gamma Eta) – Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter[6]
- Marcelle LeBlanc (Gamma Delta) – Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2022 and actress[12][13][14]
- Gloria Loring (Delta Alpha) – singer/songwriter, author, actress, national spokesperson for the JDRF[15]
- Amber Mariano (Alpha Epsilon) – television personality and winner of Survivor: All-Stars[6]
- Karen McCullah (Gamma Mu) – screenwriter (10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde, The House Bunny)[16]
- Dorothy Provine (Iota) – actress (The Alaskans, Sugarfoot, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock)[6]
- Jeanne Robertson (Gamma Delta) – comedian, Miss North Carolina 1963[17]
- Karen Staley (Alpha Omicron) – country music singer/songwriter[6]
- Kate Steinberg (Beta Iota) – internet personality, television personality, and former NHL cheerleader
- Abbie Stockard (Gamma Delta) – Miss America, 2025[18]
- Barbara Jo Walker (Gamma Zeta) – Miss America, 1947[6]
Literature
- Kathleen Barber (Sigma) – novelist
- Elizabeth Frances Corbett (Beta) – poet and writer[19]
- Mignon G. Eberhart (Beta Alpha) – mystery writer proclaimed as “America’s Agatha Christie”[20]
- Deborah Kolodji (Delta Alpha) – American haiku poet.
- Donna Lewis Friess (Delta Alpha) – author, college professor, activist[6]
- Agnes Newton Keith (Omicron) – author, Japanese POW/civilian internment camp survivor[6]
- Heather MacAllister (Epsilon Eta) – novelist[6]
- Samara O'Shea (Alpha Omega) – author (Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing, Note to Self: On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits)[21]
- Gail Saltz (Zeta Beta) – psychiatrist and author[17]
Military
- Alicia Tate-Nadeau (Epsilon Omicron) – director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Politics
- Carolyn Bennett (Tau) – member of Parliament of Canada[22]
- Beth Chapman (Gamma Upsilon) – former Secretary of State of Alabama[6]
- Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Delta Zeta) – former member of Canadian House of Commons and Minister of National Revenue[23][24][25]
- Jennie M. Forehand (Gamma Epsilon) – former Maryland Senate[6]
- Kay Ivey (Gamma Delta) – Governor of Alabama and former Alabama State Treasurer[11][26]
- Mildred Jeffrey (Delta) – political activist and organizer[6]
- Sharon Johnston – 55th viceregal consort of Canada
- Kelly Loeffler (Sigma) – former United States Senate (R-GA)[6]
- Dee Long (Lambda) – former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives[6]
- Elaine Marshall (Alpha Xi) – North Carolina Secretary of State[27]
- Marian Price (Beta Alpha) – former Nebraska Senate[6]
- Judy Baar Topinka (Lambda) – former Illinois Comptroller and Illinois Treasurer[6]
Science
- Jane Hamilton Hall – physicist with the Manhattan Project and assistant director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, secretary of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission
- Madge Macklin – physician known for her work in the field of medical genetics
Sports
- Cheyenne Knight (Psi) – professional golfer[28]
- Maria Maunder (Zeta Chi) – 1996 Summer Olympics women's rower[29]
- Teri McKeever (Delta Alpha) – 2012 Summer Olympics women's swim team coach[29]
- Jo Ann Washam (Delta Beta) – professional golfer[6]
Other
- Edith MacConnel Hickok (Alpha) – Alpha Gamma Delta founder