Arts,
Entertainment & Broadcast Journalism
Jill
Arrington
Beta Tau-Miami
A CBS Sports reporter, she covers college football and contributes
to The NFL Today, the Network's NFL pregame studio show, the
late night coverage of the U.S. Open Tennis Championship, as well
as serving as host for TNN's coverage of the Arena Football League.
She has served as afternoon and evening anchor of ReporterTV.com,
while also serving as producer/correspondent for Main Floor
and Real TV (1994-2000)
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Sabrina
Bryan
Zeta Iota-Chapman
Sabrina is
an actress, singer, dancer and one of the members of the Disney
Channel musical group Cheetah Girls. (She plays the character
Dorinda.) The group is currently traveling to promote their
newest movie Cheetah Girls 2. Sabrina also has her own
dance/fitness video for girls titled BYOU.
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Cheryl
Crawford
Eta-Akron
Broadway producer of hit plays Brigadoon, The Rose Tattoo,
and Paint Your Wagon. Founder of Group Theater and Actor's
Studio.
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Stacey
Deffenbaugh
Gamma
Rho-Wittenberg
“Good
Morning Southwest Florida” anchor on WZVN-TV (ABC 7) in Naples/Fort
Myers, Florida.
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Mary
Frann (1943-1998)
Sigma-Northwestern
Her television roles include Joanna Loudon in CBS's Newhart
(1982-1990) and
Amanda Howard Peters on NBC's Days of Our Lives soap opera
(1974-1979). She won the America's Junior Miss title in 1961.
Patricia
Heaton
Epsilon-Ohio State
The Emmy Award winning actress currently portrays Debra Barone
in Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS. Television credits include
thirtysomething, Room for Two (1992), and Someone
Like Me (1994). Film credits include Memoirs of an Invisible
Man (1992)
and Beethoven (1992). She is also the author of Motherhood
and Hollywood. |
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E.D.
Tarbox Hill, Beta Eta-Texas, serves as an anchor for Fox News
Channel's live morning show Fox and Friends. Hill was also a contributing
reporter for ABC News' Good Morning America since 1995, covering
family issues. |
Dagney
Hultgreen
Beta Eta-Texas
Former channel hostess for E! Entertainment Television.
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Christine
Lahti
Xi-Michigan
The Emmy Award winning actress portrayed Dr. Kate Austin in
the CBS television show Chicago Hope. Her feature film
debut was in 1979 with the lead role in And Justice For All.
Other film credits include Swing Shift (1984), Just
Between Friends (1986), Running on Empty (1988),
Gross Anatomy (1989), Funny About Love (1990),
and Leaving Normal (1992). She won an Oscar in 1996 for
Best Short Live Action Film, Lieberman In Love, in which
she starred and directed.
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Joan
Lunden
Delta Eta-California State, Sacramento
Joan Lunden's: "Best known as former co-host of ABC's "Good
Morning, America," Joan currently stars in "Behind Closed
Doors with Joan Lunden" (A&E), a compelling weekly series
that takes viewers on exclusive and explorative journeys, like
life with the Cirque du Soleil and on a U-2 spy plane. She is
the author of several books, including Joan Lunden's Healthy Living
(Crown Publishers, April 1997). She is also the national spokesperson
for MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Driving. |
Leslie
McLaren
Beta Beta-Alberta
Miss Canada 1991.
Kari
Michaelson (Kari Kathleen Markussen)
Alpha Sigma-California, Los Angeles
Television actress; played the oldest daughter on the former television
series Gimme A Break. She is currently working on In the
Spotlight, a local cable talk show in California.
Donna
Mills
Iota-Illinois
Donna Mills' role as Abby Cunningham on CBS's Knots Landing
lasted for nine seasons. She has recently worked on Fox's Melrose
Place as Sherri Larson. Film credits include Play Misty
for Me (1971), Fire! (TV, 1977), Runaway Father
(TV, 1991), False Arrest (TV, 1991), and Remember
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Terry
Murphy
Epsilon-Ohio State
Emmy Award-winning journalist; Former Co-Anchor of Hard Copy.
Helen
O'Gorman
Beta-Washington
Sculptor, painter, and botanist.
Cristina
Perez, Alpha Sigma-UCLA
She is a successful lawyer, television personality, radio host, entrepreneur/business
owner, author and national columnist. She is the judge of Cristina’s
Court. And, she is the author of Living by Los Dichos: Advice
from a Mother to a Daughter.
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Kyra
Phillips, Alpha Nu-Southern California, is a news anchor
and correspondent for CNN/U.S. Based in the network's world
headquarters in Atlanta, Phillips anchors the weekday newscast
Live From along with CNN's Miles O'Brien. Currently,
Kyra is reporting from the USS Abraham Lincoln.
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Eva
Marie Saint
Beta M-Bowling Green
Her film debut was in "On the Waterfront" (1954) for which
she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film
credits include Alfred Hitchcock's "North By Northwest"
(1959), and "Grand Prix" (1966). Television credits include
"Moonlighting" (1985) and "Titanic" (1996 mini-series).
Holly
Shand
Phi-Colorado
Former MTV's Road Rules constestant.
Jennifer
Smith, Gamma Xi-Texas Tech, is Producer for CNN's Crossfire.
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Susan
Spencer
Beta Xi-Michigan State
Susan Spencer has been a staff correspondent for "48 Hours",
a weekly single-topic news show on CBS, since 1993. Her career
at CBS News began in 1977 as a reporter in its Washington bureau.
She became a correspondent in 1978, then was named CBS News'
medical correspondent in 1986. She substituted as anchor of the
CBS SUNDAY NIGHT NEWS beginning October 1987 and anchored the
Sunday Edition of the CBS EVENING NEWS (1988-1989). She became
CBS News' national correspondent in May 1989. Previous to joining
"48 Hours", she became White House correspondent and
the primary correspondent for "Eye on America."
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Julia
Sweeney
Beta-Washington
Cast member of "Saturday Night Live" from 1990 to
1994, and made famous by the character, "Pat." Film
credits include "It's Pat!" (1994), "Pulp Fiction"
(1994), and "National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation"
(1997). Julia also wrote and starred in the one-woman movie
God Said Ha! (1999).
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Anita
Vogel
Alpha Nu-Southern California
Joined FOX News Channel (FNC) as Los Angeles based correspondent
in October 2001. Before joining FNC, Vogel worked as a reporter/fill-in
anchor at KCRA-TV (NBC) in Sacramento, CA, where she covered the
California State Legislature and the Governor's Office. Prior
to that, Vogel served as a reporter for WTLV-TV (NBC) in Jacksonville,
FL where she was part of a team that earned an Edward R. Murrow
and Regional Emmy award for Best Newscast. Also, she worked as
a reporter for WJET-TV (ABC) in Erie, PA, where she was honored
with a Pennsylvania Association of Broadcaster's award for Best
Documentary. Vogel began her journalism career at ABC News in
Washington, DC as a desk assistant for This Week with David Brinkley. |
Liz
Winstead
Lambda-Minnesota
Creator of Comedy Central's The Daily Show.
Authors
and Publishing
Marilyn
Barrett
Beta Kappa-Kansas
Author of The Ten Biggest Legal Mistakes Women Can Avoid, she
has also written multiple essays on tax law.
Phyllis
Battelle
Alpha Rho-Ohio Wesleyan
Nationally syndicated columnist and author of a book on Karen Ann
Quinlan.
Christine
Clifford
Beta Chi-Denver
Author and motivational speaker, specializing in chronic illness,
number therapy and recovery.
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Ann
Coulter
Chi-Cornell
Ann is the author of five New York Times bestsellers. She
is a legal correspondent for Human Events and writes a
popular syndicated column for Universal Press Syndicate.
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Brenda
Wang Clough
Beta
Nu-Carnegie Mellon
Brenda
is a successful author who
writes science fiction, fantasy, and
occasionally non-fiction. |
Kate
Coscarelli
Alpha Epsilon-Washington University, St. Louis
Best-selling author of Fame & Fortune and other romantic
novels.
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Heloise
Cruse
Zeta Eta-Southwest Texas State
Best known for her Hints from Heloise column (syndicated
in more than 500 newspapers in 20 countries), Heloise is the
author of eight books and an undisputed expert on household
advice.
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Carolyn
Englefield
Beta Mu-Bowling Green
Former Senior decorating editor for House Beautiful magazine
and currently a freelance Producer for House & Garden,
Elle Decor, Veranda, Vanity and House Beautiful Magazines
stationed in Paris, France.
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Suzanne
Farrow
Gamma Phi-Arizona State
Nationally syndicated cartoonist.
Ellen
Bromfield Geld
Chi-Cornell
Author.
Donna Handly
Beta Pi-Willamette
Editor of Ms. magazine.
Jackie
Martin
Rho-Syracuse
Became the first woman photo and art editor of the Washington Herald
in 1931, and later served as a war correspondent and director of photo
operations of the Marshall Plan.
Lauren
Purcell, Beta Theta-Duke, is Deputy Editor of Self magazine
and recently wrote, Cocktail Parties, Straight Up! – Easy
Hors D’oeuvres, Delicious Drinks, and Inspired Ideas for Entertaining
with Style (with her sister Anne Purcell Grissinger). The book
will be available October 2005. She has also written about food, entertaining
and celebrities for Mademoiselle, American Health and
Harper’s Bazaar, and she has had numerous television appearances.
Terry
Tempest Williams
Beta Gamma-Utah
Nationally recognized environmental author of Red: Passion and
Patience in the Desert (2001).
Business
and Government
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Edith
Abbott
Kappa-Nebraska
First woman to become dean of a graduate school at an American
university, the University of Chicago School of Social Service
Administration, which developed under her leadership as the nation's
first school of social work. |
Grace
Abbott (1878-1939)
Kappa-Nebraska
The highest ranking woman in the United States government for
over a decade as the head of the United States Children's Bureau
from 1921-1934. She was the first woman to be nominated for a
Presidential cabinet position — Secretary of Labor in the
Herbert Hoover administration, and the first American sent to
the League of Nations to represent the United States. Her work
paved the way for programs such as the Federal Emergency Relief
effort during the Depression, the Social Security Act, and UNICEF. |
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Kelly
Ayotte
Alpha
Chi-Penn State
New
Hampshire Attorney General
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Carol
Bellamy
Beta Lambda-Gettysburg
President and CEO of World Learning, an organization that focuses
on enlightening U.S. youth about the world’s many and varied
cultures. She was the former Executive Director of UNICEF (1995-2005),
former Director of the U.S. Peace Corps (appointed by President
Clinton) and former president of the New York City Council. |
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Molly
Hering Bordonaro, Phi - Colorado, appointed by President
Bush as US Ambassador to Malta (2005).
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Patricia
Lemay Burr
Beta Psi-University of Alabama
Administrator, Small Business Administration, appointed by President
Carter.
Ada
Louise Comstock
Lambda-Minnesota
First full-time president of Radcliffe College, 1923-1943.
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Rita
Colwell
Beta Iota-Purdue
Chairman
of Canon US Life Sciences, Inc. and Distinguished Professor
both at the University of Maryland at College Park and at Johns
Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is
a 2005 Purdue University Distinguished Alumni honoree.
Dr.
Colwell was the first female to be named Director of the National
Science Foundation (1998-2004).
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Deborah
Cook
Eta-Akron
Federal Judge for the Court of Appeals for the Sixth District. |
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Jo
Ann Herman Emerson
Alpha Rho-Ohio Wesleyan
U.S. Congressman, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
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Susan
Shannon Engeleiter
Omega-Wisconsin
First woman to head the
Small Business Administration.
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Dorothy
Felton
Alpha Omega-Arkansas
Former Atlanta State House of Representatives
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Mary
Gladwin
Eta-Akron
Red Cross nurse who served in three wars from 1898 to 1919. For her
work she was decorated by the United States, Russian, Japanese and
Serbian governments.
Jan
Hart
Alpha Iota-Oklahoma
Former Dallas City Manager.
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Melissa
Hart
Epsilon Delta-Washington & Jefferson College
U.S. Congresswoman, Pennsylvania
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Sarah
Tilghman Hughes (1896-1985)
Psi II-Goucher
Judge Sarah Tilghman Hughes was the first female federal judge,
and the first woman to swear in a U.S. President (Lyndon B. Johnson,
on the day of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963). In
1961 she was appointed to the federal bench by President Kennedy,
and in the 1930s she served two terms in the Texas House of Representatives. |
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Merry
Hull
Alpha Rho-Ohio Wesleyan
Her redesign of the basic construction of the glove in 1939 became
the industry standard and is the design we wear today.
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Mary
Landrieu
Gamma Zeta-Louisiana State
U.S. senator, state of Louisiana, and immediate past Louisiana
State Treasurer.
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Francess
Lucas-Taucher
Delta Lambda-Mississippi State
President of Millsaps College.
Patti
McGill Peterson
Alpha Chi-Penn State
Currently the Executive Director of the Council for International
Exchange of Scholars (CIES) and Vice President of the Institute of
International Education (IIE). CIES, which administers the Fulbright
Scholar Program and other high education programs, is part of IIE,
which has developed partnerships between the public and private sectors
to sponsor programs in education, science and technology, business,
the environment and the arts.
Gretchen
P. Purcell, MD, Ph.D.
Upsilon-Stanford
The 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. She is completing a pediatric
surgery fellowship at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital and in August
2006; she will begin as an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Biomedical
Informatics at Vanderbilt.
Cylda
Stokes Rent
Gamma Mu-Florida State
President Emerita of Mississippi University of Women.
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Ruth
Bryan (Owen) Rohde (1885-1954)
Kappa-Nebraska
The daughter of William Jennings Bryan, Ruth Bryan Owen became
a member of the Seventy-first Congress in 1929 (as Florida's
first woman elected to Congress),
and was re-elected to the Seventy-second Congress in 1931; during
this time her proposals included designating the Florida Everglades
as a national park and establishing a cabinet-level department
to oversee the health and welfare of families and children.
In 1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed her Minister
to Denmark; she was the first woman to represent the United
States in so high a diplomatic post.
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Kathleen
“Kathy” Higdon Wilson, Mu-Missouri
(1951-2005)
Chairwoman of the National Women’s Political Caucus from
1981-1985. Lobbied on behalf of women’s issues including
the proposed equal rights amendment to the right to an abortion. |
Sports
Judy
Bell
Alpha Pi-Arizona
First female president of USGA (United States Golf Association).
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Emilee
Klein
Gamma
Phi-Arizona State
Professional
golfer, victories include: 1996 Ping Welch's Championship,
1996 Weetabix Women's British open Championship, 2001 Michelob
Light Classic. Top 90 from 2001 money list through Asahi Ryokukun
International Championship.
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Bonnie
Lauer
Beta Xi-Michigan State
Professional golfer; named Rookie of the Year in 1977.
Susan
Nattrass
Beta Beta-Alberta
Became the first woman trap shooter in the Olympic Games in 1976 as
a member of the Canadian Olympic team. She was named Canada's best
athlete, male or female, amateur or professional, in 1981.
Jill
Savery
Gamma-California, Berkeley
Member of the U.S. synchronized swimming team that won a gold
medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
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Carin
Cone Vanderbush, Gamma Sigma-Houston
A 1956 Olympic silver medalist (100m Back) and six-time world
record swimmer. Vanderbush was inducted into the International
Swimming Hall of Fame as an Honor Swimmer in 1984. |
Anne
White
Alpha Nu-Southern California
Nationally-ranked tennis player in 1980.
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