List of Chi Omega members

The list of Chi Omega members includes initiated and honorary members of Chi Omega.

Notable members edit

Business edit

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Safra A. Catz President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation [1]
Mignon Faget New Orleans-based jewelry designer [citation needed]
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]

Entertainment edit

 
Angela Kinsey
 
Lucy Liu
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Natalie Allen CNN anchor [4]
Rhonda Bates Actress; The Roller Girls [3]
Ashton Campbell Miss Arkansas 2014 and Miss America runner up 2014 [3]
Caroline Carothers Miss Texas 2016 [5]
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 [6]
Kathryn Crosby Actress [3]
Cece DeCorte [7]
Joyce DeWitt Actress; Three's Company [3]
Hope Driskill Miss Missouri 2011 and Top 16 Miss USA, Survivor: Caramoan [3]
Melissa Claire Egan Actress; All My Children [8]
Ruth Ford Actress [3]
Taryn Foshee Miss Mississippi, 3rd runner up to Miss America [9]
Sarah Hider Miss Ohio 2015 [3]
Sylvia Hitchcock 1967 Miss USA and Miss Universe [10]
Liza Huber Actress [citation needed]
Angela Kinsey Actress; The Office [11]
Lynne Koplitz Stand-up comedian [citation needed]
Toby Lightman Singer/songwriter [12]
Lucy Liu Actress known for her work on Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill, and her role as Ling Woo on Ally McBeal [7]
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, and producer; Bridesmaids [15]
Sloane Roberts Miss Arkansas 2012 [3]
Catt Sadler E! News, E!'s Daily Ten [3]
Shannon Sanderford Miss Texas 2015 [3]
Mikaela Shaw Miss Wyoming 2015 [3]
Jessica Michelle Singleton Stand-up comedian [citation needed]
Heather Thomas Actress; The Fall Guy [16]
Ann-Blair Thornton Miss Kentucky 2011
Adair Tishler Child actress [citation needed]
Bethany Trahan Miss Louisiana 2018 [3]
Sela Ward Actress; Sisters, The Fugitive, Once and Again, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, House [7]
Joanne Woodward Academy Award Actress; Philadelphia, The Three Faces of Eve [7]

Government edit

 
Blanche Lincoln
Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Marsha Blackburn United States Senator representating Tennessee; former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee [7]
Martha Layne Collins Former Governor of Kentucky [3]
Alison Lundergan Grimes Former Secretary of State of Kentucky [3]
Shirley Hufstedler First United States Secretary of Education [3]
Blanche Lincoln Former United States Senator from Arkansas [7]
Molly Beth Malcolm First woman chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party [citation needed]
Stephanie Murphy Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Florida's 7th Congressional District [17]
Jen Psaki White House Press Secretary, Democratic Party [18]
Patricia Schroeder Former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado, first female Congresswoman from Colorado [3]
Joanna Shields Baroness and British Parliamentarian [3]
Virginia Smith Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Nebraska [3]
Carole Keeton Strayhorn Former Texas Comptroller, made an unsuccessful run for Texas Governor in 2006 as an independent [3]
Mary Ann Tobin Former Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts [19]

Literature edit

 
Harper Lee
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 [7]
Frances Mayes Author of the novel Under the Tuscan Sun [7]
Anita Shreve Author of The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, and Sea Glass; O. Henry Award recipient in 1976 [citation needed]
Genevieve Taggard 1931 Guggenheim Fellow and poet [20]
Karen White New York Times bestselling romantic fiction author [citation needed]

Philanthropy edit

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 edit

 
Susan J. Helms
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 [7]
Dawn Clark Netsch Law professor at Northwestern University, Illinois Comptroller [citation needed]
Janet Morgan Riggs President of Gettysburg College [citation needed]
Kathleen Rubins Selected as a member of the 20th NASA astronaut class [22]
Martha Dunagin Saunders President of the University of Southern Mississippi [citation needed]

Sports edit

 
Lin Dunn
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 [7]
Lin Dunn Head basketball coach for WNBA teams Seattle Storm (2000–2002) and Indiana Fever (2008–present) [23]
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 [citation needed]
Pat Summitt Head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee [7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Safra Catz is President of Oracle Corporation". The Eleusis. 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  2. ^ "Foundation Leadership". Chi Omega. Archived from the original on 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "Prominent Chi Omegas" (PDF). Chi Omega. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  4. ^ [1] Archived March 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Press, Rick (July 3, 2016). "Baylor baton twirler wins Miss Texas 2016". Star-Telegram. Retrieved 2022-03-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Glamour girl an inspiration". The Eleusis. 2006. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Outstanding Chi Omegas". Chi Omega. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-06-07.
  8. ^ "About Melissa". Melissa Egan Official Site. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  9. ^ "Biography". TarynFoshee.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  10. ^ Abel, Fred. "Whatever Happened To...?". Pageantry Mag. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-08-30.
  11. ^ Limmer, Melissa (February 15, 2007). "From a Baylor Classroom to the hit The Office". The Baylor Lariat. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  12. ^ Cohen, Jamie (April 13, 2004). "Toby Lightman goes pop!". BadgerHerald. Retrieved 2007-08-31.
  13. ^ "People, Sep. 21, 1959". Time. September 21, 1959. Archived from the original on October 31, 2007. Retrieved 2010-06-04.
  14. ^ "Home - French Country Imports". frenchcountry-imports.com. Archived from the original on 2018-08-27. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  15. ^ "Hello, Hollywood! Check out this... - Chi Omega Fraternity". 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2014-08-20 – via Facebook.
  16. ^ "University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)". e-yearbook.com.
  17. ^ "The Chi Omega Symphony Guides New U.S. Congresswoman – Chi Omega". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  18. ^ Feuerherd, Ben (20 January 2021). "Who Is Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary?". NY Post. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  19. ^ Kentuckian Yearbook. University of Kentucky. 1963. p. 202. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
  20. ^ "Women To Sell For Fund". The New York Times. March 22, 1931.
  21. ^ ""Pick Yourself Up" – Lady Gaga's West Virginia Roots and Her Grandma's Inspiring Words That Helped Make a Star". 11 March 2019.
  22. ^ "Astronaut Candidate Bio: Kathleen Rubins". NASA. September 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-30.
  23. ^ Montieth, Mark (December 13, 2007). "Dunn wants Fever to be dynamic". Indianapolis Star.

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