List of Kappa Kappa Gamma members

Following is a list of Kappa Kappa Gamma members (commonly referred to as Kappas). It includes initiated and honorary members of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Academia and education

Name Chapter Notability References
Sarah Gibson Blanding
Beta Chi
 President of Vassar College (1946–1964) [1]
Kathy Cox
Epsilon Epsilon
 Georgia superintendent of public schools [2]
Virginia Gildersleeve
Beta Epsilon
 Dean of Barnard College (1911–1947), delegate at the 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization [3]
Sarah Lee Lippincott
Beta Alpha
 Astronomer, professor emerita at Swarthmore College [4]
Louise Pound
Sigma
 Folklorist and professor at the University of Nebraska [5]

Business

Name Chapter Notability References
Ruth Leach Amonette
Pi
 First woman Vice President at IBM [6]
Dixie Carter
Delta Rho
 President of TNA Entertainment [7]
Mary Maxwell Gates
Beta Pi
 Banker, civic activist, non-profit executive, and mother of Bill Gates [8]
Whitney Wolfe Herd
Gamma Phi
 Founder and CEO of Bumble, and a co-founder of Tinder [9]
Elizabeth McKay
Beta Beta
 Founder, creative director, and namesake of the designer brand Elizabeth McKay [10]
Virginia Rometty
Upsilon
 Chairwoman, President, and CEO of IBM Corporation [10][11]
Kate Spade
Omega
 Co-founder, designer, and namesake of the designer brand Kate Spade New York [10][11]
Helen Robson Walton
Beta Theta
 Philanthropist and wife of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart [12]

Entertainment

Name Chapter Notability References
Jean Bartel
Gamma Xi
 Miss America 1943 [13][4]
Julie Marie Berman
Delta Tau
 Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress on General Hospital [14]
Lo Bosworth
Gamma Xi
 Reality show contestant in The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County [15]
Sophia Bush
Delta Tau
 Actress, played Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill [16][17]
Gretchen Carlson
Beta Eta (Deuteron)
 Miss America 1989, former Fox News anchor, former The Early Show anchor [4][11]
Jamie Chung
Epsilon Pi
 Actress and reality show contestant known for her participation in The Real World: San Diego and the films Sucker Punch and Sorority Row [18][17][15]
Gretchen Cryer
Iota
 Stage actress and writer, known for her work on I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road [19]
Alexandra Curtis
Beta Tau
 Miss Rhode Island 2015 [20]
Ann Elder
Iota
 Emmy Award-winning screenwriter for The Lily Tomlin Special [21]
Barbara Feldon
Delta Xi
 Actress, Get Smart [4]
Jane Froman
Theta
 Singer, subject of the film With a Song in My Heart [4]
Annabeth Gish
Delta Beta
 Actress, played Monica Reyes on The X-Files [4]
Greer Grammer
Delta Tau
 Actress, Awkward. [11]
Alexa Havins
Epsilon Delta
 Actress, played Babe Carey on All My Children [22]
Kelley Menighan Hensley
Gamma Phi
 Actress, plays Emily Stewart on As the World Turns [23]
Margaret Hillis
Delta
 Grammy Award-winning conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus [24]
Kate Jackson
Delta Rho
 Actress, known for her work in Scarecrow and Mrs. King as well as playing Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels [4]
Ashley Judd
Beta Chi
 Actress, known for her roles in A Time to Kill, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy [10][4]
Kirstin Maldonado
Beta Theta
 Singer, vocal group Pentatonix [25]
Meghan Markle
Upsilon
 Actress, played Rachel Zane on Suits, and Duchess of Sussex [17][15]
Nancy Morgan
Gamma Omega
 Actress, Grand Theft Auto [26]
Sarah Jane Morris
Gamma Phi
 Actress, known for her work on Felicity and Brothers and Sisters [27]
Nancy Olson
Eta
 Stage and screen actress, known for her work on Sunset Boulevard [28]
Jane Pauley
Delta
 Television journalist and anchor on Today and Dateline NBC [11]
Jo Ann Pflug
Delta Kappa
 Actress, MASH [4]
Rachel Platten
Zeta Theta
 Singer-songwriter [29]
Madelyn Pugh
Delta
 Television writer, known for her work on The Steve Allen Show and I Love Lucy [29]
Casey Reinhardt
Eta Beta
 Model and reality show contestant in Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County [30]
Maggie Rose
Epsilon Mu
 Country music singer [29]
Gena Rowlands
Eta
 Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress [11]
Maria Sansone
Beta Tau
 Correspondent and co-host of LX New York [29]
Savvy Shields
Gamma Nu
 Miss Arkansas 2016 and Miss America 2017 [31][32]
Kim Stanley
Gamma Beta
 Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, known for her work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof [33]
Helen Wagner
Alpha (Deuteron)
 Actress, played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns [34]

Law

Name Chapter Notability References
Carol Bagley Amon
Gamma Kappa
 Judge, sits on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York [35]
Susan H. Black
Epsilon Zeta
 Judge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [4]
M. Margaret McKeown
Gamma Omicron
 Judge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [36]
Nancy Paterson
Delta Lambda
 International war crimes prosecutor [37]
E. Jean Nelson Penfield
Iota
 National President, Kappa Kappa Gamma [38]

Literature

Name Chapter Notability References
Ann Bannon
Beta Lambda
 Lesbian pulp fiction author [39]
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Beta Nu
 Author of Understood Betsy and philanthropist [4]
Neta Lohnes Frazier
Gamma Gamma
 Children's author [4]
Valerie Joan Haig-Brown
Gamma Upsilon
 Author, editor, and conservationist [40]
Julia Ward Howe
Phi (Honorary)
 Poet of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", abolitionist, and social activist [4]
Phyllis McGinley
Delta Eta
 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet [10][41]
Alice Duer Miller
Beta Epsilon
 Author and poet who wrote for the New York Tribune [4]
Donna Tartt
Delta Rho
 Novelist [11]
Betty Jane Wylie
Gamma Sigma
 Canadian writer and playwright [4]

Politics and government

Name Chapter Notability References
Angela Atwood
Delta
 Founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army [42]
Cindy Axne
Beta Zeta
 United States House Representatives from Iowa (2019–present) [43]
Kay Barnes
Omega
 Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri (1999–2007) [44]
Mary Brooks
Beta Kappa
 Director of the United States Mint (1969–1977) [4]
Shelley Moore Capito
Delta Beta
 United States Senate representing West Virginia [45]
Diane Denish
Gamma Beta
 Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico (2003–2011) [46]
Kirsten Gillibrand
Epsilon Chi
 United States Senate from New York (2009–present) [47][11]
Emily Gorman
Psi
 Director of the Women's Army Corps (1962–1966) [48]
Lucy Webb Hayes
Rho (Honorary)
 20th First Lady of the United States and wife of Rutherford B. Hayes [4][41]
Lou Henry Hoover
Beta Eta (Deuteron)
 33rd First Lady of the United States and wife of Herbert Hoover [49]
Barbara McDougall
Beta Psi
 House of Commons of Canada (1984–1993) [50][51]
Frances McGovern
Lambda
 Ohio House of Representatives (1954–1959) [52]
Maryon Pearson
Beta Psi
 Wife of Lester B. Pearson the 14th Prime Minister of Canada [4]
Beverly Perdue
Beta Chi
 First female governor of North Carolina [4][11]
Juliet Poyntz
Beta Epsilon
 Co-founder of the Communist Party USA [53]
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Beta Epsilon
 Chair of the Consumer Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration [54]
Kate Shelley
Omicron (Deuteron)
 Heroine; saved many lives from near train disaster in 1881 [55]
Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch
Phi
 Social worker, member of the Committee of Fourteen [56]
Jane M. Swift
Zeta Theta
 First female governor of Massachusetts [4][11]
Jean Casselman Wadds
Beta Psi
 Canadian Diplomat, Canadian politician, represented Grenville—Dundas (1958–1968) [51]
Amelia Himes Walker
Beta Iota
 American suffragist and women's rights activist. [57]
Elaine C. Wagner
Mu
 United States Navy Rear Admiral (retired) and former Chief, United States Navy Dental Corps [58]
Mary Carlin Yates
Gamma Mu
 U.S. Ambassador to Burundi (1999–2002) and Ghana (2002–2005) [59]

Science and engineering

Name Chapter Notability References
Emily Barringer
Psi
 First woman resident at New York City's Gouverneur Hospital [60]
Edith Clarke
Eta
 First woman elected fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers [61][41]
Gertrude Van Wagenen
Beta Zeta
 biologist and professor at Yale School of Medicine, pioneering primate research on reproduction and contraception [62][63]
Mareta West
Beta Theta
 First female astrogeologist, chose the site for the first human Moon landing [4][41]

Sports

Name Chapter Notability References
Roberta Alison
Gamma Pi
 Professional tennis player, runner-up at the 1965 Cincinnati Masters [64]
Kristin Armstrong
Beta Kappa
 Cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the individual time trial in 2008 and 2012. [65][66][67]
Peggy Kirk Bell
Delta Epsilon
 Professional golfer, won the 1949 Titleholders Championship [68]
Patty Berg
Chi
 Professional golfer and a founding member of Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame [69]
Jane Blalock
Delta Epsilon
 Professional golfer, member of the LPGA [4]
Alana Cook
Beta Eta Deuteron
 Professional soccer player [70]
Emma Gatcliffe
Beta Beta Deuteron
 Olympic alpine skier [71]
Eileen Gu
Beta Eta Deuteron
 Olympic freestyle skier [72]
Doris Hart
Delta Kappa
 Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1954 and 1955, inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame [4]
Eleanor (Elle) Logan
Beta Eta Deuteron
 Rower, the first American rower to win a gold medal in three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016) [67]
Kelley O'Hara
Beta Eta Deuteron
 Professional soccer player, Sky Blue FC. Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Women's National Team at the London Games 2012. 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion. [70][67]
Helen Wills Roarke
Pi (Deuteron)
 Professional tennis player, won the French Championships four times, the U.S. Championships seven times, and Wimbledon eight times [4][41]
Betty Robinson Schwartz
Upsilon
 Received the gold for the 100 m at the 1928 Olympics, and again at the 1936 Olympics for the 4 × 100 m relay [4]
Melissa Seidemann
Beta Eta Deuteron
 Water polo player, 2012 Olympic Gold medal [67]
Hollis Stacy
Delta Epsilon
 Professional golfer, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1977, 1978, and 1984 [4]
Maggie Steffens
Beta Eta Deuteron
 Water polo player, 2012 Olympic Gold medal [67]
Evelyn Stevens
Epsilon Chi
 Racing cyclist [67]
Genevra Stone
Zeta Phi
 Rower, Single Sculls, competed in London 2012, and earned Silver medal in Rio 2016 [67]
Isabella Tobias
Gamma Phi
 Professional ice dancer, represented Lithuania at Sochi 2014, won bronze at 2011 Skate America, and placed in the top ten at two European Championships [73]
Donna de Varona
Gamma Xi
 Swimmer, received two golds at the 1964 Olympics, and again at the 1963 Pan American Games [4]
Sharon Weber
Beta Nu
 Gymnast, judge at the 1984 Summer Olympics [74]
Beth Whittall
Gamma Delta
 Canadian swimmer, won the Lou Marsh Trophy [4]
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman
Pi (Deuteron)
 Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Championships in 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1919 [4]

See also

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