List of Alpha Chi Omega members explained

Alpha Chi Omega is an American collegiate women's fraternity founded at DePauw University in 1885. Following is a list of Alpha Chi Omega members.

Academia

• Llerena Friend: librarian, teacher, author, and founding director of the Barker Center for Texas History
• Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta): former U.S. Secretary of State and director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Art

• Bonnibel Butler (Theta): illustrator of children's books and magazines, including St. Nicholas^[1]
• Carol Haerer (Xi): artist known for abstract painting^[2]

Business

• Sherron Watkins (Alpha Phi): Enron whistleblower, former vice president of Corporate Development of Enron Corporation, USA Today and Time Person of the Year 2002^[3]
• Barbara W. Winder (Beta Nu): president of the Relief Society

Entertainment

• Jayne Atkinson (Gamma): actress known for her Tony Award–nominated roles in The Rainmaker and Enchanted April
• Laura Berman (Alpha Iota): relationship therapist and television host of In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman
• Rita Braver (Kappa): CBS news correspondent
• Hannah Brown (Alpha Upsilon): 2018 Miss Alabama USA winner and star of The Bachelorette^[4]
• Linda Cavanaugh (Psi): news anchor^[5]
• Eleanor Coppola (Alpha Psi): Emmy award-winning documentarian^[6]
• Jen Corey (Beta Rho): 2009 Miss District of Columbia winner, top 10 Miss America 2010 contestant^[7]
• Melissa d'Arabian (Alpha Iota): The Next Food Network Star winner and host of Ten Dollar Dinners
• Deidre Downs (Zeta Lambda): 2005 Miss America winner
• Carol Duvall (Beta Epsilon): host of The Carol Duvall Show
• Simone Esters (Alpha Nu): 2019 Miss Missouri; 2nd runner up Miss America
• Ruth Brooks Flippen (Gamma): screenwriter and television writer
• Elle Fowler (Beta Tau): co-creator of beauty and style-related tutorials on YouTube as AllThatGlitters21
• Georgia Frazier (Psi): Miss Oklahoma's Outstanding Teen 2009 and Miss Oklahoma 2015
• Kathi Goertzen (Omega): television news anchor
• Alyson Hannigan (Theta Xi): actress known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and How I Met Your Mother
• Jenilee Harrison (Epsilon): actress known for Dallas and Three's Company
• Nancy Hoyt (Delta Kappa): participant in The Amazing Race^[8]
• Janet Hsieh (Theta Omicron): television host, Golden Bell Award winner, model, and violinist^[9]
• Laura Innes (Gamma): actress (ER)
• Natalie Jacobson (Alpha Tau): television news anchor
• Jane Anne Jayroe (Gamma Tau): 1967 Miss America
• Sarah Jones (Epsilon Kappa): contestant on Survivor^[10]
• Taylor Kessler (Delta Kappa): Miss Texas USA 2020^[11]
• Tami Lane (Zeta Eta): make-up artist and Academy Award winner
• Audra Levi (Alpha Psi): a star of Kid's Beat and co-founder of the SoCal VoCals^[12]
• Jean Martirez (Alpha Nu): news anchor
• Beth Mitchell (Zeta Xi): dancer and 1998 National Shag Dancing Champion
• Meredith Monroe (Upsilon): actress known for Dawson's Creek
• Agnes Nixon (Gamma): four-time Daytime Emmy–winning TV writer and producer
• Aubrey O'Day (Epsilon Psi): former member of Danity Kane and cast member of MTV's Making The Band 3^[13]
• Martha Quinn: MTV VJ, radio host and actress
• Melissa Rycroft (Psi): former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and contestant on The Bachelor and Dancing with the Stars^[14]
• Sarah Shahi (Iota Sigma): actress known for The L Word^[15]
• Trista Sutter (Alpha Mu): former star of The Bachelorette
• Dawn Wells (Rho): actress known for Gilligan's Island

Law

• Robin S. Rosenbaum (Zeta Phi): judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Victoria Toensing (Alpha Mu): Republican Party operative and deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department

Literature and journalism

• Kristen Soltis Anderson (Gamma Iota): Republican pollster, blogger, and author
• Ronda Carman (Delta Kappa) author
• Margaret Cousins (Alpha Phi): editor, journalist, and writer
• Shannon Fisher (Beta Delta): journalist
• Georgie Anne Geyer (Gamma): journalist and author
• Mary Emma Griffith Marshall (Lambda): editor and librarian^[16]
• Atoosa Rubenstein (Theta Psi): magazine editor
• Gail Sheehy (Alpha Iota): author

Music

• Amy Beach: composer and pianist^[17]
• Edith Bideau: soprano singer^[18]
• Winifred Byrd: concert pianist^[19]
• Helen Hopekirk: pianist and classical composer^[20]
• Margaret Ruthven Lang: composer who was affiliated with the Second New England School
• Marian MacDowell: pianist and co-founder of the MacDowell Colony^[21]
• Adele aus der Ohe: concert pianist and composer^[22]
• Maud Powell (Alpha): violinist^[23]
• Julie Rivé-King: concert pianist, composer, and teacher^[24]
• Antoinette Szumowska: pianist^[25]
• Margaret Hoberg Turrell: composer and organist
• Ellen Beach Yaw: coloratura soprano
• Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler (Alpha): pianist^[26]

Politics

• Jari Askins (Psi): Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma^[27]
• Megan Barry (Omicron): mayor of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
• Stephanie Bice (Gamma Epsilon): U.S. Representative for ^[28]
• Nan Campbell (Rho): first woman to be elected mayor in the city of Bellevue, Washington
• Kathryn F. Clarenbach (Kappa): first chairperson of the National Organization for Women
• Stephanie Hilferty (Zeta Psi): Louisiana House of Representatives
• Kymberly Pine (Pi): Hawaii House of Representatives
• Condoleezza Rice (Gamma Delta): former U.S. Secretary of State and director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
• Emma Ridgway: member of the Washington House of Representatives for five terms
• Victoria Toensing (Alpha Mu): Republican Party operative and deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Justice Department

Science and engineering

• Wally Funk (Gamma Epsilon): first female Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board inspector, one of the Mercury 13, and oldest woman in space as of July 2021^[29]
• Anna Menon (Iota Lambda): mission director at SpaceX and NASA biomedical flight controller for the International Space Station

Sports

• Maddy Curley (Epsilon Chi): collegiate gymnast^[30]
• Julia Marino (Nu): freestyle skier and the first Winter Olympian to represent the South American country^[31]

See also

• List of Alpha Chi Omega chapters

Notes and References

1. "Theta". The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega. Vol. 17, No. 4 (July 1914) p. 581 – via Google Books.
2. Web site: 2011-01-13 . Star Alumna: Artist Carol Haerer . 2024-02-11 . Kappa Kappa Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega . en.
3. Iwata . Edward . March 24, 2003 . Watkins gets frank about days at Enron . . 2008-01-04.
4. Web site: D'Aluisio . Alexandra . March 12, 2019 . Who Is Hannah Brown? 5 Things to Know About the Next Bachelorette . US Magazine.
5. Web site: Greek101 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150121093737/http://www.greek101.com/lounge/famous.php?org=Alpha+Chi+Omega . 2015-01-21 . 2015-01-21 . Greek 101.
6. Web site: About ΑΧΩ Notable Alumnae . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071223050954/http://www.alphachiomega.org/about_axo/notable_alumnae.asp . 2007-12-23 . 2008-09-09 . Alpha Chi Omega.
7. Web site: Corey . Jen . LinkedIn . 2018-08-22 . LinkedIn.
8. Web site: Nancy Hoyt: Biography . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141104235726/http://www.gracegardensfh.com/sitemaker/sites/GraceG1/obit.cgi?user=534093Hoyt . 2014-11-04 . 2013-08-14.
9. News: Maxwell . Jill Hecht . MIT Alum Television Host in Asia . 2018-08-22 . MIT Technology Review . en.
10. Web site: Survivor Cast: Sarah Jones . 2018-08-22 . CBS.
11. Web site: Becque . Fran . SORORITY WOMEN COMPETING IN MISS USA 2020 . 2020-04-24 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.
12. Web site: Priluck . Audra Levi . 2018-02-23 . Alpha Chi Omega, We Love Thee...With Glee! . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180822191405/http://blog.alphachiomega.org/alpha-chi-omega-we-love-thee-with-glee/ . 2018-08-22 . 2018-08-22 . Alpha Chi Omega – Starting Conversations.
13. Web site: Aubrey Style – Interview . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928234511/http://aubrey-o.com/newuniversity.html . September 28, 2007 . 2007-03-12 . Aubrey-o.com.
14. News: List of Sororities – Niche Ink . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140043/https://ink.niche.com/list-of-sororities/ . 2018-06-12 . 2018-08-22 . Ink: Niche Insight + Analysis . en-US.
15. Web site: PonyFans.com • View topic – The Sopranos . 2018-08-22 . www.ponyfans.com . en-gb.
16. Web site: A Graduate Fellowship . Alpha Chi Omega . 22 September 2024.
17. Book: Siller . Mabel Harriet . The History of Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity (1885–1916) . Armstrong . Florence Arzelia . 1917 . Geo. Banta Publishing Company . 316 . en . Google Books.
18. "Interesting Alpha Chis". The Lyre of Alpha Chi Omega. Vol. 23, No. 4 (July 1920.) p. 370 – via Google Books.
19. Siller, Mabel Harriet; Florence Arzelia (1917). The History of Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity (1885–1916). George Banta Publishing.
20. Book: Siller . Mabel Harriet . The History of Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity (1885–1916) . Armstrong . Florence Arzelia . 1917 . Geo. Banta Publishing Company . 314 and 316 . en . Google Books.
21. Book: Siller . Mabel Harriet . The History of Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity (1885–1916) . Armstrong . Florence Arzelia . 1917 . Geo. Banta Publishing Company . 319–320 . en . Google Books.
22. Book: Siller . Mabel Harriet . The History of Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity (1885–1916) . Armstrong . Florence Arzelia . 1917 . Geo. Banta Publishing Company . 317 . en . Google Books.
23. Web site: Alpha Chi Omega Digital History . 2020-04-24 . alphachiomega.historyit.com.
24. Book: Siller . Mabel Harriet . The History of Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity (1885–1916) . Armstrong . Florence Arzelia . 1917 . Geo. Banta Publishing Company . 313–314 . en . Google Books.
25. Armstrong, Florence Arzelia. The History of Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity (1885–1916) George Banta Publishing,1917. p. 314.
26. Web site: Alpha Chi Omega Digital History . 2020-04-24 . alphachiomega.historyit.com.
27. Web site: 2005 . Alpha Chi Omega Foundation Newsletter . 2008-12-22 . Alpha Chi Omega.
28. Web site: 2021 . Greek Members of Congress . 2021-10-18 . North American Interfraternity Conference.
29. Web site: Alpha Chi Omega Sorority . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20000302142628/http://www.alphachiomega.org:80/ . 2000-03-02.
30. Web site: 15 September 2010 . Alpha Chi Omega Actress in the News .
31. News: Becque . Fran . 2018-02-07 . Fraternity and Sorority Members Competing in the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180822151512/https://www.fraternityhistory.com/2018/02/07/fraternity-sorority-members-competing-2018-pyeongchang-olympics/ . 2018-08-22 . 2018-08-22 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.