List of Chi Omega members explained

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

Notable members

Business

NameChapterNotabilityRef(s)
President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation[1]
New Orleans-based jewelry designer
Namesake of the Leadership Institute of Chi Omega; niece of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart[2]
Entrepreneur and philanthropist, wife of J. Willard Marriott

Entertainment

NameChapterNotabilityRef(s)
CNN anchor[3]
Actress; The Roller Girls
Miss Arkansas 2014 and Miss America runner up 2014
Miss Texas 2016[4]
Miss Black Kentucky USA, author, USA Today All-USA Academic All American and one of Glamour Magazines Top 22 College Women[5]
Actress[6]
Actress; Three's Company
Miss Missouri 2011 and Top 16 Miss USA,
Actress; All My Children[7]
Actress
Miss Mississippi, 3rd runner up to Miss America[8]
Miss Ohio 2015
1967 Miss USA and Miss Universe[9]
Actress
Actress; The Office[10]
Stand-up comedian
Singer/songwriter[11]
Actress known for her work on Charlie's Angels and Kill Bill, and her role as Ling Woo on Ally McBeal
1960 Miss America, owner and president of Shea Design & French Country Imports[12] [13]
Actress; All My Children
Former Miss America (1959) and television actress
American evangelist, author, and bible teacher
Actress, writer, and producer; Bridesmaids[14]
Miss Arkansas 2012
E! News, E's Daily Ten
Miss Texas 2015
Miss Wyoming 2015
Stand-up comedian
Actress; The Fall Guy[15]
Miss Kentucky 2011
Child actress
Miss Louisiana 2018
Actress; Sisters, The Fugitive, Once and Again, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, House
Academy Award Actress; Philadelphia, The Three Faces of Eve

Government

NameChapterNotabilityRef(s)
United States Senator representating Tennessee; former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Tennessee[16]
Former Governor of Kentucky
Former Secretary of State of Kentucky
First United States Secretary of Education
Former United States Senator from Arkansas
First woman chairperson of the Texas Democratic Party
Stephanie MurphyDemocratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Florida's 7th Congressional District[17]
White House Press Secretary, Democratic Party[18]
Former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing Colorado, first female Congresswoman from Colorado
Baroness and British Parliamentarian
Former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives representing Nebraska
Former Texas Comptroller, made an unsuccessful run for Texas Governor in 2006 as an independent
Former Kentucky Auditor of Public Accounts[19]

Literature

NameChapterNotabilityRef(s)
Author of Victory Over Japan, winner of the 1984 National Book Award for Fiction
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2007
Author of the novel Under the Tuscan Sun
Author of The Pilot's Wife, The Weight of Water, and Sea Glass; O. Henry Award recipient in 1976
1931 Guggenheim Fellow and poet[20]
New York Times bestselling romantic fiction author

Science and education

NameChapterNotabilityRef(s)
Professor of Economics at Harvard University, won the John Bates Clark Medal in 2007
NASA astronaut and the first woman to live on the International Space Station
Law professor at Northwestern University, Illinois Comptroller
President of Gettysburg College
Selected as a member of the 20th NASA astronaut class[22]
President of the University of Southern Mississippi

Sports

NameChapterNotabilityRef(s)
USA Today sports columnist, author, and sports commentator for ABC News, CNN, National Public Radio and Fox Sports Radio
Head basketball coach for WNBA teams Seattle Storm (2000–2002) and Indiana Fever (2008–present)[23]
Head coach of the Arizona State University Sun Devils women's golf team (2009 NCAA champions) and former pro golfer on the LPGA tour
Head coach of the Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, Basketball Hall of Fame and Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductee

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2009 . Safra Catz is President of Oracle Corporation . The Eleusis . 2010-01-30.
  2. Web site: Foundation Leadership . Chi Omega . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070918130847/http://www.chiomega.com/family/foundation.aspx?item=family%2FFoundation%2FD1_FoundationTrustees.xml . 2007-09-18 . dead .
  3. http://betakappa.wordpress.com/famous-chi-os/
  4. Web site: Baylor baton twirler wins Miss Texas 2016. Star-Telegram . 2022-03-02 . Press, Rick (July 3, 2016).
  5. Web site: 2006. Glamour girl an inspiration . The Eleusis . 2010-01-30.
  6. Web site: Prominent Chi Omegas. Chi Omega . 2007-08-30.
  7. Web site: About Melissa . Melissa Egan Official Site . 2008-04-24.
  8. Web site: Biography . TarynFoshee.com . 2007-08-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145253/http://taryn-foshee.com/bio.html . September 29, 2007 .
  9. Web site: Whatever Happened To...? . Pageantry Mag . Fred . Abel . 2007-08-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930180321/http://www.pageantmag.com/magazine/features/2004/c04/MissUniverse1967C04.html . 2007-09-30 . dead .
  10. Web site: February 15, 2007. From a Baylor Classroom to the hit The Office. The Baylor Lariat . Limmer . Melissa . 2007-08-31.
  11. Web site: April 13, 2004. Toby Lightman goes pop!. BadgerHerald . Cohen . Jamie . 2007-08-31.
  12. September 21, 1959 . People, Sep. 21, 1959 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071031052712/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,869221-3,00.html . dead . October 31, 2007 . Time . 2010-06-04.
  13. Web site: Home - French Country Imports. frenchcountry-imports.com. 2010-01-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180827103235/https://frenchcountry-imports.com/. 2018-08-27. dead.
  14. Web site: Hello, Hollywood! Check out this... - Chi Omega Fraternity . Facebook . 2011-05-16 . 2014-08-20.
  15. Web site: University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA). e-yearbook.com.
  16. Web site: Outstanding Chi Omegas. Chi Omega. 2007-06-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20070928070553/http://chiomega.com/alumnae/about.aspx?item=alumnae%2FLeadership%2FB1_OutstandingChiOmegas.xml. 2007-09-28. dead.
  17. Web site: The Chi Omega Symphony Guides New U.S. Congresswoman – Chi Omega. 2021-12-21. en-US.
  18. Web site: Feuerherd. Ben. Who Is Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary?. NY Post. 25 January 2021. en. 20 January 2021.
  19. Book: Kentuckian Yearbook . University of Kentucky . v. 65 . 1963 . July 24, 2018 . 202.
  20. News: March 22, 1931 . Women To Sell For Fund. The New York Times .
  21. Web site: "Pick Yourself Up" – Lady Gaga's West Virginia Roots and Her Grandma's Inspiring Words That Helped Make a Star . 11 March 2019 .
  22. Web site: September 2009 . Astronaut Candidate Bio: Kathleen Rubins . NASA . 2010-01-30.
  23. News: December 13, 2007 . Dunn wants Fever to be dynamic . Mark . Montieth . Indianapolis Star.

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