This is a list of notable members of
Kappa Alpha Theta, a North American college women's
fraternity. This list includes both initiated and honorary members.
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham (Chi, Syracuse) – mycologist, first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Columbia University through the program at the New York Botanical Garden in 1908.[1]
Julie Moran (Gamma Delta,
UGA) – former host of Entertainment Tonight; first female host of ABC'sWide World of Sports; current host of Insiders List on the Fine Living channel.[1]
Carol Morris (Beta Kappa, Drake University) - Miss USA (1956), Miss Universe (1956).
Mary Wells Lawrence (Gamma Theta, Carnegie Mellon) – advertisement executive, founding president of Wells Rich Greene, first female CEO of a company listed on the
New York Stock Exchange.[1]
Nancy Kassebaum Baker (Kappa, Kansas) – former
United States Senator and the first woman elected to the United States Senate who had not succeeded her husband or first been appointed to fill an unexpired term.[1]
Barbara Bodine (Gamma Rho, UC Santa Barbara) – United States Ambassador to Yemen[1]
Barbara Pierce Bush (Epsilon Tau, Yale University) – daughter of President
George W. Bush, Co-founder and president of the Global Health Corp.[7]
Mary Fallin (Beta Zeta, Oklahoma State) – 1st woman to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma; 1st woman to be elected Governor of Oklahoma; U.S. House of Representatives.[1]
Tillie K. Fowler (Delta Zeta, Emory) – United States Representative from Florida.[1]
Barbara Hackman Franklin (Beta Phi, Penn State) – 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce; CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises.[1]
Claire McCaskill (Alpha Mu, Missouri) – U.S. Congress as Senator from Missouri.[1]
Jeanne Milliken Bonds (Delta Xi, UNC Chapel Hill) – American politician who served as Mayor of
Knightdale, Deputy Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, and as Regional Manager of Community Development for North and South Carolina for the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Chierika Ukogu (Phi Deuteron, Stanford) – Olympic rower for Nigeria.[1]
Media
Carolina Bermudez (Delta Epsilon, Arizona State) – radio personality on
WHTZ Z100 (New York), the biggest Top 40 station in the world.[1]
Ally Blake (Theta Theta, North Carolina State University) – broadcast meteorologist at WMAR-2 News in Baltimore, MD. Former meteorologist at “
WKYT-TV” in Lexington, KY. [1]
This is a list of notable members of
Kappa Alpha Theta, a North American college women's
fraternity. This list includes both initiated and honorary members.
Gertrude Simmons Burlingham (Chi, Syracuse) – mycologist, first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Columbia University through the program at the New York Botanical Garden in 1908.[1]
Julie Moran (Gamma Delta,
UGA) – former host of Entertainment Tonight; first female host of ABC'sWide World of Sports; current host of Insiders List on the Fine Living channel.[1]
Carol Morris (Beta Kappa, Drake University) - Miss USA (1956), Miss Universe (1956).
Mary Wells Lawrence (Gamma Theta, Carnegie Mellon) – advertisement executive, founding president of Wells Rich Greene, first female CEO of a company listed on the
New York Stock Exchange.[1]
Nancy Kassebaum Baker (Kappa, Kansas) – former
United States Senator and the first woman elected to the United States Senate who had not succeeded her husband or first been appointed to fill an unexpired term.[1]
Barbara Bodine (Gamma Rho, UC Santa Barbara) – United States Ambassador to Yemen[1]
Barbara Pierce Bush (Epsilon Tau, Yale University) – daughter of President
George W. Bush, Co-founder and president of the Global Health Corp.[7]
Mary Fallin (Beta Zeta, Oklahoma State) – 1st woman to be elected Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma; 1st woman to be elected Governor of Oklahoma; U.S. House of Representatives.[1]
Tillie K. Fowler (Delta Zeta, Emory) – United States Representative from Florida.[1]
Barbara Hackman Franklin (Beta Phi, Penn State) – 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce; CEO of Barbara Franklin Enterprises.[1]
Claire McCaskill (Alpha Mu, Missouri) – U.S. Congress as Senator from Missouri.[1]
Jeanne Milliken Bonds (Delta Xi, UNC Chapel Hill) – American politician who served as Mayor of
Knightdale, Deputy Director of the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts, and as Regional Manager of Community Development for North and South Carolina for the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
Chierika Ukogu (Phi Deuteron, Stanford) – Olympic rower for Nigeria.[1]
Media
Carolina Bermudez (Delta Epsilon, Arizona State) – radio personality on
WHTZ Z100 (New York), the biggest Top 40 station in the world.[1]
Ally Blake (Theta Theta, North Carolina State University) – broadcast meteorologist at WMAR-2 News in Baltimore, MD. Former meteorologist at “
WKYT-TV” in Lexington, KY. [1]