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List of Chi Omega members

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

Notable members

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Business

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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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