Accomplished Alpha Gams

Every member of Alpha Gamma Delta has special qualities and abilities. Many members of Alpha Gamma Delta have achieved prominence in their professional field and in their contributions to their community. In this section, we recognize these Alpha Gamma Deltas for their accomplishments. Alpha Gamma Delta also honors the many sisters that have dedicated themselves to protecting our freedoms. To see a full listing of Alpha Gams in the military, please click here.

If you know of a member of Alpha Gamma Delta who you think should be listed in this section, please send information to: ATTN: Accomplished Alpha Gams, Alpha Gamma Delta International Headquarters, 8701 Founders Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46268 or e-mail: quarterly@alphagammadelta.org.

* Denotes that this member has entered Chapter Grand.

Entertainment

Amber Brkich	Alpha Epsilon	WINNER OF THE SURVIVOR ALLSTARS 2004. Contestant on “Survivor: The Australian Outback”, 2001
Fran Allison (Levington)*	Pi	Star of “Kulka, Fran and Ollie,” radio and TV star
Rita Coolidge	Gamma Beta	Pop/Country/Blues Singer, 1977 #1 hit “Higher and Higher”
Dorothy Provine Day	Iota	Actress, TV series “The Alaskans” and “Roaring Twenties”
Donna Fargo	Gamma Eta	Country Singer
Beverly Christiansen Fernald	Epsilon Gamma	Opera Star
Brenda Hemann Harris	Xi	Opera Star
Lori Hester	Epsilon Rho	Model
Nancy Holland	Beta Alpha	Stand-up comedienne, has written for Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller
Gloria Loring	Delta Alpha	Actress “Days of Our Lives,” singer, songwriter and author
Veronica Nocero Murdock	Delta Alpha	Leading lady in film and television special effects; CEO of film company
Molly Hickox Simpson	Epsilon Zeta	Actress, director and professor
Claire Coleman Schweiker	Alpha Rho	Original “Miss Claire” on TV’s “Romper Room”
Karen Staley	Alpha Omicron	Song writer and singer.

Authors

Kay Studebaker Allenbaugh	Phi	Best-selling author of Chocolate for a Woman’s Soul and six other Chocolate series inspirational books for women
Judith Hartley Carter	Gamma Delta	Former Editor of McCall’s needlework magazine
Elizabeth Corbett*	Beta	Author of more than 50 novels
Lorraine Jensen Davis	Epsilon Gamma	Former Editor of Vogue magazine
Patty DeGregori	Delta Iota	Author of A Hip Girl’s Handbook for Home, Car and Money Stuff
Mignon Good Eberhardt*	Beta Alpha	Author of over 50 mysteries, proclaimed as “America’s Agatha Christie”
Donna Lewis Friess	Delta Alpha	Author and advocate against child molestation
Sharon Hartin Iorio	Upsilon	Author of Faith’s Harvest: Mennonite Identity in Northwest Oklahoma
Shannon L. Kehoe (and Donald J. Lloyd)	Gamma Alpha	Smile and Jump High!…the true story of overcoming a traumatic brain injury
Agnes Newton Keith*	Omicron	Author of Book-of-the-Month Three Came Home, 1947 – True story of Keith and her family’s four years as prisoners of the Japanese in Borneo prison camps during WWII; Author of five other books and a 1959 Alpha Gamma Delta Distinguished Citizen
Helene Martucci Lamarre	Beta Xi	Professor and Author of Career Focus: A Personal Job Search Guide Editions 1, 2, and 3; Winning the Job Search Game with a Career Portfolio, Cornerstone Career Solutions, DeVry University Alumni Association Career Assistance Handbook, Vol. 2, and Vol. 3
Kathryn Long	Epsilon Alpha	Faculty of Wheaton College since 1993; published one book, The Revival of 1857-58: Interpreting an American Religious Awakening (Oxford, 1998) written articles on the history of revivals, on Methodist holiness teacher Phoebe Palmer, and on the "Ecuador martyrs"
Heather Wilkes MacAllister	Epsilon Eta	Novelist (a.k.a. “Heather Allison”)
Mary Ruth Parsons Myers	Epsilon Alpha	Author of 10 novels, short novel appeared in Good Housekeeping
Maurine Leander Noble	Phi	Professional quilter and author of Machine Quilting Made Easy and Machine Quilting With Decorative Threads
Carol Morse Perkins	Delta	Author and lecturer with late husband Marlin Perkins
Lucille Rieley Rights	Gamma Epsilon	Author of A Portrait of St. Lucie County, Florida
Jeanne Swanner Robertson	Gamma Delta	Miss North Carolina, 1964; Miss Congeniality of Miss America Pageant, 1964; author, humorist and public speaker
Victoria Salemi	Zeta Theta	Freelance writer and author of The ABCs of College Life
Eve Kimbrell Sandstrom	Upsilon	Author of six mystery novels and short story published in a mystery anthology; a.k.a. “Eve K. Sandstrom”
Lois Kroeber Wille	Lambda	Author and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in journalism

Politics

Anna (Beth) Killough Chapman	Gamma Upsilon
Jennie Meador Forehand	Gamma Epsilon	Maryland State Senator; 1999 Alpha Gamma Delta Distinguished Citizen
Kay Ivey	Gamma Delta	Alabama State Treasurer
Millie McWilliams Jeffrey	Delta	Political activist and president of Michigan Women’s Foundation; founder and chairman of the Women’s Political Caucus; Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, 2000; Alpha Gamma Delta Distinguished Citizen, 1995
Devona Anderson Long	Lambda	Minnesota House Speaker
Jan Martinette	Epsilon Alpha	Representative for the Missouri House of Representatives
May Scheve	Epsilon Alpha	Representative for the Missouri House of Representatives
Linda Palmer Souter	Alpha Zeta	President of the International Federation of University Women, 1996-1999. Previous President of the Canadian Federation of University Women.
Judy Baar Topinka	Lambda	First female State Treasurer—Illinois
Chris Nelson Winter	Phi	Director of Public Policy for the American Association of Universtiy Women, 1995-1999. Past president of AAUW-California and past Regional Director of AAUW.

Community Service

Bonnita Smalt Flynn	Gamma Beta	President and CEO of Women in Distress—program for battered women; 2001 Alpha Gamma Delta Distinguished Citizen
Michele Hartlove	Zeta Delta	Executive Director of the Prevention of Blindness Society
Melissa Kendrick	Gamma Upsilon	Executive Director of Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL)
Kathleen Hawkins Rowland	Upsilon	Executive Director of Initiatives for Children
Margaret Moffat Toy*	Alpha Epsilon	Founder of “Meals on Wheels” program

Communications

Karen Boudrie	Alpha Lambda	News anchor
Andrea Canning	Zeta Chi	ABC/Channel 12 WCPO-TV news anchor in Cincinnati, Ohio
Karen D’Uva (Smith)	Gamma Iota	Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) anchorwoman, producer, former CNN reporter
Andrea Spruell Kirby	Psi	TV sports broadcaster
Candace Morrison	Delta Xi	Radio host for #1 rated radio station in Las Vegas, producer of “Rescue 911,” “America’s Most Wanted” and “Haywire” TV episodes
Kathrine Nero	Gamma Zeta	ABC/Channel 12 WCPO-TV news sports reporter in Cincinnati, Ohio
Alicia Smith	Gamma Alpha	CBS/WWMT-TV News 3 anchor/reporter in Michigan

Business

Ellen Janeway Brothers	Sigma	President of American Girl and Executive Vice President of Mattel
Phyllis Takisaki Campbell	Delta Beta	President and CEO of the Seattle Foundation
Margaret Hinojosa	Epsilon Phi	Fashion designer, created inaugural wardrobes for Texas Governor Ann Richards and wife of Lt. Governor Bob Bullock
Jeanne Cain Lauderdale	Gamma Delta	Artistic jeweler, designed for Leeza Gibbons and Oprah Winfrey
Ann Potter Person	Delta Delta	Founder of Stretch and Sew
Pamela Anne McCullough	Gamma Beta	First female special agent in Dayton, Ohio for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Program Manager and first female coordinator for the FBI’s National Academy Admission Office; 1999 Alpha Gamma Delta Distinguished Citizen
Trudy Rannells Seita	Alpha Omicron	Established her own business, Seita Associates, to train and motivate others to volunteer—clients include: U.S. Army and Navy, National Heart Association; served on West Virginia Advisory Committee for National and Community Service and West Virginia Commission for National and Community Service; Alpha Gamma Delta Distinguished Citizen, 1997
Taunee Snyder Besson	Alpha Mu	President of Career Dimensions in Dallas, Texas—specializing in career consulting; written award-winning column for The Wall Street Journal; 1999 Alpha Gamma Delta Distinguished Citizen
Lydia Melcher Frenzel, Ph.D.	Epsilon Delta	Founder and Executive Director of Advisory Council—nonprofit organization that provides vital information to the public regarding industrial development; Charter member of Rotary Club of Ione, California

Sports

Maria Maunder	Zeta Chi	1996 Olympic Silver Medallist on Canadian Women’s Crew Team
Sally Hotchkiss Stanford	Alpha Tau	Wrestling official, member of the Hall of Fame for Wrestling as an Outstanding Official
JoAnn Washam	Delta Beta	Professional golfer

Arts

Emily Helen Butterfield*	Alpha	Exhibits in the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame, architect (designed blue prints for the Alpha chapter house)
Clyde Dixon Connell	Mu	International artist with works in Paris, Switzerland, National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas
Jacque Carter Parsley	Gamma Zeta	Mixed media artist and listed in Who’s Who in American Art

Pageant Winners

Shelley Gangness Strinden	Beta Beta	Miss North Dakota, USA 1987
Iolanda Ingrassia Goodfellow	Theta Alpha	Mrs. Illinois International, 1997
Gina Heussner	Gamma Xi	Miss Illinois, 1986
Barbara Walker Hummel*	Gamma Zeta	Miss America, 1947
Susan Jacobson Johnson	Beta Beta	Miss North Dakota, 1989, child star on “Romper Room”
Aslihan Koruyan	Epsilon Rho	Miss Turkey, 1991 and model
Tawnya Mullins	Epsilon	Miss Kentucky, 1992
Kelly Jo Roarke	Gamma Sigma	Miss Rhode Island, 1997
Erin Smith	Epsilon Omega	Miss Iowa, 2001
Jeanne Swanner Robertson	Gamma Delta	Miss North Carolina, 1964; Miss Congeniality of Miss America Pageant, 1964; author, humorist and public speaker
Tammy Wyatt	Alpha Xi	Miss Maryland, 1992