List of Delta Delta Delta members explained

Delta Delta Delta is a collegiate social sorority located in North America. Following are some of its notable members.

Arts

Name	Chapter	Notability	References
Kara Medoff Barnett	Alpha Omicron	managing director of Lincoln Center International, executive director of American Ballet Theatre	[1] [2]
Cathy Guisewite	Iota	creator of the comic strip Cathy; Emmy Award winner	[3]
Candace Whittemore Lovely	Eta	impressionist painter	[4]

Beauty pageant contestants

Name	Chapter	Notability	References
Donna Axum	Delta Iota	Miss America 1964, television producer	[5]
Brittany Dawn Brannon	Gamma Rho	Miss Arizona USA 2011, actress, model
Leanza Cornett	Beta Gamma	Miss America 1993, television host
Darynne Dahlem	Delta Iota	Miss Arkansas 2019	[6]
Julie Hayek	Theta Pi	Miss California USA 1983, Miss USA 1983, actress, model
Lynn Herring	Delta Omega	Miss Virginia 1977, actress in General Hospital	[7]
Crystal Lee	Omega	Miss California 2013, first runner-up Miss America 2014, in-arena host for Golden State Warriors	[8]
Jaclyn Stapp	Alpha Delta	Miss New York USA 2004, Mrs. Florida America 2008, model	[9]
Ashley Thompson	Theta Gamma	Miss Oklahoma 2018	[10]
Shawn Weatherly	Beta Theta	Miss Universe 1980, actress
Tyler Willis	Phi Eta	Miss Texas USA 2005
Melissa Witek	Alpha Psi	Miss Florida USA 2005	[11]

Business and education

Name	Chapter	Notability	References
Sara Blakely	Alpha Eta	founder of Spanx	[12]
Angela Braly	Phi Eta	president and chief executive officer of WellPoint (now Anthem)
Maureen Kempston Darkes	Canada Alpha	lawyer; vice president General Motors Group; president GM Latin America, Africa and Middle East
Gayle Jennings-O’Byrne	Psi	venture capitalist; CEO of Wocstar Capital; co-founder of the Wocstar Fund

Education

Name	Chapter	Notability	References
Madeleine Wing Adler	Upsilon	first female president of West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Betsy Boze	Theta Kappa	president of The College of The Bahamas	[13]
Winifred B. Chase	Iota	botanist, professor of botany, and dean of women at what is now Wayne State University	[14]
Laura Kuykendall	Theta Epsilon	College professor, dean of women at Southwestern University	[15]
Ida Shaw Martin	Alpha	founded Delta Delta Delta sorority	[16]
Ivy Kellerman Reed	Nu	linguist and author of materials in Esperanto	[17]
Lynn Yeakel	Alpha Xi	director of Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership

Entertainment

Name	Chapter	Notability	References
Elizabeth Banks	Psi	actress	[18]
Lee Phillip Bell	Upsilon	talk show host
Jodi Benson	Delta Epsilon	actress
Shannon Beveridge	Theta Gamma	actress, YouTube personality, LGBT advocate	[19]
Dixie Carter	Delta Sigma	actress	[20]
Kellie Coffey	Theta Gamma	country music singer
Mary Crosby	Theta Zeta	actress, Dallas
Annamary Dickey	Delta Epsilon	soprano and actress
Farrah Fawcett	Theta Zeta	actress	[21]
Joanna Garcia	Alpha Eta	actress	[22]
Cynthia Geary	Chi	Emmy-nominated actress
Leeza Gibbons	Alpha Lambda	actress, talk show host, Emmy Award winner	[23]
Lynn Herring	Delta Omega	actress in General Hospital, Miss Virginia 1977
Crystal Lee	Omega	in-arena host for Golden State Warriors, Miss California 2013, first runner-up Miss America 2014
Natalia Livingston	Alpha Omega	Emmy Award-winning actress, General Hospital
Amanda Schull	Delta Omicron	actress, Center Stage, One Tree Hill
Molly Sims	Delta Gamma	actress, model
Sylvia Stahlman	Delta Gamma	soprano, opera singer
Savitree Suttichanond	Beta Upsilon	singer on TrueVisions's Academy Fantasia

Journalism and news

Name	Chapter	Notability	References
Kiran Chetry	Alpha Pi	news anchor for CNN and Fox News
Katie Couric	Beta Sigma	Emmy Award winning news anchor, CBS Evening News
Catherine Crier	Theta Zeta	Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, author, and former Texas State District Judge
Hoda Kotb	Beta Nu	Emmy Award-winning news anchor for NBC News' morning show Today and correspondent for Dateline NBC
Vinita Nair	Upsilon	news anchor
Deborah Norville	Alpha Rho	Emmy Award winner, news anchor of Inside Edition, author
Kathy Orr	Omicron	meteorologist	[24]
Janet Shamlian	Delta Xi	NBC news correspondent	[25]
Sally Stapleton	Delta Xi	photojournalist

Law

Name	Chapter	Nobility	References
Annette Abbott Adams	Alpha Mu	lawyer, judge, first woman to be the Assistant Attorney General in the United States
Pam Bondi	Alpha Psi	Attorney General, State of Florida	[26]
Bobbe Bridge	Theta Alpha	former Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
Rita Garman	Delta Pi	justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois
Elizabeth A. Kovachevich	Alpha Chi	judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Literature

Name	Chapter	Notability	References
Joan Didion	Pi	author, recipient of the National Book Award for Nonfiction	[27] [28]
Sara Haardt	Xi	author and professor of English literature
Kristin Hannah	Theta Alpha	novelist
Doris Kearns Goodwin	Alpha Upsilon	Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian
Evelyn Sibley Lampman	Theta Mu	writer of children's and young adult fiction
Jill Marie Landis	Phi Kappa	novelist
Anne Rivers Siddons	Phi Theta	novelist	[29]

Military and aviation

!Name!Chapter !Notability!References

Terry Gabreski	Delta Omega	U.S. Air Force Lt. general; Vice Commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Betty Gillies	Psi	first pilot to qualify for the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron
Louise Thaden	Delta Iota	aviation pioneer; first woman to win the Bendix trophy
Nora W. Tyson	Delta Gamma	United States Navy vice admiral

Politics and public service

Name	Chapter	Notability	References
Lisa Boscola	Gamma Beta	Pennsylvania State Senate	[30]
Debra Bowen	Phi Gamma	Secretary of State of California	[31]
Nellie A. Brown	Iota	botanist, scientific investigator in Plant Pathology at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry
Kathy Castor	Alpha Omega	Congresswoman for
Nellie Connally	Theta Zeta	former First Lady of Texas
Elizabeth Dole	Alpha Omicron	U.S. Senator from North Carolina, former United States Secretary of Transportation	[32]
Carol Boyd Hallett	Theta Delta
Helen Froelich Holt	Upsilon	former Secretary of State of West Virginia	[33]
Adele Khoury Graham	Alpha Psi	former teacher and First Lady of Florida
Katherine F. Lenroot	Mu	chief of the United States Children's Bureau, feminist
Michelle Lujan-Grisham	Phi Delta	Governor of New Mexico	[34]
Mary Martha Presley Merritt	Delta Rho	member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and president of the West Virginia Board of Education	[35]
Kelley Paul	Delta Psi	political consultant, writer, wife of Rand Paul	[36]
Dina Powell	Theta Theta	U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategy	[37]
Presley Merritt Wagoner	Alpha Epsilon	40th President General of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution	[38]

Sports

Names	Chapter	Notability	References
Anne Abernathy	Theta Zeta	Olympic athlete in luge and archery
Faye Biles	Alpha Omicron	head coach of field hockey and lacrosse teams, Kent State University
Sophie Caldwell Hamilton	Gamma Gamma	cross-country ski racer
Meryl Davis	Iota	gold medalist ice dancer, 2014 Winter Olympics
Marianna Davis	Omega	Paralympic cyclist, alpine skier, member of the Idaho House of Representatives
Annika Dries	Omega	gold medalist in water polo, 2012 Summer Olympics
Sophie Caldwell Hamilton	Gamma Gamma	cross country skier, 2014 Winter Olympics
Abby Johnston	Alpha Omicron	silver medalist in synchronized diving, 2012 Summer Olympics
Mariya Koroleva	Omega	2012 USA Olympic synchronized swimming duet team
Paige Railey	Beta Alpha	competitive sailor, Olympian

See also

• List of Delta Delta Delta chapters

Notes and References

1. Web site: Distinguished Deltas . 2023-02-14 . Tri Delta . en-US.
2. Web site: Ross . McKenzie . 2021-11-17 . Tri Delta's Women of Achievement: A Story We All Need To Hear . 2023-02-14 . HonorsGradU . en-US.
3. Web site: Becque . Fran . Sorority Women Who Have Won Emmy Awards . 2023-02-14 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.
4. Web site: Distinguished Deltas . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927225346/https://www.tridelta.org/Alumna/Distinguished%20Deltas/ . September 27, 2011 . 2010-03-25 . Delta Delta Delta.
5. Web site: Becque . Fran . Sorority Women Who Have Won Miss American and Miss USA . 2023-02-14 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.
6. Web site: Martin-Brown . Becca . 2019-07-04 . There she is... . 2023-02-13 . Norwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette . en.
7. Web site: Jacobs . Damon L. . August 17, 2009 . The Lynn Herring Interview, Part One . 2023-02-14 . en.
8. Web site: Shontell . Alyson . July 4, 2013 . 21-Year-Old Dropbox Intern Crystal Lee Is Competing To Be Miss America . 2023-02-14 . Business Insider . en-US.
9. Web site: Rogers . Mary Anne . 2015-09-16 . Alumni Legacy: A Family of Rock Stars . 2023-02-14 . Stetson Today . en-US.
10. Web site: Miss Oklahoma 2018, Ashley Thompson . 2023-02-13 . Miss Oklahoma Pageant . en-US.
11. Web site: Melissa Witek -About Me . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071121083017/http://melissawitekonline.com/About_Me.html . November 21, 2007 . 2007-10-02 . Melissa Witek Online.
12. Web site: Sanders . Triston V. . 2012-07-20 . Spanx Creator Sara Blakely Makes the World a Better Place, One Butt at a Time . 2023-02-14 . Tallahassee Magazine . en-US.
13. Web site: Delta . Washington DC Metro alumnae of Tri . Tri Delta Washington DC Metro . 2023-02-14 . washingtondcmetro.tridelta.org.
14. Web site: Becque . Fran . 2012-07-24 . A Tri-Delta and P.E.O. Discusses the P.E.O. Loan Fund, 1929 . 2023-02-14 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.
15. Web site: Becque . Fran . 2022-03-02 . Laura Kuykendall, Delta Delta Delta . 2023-02-14 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.
16. Web site: Becque . Fran . 2013-09-07 . Happy Birthday Sarah Ida Shaw Martin! . 2023-02-14 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.
17. Web site: Becque . Fran . 2012-05-31 . Ivy Kellerman Reed, Ph.D., Tri Delta, Ardent Esperantist . 2023-02-14 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.
18. Web site: Tiger . Caroline . January 2010 . How to Succeed in Business by Really, Really Trying . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170616183531/http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0110/feature3_1.html . June 16, 2017 . January 14, 2016 . Penn Gazette University of Pennsylvania . Web Archive.
19. Web site: Sridhar . Supriya . June 12, 2015 . Greek community inclusive to LGBTQ students . 2023-02-14 . OU Daily . en.
20. Web site: Dixie Carter . 2023-02-14 . TVGuide.com . en.
21. Web site: About Farrah . 2023-02-14 . Farrah Fawcett Foundation . en-US.
22. Web site: April 14, 2022 . Tri Delta beats the clock to raise $60 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital: Video messages from celebrity, Tri Delta alumna JoAnna Garcia Swisher celebrates historic milestone . 2023-02-14 . St. Jude Children's Research Hospital . en.
23. Web site: Distinguished Delta's . 2023-02-14 . Delta Delta Delta Stockton.
24. Web site: Friedman . Sally . Recalling auld lang syne . 2023-02-14 . Burlington County Times . en-US.
25. Web site: Janet Shamlian . 2023 . University of Missouri School of Journalism.
26. Web site: Brady . Jay . 2010-11-05 . Legally Bondi . 2023-02-14 . Business Observer . en.
27. Didion, Joan. "The White Album". New York Noonday Press, 1994, p. 207.
28. Web site: Whiting . Sam . December 23, 2021 . Joan Didion, fearless, 'peerless' writer, and California native, dies at 87 . 2023-02-14 . Datebook San Francisco Arts & Entertainment Guide . en-US.
29. News: Schudel . Matt . September 12, 2019 . Anne Rivers Siddons, best-selling novelist of the modern South, dies at 83 . The Washington Post . February 13, 2023.
30. Web site: Lisa M. Boscola, State Senator, District 18 from Pennsylvania . 2023-02-14 . Voterly . en.
31. Web site: Delta Delta Delta - Student Organizations - Knox College . 2023-02-14 . www.knox.edu . en-us.
32. Web site: Hauser . Andrea . April 25, 1999 . Tri-Delta members welcome Dole . 2023-02-14 . Iowa State Daily.
33. Web site: 2013 . Helen Holt Honorary Degrees . 2023-02-14 . West Virginia University.
34. Web site: Becque . Fran . State Governors Who Have Been Sorority . 2023-02-14 . Fraternity History & More . en-US.
35. https://tridelta.historyit.com/tag.php?id=19954&q=Merritt,%20Mary%20Martha%20Presley
36. Book: Students of Southwestern at Memphis . The Lynx Student Annual . Student Government Association . 1982 . Memphis, TN . 89.
37. Rae Nadler, "Marketing America: Dina Habib Powell", The Alcade (January/February 2007), pp. 53–55.
38. https://tridelta.historyit.com/item-detail.php?id=375063#?cv=&c=&m=&s=