List of Kappa Kappa Gamma members
Following is a list of Kappa Kappa Gamma members (commonly referred to as Kappas). It includes initiated and honorary members of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Business
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Ruth Leach Amonette | First woman Vice President at IBM | [1] | |
Dixie Carter | President of TNA Entertainment | [2] | |
Elizabeth McKay | Founder, creative director, and namesake of the designer brand, Elizabeth McKay | [3] | |
Virginia Rometty
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Chairwoman, President, and CEO of IBM Corporation | [3] | |
Kate Spade | Co-founder, designer, and namesake of the designer brand, Kate Spade New York | [3] | |
Amber Venz Box | Gamma Phi
|
President & Co-Founder of rewardStyle and LIKEtoKNOW.it. and part of 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 | [citation needed] |
Whitney Wolfe Herd | Founder and Bumble, and a co-founder of the dating app Tinder
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[citation needed] |
Entertainment
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Jean Bartel | Miss America 1943 | [4] | |
Julie Marie Berman
|
Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress on General Hospital
|
[5] | |
Lo Bosworth | Reality show contestant in The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County | [6] | |
Sophia Bush | Actress, played Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill
|
[7][8] | |
Gretchen Carlson | Miss America 1989, former Fox News anchor, former The Early Show anchor | [8] | |
Nancy Christy | Beta Theta |
First female winner of $1,000,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | [9] |
Jamie Chung | Actress and reality show contestant, known for her participation in The Real World: San Diego and the films Sucker Punch and Sorority Row
|
[10] | |
Gretchen Cryer | Stage actress and writer, known for her work on I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road | [8] | |
Alexandra Curtis | Miss Rhode Island 2015 | [11] | |
Ann Elder | Emmy Award-winning screenwriter for The Lily Tomlin Special
|
[8] | |
Barbara Feldon | Actress, Get Smart | [8] | |
Jane Froman | Singer, subject of the film With a Song in My Heart | [8] | |
Elisabeth (Lis) Giolito | International Model, known for her work with Forever 21 | [8] | |
Annabeth Gish | Actress, played Monica Reyes on The X-Files | [8] | |
Greer Grammer | Actress, Awkward.
|
[12] | |
Alexa Havins | Actress, played Babe Carey on All My Children | [13] | |
Kirstin Maldonado | Singer, vocal group Pentatonix | [8] | |
Kelley Menighan Hensley | Actress, plays Emily Stewart on As the World Turns | [8] | |
Margaret Hillis | Grammy Award-winning conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
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[8] | |
Kate Jackson | Actress, known for her work in Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels
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[8] | |
Ashley Judd | Actress, known for her roles in A Time to Kill, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy | [3] | |
Madelyn Pugh | Television writer, known for her work on The Steve Allen Show and I Love Lucy | [8] | |
Illianna levenson | singer songwriter | [8] | |
Maggie Rose | Country music singer | [8] | |
Meghan Markle | Actress, played Suits, and Duchess of Sussex
|
[8] | |
Nancy Morgan | Actress, Grand Theft Auto | [8] | |
Sarah Jane Morris | Actress, known for her work on Felicity and Brothers and Sisters | [8] | |
Nancy Olson | Stage and screen actress, known for her work on Sunset Boulevard | [8] | |
Jo Ann Pflug | Actress, MASH
|
[8] | |
Casey Reinhardt | Model and reality show contestant in Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County | [14] | |
Gena Rowlands | Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award -winning actress
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[8] | |
Maria Sansone | Correspondent and co-host of LX New York | [8] | |
Savvy Shields | Miss Arkansas 2016 and Miss America 2017[15] | [16] | |
Kim Stanley | Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, known for her work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | [8] | |
Sydnee Stottlemyre | Miss Missouri USA 2016 | [8] | |
Lailee Taghdisi | Cast Member, Big Brother Season 17 | [8] | |
Helen Wagner | Actress, played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns | [8] | |
Florence Woods | Miss Indiana 1933 | [8] |
Literature
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Ann Bannon | Beta Lambda |
Lesbian pulp fiction author | [17] |
Dorothy Canfield Fisher | Author of Understood Betsy and philanthropist | [18] | |
Neta Lohnes Frazier | Children's author | [18] | |
Valerie Joan Haig-Brown | Kappa Kappa Gamma |
Author, Editor, Conservationist | [19] |
Julia Ward Howe | Phi (Honorary)
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social activist
|
[18] |
Phyllis McGinley | Pulitzer Prize-winning poet | [3] | |
Alice Duer Miller | Author and poet, wrote for the New York Tribune , suffragette
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[18] | |
Betty Jane Wylie | Canadian writer and playwright, member of the Order of Canada | [18] |
Politics and public service
Science and education
Sports
Name | Chapter | Notability | Ref(s) |
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Roberta Alison | Professional Cincinnati Masters
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[18] | |
Kristin Armstrong | Cyclist, two-time Olympic gold medalist in the individual time trial in 2008 and 2012. | [29][30] | |
Peggy Kirk Bell | Professional golfer, won the 1949 Titleholders Championship | [18] | |
Patty Berg | Professional golfer and a founding member of Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame | [31] | |
Jane Blalock | Professional golfer, member of the LPGA | [32] | |
Doris Hart | Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1954 and 1955, inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame | [32] | |
Eleanor (Elle) Logan | Rower, first American rower to win a gold medal in three consecutive Olympics (2008, 2012, 2016) | [32] | |
Kelley O'Hara | Professional soccer player, Sky Blue FC. Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Women's National Team at the London games in 2012. 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion. | [32] | |
Helen Wills Roarke
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Professional tennis player, won the Wimbledon eight times
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[32] | |
Betty Robinson Schwartz | Received the gold for the 100 m at the 1928 Olympics, and again at the 1936 Olympics for the 4 × 100 m relay | [32] | |
Hollis Stacy | Professional golfer, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1977, 1978, and 1984
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[32] | |
Genevra (Gevvie) Stone | Rower, Single Sculls, competed in London 2012, earned Silver medal in Rio 2016 | [32] | |
Isabella Tobias | Professional ice dancer, represented Lithuania at Sochi 2014, won bronze at 2011 Skate America, and placed in top ten at two European Championships | [32] | |
Donna de Varona | Swimmer, received two golds at the 1964 Olympics, and again at the 1963 Pan American Games | [32] | |
Sharon Weber | Gymnast, judge at the 1984 Summer Olympics | [32] | |
Beth Whittall | Canadian swimmer, won the Lou Marsh Trophy
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[32] | |
Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Championships in 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1919 | [32] |
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