List of Kappa Kappa Gamma members


Following is a list of Kappa Kappa Gamma members. It includes initiated and honorary members of Kappa Kappa Gamma.

Academia and education

NameChapterNotabilityReferences
Beta ChiPresident of Vassar College
Epsilon EpsilonGeorgia superintendent of public schools
Beta EpsilonDean of Barnard College, delegate at the 1945 United Nations Conference on International Organization
Beta AlphaAstronomer, professor emerita at Swarthmore College
SigmaFolklorist and professor at the University of Nebraska

Business

NameChapterNotabilityReferences
PiFirst woman Vice President at IBM
Delta RhoPresident of TNA Entertainment
Mary Maxwell GatesBeta PiBanker, civic activist, non-profit executive, and mother of Bill Gates
Whitney Wolfe HerdGamma PhiFounder and CEO of Bumble, and a co-founder of Tinder
Beta BetaFounder, creative director, and namesake of the designer brand Elizabeth McKay
UpsilonChairwoman, President, and CEO of IBM Corporation
OmegaCo-founder, designer, and namesake of the designer brand Kate Spade New York
Beta ThetaPhilanthropist and wife of Sam Walton, founder of Wal-Mart

Entertainment

NameChapterNotabilityReferences
Gamma XiMiss America 1943
Delta TauDaytime Emmy Award-winning actress on General Hospital
Gamma XiReality show contestant in The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Delta TauActress, played Brooke Davis on One Tree Hill
Beta Eta (Deuteron)Miss America 1989, former Fox News anchor, former The Early Show anchor
Epsilon PiActress and reality show contestant known for her participation in The Real World: San Diego and the films Sucker Punch and Sorority Row
IotaStage actress and writer, known for her work on I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road
Beta TauMiss Rhode Island 2015
IotaEmmy Award-winning screenwriter for The Lily Tomlin Special
Delta XiActress, Get Smart
ThetaSinger, subject of the film With a Song in My Heart
Delta BetaActress, played Monica Reyes on The X-Files
Delta TauActress, Awkward.
Epsilon DeltaActress, played Babe Carey on All My Children
Gamma PhiActress, plays Emily Stewart on As the World Turns
DeltaGrammy Award-winning conductor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, founder of the Chicago Symphony Chorus
Delta RhoActress, known for her work in Scarecrow and Mrs. King as well as playing Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels
Beta ChiActress, known for her roles in A Time to Kill, Kiss the Girls, Double Jeopardy
Beta ThetaSinger, vocal group Pentatonix
UpsilonActress, played Rachel Zane on Suits, and Duchess of Sussex
Gamma OmegaActress, Grand Theft Auto
Gamma PhiActress, known for her work on Felicity and Brothers and Sisters
EtaStage and screen actress, known for her work on Sunset Boulevard
Jane PauleyDeltaTelevision journalist and anchor on Today and Dateline NBC
Delta KappaActress, MASH
Zeta ThetaSinger-songwriter
DeltaTelevision writer, known for her work on The Steve Allen Show and I Love Lucy
Eta BetaModel and reality show contestant in Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
Epsilon MuCountry music singer
EtaEmmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actress
Beta TauCorrespondent and co-host of LX New York
Gamma NuMiss Arkansas 2016 and Miss America 2017
Gamma BetaEmmy Award-winning stage and screen actress, known for her work in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Alpha (Deuteron)Actress, played Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns

Law

NameChapterNotabilityReferences
Carol Bagley AmonGamma KappaJudge, sits on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Epsilon ZetaJudge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Gamma OmicronJudge, sits on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Delta LambdaInternational war crimes prosecutor
IotaNational President, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Literature

NameChapterNotabilityReferences
Beta LambdaLesbian pulp fiction author
Beta NuAuthor of Understood Betsy and philanthropist
Gamma GammaChildren's author
Gamma UpsilonAuthor, editor, and conservationist
Phi Poet of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic", abolitionist, and social activist
Delta EtaPulitzer Prize-winning poet
Beta EpsilonAuthor and poet who wrote for the New York Tribune
Donna TarttDelta RhoNovelist
Gamma SigmaCanadian writer and playwright

Politics and government

NameChapterNotabilityReferences
DeltaFounding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
Beta ZetaUnited States House Representatives from Iowa
OmegaMayor of Kansas City, Missouri
Beta KappaDirector of the United States Mint
Delta BetaUnited States Senate representing West Virginia
Gamma BetaLieutenant Governor of New Mexico
Epsilon ChiUnited States Senate from New York
PsiDirector of the Women's Army Corps
Rho 20th First Lady of the United States and wife of Rutherford B. Hayes
Beta Eta (Deuteron)33rd First Lady of the United States and wife of Herbert Hoover
Beta PsiHouse of Commons of Canada
LambdaOhio House of Representatives
Beta PsiWife of Lester B. Pearson the 14th Prime Minister of Canada
Beta ChiFirst female governor of North Carolina
Beta EpsilonCo-founder of the Communist Party USA
Mary Harriman RumseyBeta EpsilonChair of the Consumer Advisory Board of the National Recovery Administration
Omicron (Deuteron)Heroine; saved many lives from near train disaster in 1881
PhiSocial worker, member of the Committee of Fourteen
Zeta ThetaFirst female governor of Massachusetts
Beta PsiCanadian Diplomat, Canadian politician, represented Grenville—Dundas
American suffragist and women's rights activist.
MuUnited States Navy Rear Admiral and former Chief, United States Navy Dental Corps
Gamma MuU.S. Ambassador to Burundi and Ghana

Science and engineering

NameChapterNotabilityReferences
PsiFirst woman resident at New York City's Gouverneur Hospital
EtaFirst woman elected fellow of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Beta Zetabiologist and professor at Yale School of Medicine, pioneering primate research on reproduction and contraception
Beta ThetaFirst female astrogeologist, chose the site for the first human Moon landing

Sports

NameChapterNotabilityReferences
Gamma PiProfessional tennis player, runner-up at the 1965 Cincinnati Masters
Beta KappaCyclist, two-time [Summer Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games|Olympic] gold medalist in the individual time trial in 2008 and [Cycling at the Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial|2012 Summer Olympics – Women's road time trial|2012].
Delta EpsilonProfessional golfer, won the 1949 Titleholders Championship
ChiProfessional golfer and a founding member of Ladies Professional Golf Association, inductee of the World Golf Hall of Fame
Delta EpsilonProfessional golfer, member of the LPGA
Alana CookBeta Eta DeuteronProfessional soccer player
Delta KappaProfessional tennis player, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1954 and 1955, inductee of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Eleanor (Elle) LoganBeta Eta DeuteronRower, the first American rower to win a gold medal in three consecutive Olympics
Beta Eta DeuteronProfessional soccer player, Sky Blue FC. Olympic gold medalist with the U.S. Women's National Team at the London Games 2012. 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champion.
Pi (Deuteron)Professional tennis player, won the French Championships four times, the U.S. Championships seven times, and Wimbledon eight times
UpsilonReceived the gold for the 100 m at the 1928 Olympics, and again at the 1936 Olympics for the 4 × 100 m relay
Melissa SeidemannBeta Eta DeuteronWater polo player, 2012 Olympic Gold medal
Hollis StacyDelta EpsilonProfessional golfer, won the U.S. Women's Open in 1977, 1978, and 1984
Maggie SteffensBeta Eta DeuteronWater polo player, 2012 Olympic Gold medal
Evelyn StevensEpsilon ChiRacing cyclist
Genevra StoneZeta PhiRower, Single Sculls, competed in London 2012, and earned Silver medal in Rio 2016
Gamma PhiProfessional ice dancer, represented Lithuania at Sochi 2014, won bronze at 2011 Skate America, and placed in the top ten at two European Championships
Gamma XiSwimmer, received two golds at the 1964 Olympics, and again at the 1963 Pan American Games
Beta NuGymnast, judge at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Gamma DeltaCanadian swimmer, won the Lou Marsh Trophy
Pi (Deuteron)Professional tennis player, won the U.S. Championships in 1909, 1910, 1911, and 1919