Famous Alpha Gams

In Entertainment

•Fran Allison (Pi)-- Star of Kulka, Fran & Ollie and radio & TV star.

•Rita Coolidge (Gamma Beta)-- Pop/country/blues singer. She had a #1 hit

in 1977 called Higher and Higher.

•Dorthy Province Day (Iota)-- Actress in the TV series The Alaskans and

The Roaring Twenties.

•Donna Fargo (Gamma Eta)-- Country singer.

•Brenda Hemann Harris (Xi)-- Opera star.

•Lori Hester (Epsilon Rho)-- Model.

•Nancy Holland (Beta Alpha)-- Stand up comedienne who has written for

Joan Rivers and Phyllis Diller.

•Gloria loring (Delta Alpha)-- Actress on Days of Our Lives, songwriter

and author.

•Veronica Murdock (Delta Alpha)-- Leading lady on special effects on film,

as well as a CEO of film company.

•Molly Posey (Epsilon Zeta)-- Actress, director and professor.

•Claire Schweiker (Alpha Rho)-- Original "Miss Claire" on TV's Romper

Room.

On Paper

•Kay Studebaker (Pi)-- Best-selling author of Chocolate for a

Woman's Soul , Chocolate for a Woman's Spirit, Chocolate

for Lover's Soul, Chocolate for a Woman's Heart, and Chocolate for a

Mother's Heart.

•Judith Carter (Gamma Delta)-- Editor of McCall's Needlework

magazine.

•Elizabeth Corbett (Beta)-- Author of over 50 novels.

•Lorraine Jensen Davis (Epsilon Gamma)-- Former editor for Vogue magazine.

•Mignon Eberhardt (Beta Alpha)-- Author of over 50 mysteries and known as the American "Agatha Christie".

•Donna Lewis Friess (Delta Alpha)-- Author and advocate against child molestation.

•Heather Macallister (Epsilon Eta)-- Novelist who is also known as "Heather Allison."

•Mary Ruth Meyers (Epsilon Alpha)-- Author of ten novels.

•Carol Morse Perkins (Delta)-- An author and lecturer with late husband Marlin Perkins.

•Jeanne Roberston (Gamma Delta)-- Miss North Carolina of 1964 and Miss Congeniality in the Miss America Pageant of 1964; now a humorist, author and public speaker.

•Lois Krober Willie (Lambda)-- An author with two Pulitzer prizes in journalism.

With the Government

•Jeannie Forehand (Gamma Epsilon)-- Maryland state senator.

•Millie Jeffrey (Delta)-- Political advocate and president of Michigan's Women's Foundation and the founder and chairmen of the Women's Political Caucus.

•Devona Anderson Long (Lambda)-- Minnesota house speaker.

•Judy Topinka (Lambda)-- First female state treasurer of Illinois.

In The Community

•Bonnita Flynn (Gamma Beta)-- President and CEO of Women in Distress, a program for battered women.

•Melissa Kendrick (Gamma Upsilon)-- Executive director of Campus Outreach Opportunity League.

•Kathleen Rowland (Upsilon)-- Executive director of Initiatives for Children.

•Margaret Moffat Toy (Alpha Epsilon)-- Founder of Meals on Wheels programs.

In The News

•Karen Boudrie (Alpha Lambda)-- News anchorwoman.

•Karen d'uva Smith (Gamma Iota)-- A Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) anchorwoman and a producer and former CNN reporter.

•Andrea Kirky (Psi)-- TV sports broadcaster.

•Candace Cox (Delta Xi)-- Radio host for the #1 rated radio station in Las Vegas. Also a producer of Rescue 911, America's Most Wanted and Haywire.

Working The Business World

•Phyllis Campbell (Delta Beta)-- President and CEO of the U.S. Bank of Washington.

•Margarat Hinojosa (Epsilon Phi)-- Fashion designer who reated inaugural wardrobes for the Texas governor Ann ichards and wife Lt. Governor Bob Bullock.

•Jeanne Lauderdale (Gamma Delta)-- An artistic jeweler who esigned pieces for Leeza Gibbons and Oprah Winfrey.

Potter (Delta Delta)-- Founder of Stretch and Sew.

In Athletics

•Maria Maunder (Zeta Chi)-- 1996 Olympic Silver medalist for the Canadian crew team.

•Sally Standford (Alpha Tau)-- Wrestling official and member of the Hall of Fame for wrestling as an outstanding official.

•Joann Washam (Delta Beta)-- Professional golfer.

As Artists

•Emily Helen Butterfield (Alpha)-- Her exhibits are in the Michigan's Women Hall of Fame. She was also an original founder of Alpha Gamma Delta who created the blue prints for Alpha's chapter house.

•Clyde Connell (Mu)-- International artist with works displayed in Paris, Switzerland, Washington D.C. and New York.

•Jacque Parsley (Gamma Zeta)-- Mixes media artist and also among the Who's Who in American Art.