Alpha Gamma Delta is an international women's fraternity and social organization. It was founded on May 30, 1904, by eleven female students at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. Following are some of its notable members.
Academia and education
Maruta Gardner (Beta Zeta) – teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent of schools in San Diego County, California Kelly M. Miller (Zeta Kappa) – first female president of Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
Art and architecture
Jeanne Gang – (Sigma) – architect Emily Helen Butterfield (Alpha) – Michigan's first licensed female architect, artist, Women's Movement pioneer Clyde Connell (Mu) – artist Lillian Sarafinchan – painter and art director
Business
Jani Macari Pallis (Gamma Phi) – founder of Cislunar Aerospace Beth Ford (Rho) – CEO of Land O'Lakes
Entertainment
Fran Allison (Pi) – radio and television personality (Kukla, Fran and Ollie) Andrea Canning (Zeta Chi) – TV anchor, journalist (Dateline, Weekend Today) Rita Coolidge (Gamma Beta) – Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ashley Durham (Gamma Zeta) – model; Miss Tennessee USA 2011; Miss USA 1st runner-up 2011 Wynn Everett (Gamma Delta) – actress, known as Whitney Frost on Agent Carter Donna Fargo (Gamma Eta) – Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Marcelle LeBlanc (Gamma Delta) – Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2022 and actress Gloria Loring (Delta Alpha) – singer/songwriter, author, actress, national spokesperson for the JDRF Amber Mariano (Alpha Epsilon) – television personality and winner of Survivor: All-Stars Karen McCullah (Gamma Mu) – screenwriter (10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde, The House Bunny) Dorothy Provine (Iota) – actress (The Alaskans, Sugarfoot, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock) Jeanne Robertson (Gamma Delta) – comedian, Miss North Carolina 1963 Karen Staley (Alpha Omicron) – country music singer/songwriter Kate Steinberg (Beta Iota) – internet personality, television personality, and former NHL cheerleader Abbie Stockard (Gamma Delta) – Miss America, 2025Who is Abbie Stockard? Miss America 2025 is the fourth winner from Alabama Barbara Jo Walker (Gamma Zeta) – Miss America, 1947
Literature
Kathleen Barber (Sigma) – novelist Elizabeth Frances Corbett (Beta) – poet and writer Mignon G. Eberhart (Beta Alpha) – mystery writer proclaimed as “America’s Agatha Christie” Deborah Kolodji (Delta Alpha) – American haiku poet. Donna Lewis Friess (Delta Alpha) – author, college professor, activist Agnes Newton Keith (Omicron) – author, Japanese POW/civilian internment camp survivor Heather MacAllister (Epsilon Eta) – novelist Samara O'Shea (Alpha Omega) – author (Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to the Art of Letter Writing, Note to Self: On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits) Gail Saltz (Zeta Beta) – psychiatrist and author
Military
Alicia Tate-Nadeau (Epsilon Omicron) – director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Politics
Carolyn Bennett (Tau) – member of Parliament of Canada Beth Chapman (Gamma Upsilon) – former Secretary of State of Alabama Kerry-Lynne Findlay (Delta Zeta) – former member of Canadian House of Commons and Minister of National Revenue Jennie M. Forehand (Gamma Epsilon) – former Maryland Senate Kay Ivey (Gamma Delta) – Governor of Alabama and former Alabama State Treasurer Mildred Jeffrey (Delta) – political activist and organizer Sharon Johnston – 55th viceregal consort of Canada Kelly Loeffler (Sigma) – former United States Senate (R-GA) Dee Long (Lambda) – former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Elaine Marshall (Alpha Xi) – North Carolina Secretary of State Marian Price (Beta Alpha) – former Nebraska Senate Judy Baar Topinka (Lambda) – former Illinois Comptroller and Illinois Treasurer
Science
Jane Hamilton Hall – physicist with the Manhattan Project and assistant director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, secretary of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission Madge Macklin – physician known for her work in the field of medical genetics
Sports
Cheyenne Knight (Psi) – professional golfer Maria Maunder (Zeta Chi) – 1996 Summer Olympics women's rower Teri McKeever (Delta Alpha) – 2012 Summer Olympics women's swim team coach Jo Ann Washam (Delta Beta) – professional golfer
Other
Edith MacConnel Hickok (Alpha) – Alpha Gamma Delta founder
Fictional members
Blanche Devereaux – fictional character from The Golden Girls television series
See also
List of Alpha Gamma Delta chapters
References