List of Sigma Kappa sisters

The list of Sigma Kappa sisters includes initiated members of Sigma Kappa Sorority.

Notable alumnae

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Politics & Public Service

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Susan Eisenhower Epsilon Epsilon President of the Eisenhower Group, Inc. and the granddaughter of U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower. Author of three books and involved in editing four others. [1]
Mindy Carlin Sigma She is an American public affairs professional and business leader in Virginia. Carlin is a co-founder and partner of Access Point Public Affairs. [2]
Margaret Chase Smith Alpha First female U.S. Senator. First woman to sit in both houses of the United States Congress. Recipient of the U.S. Air Force's most prestigious award, among others. Recipient of 96 honorary degrees and presented with a Presidential [Medal of Freedom] Award by [George H. W. Bush|President Bush] in 1989. [1]
Sarah Weddington Zeta Nu Attorney for Norma McCorvey in Roe v. Wade. First woman elected from Austin to the Texas House of Representatives. Served three terms as representative before becoming assistant to U.S. President Jimmy Carter. [1]
Ashley Henderson Huff Epsilon Epsilon First Lieutenant in the United States Army. First known sorority casualty in the current conflict in Iraq. A bronze bust of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ashley Henderson-Huff, was dedicated during a ceremony opening the Erbil Police Academy October 15 in Erbil, Iraq. [3][4]
Susan D. Johns Alpha Chi Former Kentucky State Senator (1990-1994) and State Representative (1996-2000). [5]
Virgie Hyman Cone Omega First woman principal of a high school in Duval County, Florida; retired in 1975. Civic involvement included Executive Director of an agency on aging, lobbied for issues pertaining to the elderly, and served as Director of the North Florida Mental Health Association. She also authored two books. [1]

Literature & Journalism

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Linda Cross Dowdy Epsilon Epsilon Managing editor for The Lyons Group. On board for the creation of Barney, the popular purple dinosaur featured on PBS, managing the worldwide publishing division. She has authored several best-selling Barney books and edited hundreds of others. Once Barney was acquired by HIT Entertainment, she edited books for Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder, Angelina Ballerina, The Wiggles and other charished children's characters. [6]
Judith Guest Alpha Mu Author of Ordinary People, the first unsolicited manuscript to be accepted by Viking Press since 1949, and became a motion picture. [6]
Vikki Vargas Epsilon Tau The Orange County Bureau Chief for KNBC-TV's "Channel 4 News" in Los Angeles [7]
Amanda Gomez Theta Beta Morning Anchor KXXV (News Channel 25) in Waco, Texas, serving Central Texas as an ABC affiliate.

Science & Education

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Margaret Rhea Seddon Lambda Mission specialist for NASA. Her first flight into space was aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1985. She took her Sigma Kappa badge on her flight into space. [8]
Tisa Mason Epsilon Kappa Recipient of Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisor's 2012 Sue Kraft Fussel Distinguished Service Award [9]
Laura Deming Theta Lambda A partner at and founder of The Longevity Fund, a venture capital firm focused on aging and life extension. Deming was accepted to MIT at age 14, but later dropped out at age 17 to accept the $100,000 Thiel Fellowship and start a venture capital firm. Deming was one of only two women in the 2011 initial class of Thiel Fellows. [10] [11] [12]
Marjorie Rodes Townsend Zeta American electrical engineering, and the first women to manage a spacecraft launch for NASA.

Athletics

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Anna McCune Harper Lambda Professional tennis player. Inducted into the California Women Athletes Hall of Fame. Wimbledon tennis champion in 1931 and won other numerous state and national tennis championships. Anna served as national president of Sigma Kappa from 1939-1942. [13]
Renee Duprel Mu Olympic Cyclist. (See UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Women.) She continues to cycle in the Pacific Northwest and is on the Board of Directors of the Marymoor Velodrome Association in Redmond, Washington. [14]
Theresa Grentz Theta Former women's head basketball coach at University of Illinois (1995–2007), Rutgers (1976–1995), Big Ten Coach of the Year (1997, 1998). [13]
Angela Stanford Kappa Eta Professional golfer on the LPGA
Sonja Hogg Beta Epsilon Former women's basketball program head coach at Louisiana Tech University and Baylor University. She was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, and the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. She received the 2004 Women's Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball Award. [15]

Business

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Fay Burnett Sigma First nutritionist for Weight Watchers International. She wrote their first maintenance plan. Thousands used it as a guide to maintain their normal weight after their proper weight loss. [3]
Betty Jo Peacock Hay Sigma President of the National Mental Health Association in 1986. She has received such honors as the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Award, Women Helping Women Award, Mental Health Association in Texas Honoree, Public Citizen of the Year, and other awards for her contributions to higher education and children's mental health. [3]

Entertainment

Name Chapter Notability Ref(s)
Kimberly Stebbins Theta Eta Actress, Mayflies (See https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4109796/)
Melissa Clark Whitworth Beta Epsilon Miss Louisiana 2003. Married to Andrew Whitworth. [16]
Tara Gray Theta Xi Miss Alabama USA 2002. [7]
Ashley Schmider Kappa Mu Miss Pennsylvania 2015. [17]
Kate Michael Epsilon Epsilon Miss District of Columbia USA 2006. Hosts her own talk show on Comcast TV and on her website District Dish. [18][19]
Kerri Jill Garbis Epsilon Broadway actress. Cast as Lina Lamont in National Tour of "Singin' in the Rain." [7]
Maitland Ward Gamma Theta Actress, Boy Meets World, The Bold and the Beautiful, and White Chicks.
Lauren Roman Theta Zeta Actress, All My Children (1995-1997). [7]
Stevie Keeter Theta Eta Singer. Single One Last Kiss (Seal the Deal).
Anitra Mohl Epsilon Lambda Reality television star and make-up artist. Appeared on ABC's The Bachelor with Charlie O'Connell and made it to the top five. [7]
Melissa Stern Zeta Child in the highly publicized 1980s custody battle, Baby M.
Nadia Underwood Gamma Kappa Reality television star. Contestant on third season of Beauty and the Geek. She and her partner made it to the top four.
Becca Tilley Beta Epsilon Finalist in Season 10 of The Bachelor. [20]
Connie Britton Actress, Friday Night Lights and Nashville.
Rachel Shaffer Eta International hand model. Extra in "Lord of the Rings".
Lauren Vizza Beta Epsilon Miss Louisiana 2012, Miss Louisiana USA 2017
Nina Davuluri Alpha Mu Miss New York 2014, Miss America 2014 [21]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Significant Sigma Kappas in Politics Archived 2012-08-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Access Point Public Affairs, LLC". Dulles Regional Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 2017-10-27.
  3. 1 2 3 Significant Sigma Kappas in Humanities Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "U.S. Military Police Soldier Honored at IP Academy". NewsBlaze. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
  5. ↑ . www.OurCampaign.com http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=84334. Retrieved 2011-11-11. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 1 2 Significant Sigma Kappas in Entertainment Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Greek 101 list of famous Sigma Kappas
  8. ↑ Significant Sigma Kappas in Science Archived 2012-08-06 at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2013-11-11.
  10. ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jmaureenhenderson/2011/06/20/meet-the-teen-who-got-paid-100-000-to-drop-out-of-school/#3cabe018140d
  11. ↑ http://www.tedmed.com/speakers/show?id=46921
  12. ↑ http://www.daregreatly.com/explore/experience-cadillac/dont-you-dare/laura-deming
  13. 1 2 Significant Sigma Kappas in Athletics Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Famous Sigma Kappas
  15. ↑ "Sonja Hogg". Wikipedia. 2017-09-18.
  16. ↑ "Miss Louisiana Organization". Miss Louisiana Organization. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  17. ↑ "2015 Contestants". Miss Pennsylvania. Retrieved June 15, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Kate Michael Biography". Kate Michael the Official Web Site. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  19. ↑ Thedistrictdish.com
  20. ↑ https://twitter.com/beccatilley5/status/627960396066848769
  21. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130920013919/http://www.sigmakappa.org/ThreeColumn.aspx?pageid=4717&id=7640&blogid=40237
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