Notable Kappa Deltas

Kappa Delta members are three-star generals, circuit court judges, business executives, devoted mothers, Nobel Prize winning authors, U.S. Senators, renowned artists, entrepreneurs, visionaries, athletes, community leaders and volunteers. There's no doubt about it -- Kappa Deltas are making great things happen in the world!

Many Kappa Deltas credit the sorority and the many leadership opportunities it offers for making their success possible. Learn more about some notable Kappa Deltas...

 

  • Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, Nobel Prize winning author
  • Georgia O'Keeffe, renowned artist
  • Claudia Kennedy, U.S. Army's first female three-star general
  • Bonnie Dunbar, space shuttle astronaut
  • Ruth Johnson Colvin, founder of Literacy Volunteers of America
  • Donna Stone, founder of Prevent Child Abuse America
  • Joan Lowery Nixon, noted children's book author
  • Patricia Wood Barnes, founder of Sister Schubert's Homemade Rolls
  • Sara James, award winning television news correspondent
  • Winsome McIntosh, philanthropist
  • Janet Marie Smith, urban visionary, planner and business woman
  • Cynthia Clark Wedel, first woman president of the National Council of Churches
  • Margaret Holland Sargent, one of America's leading protraitists
  • Hellene Runtagh, businesswoman
  • Trischa Zorn, Paralympic athlete and champion swimmer
  • Kathleen Babineau Blanco, first female to be elected Governor of the State of Louisiana
  • Patricia Polito Miller, co-founder of Vera Bradley Designs
  • Christine O'Grady Gregoire, Governor of the State of Washington
  • Suzy Spafford Lidstrom, creator of Suzy's Zoo greeting cards and merchandise
  • June Hunt, author, singer, speaker and founder of Hope for the Heart
  • Marjorie Mehne Culmer, National President, Girl Scouts of the USA, elected 1957
  • Debbie Maffett Wilson, crowned Miss America in 1983
  • Ali Landry, actress; Miss USA 1996
  • Ellen Albertini Dow, stage, television and movie actress
  • Jean Carpenter Carnahan, U.S. Senator, Missouri 2000-2002
  • Gloria Ray, established the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame
  • Mary Elizabeth Nickinson Chitty, editor of the Sewannee Review
  • Nancy Thies Marshall, Olympic gymnast

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