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Alumni
Delta Chapter has been blessed with the following wonderful alumnae that assist us with our day-to-day operations:
Darcy Scrimpshire - Chapter Advisor, Standards Advisor
Kelly Teherani - Membership Education Advisor
Debbie Ellis - Collegiate Province Director
Anna Leeker - Recruitment Advisor
Jeannene Mills - Finance/House Advisor
Alison Valdes - Social Advisor
Jane Phares - House Corporation President
Alumni Associations
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Famous and Distinguished Alumnae
Deana Carter
Alpha Kappa: Singer
Jean Smart
Alpha Theta: Actress
Kathy Capshaw
Alpha Gamma: Actress
Gayle Lynds
Alpha Beta: Author
Danica McKellar
Alpha Chi: Actress
Sandra Palmer
Gamma Upsilon: Professional Golfer
Judy Woodruff
Omicron: Correspondent, Anchor
Holly Mills
Epsilon Zeta: Miss Texas, USA 1998
Jeannette Gardner
Author
Sonali Shah
Epsilon Nu: Author
Lauralee M. Peters
Tau: Former Ambassador and International Affairs Advisor
Carol Hampton Rasco
Delta Delta: Assistant to President Clinton for Domestic Policy
Carol Warner Shields
Phi: Author and winner of the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Laura Haygood
Adelphean: Missionary to China; Principal of Methodist School, Peking, China, 1880's
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Dorothy Blount Lamar
Adelphean: President General of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; Only woman appointed to Georgia Civil Works Committee (during Roosevelt Administration)
Helen Marr Kirby
Adelphean: Appointed Dean of Women at University of Texas, 1883
Loula Kendall Rogers
Adelphean: Author and poet; Fashioned Confederate flag
Viola Ross Napier
Adelphean: First female member of Georgia Legislature; First female to argue a case in Georgia State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals
Willie Snow Ethridge
Alpha: Author
Jane Yelvington McCallum
Delta: Secretary of State of Texas - 1926; Author of Texas chapter of the National History of Women's Suffrage; Chairman of state (Texas) ratification committee for the 19th amendment to the US Constitution
Ruth Lee Kennedy
Ph.D., Delta, 1915: First American woman visiting lecturer at Oxford and Cambridge
Jeanette Barrows
Alpha Theta: Reconstruction aid, died in US military service while caring for war wounded; One of more than 30 Alpha Delta Pi's who enlisted in military service during WWI
Dr. Virginia Trotter
Alpha Eta: Vice President for Instruction at University of GA, first woman to hold position; Assistant Secretary for Education at U.S. Dept of Health, Education and Welfare
Irene Dillard Elliott
Nu: First dean of Women at University of South Carolina; First woman to receive Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina and to hold full; professorship at the University of South Carolina
Sarah E. Branham
Alpha: Ph.D. in Bacteriology, 1923; Senior Bacteriologist for the U.S. Public Health Department, 1931
Shirley Christian
Delta Xi: 1981 Pulitzer Prize for reporting international affairs
Sarah Snell Harder
Alpha Beta: National President of AAUW, 1987; Vice President International Federation of University Women, 1996
Mary Cruikshank Grefe
Delta Epsilon: National President AAUW, 1979
Marion I. Guilfoyle
Beta Delta: First woman President of Guild of Catholic Lawyers of New York
Tiera Farrow
Sigma: First woman attorney to practice in Kansas City; First woman judge in Kansas
Hazel M. Costello
Alpha Alpha: Attorney - argued case before Congressional Committee, 1930
Virginia Neal Blue
Alpha Alpha: Regent - University of Colorado; Chaired first Colorado Commission on the Status of Women, 1964; One of the two women honored in stained-glass windows in Colorado Capital building
Dr. Cornelia Burwell Wilbur
M.D., Beta Eta: Leader in field of psychoanalysis, psychiatrist to Sybil
Francine Neff
Alpha Nu: United States Treasurer, 1974-1977; First woman appointed to Hershey Food Corp. Board of Directors
Louise Holland Coe
Alpha Nu: First woman state senator in New Mexico
Jewel Davis Scarborough
Alpha and Delta: Organized Taylor County Equal Suffrage Association in 1918 (This organization became the Texas League of Women Voters in 1921.); Organized Texas AAUW; Chair of Social Studies of AAUW; National President of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, 1913-1917
Mildred Othmer Peterson
Alpha Epsilon: Founder of the Pan American Board of Education; Founder and President of International Visitors Center, Chicago; Decorated by Cuban, Panamanian and Uruguayan governments; Awarded the International Elroy Alfaro Medal; Editor of ADELPHEAN of Alpha Delta Pi
Marilyn Granbeck
Beta Lambda: Author of historical romance novels, best seller list
Uldine Day Smith
Beta Sigma: Horatio Algier Award, 1993; Chairman of Cecil B. Day Investment Company
Mary (Bebe) Anderson Shamray
Kappa: Actress (Maybelle Merriwether, Scarlet's friend from Atlanta in Gone With The Wind, supporting actress in Going My Way and The Women
Florence George
Chi: Opera Singer, radio, actress 1930's
Catherine Guthrie Crosby
Chi: Film actress, 1930's
Theresa Treadway-Carroll
Gamma Zeta: Mezzo soprano opera singer
Gertrude Sutton Hay
Rho: Comedy actress, 1930's
Jessica Nelson North McDonald
Theta: Poet and author; Editor of Poetry magazine; President of University of Chicago Poetry Club; Editor of ADELPHEAN of Alpha Delta Pi and History of Alpha Delta Pi 1928-1931
Sister Geraldine MacNamara
Beta Theta: Received Order of Canada, government's highest award, for her dedication to those in need, 1983; Established Rossbrook House, a model self-help community resource center in Winnipeg
Lu Parker
Zeta Sigma: Miss USA 1994
Dorothy Toth Beasley
St. Lawrence Univ.: Georgia Assistant Attorney General, 1972
Katherine E.H. Van Winkle Palmer
Alpha Theta: Tertiary paleontologist, molluscologist; Director of Paleontological Research Institute; First womanto receive Ph.D. in Paleontology
Clara Wooten Crawford
Beta Phi: Television news producer
Dr. Jessie Gray
M.D., Beta Zeta: First woman to be elected to Royal Academy of Surgeons of Canada
Marjorie Dillabaugh
Beta Theta: Concert pianist
Margaret McElroy
Sigma: Author, children's books
Ruth Millett Lowry
Alpha Beta: Author of several syndicated newspaper columns, including "We, the Women," radio script writer 1930's
Clementine Paddleford
Alpha Eta: Food and nutrition editor, New York Herald-Tribune
Lucille Crouch Stewart
Xi: World's champion typist at Chicago's Century of Progress 1933
Laura Greeley
Alpha Psi: Artist, Disney Studios
Agnes White Tizard
Sigma: "Betty Crocker" authored Betty Crocker cookbook
Chloe Gifford
Beta Psi: President of General Federation of Women's Clubs
Mildred Carlson Ahlgren
Beta Alpha: President of General Federation of Women's Clubs 1952-54
Jeanne P. Hansen
Beta Alpha: Chief Copy Editor for Doubleday and Co.; Editor, POPULAR SCIENCE and the ADELPHEAN of Alpha Delta Pi
Mildred Tuttle Axton
Alpha Eta: First woman in Civilian Pilot Training Program, 1940; Served as WASP WWII test pilog; First woman to fly a B-29, 1944; Confederate Air Force, Inc. Distinguished Service Medal 1996; Honored as Distinguished Alumna of American Association of Community Colleges 1996
Jodi Rutledge
Beta Theta: Miss Canada 1983
Donna Hild Russell
Delta Sigma: Mrs. America 1985
Helen Lee Caldwell
Alpha Kappa: Fashion designer, Winnie the Pooh children's clothing
Marion Parker Summerville
Eta: Mayor of Signal Mountain, TN 1982
Betty Pratt-Johnson
Gamma Epsilon: Scuba diving and Kayaking expert and author
Robin Davis
Gamma Kappa: Judge West virginia Supreme Court
Gwen Taft Pearman
Epsilon Pi: American Teacher of the Year (Elementary Category) 1996
Deborah Pigg Bedford
Zeta Lambda: Writer of romance novels; Features Editor, the ADELPHEAN of Alpha Delta Pi
Chris Surrency
Zeta Iota: Winner of Norman vincent Peale Award for Positive Thinking 1995
Sherri Bledsoe Halford
Delta Theta: Creative director/vice president of production recording industry; Won Grammy Best Recording Package 1995
Carol Pence Taylor
Gamma Epsilon: Manager of US Olympic Swim Team 1984; Member of US Olympic Swim Team 1948
Noreen Salvino Skagen
Alpha Theta: Appointed to serve as US Marshall, 1988 (one of the first 3 women to serve); Assistant Police Chief, City of Seattle
Gertrude Davenport
Lambda: Fashion designer
Linnie Garner-Mower
Alpha Zeta: Opera singer, lead soprano
Theresa Treadway Carroll
Gamma Zeta: Opera singer, New York Metropolitan
Patricia Wise Gockley
Tau: Opera singer, soprano
Diann Benningfield Ring
Delta: Mayor, Claremond, California
Leigh Ann Metzger
Kappa: Special Assistant to the President for Public Liason (President George Bush)
Shirley Baumgardner Underwood
Alpha Kappa: Named Outstanding Juvenile Court Judge in the United States, 1994
Karen Longoria
Zeta Eta: Bronze Star, Operation Desert Storm 1991; Only female company commander in Kuwait
Joan Sutton Knox
Psi: National Chairman of Volunteersof the American Red Cross, 1979-1982; alpha Delta Pi Traveling Collegiate Secretary and Field Counselor; Alpha Delta Pi Foundation President; Alpha Delta Pi Grand Vice President of Collegiate Chapters
Ann Roberts Latta
Beta Psi: First woman Mayor of Prestonburg, Kentucky (elected 1986)
Geraldine Browder Tennant
Alpha Zeta: State District Judge in Houston
Joyce McCracken Hlava
Beta Eta: Mayor of Saratoga, CA
Genie O'Kelley
Kappa: FAA Flight Instructorof the Year 1986
Betty Pitzer
Chi: Ohio Governor's Award 1982, for work with Elderly United; Ohio Citizen of the Year 1987; Alpha Delta Pi Grand Treasurer; Member of White House Conference on Aging
Vicki Mathews Lilly
Tau: Member of International Advisory Board for Children's Oncology Services; First President of National Panhellenic Conference Foundation
Emily Lusby Mackebee
Alpha Kappa: International Advisory Board of Ronald Mcdonald Houses; Alpha Delta Pi National Service Projects Chairman
Sue Harris Morton
Alpha Kappa: Founder of Refugees International, an international organization based in Tokyo with chapters throughout the world. The organization raises funds to relocate refugees and provides food medical care and shelters in crisis areas around the world.
Jean Merrill-Silver
Alpha Theta: Washington State Legislator elected 1983, ranking Republican on House Ways and Means Committee
Nancy J. Craig Crisler
Delta Nu: 1988 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching
June Wuest Becht
Alpha Gamma: International Olympic historian, specialist on III Olympiad 1904
Nancy Johnson
Gamma Xi: Internationally successful clothing designer
Dr. Diane Grob Schmidt
Beta Beta: Senior scientist, Proctor and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio; Organic chemist six patents granted; Certificates of Appreciation for Outstanding Service to the American Chemical Society 1993, 1994
Virginia Friese Jacobsen
Alpha Theta: President, Washington State Council for Children and Youth; Appointed by President Eisenhower to Executive Committee for White House Conference on youth, 1960; Spearheaded efforts to successfully persuade passage of the amendment to Section 901a of Title IX Higher Education Act of Civil Rights, thereby preserving and protecting rights of fraternities and sororities to exist as single sex organizations.
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