Famous Kappas
Entertainment
- Jean Bartel-Miss America 1943 - UCLA 1942
- Gretchen Carlson-Miss America 1989 - Stanford 1985
- Gena Rowlands Cassavetes-Movie and TV actress, played Allie Calhoun in The Notebook - Wisconsin 1949
- Kate Jackson-Actress, played Sabrina Duncan on the television series Charlie’s Angels - Mississippi 1967
- Laurie Hickson Smith- Designer on TLC’s Trading Spaces - SMU 1990
- Ashley Judd - Actress - Harvard
- Sophia Bush- Actress, plays Brooks Davis on CW’s One Tree Hill - University of Southern California 2002
- Lo Bosworth- Television personality on MTV’s “The Hills”, author - UCLA 2008
- Michelle Lombardo- Model - University of Connecticut 2001
Arts
- Phyllis McGinley- Author, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize - University of Southern California
- Alice Duer Miller- Author & poet; wrote many columns on the Women's suffrage movement for the New York Tribune - Barnard College 1897
- Elinor Keiss Rose- Poet - Hillsdale 1928
- Anne Armstrong Thompson- Bestselling Author - Kentucky 1957
Athletics
- Donna DeVarona- Olympic swimmer - UCLA 1986
- Doris Hart- Famous tennis player
Business and Journalism
- Kate Spade- Fashion Designer - Kansas 1982
- Jane Pauley- Anchorwomen for NBC's "The Today Show" - Indiana 1969
- Jann Carl Sears- Anchor for Entertainment Tonight - Missouri 1979
Philanthropy
- Nancy Goodman Brinker- Founder, Susan G. Komen foundation - University of Illinois 1968
- Emily Eaton Hepburn- Founder of Panhellenic House in N.Y.; director of Reid Hall in Paris - St. Lawrence 1882
Science
- Mareta West- First Women Astrologist - Oklahoma 1936
- Ruth Johnson Holden- inventor for speech and hearing problems - Penn State 19567
