Encouraging Endeavors
Chi Omega women have found accomplishments throughout their lives, and many have become successful in their dreams. Through Chi Omega's Purposes and values, these women have reached immense heights in their careers, and many women are poised to follow in the future. Chi Omega women have reached fame through diverse facets, like writing to living in space! The women below are some of those who have become famous in their endeavors:
From the Iota Zeta chapter at UNK:
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Marg Helgenberger |
Actress on CSI |
From other Chi Omega chapters:
Authors:
| Harper Lee |
Author of To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Ellen Gilchrist |
Author |
| Christine Brennan |
Sports Columnist and Author |
Government and Judicial Officials:
| Martha Layne Collins |
Former governor of Kentucky |
| Marsha Blackburn |
Member of the House of Representatives |
| Patricia Schroeder |
Member of the House of Representatives |
| Shirley Hufstedler |
Former Federal Appeals Judge, former Secretary of Education, and former chair of the Commission on Immigration Reform |
| Mabel Walker Willebrandt |
the first woman to hold a high position in the Federal Government - Assistant Attorney in the Hoover administration |
| Ellen Sullivan Woodward |
the first woman to be appointed to the Social Security Board, US Department of Health and Welfare |
| Blanche Lincoln |
U.S. Senator representing Arkansas, youngest woman elected to U.S. Senate |
Miss America / Miss Universe:
| Mary Ann Mobley |
Miss America 1959 (and television actress) |
| Lynda Mead Shea |
Miss America 1960 |
| Sylvia Hitchcock |
Miss Universe 1967 |
Actresses & Models:
| Lucy Liu |
Motion picture and television actress (Charlie's Angels, Shanghai Noon) |
| Sela Ward |
Emmy-award winning actress (Once and Again, Sisters, The Fugitive, Dirty Dancing Havana Nights, House) |
| Kathryn Grant Crosby |
Motion picture and television actress, wife of Bing Crosby |
| Shelly Long |
Actress (Cheers) |
| Joyce DeWitt |
Television actress (Three's Company) |
| Joanne Woodward |
Academy Award-winning actress (the Three Faces of Eve), a producer, a director, married to Paul Newman |
| Liza Huber |
Television actress (Passions) |
| Angela Kinsey |
Actress (The Office) |
| Heather Thomas |
Television actress (The Fall Guy) |
News Anchors:
| Natalie Allen |
CNN anchor |
| Alana Davis |
The Today Show |
Other Accomplishments:
| Pat Head Summit |
Coach of the 1984 Women's Basketball Olympic Champs, Head coach of the U of Tennessee Women's basketball team |
| Victoria MacKenzie-Childs |
Artist, founder of MacKenzie-Childs Ltd. |
| Susan Helms |
NASA astronaut, first woman to live in the International Space Station |
| Alice Sheets Marriott |
Marriott Hotel Executive, Co-founder of the Marriott Corporation |
| Paulette Maehara |
President and CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals |
| Trisha Wilson |
Founder, Chairman and CEO of Wilson & Associates, Inc. |
| Cynthia Hamlet Cole |
Head of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Institute |