List of Phi Mu members
Phi Mu is an American college women's fraternity.[1][2] The fraternity was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia as the Philomathean Society in 1852.[1][2] On June 24, 1904, the society was chartered as a national organization, Phi Mu, in the State of Georgia.[2] Following are some of the notable members of Phi Mu.
Education
- Mary Dorothy Lyndon (Alpha Alpha) – educator, the first female graduate from the University of Georgia[3]
Entertainment
- Kathrine Baumann (Delta Kappa) - First runner-up Miss America 1970, American actress, model, and couture handbag designer.[4]
- Andi Dorfman (Alpha Eta) – contestant on The Bachelorette (2014) and the Bachelor[4][5]
- Vivian Fridell (Zeta Beta) – radio actress[6]
- Hannah Godwin (Kappa Chi) – model and contestant on The Bachelor (2019) and Bachelor in Paradise (2019)[4]
- Frances Greer (Alpha Eta) – opera singer
- Elizabeth Horton (Gamma Tau) – Miss North Carolina (2006) and meteorologist[4]
- Dana Ivey (Alpha Omega) – actress and five-time Tony Award nominee[4][7]
- Hallie Jackson (Gamma Tau) – television reporter and news anchor[4]
- Hayley Lewis (Theta) – Miss Tennessee 2014 and sports anchor[4]
- Pam Long (Theta Alpha) – Emmy Award winning television producer and writer; head writer for CBS' Guiding Light[8]
- Karrie Martin (Alpha Eta) – actress[9]
- Madeline Mitchell (Alpha Zeta) – Miss Alabama USA (2011) and Mrs. America 2015[4]
- Pat Mitchell (Alpha Alpha) – president and CEO of PBS[4][8]
- Rachel Reilly (Gamma Mu) – actress and contestant on Big Brother and The Amazing Race[4]
- Joanne Rogers (Alpha Omega) – musician and wife of Fred Rogers[4]
- Kimberly Schlapman (Alpha Gamma) – member of Little Big Town[4][8][10]
- Mary Wickes (Zeta Epsilon) – actress know for White Christmas (1954 film), and Sister Act[4][8]
Law
- Beverly B. Martin (Alpha Iota) – judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit[4]
- Betty Montgomery (Delta Kappa) – Ohio Attorney General and Ohio State Auditor[4][8]
- Elizabeth Weaver (Delta) – former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court[4][8]
- Clara Backus Floyd Gehan (Mu) – first woman to graduate from the University of Florida School of Law, prominent Florida attorney[4][11][12]
Literature
- Charlotte Armstrong (Zeta Beta) – novelist and writer[5]
- Elin Hilderbrand (Gamma Tau) – novelist[4][5]
- Grace Lumpkin (Mu) – writer of proletarian literature[5]
- Katharine DuPre Lumpkin (Mu) – writer and sociologist[5]
- Clarine Coffin Grenfell (Pi) – poet and writer
- Jill McCorkle (Gamma Lambda) – novelist and short story writer[4][8][13]
- May Merrill Miller (Eta Alpha) – writer and poet[5]
- Joyce Carol Oates (Beta Zeta) – author and playwright[4][8]
- Saira Rao (Gamma Omega) – author, publisher, and television producer[5]
- Kathryn Stockett (Alpha Zeta) – novelist known for The Help[4][8][14]
- Kathrine Taylor (Eta Gamma) – novelist[5]
Politics and activism
- Betty DeGeneres (Alpha Eta) – LGBT rights activist[5]
- Carol C. Laise (Gamma Delta) – U.S. Ambassador to Nepal and first female Assistant Secretary of State[4]
- Melinda Schwegmann (Alpha Eta) – first female Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana[4][8]
- Charlotte Pritt – first major-party woman gubernatorial nominee in West Virginia[15]
Science and technology
- Jerrie Mock (Psi) – author and first woman to fly solo around the world[4][8][5]
- Kathy Pham (Theta Zeta) – computer scientist[16][4]
- Jackie Ronne (Beta Alpha) – first female member of an Antarctic expedition[4]
- Mary Ellen Weber (Delta Epsilon) – NASA astronaut[4][8]
Sports
- Gayle S. Barron (Alpha Alpha) – winner of the Boston Marathon, 1978[4][8]
- Joan Croanan (Alpha Eta) – basketball coach and first female athletics director at the University of Tennessee[17][4]
- Iris Cummings (Iota Sigma) – competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics[4]
- Danielle Donehew (Theta Zeta) – president of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame board of directors and executive vice president of the Atlanta Dream[4]
See also
References
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