Alpha Omicron Pi is an international collegiate women's fraternity. Following is a list of notable Alpha Omicron Pi members.
Entertainment
Name Chapter Notability RhoActress known for her role as Helen Crump in The Andy Griffith Show and the 1958 film The Blob.Delta DeltaActressZeta PiMiss Alabama 2010Jamie Lynn MacchiaTheta PiMiss New York 2015Kiran ReddyLambda SigmaMiss Teen USA 2026Lambda SigmaContestant on Survivor: Cook Islands, Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, Winner of Survivor: Micronesia at the University of Georgia.AlphaActress: My Sister's Keeper (2009), Medium (2005), and The Wonderful World of Disney (1995)
Literature, Music, and Fine Arts
Name Chapter Notability Lambda SigmaAuthor of "Cake Mix Doctor," books, University of Georgia. I UniversKathleen ClementZeta PainterPiSongwriter, lyricist of song Paper RosesInternational Motion Picture Almanac – Page 320 – 1951
Media
Name Chapter Notability Carolyn AlveyKappa KappaPublic Relations professional, leader of a five-member team that developed the Amber AlertOmicron Pi Photographer and journalist, joined Alpha Omicron Pi while at the University of Michigan. Her works were donated to Alpha Omicron Pi upon her death in 1971, and today are displayed at the international headquarters. Beta TauTelevision journalist with NBC NewsGamma AlphaNews Anchor and Journalist for WRC-TVPi DeltaTelevision personality, Two Time Broadcast Journalism Emmy Award Winner for NBC, ABC News (20/20). First Woman to broadcast from a National Convention Floor (1972). Also the first Woman to Anchor an Evening Network Newscast regularly, NBC Nightly News.To Dragma magazine of AOII, 1997
Politics and Advocacy
Name Chapter Notability OmegaUnited States Congresswoman representing Indiana.Source: Alpha Omicron Pi Women's Fraternity.Rho Former U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan. Mary DawsonKappa PhiFormer Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada. She was appointed by the minority Conservative government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July 9, 2007, as the Conflict of Interest Act came into force. Mary Dawson was made a Queen's Counsel in 1978 and was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2007. Nu Advocate for prison reform, lawyer Mary H. DonlonEpsilonJudge, first female editor-in-chief of any US law review.KappaLawyer, feminist, and politician known for her New Deal legislative efforts.AlphaFounder and first Secretary of the War Resisters League.Mari Jo Buhle, "Jessie Wallace Hughan (1875–1955)," in Mari Jo Buhle, Paul Buhle, and Dan Georgakas (eds.), Encyclopedia of the American Left. New York: Garland Publishing Co., 1990; pg. 339.Kappa AlphaIndiana State Senator 1992–2009, current Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education.
Sports
Name Chapter Notability Gamma Omicron 2008 Olympic Swimmer. The second woman to swim for Libya in the Olympic Games. Kendall GretschDelta Kappa2018 and 2020 Paralympic gold medalist. She has the unique distinction of winning gold medals in both the Summer Paralympics and Winter Paralympics.Lambda Sigma World Champion Gymnast & Olympic medalist at the University of Georgia.
See also List of Alpha Omicron Pi chapters
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