Famous People in Your Fraternity/Sorority

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As another Theta posted earlier, there are many alum who we count as notable Thetas.

However, here are some of my favorites:

Laura Bush- First Lady of the United States
Amy Grant-Grammy award winning singer
Keri Strugg- 1996 Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast
Kate Snow-Reporter for ABC
Sheryl Crow- Grammy award winning singer
Barbara and Jenna Bush-First Daughters
Melinda Gates- Co-Founder of the Gates Foundation

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Notable/famous members of Sigma Gamma Rho (not a complete list; not in any special order)


Hattie McDaniel - Actress: Gone With the Wind--first African-American ever to win an Oscar

Vanessa Bell Armstrong - Gospel Recording Artist

Rev. Willie Taplin Barrow - Director of Operations: Operation PUSH/Rainbow Coalition

Lillian Beard, MD - Former Columnist: Good Housekeeping Magazine

Ms. Dupree - Comedian, The Tom Joyner Show

Cheryl Broussard - Stock Broker, Author: The Black Woman's Guide to Financial Independence

Corine Brown - U.S. Representative, Florida

MC Lyte (Alana Moorer) - Female Rap Artist

Kelly Price - R&B Recording Artist

Jocelyn Brown - National Sales Director ESSENCE Magazine

Merri Dee - Community Affairs Director WGN-TV, Chicago

Lorraine E. Hale - Executive Director: Hale House Center, Inc., New York

Cynthia Horner - Editorial Director: Black Beat Magazine; Editor: Right On Magazine

Anna Maria Horsford - Actress: Amen, Friday, The Wayans Bros.; Director Good News

Brenda Joysmith - Artist

Mother Love - Radio Personality; Author

Charlotte Ottley - Public Relations Specialist, CEO: C. Ottley Strategies

Brenda Pressley - Actress: It Could Happen to You; City Hall

April Sinclair - Author: Ain't Gonna Be the Same Fool Twice

Pat Tobin - Public Relations Specialist, Principal: Pat Tobin & Associates

Victoria Rowell - Actress: The Young and the Restless; Diagnosis Murder

Tonya Lee Williams - Actress: The Young and the Restless

Emily D. Gunter - Motivational Speaker; Author: Superlearning 2000: The New Technologies of Self Empowerment

Rev. Barbara Jean Allen - Assistant Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago

Deacon Shirley Bims-Ellis - Administrator: Center for African Bible Studies, IL

Nancy E. McCormick - Executive Assistant to U.S. Representative and NAACP President Kweisi Mfume

Ruth V. Sims - Administrator: National Projects Director of the NAACP

Ruth Russel Williams - Artist: paintings The Baptism, Old Time Revival, Family Reunion, The Graduation, the Kitchen Beautician, The BigBookBag

Maysa Leak - Songstress: lead vocalist from the British Band Incognito