Did You Know...

~The creator of the Care Bears was an Alpha Xi.

~ Linda Carter, aka Wonder Woman is an Alpha Xi.

The first Kermit the frog was created out of curtains from an old Alpha Xi house, Jim Henson's wife Jane was an Alpha Xi. Jim Henson also created Fozzie Bear to honor his wife's sorority AXd.

Famous Alpha Xi's

Entertainment

       Carol Lawrence- actress, singer, dancer, "General Hospital" and Maria in the original Broadway cast of Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story"

    Gail Kobe- executive producer of "The Guiding Light"

       Sharon Walton- 1986 World National Show Twirling Champion

       Megan Blake- Actress, appeared on "The Young and the Restless"

       Jane Hensen - widow of Jim Hensen and co-creator of the Muppets

       Leslie Zuk- producer of P.M. Magazine

       Priscilla Lindsay- actress in theatre productions, also appears in national television commercials and promotions

       Diana Tonegal- Glamour Magazine's Top Ten Collegiate Women of 1985

Business

       Betsey Johnson- designer whom began as illustrator for Mademoiselle Magazine, she designed clothes for Puritan Fashions and Alley Cats fashion line

       Verna Kay Gibson- former president of The Limited clothing stores

       Elizabeth Lyles- Chairperson of Lyles Diversified, 1987 Professional Woman of the Year, California

       Mary Holtman- Fashion designer

       Alice Dittman- Bank president in Lincoln, Nebraska

       Susan Binder- First woman president of a U.S. baking company

       Fay McGrath- Owner of Auntie Fay Inc. , a domestic placement services

       Kathy Spetz- creator  of mascot costumes, including Betxi Bear

Education/Government

       Elizabeth Grossman- former dean of Indiana University of Nursing, appointed by President Reagan to the National Commission of Health Services

       Rugh Patrick- one of the nation's foremost scholars of freshwater ecology as well as past chairperson of Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia

       Mary Burt Nash- retired juvenile court judge, past president of Arkansas AAUW

       Jan Davis- astronaut, candidate for NASA's space shuttle

       Frances Kinne- chancellor of Jacksonville University

       Mary Doremus- president and founder of Challenge International (group to support the disabled)

       Rita Prescott- first woman judge in Court of Common Pleas, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

       Wendy Nelder- 1984 president, Board of Supervisors in San Francisco

       Judith Moss- appointed by President Reagan to National Advisory Council of Women's Educational Programs

       Jane Marshal Spears- member of West Virginia House of Delegates 1974-1980, West Virginia Senate 1980-1988

       Melanie Berney- Managing Editor of White House News Summary Office during President Ford's administration

       Catherine Anderson- Professor Emeritus of English, Lane Community College

       Karen Tumulty- White House Correspondent for Time magazine

       Marilyn Raptakis Swierk- 1993 National Home Economics Teacher of the Year, 1994 Presidential Service Award nominee

       Deborah Pryce- US Representative, Ohio

Beauty Queens