Famous Pi Phis

  • Carrie Chapman Catt, IA Gamma (founded the League of Woman Voters and led the fight for the passage of the 19th amendment allowing women the right vote.)
  • Grace Goodue Coolidge, VT Beta (First Lady)
  • Margaret Truman Daniels, DC Alpha (author and daughter of President Harry Truman)
  • Kay Bailey Hutchinson, TX Alpha (U.S. Senator)
  • Jane Bryant Quinn, VT Alpha (author and financial columnist)
  • Anna B. Fisher, CA Epsilon (astronaut)
  • Patricia Neal, IL Epsilon (Actress)
  • Faye Dunaway, FL Beta (Actress)
  • Anna Eileen Heckart Yankee, OH Beta (Actress)
  • Paula Ragusa Prentiss, VA Alpha (Actress)
  • Marilyn Horne, CA Gamma (opera star)
  • Ruth Walsh McIntyre, SC Alpha (journalist/news anchor)
  • Nancy Hogshead, NC Beta (Olympic gold medalist-swimming)
  • Tracy Ruiz, AZ Alpha (Olympic gold medalist-synchronized swimming)
  • Dianne DeWitt Menicheschi, TX Beta (model)
  • Marilyn Van Derbur Atler, CO Alpha (Motivational speaker and Miss America 1958)
  • Jacquelyn Mayer Townsend, IL Epsilon (Miss America 1963)
  • Susan Atkin, MS Beta (Miss America 1985)
  • Courtney Gibbs, TX Delta (Miss USA 1988 and actress/model)

Pi Phi Symbols

  • Colors: wine and blue
  • Badge: Golden Arrow (symbolizes membership of Pi Beta Phi)
  • The flower: the wine carnation