Fast Facts

Name; Kappa Delta        Nickname: KD, KayDee        Colors: olive green & pearl white

Jewels: emerald, diamond, & pearl    Flower: white rose    Mascot: teddy bear

Symbols: nautilus shell, dagger, & katydid

Our Purpose

The purpose of Kappa Delta Sorority is to promote true friendship among the college girls of our country by inculcating into their hearts and lives those principles of truth, of honor, of duty, without which there can be no true friendship.

Our Object

The object of Kappa Delta Sorority is the formation and perpetuation of good fellowship, friendship, and sisterly love among its members; the encouragement of literature and education; the promotion of social interests; and the furtherance of charitable and benevolent purposes.

Our Open Motto

Ta kala diokomen.

Let us strive for that which is honorable, beautiful, and highest.

We're always working to keep up the P.A.C.E

P - Personal Presence    A - Attitude    C - Communication    E- Enlarging our world

Our Founders

Lenora Ashmore Blackiston  Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson  Mary Sommerville Sparks Hendrick   Sara Turner White

Membership

Nearly 200,000 initiated members and growing all the time

207 established Kappa Delta chapters since our founding

491 chartered alumnae associations all over the United States

Famous Kappa Deltas

Georgia O'Keefe (Beta - Chatham Episcopal) Painter, Medal of Freedom recipient

Patricia Polito Miller (Sigma Upsilon - Indiana) Co-Owner/President, Vera Bradley designs

Susan Dryden Whiston (Sigma Lambda - Auburn) press secretary to First Lady Laura Bush

Kathleen Babineau Blanco (Gamma Kappa - UofL-Lafayette) Governor, State of Louisiana

Christine O'Grady Gregorie (Sigma Iota - Washington) Governor, State of Washington

Donna Stone (Lambda - Northwestern) Founder, Prevent Child Abuse America

Nancy Thies Marshall (Sigma Omicron) Olympic gymnast

Janet Marie Smith (Delta Omega - Mississippi State) architect, designer of 1996 Atlanta Olympic Stadium

Jean Carpenter Carnahan (Epsilon Alpha - Missouri/Rolla) United States Senator

Ali Landry (Gamma Kappa - UofL-Lafayette) Miss USA 1996

Debra Sue Maffett (Gamma Rho - Sam Houston State) Miss America 1983

Ellen Albertini Dow (Omega Chi - Cornell) actress

Dr. Bonnie J. Dunbar (Sigma Iota - Washington) astronaut; space shuttle mission specialist

Sara James (Beta Alpha - Virginia) Dateline NBC correspondent

Brooke Anderson (Sigma Phi - Georgia) entertainment reporter for CNN