Top 5 sorority’s in the world and the celebrities that were in the sorority

Top 5 sorority's in the world and the celebrities that were in the fra

#1 CHI OMEGA (BIGGEST)

Chi Omega has more than 345,000 initiated members, 180 collegiate chapters, and 243 alumnae chapters. Founded in 1895 at the University of Arkansas. Some of Chi Omega’s notable members include:

Susan J. Helms (first woman to live on the International Space Station), Harper Lee (Author of To Kill a Mockingbird), Annie Mumolo (Actress/Writer/Producer; Bridesmaids) Safra A. Catz (President and Chief Financial Officer of Oracle Corporation)

#2 ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA (MOST HISTORIC)

Alpha Kappa Alpha was born in 1908 at Howard University as the first Greek letter sorority founded by African-American college-educated women. Alpha Kappa Alpha has more than 290,000 members in the US, Liberia, the Bahamas, the US Virgin Islands, Germany, South Korea, Bermuda, Japan, Canada, South Africa, and the Middle East. Some of Alpha Kappa Alpha notable members include:

Jada Pinkett Smith (Actress and signer), Alicia Keys (Grammy Award-winning R&B singer), Dr. Zoanne Clack (writer for Grey’s Anatomy), Bernice King (civil rights leader; daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), Coretta Scott King (civil rights leader; wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.), Kamala Harris (USA Vice President)

#3 ALPHA DELTA PI (OLDEST)

Founded in 1851 as the Adelphean Society at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, the country’s first secret society for women changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi in 1905. The sorority has now grown to include 155 active chapters in the U.S. and Canada. Some of Alpha Delta Pi notable members include:

Kathy Bates (actress; Titanic, Fried Green Tomatoes, The Waterboy etc.), Karen Fairchild (country singer; member of Little Big Town), Sandra Palmer (professional golfer), Kelli Finglass (Director of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders)

#4 PHI MU (BEST SORORITY HOUSE)

In 2016, Phi Mu’s University of Alabama chapter unveiled the largest sorority house with three-story, 39,444-square-foot sorority house that cost the princely sum of $13 million. Each semester, 68 women live in the house, whose highlights include a baby grand piano, marble floors, an elevator, and a chandelier that originally hung in New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Some of Phi Mu notable members include:

Gayle S. Barron (winner of the Boston Marathon), Jerrie Mock (first woman to fly solo around the world), Mary Weber (astronaut), Kimberly Schlapman (member of Little Big Town), Rachel Reilly (Big Brother winner and The Amazing Race)

#5 ALPHA OMICRON PI (MOST UNDERGRADUATE CHAPTERS)

Alpha Omicron Pi has more than 155,000 members, Alpha Omicron Pi also has more active chapters (190) than any other sorority in the country. Founded by four women at Barnard College in 1897, AOΠ hopes to promote values including integrity, tolerance, generosity, and personal dignity, aiming to enrich women through lifelong friendship. Some of Alpha Omicron Pi notable members include:

Natalie White (Winner of Survivor: Samoa), Mercedes Farhat (2008 Olympic Swimmer. Second woman to swim for Libya in the Olympic Games) Courtney Kupets (Olympic and World Champion Gymnast at the University of Georgia)