The Golden Violet designation is Tri Sigma’s highest honor. For more than a century, these steadfast members have paved the way and set the standard for others. Members must be nominated and meet certain qualifications to become a Golden Violet:
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Remained a member in good standing for 50 years or more.
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Completed Lifetime Dues payments or paid national alumnae dues for 20+ years.
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Served the sorority in some capacity.
We are proud to honor these distinguished members who have demonstrated faithfulness and loyalty, working tirelessly for the advancement of our sorority.
Published as of July 1, 2024. List does not include Golden Violets who have entered into Omega Chapter.
Alpha
Longwood University
I
Helen Harris
Katherine Trent
Alpha Alpha
Concord University
I
Madge Connor
Sharyn Cox
Pat Grubb
Rosemary Harmon
Ethel Holland
Pat Nichols
Barbara Richko
Dixie Shelton
Anita Skeen
Diana Tibbs
Janet Tucker
Ann Wells
Carol Zika
Alpha Beta
Kent State University
I
Mary Clapper
Mary Greenho
Anna Matthews
Violet Pennel
Ruth Schilken
Alpha Chi
Murray State University
I
Mary Abell
Roselyn Douglas
Ruth Hazelwood
Donna Herndon
Maurelle Holt
Violet Jackson
Kathy Kopperud
Janet Laster
Gail MacLean
Brenda McGinnis
Sarah Miller
Sharon Story
Lillian Taggart
Joy Wernet
Virginia Williams
Alpha Delta
Drexel University
I
Louise Archdeacon
Fay Donaldson
Ginny Lund
Josepha McNamara
Marjorie Sidebottom
Annette Stubbs
Alpha Epsilon
NW Missouri State University
I
Beneta Barnes
Alta Bowness
Judy Brown
Annette Dowd
Carolyn Drake
Mary Jo Dreosch
Virginia Gumm
Judy Kearns
Phyllis Leet
Charlotte Moore
Helen Mutz
Janice Nelson
Sue Owens
Linda Porter
Bobbi Smith
Bobbi Smith
Jean Stuck
Jody Van Cooney
Jean Wiechmann
Marylyn Wilcox
Alpha Gamma
Ft. Hays State University
I
Della Ainsworth
Marilyn Boldenow
Patricia Bullock
Marlene Connell
Kay Feiden
Lois Kurtz
Kay Lanum
Maywin Riggs
Brenda Schlesinger
Elaine Shanks
Sidney Sproul
Pauline Stewart
Joyce Stranathan
Karen Zimbelman
Alpha Iota
Northeastern State University
I
Margaret Bethel
Lena Breedlove
Jo Candy
Wanda Cantrell
Cookie Cookson
Carol Fritts
Jeanne Johnson
Melanie Kelsey
Cheryl Kinion
Karen McKewon
Bertina Myers
Barbara Ritter
Lou Anna Rowland
Dorothy Setser
Bobbie Shinn
Alpha Kappa
Fairmont State University
I
Priscilla McIntire
Alpha Lambda
Harris-Stowe State University
I
Judy Collier
Pickett Lema
Alpha Mu
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
I
Doris Hallenus
Lynn Hinrichs
Bede LeBlanc
Alpha Nu
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
I
Terri Bremner
Marilyn Carson
Sandra Cole
Betty Harriss
Donna LaMarca
Deborah McInerney
Barbara Needham
Bette Russell
Alpha Omicron
University of Central Arkansas
I
Jeannine Stokes
Elaine Wolff
Alpha Phi
Central Michigan University
I
Kathleen Andersen
Jane Brewer
Kay Broyles
Kolynn Card
Mary Castle
Mary Dobrzynski
Marilyn Leese
Susan Lyons
Jean Morse
Patricia Mroczek
Nancy Patterson
Sandy Sandel
Beth Smith
Martha Smith
Patricia Wood
Deborah Young
Alpha Pi
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
I
Jan Shay
Gloria Venett
Alpha Psi
Eastern Illinois University
I
Marge Behm
Connie Brower
Marilyn Fortier
Jackie Goreham
Patricia Janik
Diana Knagge
Jane Lockett
Darlene Miller
Jacqueline Myers
Jo Pettinger
Ann Register
Carol Swango
Dorothy Thompson
Alpha Rho
Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania
I
Joan Barlow
Sara McMillen
Alpha Sigma
University of Southern Mississippi
I
Cynthia Calvert
Peggy Gamble
Julie Lammel
Laura Sweet
Alpha Tau
University of the District of Columbia
I
Anna Thompsen
Mary Thompson
Alpha Theta
Radford University
I
Brenda Henderson
Janice Sparhawk
Alpha Upsilon
James Madison University
I
Carolyn Addison
Betsy Doyle
Margaret Gouldman
Shirley Kerns
Sherry Lloyd
Shirley McKinley
Juanita Milby
RoseMarie Mirabella
Margaret Moore
Joan Patterson
Ann Pfeiffer
Kay Porter
Carolyn Wake
Luciclare Young
Alpha Xi
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
I
Janet Granzin
Georgeann Mullally
Irene Oldis
M. Eileen Schafer
Jan Timmerman
Alpha Zeta
Northwestern State University
I
Earlyne Albright
Ann Campbell
Alida Casey
Jacque Crew
Lydia Kennedy
Sherry Morgan
Mary Pozzi
Tommie Simmons
Susan Taylor
Rose Voge
Tricia Windham
Beta Alpha
Northern Illinois University
I
Margaret Adams
Ginnie Cook
Janice Ebbesen
Barbara Houpt
Ginny Houser
Susan Kluth
Bebe McClure
Margery Nelson
Donna Noreen
Ellen O’Hara
Bonnie Prentice
Jean Threadgill
Beta Beta
Missouri State University
I
Patricia Ball
Joy Borgman
Marjorie Hoskins
Sue Patton
Judith Zumwalt
Beta Delta
Shepherd University
I
Helen Murphy
Carolyn Schneider
Beta Epsilon
Western Illinois University
I
Chris Ahlstrand
Doris Black
Susan Martinek
Jeanne Meek
Carla Scalzo
Mary Tobin
Beta Eta
Henderson State University
I
Shirley McCall
Beta Gamma
Ball State University
I
Linda Baron
Janice Brill
Joyce Briner
Linda Clute
Joann Davis
Chris Hammock
Sherry Hanlin
Martha Johnson
Susie Kuhn
Jacque Lewis
Jo Ann Litton
Nancy Mann
Judy Marsh
Dee McConville
Betty Anne Morrow
Dianne Putt
Alice Rice
Helen Shull
Nancy Sprague
Sandy Thayer
Beta Iota
Minot State University
I
Helen Barnick
Ardelle Blattman
Lola Brekke
Phyllis Kempkes
Videll Nordmark
Mary Anne Rehbock
Jackie Roberts
Stephanie Strom
Mary Sullivan
Kay Valge
Beta Kappa
Arizona State University
I
Marilyn Arnett
Maryellen Baxter
Jacque Guida
Bonita Hix
Christine LaBarge
Honey Leas
Bette Lewis
Diana O’Connor
Barbara Rohrbacher
Cynthia Settergren
Marci Smith
Barbara Strader
Leslie Ternosky
Marcia Kay Trimble
Margi Walters
Mary Webster
Beta Lambda
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
I
Sherrie Devlin
Cj Donovan
Ann Marie Fabos
Susan Koenigsberger
Mary Lovell
Barbara McMath
Judith Patti
Marge Pfeifer
Barbara Schaefer
Mary Schnabel
Beta Mu
University of Central Oklahoma
I
Natalie Brock
JoAnn Conley
Linda Fields
Barbara Fyffe
Anita Hicock
Marcia Irvin
Sherry Irvin
Donna Jackson
Jacquelyn Kyle
Patti Neal
Jane Seiboldt
Carolyn Walker
Michelle Wallace
Elaine Weatherford
Linda Wright
Beta Nu
California State University, Fresno
I
Muriel Mohn
Yvonne Slavich
Beta Phi
Florida Southern College
I
Vivian Carter
Pattie Johnson
Carolyn Petrikin
Dottie Wewe
Beta Pi
University of Wisconsin-Stout
I
Karen Bernath
Mikki Gottwalt
Bev Iannone
Leona Jackson
Patricia Jochimsen
Margaret Lukes
Barbara Nordberg
Lori Schaefer
Betty Tiefenthaler
Loleta Udee
Tara Wisdorf
Beta Psi
Youngstown State University
I
Patricia Jones
Beta Rho
Western Michigan University
I
Sharren Anderson
Mary Blakeslee
Ann Halbert
Carol Hamill-Malliet
Cheryl Klein
Marcia Marsh
Marti Paul
Judith Rodgers
Kathy Wachter
Mary Yankovich
Beta Sigma
University of Tampa
I
Cynthia Xenick
Beta Tau
University of Detroit Mercy
I
Linda Barbone
Joyce Schmidt
Barb Stone
Beta Theta
University of Pittsburgh
I
Josephine Creston
Mary Gardner
Elva Gilleland
Shirley Stipanovich
Marge Vurdelja
Bet White
Beta Upsilon
Pennsylvania State University
I
Nancy Atha
Marie Beck
Ethel Bowman
Gail Brown
Joan Foss
Rose Ann Leavesley
Judith Moyer
Joyce Shaw
Kathryn Sheeler
Beta Xi
Southeast Missouri State University
I
Marilyn Beiter
Jo Biladeau
Nancy Branigan
Margaret Ganyard
Henrietta Hallaq
Liz Hoffert
Jan Horner
Carla Lange
Margie Murphy
Marty Ott
Georgia Schaljo
Diane Schuttenhelm
Sandra Wynn
Deborah Yates
Chi
Pittsburg State University
I
Judith Ball
Alberta Benedict
Norma Bolt
Marjorie Crow
Mary Hull
Helen Lassman
Doris Maxwell
Joan Scott
Joan Shearer
Patricia Tippin
Delta Delta
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
I
Linda Dove
Delta Gamma
University of Minnesota, Morris
I
Margaret Keating
Gamma Alpha
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I
Kathy Jackson
Phyllis Prange
Gamma Beta
East Carolina University
I
Brenda Dinsmore
Pam Hathaway
Phyllis Wood
Gamma Chi
Tennessee Tech University
I
Martha Ponder
Pamela Richardson
Gamma Delta
Adrian College
I
Nancy Bennett
Julie Ann Bergman
Suzanne Bliss
Lynne Came
Cynthia Corner
Joyce Daglow
Beth DeMeritt
Paula Dragovich
Gail Fenton-Lepus
Georgia Hansen
Joanne Heemer
Eleanor Holdsworth
Sue Ann Jones
Jane Kamlay
Marilyn Kremer
Judy Kruger
Jeanne Lasky
Margaret Morrison
Margaret Neuhauser
Carolynn Newman
Annamarie Pelham
Ella Sprung
Barbara Thayer
Nancy Vail
Doreen VanSickle
Carol Wacker
Harriet Wade
Janet Walworth
Sara Woolfenden
Gamma Epsilon
Creighton University
I
Katherine Balwanz
Joan Scott
Gamma Eta
Loyola University New Orleans
I
Therese Barry
Anita Bonura
Mandy Chocheles
Mary Curry
Mary Beth Gulotta
Mickey Lux
Gwen Maniscalco
Joan McNeil
Carol Purcell
Annette Ross
Sandra Sumich
Sandra Sutton
Ann Williams
Gamma Gamma
PennWest California
I
Erna Jo Klein
Gamma Kappa
Marietta College
I
Rosemary Harris
Gamma Lambda
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
I
Dede DeWitt
Barbara Zyvoloski
Gamma Mu
Southeastern Louisiana University
I
Suzan Bosarge
Debra Caliva
Christy Gardes
Sybil Jaeger
Donna Langevin
Suzanne McGlone
Martha Payne
Patricia Roux
Ann Seymour
Gamma Nu
St. Cloud State University
I
Patricia Foster
Gamma Omicron
University of Northern Iowa
I
Gamma Phi
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
I
Carolyn Benson
Jan Zeipen
Gamma Rho
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
I
Carolyn Garofalo
Marie Glass
Anne MacIntyre
Gamma Tau
West Virginia University Institute of Technology
I
Barbara Conley
Gamma Theta
Bradley University
I
Judith Voigt
Gamma Xi
Barton College
I
Virginia McCuen
Gamma Zeta
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
I
Peggy Cornman
Iota
University of Northern Colorado
I
Shirley Alsager
Sally Babcock
Rawlene Bainter
Mary Barbee
Sandra Chamberlin
Jo Coble
Clarissa Crozier
Joanne Detary
Lynn Harrington
Carol Jordan
Marilyn Kaes
Patricia King
Jean Lindborg
Katie Marley
Kathleen McCandless
Sharon Rockwell
Donna Schmale
Marilynn Schroeder
Wanda Shipman
Katie Smith
Margaret Smith
Lois Williams
Mary Willson
Kappa
Miami University
I
Mary Anne Asbury
Joyce Beard
Kay Beaty
Chris Cotey
Barb Dan
Pamela Fay
Berta Flath
Ilene Garrett
Hazel Gregg
Vicki Halley
Mary Heckert
Vernae Johnston
Carol Ladrigan
Anne Locke
Nancy McGowan
Nora Moushey
Jane New
Dorothy Norton
Cherie Pandora
Carol Puzzitiello
Susan Rapier
Jean Ratcliff
Linda Richards
Linda Ritter
Karin Schneider
Karen Silz
Claudia Smith
Constance Swank
Susan Tissue
Frankie Wainwright
Joyce Whiteman
Helen Williams
Gayle Ziaskas
Lambda
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
I
Dolores Bates
Suzanne Croft
Kappy Dunn
Pamela Skillings
Linda Spease
Beverly Stuck
Marie Thomas
Mu
Truman State University
I
Helen Anderson
Karen Early
Jan Fedanzo
Lyda Greathouse
Hazel McRee
Lea Summervill
Hannah Whitacre
Nu
University of Central Missouri
I
Carolyn Austin
Vicki Bird
Donna Clark
Linda Clemons
Brenda Dumler
Jean Green
Carole Gurley
Martha Hammers
Mary Harris
Norma Henderson
Judy Leach
Marcia McGregor
Carol Phillips
Marva Shelton
Brenda Smith
Lutie Smith
Barbara Thompson
Kay Thomson
Ella Wentworth
Omicron
Eastern Michigan University
I
Mary Boersma
Nancy Boyer
Bernadine Cadaret
Linda Clayton
Ronie DeMarois
Blanche Hoffman
Gladys Ireland
Karen Leo
Elizabeth Martell
Imogene Sauer
Phi
Ohio University
I
Mary Covell
Mildred Kohler
Eleanor Stellwagon
Pi
Emporia State University
I
Revelyn Alpaugh
Ginny Andrews
Patricia Fredrickson
Marilyn Heisterman
Jamie Katzenmeier
Merrillyn Kloefkorn
Laura McAntee
Sara Miner
Karen Richards
Dorothy Wooton
Psi
Marshall University
I
Jo Ann Aldrich
Vause Carlsen
Lois Crandell
Cassie Landers
Virginia Miller
Beverly Ours
Beverly Passantino
Mary Siefert
Iris Smith
Lenora Sutphin
Sybil Thacker
Beverly Trowbridge
Rho
Florida State University
I
Barbara Bonapfel
Mary Brown
Gail Curry
Frances D’Alessandro
Suzie Evenstad
Nancy Gavaghan
Constance Geyer
Linda Hills
Polly Horne
Josephine Jones
Lassie Lee
Marlene Middleton
Joyce Robinson
Rebecca Stevens
Ree Tanner
Sigma
Western Colorado University
I
Ruth Eastman
Rusty Hayden
Doris Hays
Mary Hewes
Purple Kay Hunsaker
Jan Reed
Wilma Ruggera
Charlene Stout
Kathy Viessmann
Tau
New Mexico Highlands University
I
Beatrice Bartlett
Barbara Bird
Margaret Fitch
Louise Parkinson
Betty Roberts
Elsie Wilkins
Upsilon
East Central University
I
Mona Lawyer
Xi
Northwestern State
I
Gladys Algott
Euta Brenneman
Mary Haynes
Greta Lawrence
Mary Lou Roedell
Zeta
SUNY Buffalo
I
Augusta Barker
Annette Helwig
Shirley Hess
Betty Kubalak
Helen Lownie
Angeline Senefelder
Freda Smith
Jean Walton