The list of Omicron Delta Kappa members who have excelled as authors, artists, and entertainers includes some of the most popular celebrities of the past and present including Bob Hope, Forest Gump author Winston Groom, and Grammy winners Sheryl Crow and Ken Fuchs. Included in this group of distinguished members are two former Miss America’s (Tara Dawn Holland and Carolyn Sapp), a noted advocate for the planet (Jacques Costeau), and an up and coming dancer, director, and actor (Tallie Brinson). The list also includes the Waffle House Poet Laureate – Karen Head.
Rockwell R. Blake
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1988
Karin Boesler
Kent State University 1987
Tallie L. Brinson
Florida A&M University, 2008
Yvette Nicole Brown
University of Akron, 1993
Bennett A. Cerf
Florida Southern College, 1967
Tom Chapin
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1992
Tara Dawn Holland Christensen
Florida State University, 1993
D. Patrick Conroy *
Auburn University at Montgomery, 1997
Jean-Michael “Jacques” Cousteau
SUNY Plattsburgh, 1996
Sheryl S. Crow
University of Missouri, Columbia, 1983
Carolyn Sapp Daniels
Concordia University Irvine, 2020
C. Alex Daniels
University of South Carolina – Columbia, 1976
James L. Dickey
University of South Carolina – Columbia, 1970
Rodney A. Essig
University of Kentucky, 2002
Kenneth D. Fuchs
University of Miami, 1977
Winston F. Groom *
University of Alabama, 1964
Karen J. Head
Oglethorpe University, 1997
Janis E. Hirsch
Rollins College, 2013
David E. Hoffman
University of Delaware, 1974
Leslie Townes “Bob” Hope *
Tulane University, 2013
Elizabeth Kolbert
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 2009
Betty Mahmoody
Ferris State University, 1992
Mark McClafferty
University of Delaware, 1971
W. Drew Perkins
Washington and Lee University, 1984
Robert J. Peters
Oklahoma State University, 1983
Jeanne S. Robertson *
Auburn University, 1990
* Indicates deceased
