Notable Tri Kappa Members

FRANCES GOLDEN (September 7, 1877-June 24, 1963) was not only a Charter Member of Beta Chapter of Tri Kappa, formed in 1901, but also a Charter Member of the New Harmony Associate Chapter formed in August of 1949.  Miss Golden began her acting career at the age of one, appearing on stage in New York […]

A former swimming and diving champ and a member of the United States Olympic team of 1924, Fraze Donnelly Bungard was from the Warsaw Alpha Lambda chapter.  At one time, she held most of the free style records for Indiana and Kentucky and was diving champ of the two states.  She was on the 400 […]

Martha Morgan Leslie was First Lady of Indiana from January 14, 1929 to January 9, 1933.  She was married to Harry Guyer Leslie who was our 33rd Governor. Martha was a member of the Epsilon chapter of Montmorenci (now known as West Lafayette). She was known to host Tri Kappa members for tea at the governor’s mansion and […]

Beulah Bondi (May 3, 1889 – January 11, 1981) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. She began her acting career as a young child in theater, and after establishing herself as a stage actress, she reprised her role in Street Scene for the 1931 film version. She played supporting roles in several […]

A charter member of the Clinton Beta Nu chapter of Tri Kappa, Enid was the National President of the American Legion Auxiliary. In September 1940 she was elected National President of the American Legion Auxiliary’s half million women members at the national convention held in Boston.  Her election as president came as the culmination of […]

Cecil Murray Harden rose through the ranks of the Republican Party in Indiana and nationally before winning her first campaign for elective office to the House of Representatives. Harden eventually served five terms, making her one of the longest serving women at the time of her retirement in 1959. Cecil Murray was born November 21, […]

Angelique Murphy of the Hammond Gamma Nu Chapter was the only Council President to have a perfume named after her.  As stated in Life Magazine,  “Angelique and Company, Inc. very well may have been America’s first independent microperfumery.”  The article entitled “How to Sell a Smell” from Life Magazine’s December 4, 1950 issue written by […]

Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek) was born November 1, 1926 in East Chicago, Indiana.  A member of the East Chicago Beta Sigma chapter, she graduated from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University where she studied theater.  Palmer got her start in TV working for nothing describing lingerie modelled on the Art Jarrett […]

Initiated into Tri Kappa Brazil Alpha Omega chapter August 29, 1932, Katharine served as first lady of Indiana from 1953 to 1957 while her husband, George, served as Indiana’s 39th Governor. She was born May 11, 1911 in Brazil, Indiana and married George in 1931.  They had two children – John and Margery.  She had […]

Susanne Zenor (original name Sue Zan Zenor) was born in Louisville, Kentucky on November 26, 1947 and was initiated in Alpha Kappa chapter in Jeffersonville in 1964.  After starting her acting career at the Actor’s Theater in Louisville, she went to Hollywood where she had a prolific career in the 70’s.  She is best known […]

Born July 29, 1949, Marilyn Quayle is an American lawyer and novelist. She is the wife of the 44th Vice President of the United States, Dan Quayle, and served as Second Lady of the United States from 1989 until 1993.  She earned her Bachelors of Science from Purdue University and her J.D. from Indiana University.  […]

Kari Hipsher Halderman competed as Miss Huntington in 1990 and won the title and the right to compete for Miss Indiana.  She won the title Miss Indiana in June 1991, and went on to compete in the Miss America pageant that September.  Her talent was ballet en pointe.  Kari is a graduate of Purdue University […]

Initiated into Tri Kappa in Corydon, Judy served as First Lady of the State of Indiana from 1997 to 2003 while her husband, Frank, served as governor.  As First Lady, she promoted the arts, community development, and historic preservation.  She met her future husband who would become governor on a blind date while attending Indiana […]

Wendy Vanderpool Holsman was crowned the Wabash County Festivals Queen in July, 1998 and went on to compete in the Miss Indiana State Festivals Pageant  in November, 1998 where she won the title 1999 Miss Indiana Festivals Queen.  During her reign she traveled over 3,000 miles in Indiana.  Wendy graduated from Anderson University and is […]