Zeta Tau Alpha was founded by nine young women: Maud Jones Horner, Della Lewis Hundley, Alice Bland Coleman, Mary Jones Batte, Alice Grey Welsh, Ethel Coleman Van Title, Helen M. Crafford, Frances Yancey Smith & Ruby Leigh Orgain. A irregular title of Zeta Tau Alpha was "???" When legend has it, a member of a second class action met by owning the Founders. Raising her supercilium & forming her fingers in the shape of the wonder mark, she asked “Who come that you?� Inside unison, a class action answered “Yes, World health organization? World health organization? World health organization?� So, a class action come to become referred to as “???� when it sought an appropriate Greek title & symbols.

A open motto for this sorority is "Seek the Noblest." This sorority's colors come turquoise blue & iron blue, & its flower is the white violet. A better known symbols come a strawberry, five-pointed crown, & a Zeta Lady. A patron goddess is Themis. Zeta Tau Alpha presently has additional than 235 chapters inside its chain of chapters & its national philanthropic gift is the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

Zetthe Tau Alphthe considers itself, officially, a fraternity non a sorority.

Famous Zetas
Erin Andrews Newsperson for ESPN's national hockey league coverage Newsperson for ESPN College Football Saturday telecast, Saturday Primetime college basketball, Large Ten college basketball Member of the Gator basketball dance team from either 1997- 2000 Susan Ford Bales Third girl of President Gerald R. Ford Favorite Initiate of Alpha Upsilon Chapter, Oklahoma State University, 1993 The dedicated breast-cancer advocate, she hwhen served as representative for National Breast Cancer Awareness Year for to the higher degree a decade Co-chairman for the Capitol Council for Early Detection, the class action of Eleven married woman & girl of presidents & vice presidents Brigadier General Margaret The. Brewer, U.S.M.C. Number 1 Woman General of the United States Marine Corps Phyllis George Brown Selected Miss United states, 1971 Debuted when Network Television’s foremost female sports commentator inside 197 Earned an Emmy award for act sustaining a NFL in CBS Hosted “NFL Today� for eight seasons Married Kentucky Fried Chicken Co-Founder John Y. Red, Jr. inside 1979; he served when governor of Kentucky from either 1979-83 Authored Kentucky Crafts Betty Buckley Won a Tony Award inside 1983 for the portrayal of Grizabella within Cats, the musical Pictured a role of “Abby� on the TV series Eight Is Enough Headed a Londin Company of Sunset Boulevard for a year, prior to starring on Broadway in a Up to date York production at the Minskoff Theatre Asterisked in the Bruce Beresford film Caring Mercies Faith Skowronski Daniels Reported news for 48 Hours & Sunday Morning Served when News Anchor for The Now Indicate & CBS Early Morning News Hosted The television program A Closer Look Nicole Paggi May pop up inside "Campus Confidential" (2005) TV Series Asterisked when Sydney Shanowski in "Hope & Faith" (2003) TV Series Played Marie Blanchard inside Frozen Impact (2003) Movie Inside 2002, played Britney around "Providence" TV Series Debuted in TV Series "Pasadena" within 2001 when Jennie Bradbury Lynda Johnson Robb Girl of previous President Lyndon B. Johnson Married to Virginia Senator Charles Robb Service when Vice President of the L.B.J. Company, on the Board of Directors of the radio station KLBJ & director of the LBJ Foundation She serves when Chairman of the Board for Reading Is Fundamental Shonda Brewer Shilling Founder of SHADE, A Curt & Shonda Schilling Melanoma Foundation of America Dr. Ellen Taaffe Zwilich A foremost female recipient of the Pulitzer Prize around music, won inside 1983 for her Symphony There are no. 1 Holds a foremost appointment to a Carnegie Hcompletely Composer’s Chair, collaborating by having the staff in all of the Hall’s activities Using the blessing of cartoonist Charles Schulz, an inspiring fan world health organization mentioned her twice around his comic strips, composed “Peanuts Gallery,� a lively six-a share character survey for piano & orchestra Number one woman to receive a doctor's degree within music composition from either the Julliard School of Music

Chapters
Alabama Nu: University of Alabama Alpha Nu: Birmingham-Southern College Gamma Rho: Auburn University Delta Psi: Samford University Zeta Psi: Jacksonville State University Eta Rho: University of North Alabama Theta Nu: Auburn University Montgomery

Arkansas Epsilon: University of Arkansas Theta Theta: Arkansas Tech University

California Theta Phi: California State University, Fullerton Theta Omega: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Kappa Theta: California State University, San Bernardino

Colorado Kappa Alpha: Colorado State University

Florida Beta Gamma: Florida State University Beta Psi: Stetson University Gamma Alpha: University of Miami Gamma Iota: University of Florida Delta Beta: Florida Southern College Eta Kappa: University of Central Florida Theta Iota: University of North Florida Kappa Sigma: University of South Florida Kappa Tau: Florida Gulf Coast University

Georgia Omicron: Brenau University Gamma Pi: University of Georgia Delta Lambda: Georgia State University Zeta Xi: Georgia Southern University Eta Alpha: Georgia Southwestern State University Eta Iota: Valdosta State University Eta Mu: Augusta State University Iota Theta: Georgia Institute of Technology Kappa Upsilon: Georgia College and State University

Illinois Eta Phi: Illinois State University

Indiana Alpha Theta: Purdue University Alpha Xi: Indiana University Beta Theta: Franklin College Gamma Chi: Indiana State University Zeta Alpha: University of Evansville

Iowa Alpha Omicron: University of Iowa

Kansas Sigma: Baker University Alpha Mu: Washburn University

Louisiana Beta Iota: Centenary College of Louisiana Delta Kappa: Louisiana State University Delta Nu: University of New Orleans Eta Omega: Louisiana State University at Shreveport

Massachusetts Kappa Omicron: Merrimack College

Maryland Gamma Beta: Washington College Theta Delta: Salisbury University Iota Delta: Towson University Iota Omega: University of Maryland, College Park

Michigan Beta Phi: Michigan State University Gamma Omicron: Central Michigan University Zeta Omega: Ferris State University

Mississippi Gamma Zeta: Mississippi State University

Missouri Mu: Drury University Alpha Psi: University of Missouri Delta Chi: William Jewell College Eta Theta: University of Missouri, Rolla Eta Upsilon: Missouri Southern State University Theta Kappa: University of Missouri, St. Louis Kappa Eta: Rockhurst University

Nebraska Gamma Mu: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Just released Jersey Zeta Lambda: Rider University Theta Xi: Rutgers University Iota Gamma: The College of New Jersey Iota Iota: Fairleigh Dickinson University Kappa Nu: Monmouth University Kappa Xi: Richard Stockton College

Future Mexico Beta Nu: New Mexico State University Delta Pi: Eastern New Mexico University

Future York Iota Psi: Rochester Institute of Technology

Northerly Carolina Phi: Duke University Delta Gamma: High Point University Delta Omicron: Lenoir-Rhyne College Eta Zeta: Elon University Eta Sigma: University of North Carolina at Pembroke Eta Tau: University of North Carolina at Charlotte Theta Tau: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Iota Rho: East Carolina University Iota Phi: North Carolina State University

Ohio Beta Delta: Miami University Delta Delta: Baldwin-Wallace College Delta Theta: Ohio Northern University Zeta Gamma: Youngstown State University Eta Pi: Wright State University Iota Pi: University of Dayton

Oklahoma Alpha Upsilon: Oklahoma State University Zeta Theta: East Central University

Oregon Kappa Mu: Linfield College

Pennsylvania Gamma Epsilon: Pennsylvania State University Gamma Xi: Indiana University of Pennsylvania Delta Iota: Clarion University Delta Omega: Westminster College Zeta Beta: Thiel College Zeta Nu: Lock Haven University Zeta Upsilon: Edinboro University Eta Beta: Duquesne University Eta Gamma: West Chester University Eta Epsilon: Mansfield University Iota Alpha: Robert Morris University Iota Nu: Susquehanna University Kappa Iota: Moravian College

South Carolina Beta Omicron: University of South Carolina Eta Lambda: College of Charleston Eta Chi: Francis Marion University Theta Zeta: Wofford College Theta Sigma: Winthrop University Iota Omicron: Lander University Kappa Beta: Presbyterian College Kappa Zeta: Clemson University Kappa Pi: University of South Carolina Aiken Kappa Rho: University of South Carolina Upstate

Tennessee Zeta: University of Tennessee Beta Omega: Union University Delta Mu: University of Tennessee at Martin Zeta Chi: Tennessee Technological University Iota Xi: Christian Brothers University Iota Chi: Middle Tennessee State University

Texas Kappa: University of Texas at Austin Lambda: Southwestern University Gamma Gamma: University of Texas at El Paso Gamma Tau: Texas Tech University Gamma Phi: University of North Texas Gamma Psi: Texas Christian University Gamma Omega: University of Houston Delta Zeta: Sam Houston State University Delta Eta: West Texas A&M University Delta Sigma: Lamar University Zeta Sigma: University of Texas at Arlington Theta Gamma: Texas A&M University Theta Eta: Stephen F. Austin State University Theta Omicron: Baylor University Theta Psi: Texas State University

Virginia Alpha: Longwood University Gamma Kappa: James Madison University Gamma Nu: University of Virginia Eta Nu: Radford University Eta Xi: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Theta Chi: George Mason University Iota Sigma: Old Dominion University Kappa Phi: Christopher Newport University

Washington Psi: University of Washington

West Virginia Theta: Bethany College Delta Upsilon: West Virginia Wesleyan College

Wisconsin Kappa Lambda: University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh