Kappa Kappa Gamma first presented the Alumnae Achievement Awards at the 1946 Convention on Mackinac Island, Michigan, recognizing alumna members for outstanding contributions in their chosen fields. The Alumnae Achievement Award is the highest honor for personal and professional achievement on a national or international level that the Fraternity can bestow upon its members.
Award listing by year
| Year | Name | Chapter | School | Profession |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Margaret Cuthbert | Psi Deuteron | Cornell | Television |
| 1946 | Virginia Gildersleeve | Beta Epsilon | Barnard | Academics and Government |
| 1946 | Nora Waln (Osland-Hill) | Beta Iota | Swarthmore | Author |
| 1947 | Sarah Blanding | Beta Chi | Kentucky | Academics and Government |
| 1947 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman | Pi Deuteron | UC Berkeley | Tennis |
| 1948 | Jessica Garretson Finch Cosgrave | Beta Epsilon | Barnard | Academics and Author |
| 1948 | Dorothy Canfield Fisher | Beta Nu | Ohio State | Author |
| 1948 | Marian Simpson Carter Garber | Gamma Omega | Denison | Radio |
| 1948 | Lulu Holmes | Gamma Gamma | Whitman | Government |
| 1949 | Josephine Paddock | Beta Epsilon | Barnard | Art |
| 1949 | Ruth Leach Pollock | Pi Deuteron | University of California, Berkeley | Business |
| 1949 | Mary Crawford Schuster | Psi Deuteron | Cornell | Medicine |
| 1949 | Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch | Phi | Boston University | Social Work |
| 1950 | (Lucy) Evelyn Wight Allan | Beta Beta Deuteron | St. Lawrence University | Education |
| 1950 | Helen Bower | Beta Delta | University of Michigan | Author, Public Service |
| 1950 | Marion Hillard | Beta Psi | Toronto | Medicine |
| 1950 | (Eliza) Jean Nelson Penfield | Iota | DePauw University | Politics, Public Service |
| 1950 | Emma Fall Schofield | Phi | Boston University | Law, Public Service |
| 1950 | Emma Shipman | Phi | Boston University | Religious Organization |
| 1950 | Anna Maude Smith | Gamma Alpha | Kansas State University | Business |
| 1951 | Beatrice Blackmar Gould | Beta Zeta | University of Iowa | Media, Literature |
| 1951 | Emma Moffat McLaughlin | Pi Deuteron | University of California, Berkeley | Public Service |
| 1951 | Louise Pound | Sigma | University of Nebraska | Literature, Education |
| 1952 | Emily Dunning Barringer | Psi Deuteron | University of Cornell | Literature |
| 1952 | Marty Lewis Cornelius | Delta Xi | Carnegie Mellon University | Art |
| 1952 | Helen Knox | Beta Xi | University of Texas | Public Service |
| 1952 | Aleta Cornelius Malm | Delta Xi | Carnegie Mellon | Art |
| 1952 | Phyllis McGinley (Hayden) | Delta Eta | University of Utah | Literature |
| 1952 | Ruth Fanshaw Waldo | Beta Sigma | Adelphi College | Business |
| 1952 | Cleora Clark Wheeler | Chi | University of Minnesota | Art |
| 1954 | (Ellen) Jane Froman (Ross, Burn, Smith) | Theta | University of Missouri | Entertainment |
| 1954 | Emily Eaton Hepburn | Beta Beta | St. Lawrence University | Business, Public Service |
| 1954 | Gertrude Cornish Milliken | Gamma Lambda | Middlebury College | Education |
| 1954 | Ruth Davison Reid | Beta Psi | University of Toronto | Medicine |
| 1954 | Dorothy Taylor | Gamma Upsilon | University of British Columbia | Print Media |
| 1954 | (Bertha) Fain Tucker | Iota | DePauw University | Law |
| 1955 | Edith Clarke | Eta | University of Wisconsin | Engineering |
| 1956 | Patty Berg | Chi | University of Minnesota | Sports |
| 1956 | Olive Mason Gunnison | Beta Beta Deuteron | St. Lawrence University | Literature, Science |
| 1956 | Louise Keener | Beta Upsilon | West Virginia University | Business |
| 1956 | Gladys Miller | Gamma Mu | Oregon State University | Design |
| 1956 | Mary Geisler Phillips | Beta Alpha | University of Pennsylvania | Education, Author |
| 1956 | Marie Sellers | Beta Iota | Swarthmore College | Business, Government |
| 1956 | Claire Drew Forbes, Walker | Beta Pi | University of Washington | Business |
| 1958 | Doris Hart | Delta Kappa | University of Miami, Florida | Sports |
| 1958 | Mary Shaw Marohnic (Horn) | Delta Xi | Carnegie Mellon University | Art |
| 1958 | Eleanor Jewett Lundberg | Beta Lambda | University of Illinois | Media, Literature |
| 1958 | Anna Scott Wilson, Morningstar | Beta Nu | Ohio State University | Business |
| 1958 | Mary Lucas Richardson | Beta Pi | University of Washington | Medicine |
| 1958 | Patricia Searight | Beta Nu | Ohio State University | Media |
| 1958 | "Kim Stanley" (nee Patty Reid Conway) | Gamma Zeta | University of Arizona | Entertainment |
| 1958 | Aryness Joy Wickens | Beta Pi | University of Washington | Government |
| 1960 | Gena Rowland Cassavetes | Eta | University of Wisconsin | Entertainment |
| 1960 | Madelyn Pugh Martin, Davis | Delta | Indiana University | Entertainment |
| 1960 | Nita Lohnes Frazier | Gamma Gamma | Whitman College | Literature |
| 1960 | Ruth Shellhorn Kueser | Gamma Mu | Oregon State University | Design |
| 1960 | Nancy Olsen (Lerner, Livingston) | Eta | University of Washington | Entertainment |
| 1960 | Wilfreda Heald Lytle | Beta Mu | University of Colorado | Government |
| 1960 | Helen Wills Moody, Roarke | Pi Deuteron | University of California, Berkeley | Sports |
| 1962 | Mildred Moore Anderson | Xi | Adrian College | Public Service |
| 1962 | Elizabeth Aldrich Bridgeman | Beta Omicron | Tulane University | Science |
| 1962 | Emily Gorman | Psi Deuteron | Cornell University | Military |
| 1962 | Polly Knipp Hill | Beta Lambda | University of Illinois | Art |
| 1962 | Adelaide Romaine (Kinkele) | Psi Deuteron | Cornell University | Medicine |
| 1962 | Frances McGovern | Lambda | University of Akron | Law |
| 1962 | Frances Sutton Schmitz | Beta Delta | University of Michigan | Architecture |
| 1962 | Rheva Ott Shryock | Beta Alpha | University of Pennsylvania | Law |
| 1962 | (Helen) Marjorie Coles Smith | Phi | Boston University | Business, Literature |
| 1962 | Anna Speers | Gamma Sigma | University of Manitoba | Economics |
| 1964 | Virgil Crook Barritt | Omega | University of Kansas | Education |
| 1964 | Margaret McIntosh Boice | Gamma Omicron | University of Wyoming | Public Service |
| 1964 | Mary Seago Brooke | Beta Omicron | Tulane University | Social Work |
| 1964 | Cathleen Tharaldsen Catlin | Beta Omega | University of Oregon | Print Media |
| 1964 | Margaret Simson Curry | Gamma Omicron | University of Wyoming | Literature |
| 1964 | Katherine Avis Pumphrey | Gamma Upsilon | University of British Columbia | Social Work |
| 1966 | Julia "Judy" Morton Cole | Beta Tau | Syracuse University | Design |
| 1966 | Jean Winifred Gordon | |||
| 1966 | Mary Elizabeth Kelly | |||
| 1966 | Mary Freeman Kelly | |||
| 1966 | Gabrielle Jane Sellers Kroeger | |||
| 1966 | Sarah Lee Lippincott | Science | ||
| 1966 | Doris Seward | |||
| 1966 | Jane Stokes Wallace | |||
| 1968 | Jane Cahill | |||
| 1968 | Susan Rockwood | |||
| 1968 | Elinor Kiess Rose | |||
| 1968 | Marguerite Wykoff Zapoleon |