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'''Some of the Outstanding Zeta Tau Alumnae'''(If you have chapter alumna who have received recognition in any of these three categories, please list them with the date(s) of recognition.)
'''The Early Years'''
Zeta Tau held its Colony of Kappa Kappa Gamma was established at Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, with the formal pledging of charter members on January 28, 1989. Presentations were made to a committee of administrators and students on January 5 by a team of Fraternity representatives. Invitations were extended on January 11 to three NPC groups who conducted a colonization rush beginning January 22. KKG is joined by Kappa Alpha Theta and Chi Omega as the first initiation women's fraternities to be established on this previously all-male campus. Women were admitted as undergraduates in 1985, breaking a 236 year tradition. Zeta Tau was installed May 1, 1989 , as Kappa's 119th active chapter. The chapter was installed with many Fraternity officers, Kappa relatives and Big Sisters from other chapters in Lambda Province in attendance. All but four members of the pledge class, who were abroad, were initiated. Members of Epsilon Sigma, the Virginia, chapter served as Big Sisters. Installing officers from the Fraternity included Fraternity President Kay Smith Larson, Washington; Jennie Miller Helderman, AlabamdAlabama; J. Dale Brubeck, William and Mary and Marian Klingbill Williams, Missouri. On Sept. 19, Zeta Tau began its first informal rush and welcomed eight new members on Sept. 30.
'''Highlights of the 1980s:'''
The first group of 87 members in January of 1989 went on to become charter members of Zeta Tau with initiation and installation in May 1989. An informal rush was held in the fall of 1989 and Zeta Tau gained eight new pledges. The main challenge was actually becoming a chapter, learning the responsibilities of the officers and of the chapter as a whole. The chapter goal was Unity.