List of persons associated with Emory University
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This is a list of influential and newsworthy people affiliated with Emory University
, a private university
in DeKalb County
, Georgia
, near Atlanta
. The list includes professors, staff, graduates, and former students belonging to one of Emory's two undergraduate or seven graduate
schools.
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
, a private university
Private university
Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...
in DeKalb County
DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
, near Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. The list includes professors, staff, graduates, and former students belonging to one of Emory's two undergraduate or seven graduate
Graduate school
A graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
schools.
Pulitzer Prize
- Louis R. HarlanLouis R. HarlanLouis Rudolph Harlan was an American historian and academic whose two-volume biography of African-American educator and social leader Booker T...
(BA 1943 )- an American historian and academic, winner of the Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
in 1984 - Frank MainFrank Main- Early life :Main was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey on September 8, 1964. He grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduating from Bishop Kelley High School in 1982. He then matriculated at Emory University in Georgia...
(BA)- Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Chicago Sun Times - Dumas MaloneDumas MaloneDumas Malone was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history...
(BA 1910)- 1975 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning historian, former head of Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
Press and Presidential Medal of FreedomPresidential Medal of FreedomThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with thecomparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States...
recipient - David M. PotterDavid M. PotterDavid M. Potter was an American historian of the South. He was born in Augusta, Georgia, and graduated from Emory University in 1932. At Yale he worked with Ulrich Bonnell Phillips. His earned his Ph.D. in 1940 and published Lincoln and His Party in the Secession Crisis in 1942...
(BA 1931)- Southern Historian and Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winner (1977) - Claude SittonClaude SittonClaude Fox Sitton is a retired American newspaper reporter and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. He covered the civil rights movement for The New York Times during the 1950s and 1960s, eventually becoming the paper's national editor...
(BA 1943)- Pulitzer Prize winner (1983) and former New York Times national editor - C. Vann WoodwardC. Vann WoodwardComer Vann Woodward was a preeminent American historian focusing primarily on the American South and race relations. He was considered, along with Richard Hofstadter and Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., to be one of the most influential historians of the postwar era, 1940s-1970s, both by scholars and by...
(BA 1930) - 1982 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
winning historian
Presidents of academic institutions
- Philip A. Amerson – President, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
- Ivan Loveridge BennettIvan Loveridge BennettIvan Loveridge Bennett, Jr. was an American physician who was dean of the NYU School of Medicine and served as president of New York University 1980-1981....
(BA 1943, MD 1946)- an American physician who was dean of the NYU School of Medicine and served as president of New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
1980-1981 - Robert G. BottomsRobert G. BottomsRobert G. Bottoms was President of DePauw University from 1986 to June 30, 2008; he retired with $1.2 million in compensation, with total compensation in retirement totaling $2.3 million. He became president emeritus of the university and head of the new Janet Prindle Center for Ethics, serving...
(BD 19??)- former President of DePauw UniversityDePauw UniversityDePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, USA, is a private, national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the Great Lakes Colleges Association... - Marion L. BrittainMarion L. BrittainMarion Luther Brittain, Sr. was an American academic administrator and president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1944. Brittain was born in Georgia and, aside from a brief stint at the University of Chicago for graduate school, spent most of his life serving the educational...
(BA 1886) - an American academic administrator and president of the Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
from 1922 to 1944 - Charles Paul ConnCharles Paul ConnCharles Paul Conn is President of Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee.Paul Conn became president of Lee University in 1986. During his presidency the university has seen significant growth in the form of increased enrollment, from 1,214 to just over 4,000 in the fall of 2006...
(MA, PhD)- President of Lee UniversityLee UniversityLee University is an American accredited, private, four-year liberal arts college located in Cleveland, Tennessee, United States. It is historically affiliated with the Church of God, a Pentecostal denomination, and was the denomination's Bible Training School from 1918 until 1947, when the name...
in Cleveland, Tennessee - James H. Daughdrill, Jr.James H. Daughdrill, Jr.James Harold Daughdrill, Jr. was the 18th president of Rhodes College. He was installed as president in 1973 and retired in 1999. He is the son of James Harold Daughdrill and Louisa Coffee Dozier. In 1964, he was the president of Kingston Mills, a $17 million carpet and textile business, but left...
(BA 1956)- the 18th president of Rhodes CollegeRhodes CollegeRhodes College is a private, predominantly undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Originally founded by freemasons in 1848, Rhodes became affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in 1855. Rhodes enrolls approximately 1,700 students pursuing bachelor's and master's... - William Trigg GannawayWilliam Trigg GannawayWilliam Trigg Gannaway served as president pro tempore of Duke University during the absence of Braxton Craven in 1864-1865. Gannaway received his diplomas from Emory University and Henry College. He was a Professor of Latin, Greek, and philosophy at Trinity College...
- served as president pro tempore of Duke UniversityDuke UniversityDuke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B... - Isaac Stiles Hopkins (Bachelor's DegreeBachelor's degreeA bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
1859)- First President of the Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyThe Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States... - Andrew D. HoltAndrew D. HoltAndrew David Holt , universally called Andy Holt, was an American educator who was the 16th president of the University of Tennessee, filling that position from 1959 to 1970....
(BA 1927)- 16th President of the University of TennesseeUniversity of TennesseeThe University of Tennessee is a public land-grant university headquartered at Knoxville, Tennessee, United States... - Robert Stewart HyerRobert Stewart HyerRobert Stewart Hyer was an educator and researcher in Texas noted for experimenting with early X-ray and telegraphy equipment. He served as president of Southwestern University before becoming the first president of Southern Methodist University...
(BA 1881, MA 1882) - president of Southwestern UniversitySouthwestern UniversitySouthwestern University is a private, four-year, undergraduate, liberal arts college located in Georgetown, Texas, USA. Founded in 1840, Southwestern is the oldest university in Texas. The school is affiliated with the United Methodist Church although the curriculum is nonsectarian...
, first President of Southern Methodist UniversitySouthern Methodist UniversitySouthern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
, an educator and researcher in Texas noted for experimenting with early X-rayX-rayX-radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation. X-rays have a wavelength in the range of 0.01 to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 120 eV to 120 keV. They are shorter in wavelength than UV rays and longer than gamma...
and telegraphyTelegraphyTelegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages via some form of signalling technology. Telegraphy requires messages to be converted to a code which is known to both sender and receiver...
equipment; - James F. JonesJames F. JonesJames F. Jones, Jr., is the 21st president of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Jones is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He and his wife, Jan, have three children.- Education :...
(Master's degree )- 21st president of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut - Howard Lamar (BA 1945)- former dean of Yale CollegeYale CollegeYale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...
and former President of Yale UniversityYale UniversityYale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States... - Michael LomaxMichael LomaxDr. Michael Lucius Lomax is, since 2004, the president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund of the United States. Lomax is the son of Lucius W. Lomax, Jr...
(PhD 1984)- President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Negro College FundUnited Negro College FundThe United Negro College Fund is an American philanthropic organization that fundraises college tuition money for black students and general scholarship funds for 39 private historically black colleges and universities. The UNCF was incorporated on April 25, 1944 by Frederick D. Patterson , Mary...
, former president of Dillard UniversityDillard UniversityDillard University is a private, historically black liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1930 incorporating earlier institutions that went back to 1869, it is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church....
(1997–2004) - John M. Palms- President of the University of South CarolinaUniversity of South CarolinaThe University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...
, 1991–2002 - Luther Martin Smith (BA 1948 ) -First President of Emory University who also was an alumnus(1867–1871).
- Henry King StanfordHenry King StanfordHenry King Stanford was President of Georgia Southwestern College , President of Georgia State College for Women , President of Birmingham Southern College, the 3rd President of the University of Miami, and 19th President of the University of...
(BA)- 19th President of the University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
and 3rd President of the University of MiamiUniversity of MiamiThe University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12... - Robert M. StrozierRobert M. StrozierRobert M. Strozier was president of Florida State University, between 1957 and 1960. The main library on the Tallahassee campus of Florida State University bears his name....
- former President of Florida State UniversityFlorida State UniversityThe Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation... - Frederick Palmer WhiddonFrederick Palmer WhiddonFrederick Palmer Whiddon was the founder and long-time president of the University of South Alabama, the first four-year state-supported university in Mobile, Alabama....
(PHD 1963)- founder and first president of the University of South AlabamaUniversity of South AlabamaThe University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level university in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. No other areas of the state were willing to support such a...
Professors
- Amalia AmakiAmalia AmakiAmalia Amaki is an African American artist, art historian, educator, film critic and curator who currently resides in Tuscaloosa, Alabama where she is a Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa since 2007.Amaki graduated from Georgia State University in...
(MA, PhD) - Artist and Art Historian - Randall AuxierRandall AuxierRandall E. Auxier is a professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University.Born in Leitchfield, Kentucky, Auxier, the younger of two children, is the son of a veterinarian and a professional church musician...
(PhD 1992(- a professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois UniversitySouthern Illinois University is a state university system based in Carbondale, Illinois, in the Southern Illinois region of the state, with multiple campuses... - Jim ChenJim ChenJim Chen is the current Dean of the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law, after recently leaving his position as professor of law at the University of Minnesota Law School...
(BA, MA) - Dean of the University of LouisvilleUniversity of LouisvilleThe University of Louisville is a public university in Louisville, Kentucky. When founded in 1798, it was the first city-owned public university in the United States and one of the first universities chartered west of the Allegheny Mountains. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General...
, Louis D. Brandeis School of LawLouis D. Brandeis School of LawThe Louis D. Brandeis School of Law is the law school of the University of Louisville. Established in 1846, it is the oldest law school in Kentucky and the fifth oldest in the country in continuous operation. The law school is named after Justice Louis Dembitz Brandeis, who served on the Supreme... - Don H. CompierDon H. CompierDon H. Compier became the founding Dean of the Community of Christ Seminary, Graceland University in 2002. He has sought to make it a leader in online theological education and global outreach...
(PhD 1992)- founding Dean of the Community of Christ SeminaryCommunity of Christ SeminaryThe Community of Christ Seminary at the Independence campus of Graceland University is the official and only seminary of the Community of Christ. It offers two graduate degrees: a Master of Arts in Religion and a Master of Arts in Christian Ministries...
, Graceland UniversityGraceland UniversityGraceland is not ranked by U.S. News & World Report, being deemed a Tier 3 institution. It is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission as a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.-Housing System:... - Cherry Logan EmersonCherry Logan Emerson (chemist)Cherry Logan Emerson, Jr. was an American chemist, businessman, and philanthropist.-Life:Cherry Logan Emerson, Jr. was born in 1916 and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Cherry Logan Emerson, Sr., the dean of engineering at the Georgia Tech, and the grandson of William Henry Emerson,...
(BA 1938, MA 1939)- Cherry L. Emerson Center for Scientific Computation founder and distinguished faculty member. - Etta Falconer (PhD 1969) - educator and mathematician, one of the first female African-American PhD's in math
- Elizabeth Price FoleyElizabeth Price FoleyElizabeth Price Foley is an American legal theorist who writes and comments in the fields of constitutional law, bioethics, and health care law. She is the Institute for Justice Chair in Constitutional Litigation and Professor of Law at Florida International University College of Law, a public law...
(BA 1987)- an American legal theorist - Ted GayerTed GayerTed Gayer is an American economist. He is an associate professor at Georgetown Public Policy Institute and previously served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomic Analysis at the Department of the Treasury and as a Senior Economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers...
(BA 1992 )- an American economist, associate professor at Georgetown Public Policy InstituteGeorgetown Public Policy InstituteGeorgetown Public Policy Institute is a leading public policy program affiliated with Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.. GPPI offers master's degrees in public policy and policy management as well as administers several professional certificate programs and boasts five affiliated research... - Margot GayleMargot GayleMargot McCoy Gayle was an American historic preservationist and author who helped save the Victorian cast-iron architecture in New York City's SoHo district.-Life and career:...
(MS Bacteriology )- former American historic preservationist and author - Lassie Goodbread-BlackLassie Goodbread-BlackLassie Moore Goodbread was an American farmer and educator who, in 1925, became the first woman to enroll at the University of Florida, in the College of Agriculture. In 2000, Goodbread was named a Great Floridian by the State of Florida.-Background:...
(MA 1944 )- an American farmer and educator who, in 1925, became the first woman to enroll at the University of Florida - William KelsoWilliam KelsoWilliam M. Kelso , often referred to as Bill Kelso, is an American archaeologist specializing in Virginia's colonial period. Currently he serves as the Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia Jamestown Rediscovery project. Kelso earned a B.A. in History from...
(PhD 1971 ) - an American archaeologist, Director of Research and Interpretation for the Preservation Virginia (APVA) Jamestown RediscoveryJamestown RediscoveryJamestown Rediscovery is an archaeological project of Preservation Virginia investigating the remains of the original settlement at Jamestown established in the Virginia Colony beginning on May 14, 1607. The period under study was from 1607-1698.Preservation Virginia archaeologist Dr...
project. - Ben KonopBen KonopBen Konop is a former Lucas County Commissioner. He was a candidate for Mayor of Toledo, Ohio in 2009, as well as the Democratic Party candidate in Ohio's 4th congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in 2004...
(BA ) - Lucas County Commissioner, an attorney and law professor at Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of LawOhio Northern University, Pettit College of LawOhio Northern University Pettit College of Law, commonly referred to as ONU Law, is a private, non-profit law school located in Ada, Ohio. Also known as the Claude W...
and the University of Toledo College of Law - Magali Cornier MichaelMagali Cornier MichaelMagali Cornier Michael is a feminist literary scholar, Professor of English, and current Chair of the English Department at Duquesne University. She is also a co-founder and former co-director of the Women's and Gender Studies program at Duquesne....
(MA, PhD ) - a feminist literary scholar, Professor of English, and current Chair of the English Department at Duquesne UniversityDuquesne UniversityDuquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of... - Jacob MincerJacob MincerJacob Mincer , was a father of modern labor economics. He was Joseph L. Buttenwiser Professor of Economics and Social Relations at Columbia University for most of his active life.-Biography:...
(BA 1950)- "Father" of Labor economics and Chicago School member - Howard W. OdumHoward W. OdumHoward Washington Odum was an American sociologist.-Biography:...
(BA 1904 )- an American sociologist - Susan PharrSusan PharrSusan J. Pharr is an academic in the field of political science, a Japanologist, and Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, Director of Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard University...
(BA 1966)- an academic in the field of political science, a Japanologist - James I. Robertson, Jr.James I. Robertson, Jr.Dr. James I. "Bud" Robertson, Jr., is a noted scholar on the American Civil War and a professor at Virginia Tech.-Early life and academic career:...
(MA 1956, PhD 1959 ) - noted scholar on the American Civil War and a professor at Virginia Tech - Jeffrey Burton RussellJeffrey Burton RussellJeffrey Burton Russell is an American historian and religious studies scholar who received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1955 and his PhD from Emory University in 1960. He is now Professor Emeritus of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara...
(PhD )- an American historian and religious studies scholar - Barton C. ShawBarton C. ShawBarton C. Shaw is an American historian.He graduated from Emory University, with a Ph.D.He teaches at Cedar Crest College.-Awards:* 1985 Frederick Jackson Turner Award* Ford Foundation Fellow...
(PhD ) - an American historian, professor at Cedar Crest CollegeCedar Crest CollegeCedar Crest College is a private liberal arts women's college in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. During the 2006-2007 academic year, the college had 1,000 full-time and 800 part-time undergraduates and 85 graduate students... - Christopher SnyderChristopher SnyderChristopher Allen Snyder is Professor of European History and Director of the Honors Program at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He is an expert in Roman, Sub-Roman, and Medieval Britain, and specifically King Arthur.- Biography :...
(MA, PhD ) - Professor of European History and Director of the National Celtic Heritage Center at Marymount UniversityMarymount UniversityMarymount University is a coeducational, four-year Catholic university that has its main campus located in Arlington, Virginia. Marymount offers bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in a wide range of disciplines and has a diverse and welcoming academic community with approximately 3,600... - Melissa WadeMelissa WadeMelissa Wade has been the Director of Forensics at Emory University, and the head coach of the school's award-winning policy debate team, the Barkley Forum, since 1972. She has been awarded every national coaching award in her field, and has been honored for her contributions to minority and...
(BA 1972, MA 1976, M.T.S. 1996, Th. M 2000) - Noted debate coach and leader in the Urban debate league movement, Director of ForensicsForensicsForensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action...
and the Barkley ForumBarkley ForumThe Barkley Forum, named after Emory alumnus and former United States Vice-President Alben W. Barkley, is the intercollegiate debate and forensics organization at Emory University. Debate at Emory began in the 1830s...
at Emory University - Judson C. "Jake" Ward Jr. (BA 1933 ) - Dean of Emory College, later received the Award of Honor of the Association of Emory Alumni, Thomas Jefferson Award, and the Freedom Foundation Award
Business
- Paul S. Amos II (MBA ) - President and CEO of AflacAflacAflac Incorporated is the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States, founded in 1955 and based in Columbus, Georgia. In the United States, Aflac underwrites a wide range of insurance policies, but is perhaps more known for its payroll deduction insurance coverage, which pays...
- Nelson AdamsNelson AdamsNelson L. Adams III is an American physician. He is president of the National Medical Association and founder and president of Access Health Solutions, LLC.-Early years:...
(internship 1979 and residency 1982) - an American physician, President of the National Medical AssociationNational Medical AssociationThe National Medical Association is the largest and oldest national organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States...
, founder and president of Access Health Solutions, LLC - Michael Blum - President and CEO of ORIX USA Asset Management LLC, global financial services firm with offices in 27 countries and a market capitalization of over $11 billion
- Ely Callaway (BA 1940) - founder of Callaway GolfCallaway GolfCallaway Golf Company is a global sporting goods company that designs, manufactures, markets and sells golf equipment, golf accessories and golf lifestyle-related products in more than 70 countries worldwide...
- John W. Chidsey (MBA, JD) - former CEO, Burger KingBurger KingBurger King, often abbreviated as BK, is a global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants headquartered in unincorporated Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The company began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-based restaurant chain...
- Kenneth ColeKenneth Cole (designer)Kenneth Cole is an American clothing designer. Born in Brooklyn, New York, his father, Charles Cole, owned the El Greco shoe manufacturing company. Before learning the family business and starting his own company in 1982, Cole studied law at Emory University.- Birth of a shoe company :Kenneth Cole...
( BA 1976) )- American Clothing designer - Mitch CaplanMitch Caplan-Background:Caplan grew up in Portsmouth, Virginia, and graduated from the Norfolk Academy in 1975. He subsequently received a BA in history from Brandeis University – later receiving his JD and an MBA from Emory University....
(MBA, JD) - former CEO of E-Trade - Marvin Ellison (MBA 2005)- Executive Vice President U.S. stores, Home Depot
- Michael GoldenMichael Golden (businessman)Michael Golden was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 1997.Golden was named publisher of the International Herald Tribune in November 2003. He retains his position as vice chairman of The New York Times Company, which he has held since 1997...
(MBA)- Vice Chairman of The New York Times CompanyThe New York Times CompanyThe New York Times Company is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. has served as Chairman of the Board since 1997. It is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.... - Michael Golden (MBA)- President and CEO of the Smith and Wesson
- C. Robert HenriksonC. Robert HenriksonCarl "Rob" Robert Henrikson is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of MetLife, Inc. Henrikson was appointed CEO on March 1, 2006 and Chairman of the Board on April 25, 2006...
(JD 1972) - Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of Metlife, Inc.Metropolitan Life Insurance CompanyMetLife, Inc. is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, or MetLife, for short, and its affiliates. MetLife is among the largest global providers of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, with 90 million customers in over 60 countries... - Susan Hoy (Law 1974 )- Assistant General Counsel and Assistant Vice President for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta; Emory Law School Distinguished Alumni award recipient in 2008.
- Charles H. Jenkins, Jr. (BA 1975 ) - Chairman of Publix Super Markets, Inc.PublixPublix Super Markets, Inc. is an American supermarket chain based in Lakeland, Florida.Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, it is an employee-owned, privately held corporation. Publix is currently ranked No. 86 on Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For 2010 and was ranked No...
- Alan J. LacyAlan J. LacyAlan J. Lacy was the last Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and Company, which was acquired by Kmart in 2005, at which point he became Vice Chairman of that organization.-Early life and education:...
(MBA 1977)- Former Chairman and CEO of Sears, Roebuck and CompanySears, Roebuck and CompanySears, officially named Sears, Roebuck and Co., is an American chain of department stores which was founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in the late 19th century... - Jim LanzoneJim LanzoneJim Lanzone is the current President of CBS Interactive, which operates key websites including CNET, CBS.com, Gamespot, CBS News, Metacritic, CBS Sports, Chow, MaxPreps.com and TV.com. He took over as President from Neil Ashe in March 2011.. Prior to joining CBS Interactive, Lanzone was the CEO of...
(JD and MBA )- Former CEO of Ask.comAsk.comAsk is a Q&A focused search engine founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California. The original software was implemented by Gary Chevsky from his own design. Warthen, Chevsky, Justin Grant, and others built the early AskJeeves.com website around that core engine...
, former CEO of Click, current CEO of CBS Interactive - Teri Plummer McClure (Law 1988)- Senior Vice President and General Counsel of United Parcel ServiceUnited Parcel ServiceUnited Parcel Service, Inc. , typically referred to by the acronym UPS, is a package delivery company. Headquartered in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States, UPS delivers more than 15 million packages a day to 6.1 million customers in more than 220 countries and territories around the...
; Emory Law School Distinguished Alumni award recipient in 2008. - Raymond W. McDaniel Jr.Raymond W. McDaniel Jr.Raymond W. McDaniel, Jr. is chairman and chief executive officer of Moody's Corporation., the parent company of Moody's Investor Services and Moody's Analytics....
(JD)- Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Moody's Corporation - Richard H. NeimanRichard H. NeimanRichard H. Neiman is the 43rd Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York. As such, he serves as the head of the New York State Banking Department...
(JD )- 43rd Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York - Duncan L. Niederauer (MBA 1985 )- CEO, NYSE Euronext
- Jack Stahl (BA 1975 ) - former President and CEO of RevlonRevlonRevlon is an American cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care company founded in 1932.-History:Revlon was founded in the midst of the Great Depression, 1932, by Charles Revson and his brother Joseph, along with a chemist, Charles Lachman, who contributed the "L" in the Revlon name...
, former president and COO of Coca-ColaCoca-ColaCoca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke... - John B. SamsJohn B. SamsJohn B. Sams Jr. is Vice President of the Air Force Systems business unit, part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. Until his retirement in 1999 with the rank of Lieutenant General, he was commander of the US 15th Air Force based at Travis Air Force Base, California.-Military career:Sams was...
(Advanced Management Program 1988)- Vice President of the Air Force Systems business unit, part of Boeing Integrated Defense SystemsBoeing Integrated Defense SystemsBoeing Defense, Space & Security formerly known as Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a unit of The Boeing Company responsible for defense and aerospace products and services. Boeing Integrated Defense Systems was formed in 2002 by combining the former "Military Aircraft and Missile Systems"... - Philip SchwalbPhilip SchwalbPhilip Schwalb is the founder of for-profit Sports Museum of America in New York City.-Early life and Career:Schwalb was raised in Orlando, Florida. He received an undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Duke University and a law degree from Emory University School of Law...
(Law 1986 ) - founder of the Sports Museum of AmericaSports Museum of AmericaThe Sports Museum of America was the United States' first national sports museum dedicated to the history and cultural significance of sports in America. It opened on May 7, 2008 and closed February 20, 2009.-History:...
in New York City - Rankin M. Smith, Sr.Rankin M. Smith, Sr.Rankin M. Smith, Sr. was an American businessman and philanthropist. A long time resident of Atlanta, Georgia, Smith was very active in the Atlanta community. Smith served as president of the Life Insurance Company of Georgia from 1970 to 1976...
(attended one year, then transferred to the University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
) - an American businessman and philanthropist - Michael Stone (Law 1975 ) - co-founder and current president and chief executive officer of The Beanstalk GroupThe Beanstalk GroupThe Beanstalk Group is a brand licensing agency and consultancy headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Dearborn, Mich.. The company has nearly 100 employees around the world. Michael S. Stone and Seth Siegel co-founded the company in 1992...
- Ben J. TarbuttonBen J. TarbuttonBen J. Tarbutton was a businessman and politician in Georgia. Born in Sandersville, Georgia, he was educated at Emory College in Oxford, Georgia. After working in his father's mercantile business, he purchased the Sandersville Railroad in 1916, and was the president and director of the Central of...
(BA 1905 )- a businessman and politician - Emory WilliamsEmory WilliamsEmory Williams, Sr is an American businessman and former chairman and chief executive officer of the Sears Bank & Trust Company. Williams was born in Falco, Alabama, and grew up in Quitman, Mississippi. He was a member of the graduating class of 1932 from Emory University, where there is now a...
, Sr. (BA 1932 ) - Retired Corporate Executive of Sears Roebuck and Civic Leader in ChicagoChicagoChicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, namesake of the "Emory Williams Teaching Award" at Emory University - Robert W. WoodruffRobert W. WoodruffRobert Winship Woodruff was the president of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1954. With his enormous Coke fortune, he was also a major philanthropist, and many educational and cultural landmarks in the U.S...
(one term as an undergraduate)- Former President of the Coca-Cola Company, gave over $230 million to Emory University, namesake of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center and the Robert W. Woodruff Library at Emory University
Arts and entertainment
- Peter BuckPeter BuckPeter Lawrence Buck , is an American rock guitarist who is best known for playing in and co-founding alternative rock band R.E.M....
- Lead guitarist, R.E.M. (dropped out) - Julien BinfordJulien BinfordJulien Binford was an American painter. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then in France. Settling in Powhatan County, Virginia, he was known for his paintings of the rural population of his neighborhood as well as for his murals. During World War II he lived in New York and painted...
- an American painter - Scott Budnick (BA 1999 )- Film producer (The HangoverThe HangoverThe Hangover is the second solo album by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, released in 1997.-Track listing:All tracks by Clarke unless otherwise stated.# "Wasn't Yesterday Great" – 2:45# "It's Good Enough for Rock N' Roll" – 3:12...
) - Kristian BushKristian BushKristian Merrill Bush is an American folk rock and country musician. From 1990 to 2001, Kristian was a member of the folk rock duo Billy Pilgrim along with Andrew Hyra...
(BA 1992) - singer and co-founder of the band Sugarland, which won a Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
in 2008 and has won numerous other awards - Scooter BraunScooter BraunScott Samuel "Scooter" Braun is an American talent manager. His acts appear on two record labels, Raymond-Braun Media Group and Schoolboy Records. The most prominent artist Braun represents is Justin Bieber, who is signed to Raymond-Braun Media Group...
(attended as undergrad alum )- Music manager of Justin BieberJustin BieberJustin Drew Bieber is a Canadian pop/R&B singer, songwriter and actor. Bieber was discovered in 2008 by Scooter Braun, who came across Bieber's videos on YouTube and later became his manager... - Fala ChenFala ChenFala Chen is a Chinese-American beauty pageant titleholder. Chen has held the titles of Miss Asian America 2002 and Miss NY Chinese 2004, and placed as runner-up in Miss Chinatown USA 2003 and Miss Chinese International 2005.-Education:Chen was born in Chengdu, People's Republic of China, in 1982...
(BBA 2005)- Chinese-American actress, winner of the (Hong Kong TVB Best Supporting Actress), model, and pageant winner - Mac DavisMac DavisMac Davis is a country music singer, songwriter, and actor originally from Lubbock, Texas who has enjoyed much crossover success...
(attended)- Country musician, songwriter and actor - Tinsley EllisTinsley EllisTinsley Ellis is an American blues and rock musician, who grew up in southern Florida.-Biography:...
(BA 1979) - Blues singer - Joel GodardJoel GodardJoel Clinton Godard, Jr. is an American television presenter, best known as the announcer for Late Night with Conan O'Brien during its entire 16-year run from 1993 to 2009.-Early life:...
(BA 1960) - Television announcer for Late Night with Conan O'BrienLate Night with Conan O'BrienLate Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. Late Night aired weeknights at 12:37 am... - Jeff Goldblatt (BA 1999, MBA 1999 )- Creator of The Rejection Hotline and HumorHotlines.com
- Ernie HarwellErnie HarwellWilliam Earnest "Ernie" Harwell was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 years, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the action on radio and/or television...
(BA 1940 ) - Baseball broadcaster - Glenda HatchettGlenda HatchettGlenda A. Hatchett is the former star of the television show, Judge Hatchett.-History:Hatchett was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She received her B.A...
(JD 1977) - Star of the television show, Judge HatchettJudge HatchettJudge Hatchett is a nationally-syndicated American television program produced and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It starred The Honorable Glenda Hatchett and was modeled after other "court shows" such as Judge Judy and the long running The People's Court, as well as containing elements... - Keri HilsonKeri HilsonKeri Lynn Hilson is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Hilson began her music career as a songwriter, penning tracks for several artists in the mid-2000s as part of the five-person production and songwriting team, The Clutch...
(attended) - Song Writer and R&B Artist - Dr. Will Kirby (BS 1995 ) , celebrity dermatologist, authority on laser tattoo removal, winner of Big BrotherBig Brother (TV series)Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
and star of Dr. 90210Dr. 90210Dr. 90210 is an American reality television series focusing on plastic surgery in the wealthy suburb of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Southern California. The series began its run in 2004. Dr... - Justin LazardJustin LazardJustin Lazard is an American actor, producer, director, and model.-Early life:Lazard was born in New York, but was raised in Connecticut. His father, Sidney Lazard, is a former foreign correspondent, and his mother, Julie , is a photographer. In 1974, the family relocated to Paris where his father...
(attended as undergraduate, transferred to New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
)- an American actor, producer, director, and model - Natalia LivingstonNatalia LivingstonNatalia Livingston is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Emily Quartermaine and Rebecca Shaw on General Hospital and the role of Taylor Walker on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives before being replaced after a few months by ex General Hospital , ex Days of our Lives , and ex...
(BA 1998 ) - Emmy Award-winning actress on the soap opera General HospitalGeneral HospitalGeneral Hospital is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running American soap opera currently in production and the third longest running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light and As the World Turns.... - George Page (BA 1957) - Television host, known for his work on the PBS series Nature
- Trip PayneTrip PayneNorman "Trip" Payne is an American cruciverbalist living in Florida who has published over 4,000 crosswords and variety puzzles.-Early life and education:...
(BA 1990 ) - Puzzle constructor and three-time American Crossword Puzzle Tournament champion - Amy RayAmy RayAmy Elizabeth Ray is an American singer-songwriter and member of the contemporary folk duo Indigo Girls. She also pursues a solo career and has released four albums under her own name, and founded a record company, Daemon Records....
(BA 1986) - Singer, the Indigo GirlsIndigo GirlsThe Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area... - Adam RichmanAdam Richman (actor)Adam Richman is an American actor and television personality. He was the host of the Travel Channel's eating challenge program Man v. Food and is currently hosting Man v. Food Nation.-Early life and education:...
(BA ) - Actor, host of Man v. FoodMan v. FoodMan v. Food is an American food reality television series. It premiered on December 3, 2008, on the Travel Channel. The program is hosted by actor and food enthusiast Adam Richman. In each episode, Richman explores the "big food" offerings of a different American city before facing off against a...
on the Travel ChannelTravel ChannelThe Travel Channel is a satellite and cable television channel that is headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, US. It features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. Programming has included shows in African animal safaris,... - Emily SaliersEmily SaliersEmily Saliers is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Indigo Girls. Saliers plays lead guitar as well as banjo, piano, mandolin, ukulele, bouzouki and many other instruments.-Background:...
(BA 1985)- Singer, the Indigo GirlsIndigo GirlsThe Indigo Girls are an American folk rock music duo, consisting of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. They met in elementary school and began performing together as high school students in Decatur, Georgia, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area... - Joshua SchwadronJoshua SchwadronJoshua "Josh" Schwadron was featured in the March 2003 publication of GQ magazine where it honored him as its national college "Big Man on Campus." Later that year, Joshua appeared on the NBC reality tv show "Fear Factor" where he won the two-episode Las Vegas special...
- featured in the March 2003 publication of GQ magazine where it honored him as its national college "Big Man on Campus" - Eugene Williams, Jr. (BA 1991 )- Former child actor, author, educator, motivational speaker
Journalism
- David BrinkleyDavid BrinkleyDavid McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997....
- Journalist and television newscaster - Charles Haynes - Director of the Religious Freedom Education Project at the Newseum in Washington, DC and senior scholar at the First Amendment Center
- Eleanor RandolphEleanor RandolphEleanor Randolph is an American journalist and member of the editorial board of The New York Times. A native of Florida, Randolph is a graduate of Emory University and veteran journalist who began working at a newspaper in Pensacola, Florida in 1968...
- Journalist, The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization... - Kai RyssdalKai RyssdalKai Ryssdal is an American radio journalist best known as the host of Marketplace, a business program that airs weekdays on U.S. public radio stations....
(BA 1985 )- Host of MarketplaceMarketplace (radio program)Marketplace is a radio program that focuses on business, the economy, and events that influence them. Hosted by Kai Ryssdal, the show is produced and distributed by American Public Media, in association with the University of Southern California...
, a business program that airs weekdays on U.S. public radio stations affiliated with American Public MediaAmerican Public MediaAmerican Public Media is the second largest producer of public radio programs in the United States of America after NPR. Its non-profit parent, American Public Media Group, also owns and operates radio stations in Minnesota, California, and Florida. Its station brands are Minnesota Public Radio,... - Mike SagerMike SagerMike Sager is a bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He has been called "the Beat poet of American journalism, that rare reporter who can make literature out of shabby reality." For more than a dozen years he has been a Writer-at-Large for Esquire...
(BA 1978) - a bestselling author and award-winning journalist - Bill SharpeBill Sharpe (WCSC-TV)William Hershel Sharpe, Jr. is the head anchor on Charleston, South Carolina broadcast station WCSC-TV.-Education:A native of the St. Andrews area in Charleston, he graduated from St...
- Charleston, South CarolinaCharleston, South CarolinaCharleston is the second largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It was made the county seat of Charleston County in 1901 when Charleston County was founded. The city's original name was Charles Towne in 1670, and it moved to its present location from a location on the west bank of the...
news anchorNews presenterA news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
Politics
- Alben W. BarkleyAlben W. BarkleyAlben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman....
(BA 1900) - 35th United States Vice President - C. Farris BryantC. Farris BryantCecil Farris Bryant was the 34th Governor of Florida. He also served on the United States National Security Council and in the Office of Emergency Planning during the administration of President Lyndon B...
(attended)- 34th Governor of Florida - Lado Gurgenidze (MBA 1993)- Prime Minister of the country of GeorgiaPrime Minister of GeorgiaThe Prime Minister of Georgia is the most senior minister within the Cabinet of Georgia, appointed by the President of Georgia. The official title of the Head of the Government of Georgia has varied throughout history, however, the duties and functions of the leader have changed only marginally....
- Bill HaslamBill HaslamWilliam Edward "Bill" Haslam is the 49th and current Governor of Tennessee. A member of the Republican Party, Haslam was elected to office in 2010...
(BA 1980) - 49th Governor of Tennessee - Lee Hong-kooLee Hong-kooLee Hong-koo was prime minister of South Korea from December, 17 1994 to December 18, 1995. After leaving office, he joined the Club of Madrid.-References:...
(BA 1959) - 26th Prime Minister of South KoreaPrime Minister of South KoreaThe Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea is appointed by the President with the National Assembly's approval. Unlike prime ministers in the parliamentary system, the Prime Minister of South Korea is not required to be a member of parliament.... - Spessard HollandSpessard HollandSpessard Lindsey Holland was an American lawyer, politician and elected officeholder. He was the 28th Governor of Florida from 1941 until 1945, during World War II. After finishing his term as governor, he was a United States Senator from Florida from 1946 until 1971...
(BA 1912)- Former Governor of Florida and US Senator (D-FloridaFloridaFlorida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... - Jody Powell (PHD)- White House Press SecretaryWhite House Press SecretaryThe White House Press Secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the government administration....
under Jimmy CarterJimmy CarterJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... - David PoythressDavid PoythressDavid Poythress is a Georgia politician. He has served terms as Secretary of State and Commissioner of Labor of the state of Georgia. Poythress also served as the Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard from 1999 until 2007, initially appointed by Governor Roy Barnes and subsequently...
(BA 1964, JD 1967)- former Secretary of State and Commissioner of Labor of the state of Georgia - Mark Fletcher Taylor (BA 1949)- Former lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia
- Melvin E. ThompsonMelvin E. ThompsonMelvin Ernest Thompson was an American educator and politician from Millen in the U.S. state of Georgia.Thompson was born in Millen, Georgia to Henry J. And Eva Thompson. He graduated from Emory University in 1926 and earned a Master of Arts from the University of Georgia in 1935. He also earned...
- Former Governor of Georgia
Judges
- Rowland BarnesRowland BarnesRowland W. Barnes was a Fulton County, Georgia, United States, Superior Court Judge. He was shot to death in his courtroom....
(BA 1972, faculty member at Emory)- Former Atlanta Superior Court Judge - Stanley F. Birch Jr.Stanley F. Birch Jr.Stanley Francis Birch, Jr. , was a United States federal judge.Birch was born in Langley Field, Virginia. He was nominated by George H. W. Bush on March 22, 1990 for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to a seat vacated by James Clinkscales Hill...
(JD 1970, LLM 1976) - United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Middle District of Alabama... - James Larry EdmondsonJames Larry Edmondson-Education and early career:Born in Jasper, Georgia, Edmondson received a B.A. from Emory University in 1968, a J.D. from the University of Georgia in 1971, and an M.L. in Judicial Process from the University of Virginia in 1990....
(BA 1968) - United States federal judgeUnited States federal judgeIn the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution.... - J. Robert ElliottJ. Robert ElliottJ. Robert Elliott was an American politician and a federal judge.Elliot was born to a Methodist minister on 1 January 1910 in Gainesville, Georgia. After he graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 1930, he taught school to earn money for his law degree, which he received from Emory...
(BA 1930, JD 1934)- former American politician and a federal judge - Catharina HaynesCatharina HaynesCatharina Haynes is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.-Background:Haynes was born in Melbourne, Florida and graduated from Satellite High School, Satellite Beach, Florida in 1980. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from the Florida...
(JD 1986) - Federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Louisiana* Middle District of Louisiana... - Frank M. HullFrank M. HullFrank Mays Hull was nominated by President Bill Clinton on June 18, 1997 for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to a seat vacated by Phyllis A. Kravitch who took senior status. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 96–0 vote on September 4, 1997.Hull received her B.A....
(JD 1973)- federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Middle District of Alabama... - Willis HuntWillis HuntWillis B. Hunt, Jr. is a federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 to replace Horace Ward, he was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 24, 1995, and received his commission on...
(LLB 1954) - federal judge serving on the United States District Court for the Northern District of GeorgiaUnited States District Court for the Northern District of GeorgiaThe United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia is a United States District Court which serves the residents of forty-six counties... - Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II)Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II)Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar was an American politician and jurist from Mississippi. A United States Representative and Senator, he also served as United States Secretary of the Interior in the first administration of President Grover Cleveland, as well as an Associate Justice of the U.S...
(BA 1845)- Former United States Supreme Court Justice and Senator from MississippiMississippiMississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi... - Hugh LawsonHugh Lawson (judge)Hugh Lawson is a United States federal judge.Born in Hawkinsville, Georgia, Lawson received a B.A. from Emory University in 1963 and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law in 1964. He was in private practice in Hawkinsville, Georgia from 1965 to 1979...
(BA 1963, JD 1964) - a United States federal judge - Leah Ward SearsLeah Ward SearsLeah Ward Sears is an American jurist and former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sears was the first African-American female Chief Justice in the United States...
(JD 1980) - Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia; first African-American Chief Justice in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - Thomas B. WellsThomas B. WellsThomas B. Wells is a judge of the United States Tax Court.Wells received a B.S. from Miami University of Ohio in 1967. He was a Supply Corps Officer on active duty in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1967-1970, stationed in Morocco and Vietnam, and received a Joint Service Commendation Medal.After...
(JD 1973) - Judge of the United States Tax Court
Legislators
- Sanford BishopSanford BishopSanford Dixon Bishop Jr. is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is located in the southwestern part of the state and includes Albany, Thomasville and most of Columbus....
(JD 1971 ) - United States Representative from Georgia and a former Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate - John Glen Browder (MA 1971, PhD 1971 )- Former member of the United States House of Representatives
- Nathan Philemon Bryan (BA 1893 )- Former US Senator from Florida
- William James BryanWilliam James BryanWilliam James Bryan was a U.S. Senator from Florida who served as a Democrat. He was the brother of U.S. Senator Nathan P...
(BA 1896)- Former US Senator from Florida - Garland T. ByrdGarland T. ByrdGarland Turk Byrd was United States Democratic politician from Georgia, who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963....
(LLB 1948) - former United States Democratic politician from Georgia - Kathy CastorKathy CastorKathy Castor is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2007. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district covers most of the city of Tampa, most of south St...
(BA 1988)- U.S. Congresswoman (D-FL) - Max ClelandMax ClelandJoseph Maxwell Cleland is an American politician from Georgia. Cleland, a Democrat, is a disabled US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous action in combat, and a former U.S. Senator...
(MA) - Former United States Senator from Georgia - Tillie K. Fowler (BA 1964, JD 1967) - Former United States Representative from Florida
- Wyche FowlerWyche FowlerWilliam Wyche Fowler, Jr. is an American politician and ambassador. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as U.S. Senator from Georgia from January 1987 to January 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 until his senatorial election.-Early life...
(JD 1969 )- Former United States Senator from Georgia and ambassador - Jeffrey M. Frederick(BA 1997) - Former member of the Virginia House of DelegatesVirginia House of DelegatesThe Virginia House of Delegates is the lower house of the Virginia General Assembly. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbered years. The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected from among the...
and former chairman of the Republican Party of VirginiaRepublican Party of VirginiaThe Republican Party of Virginia is the Virginia chapter of the Republican Party. It is based in the Richard D. Obenshain Center in Richmond in the Commonwealth of Virginia.- Organization and candidate selection :The State Party Plan... - Newt GingrichNewt GingrichNewton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich is a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as the House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995 and as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....
(BA 1965)- Former United States Speaker of the House - Carte GoodwinCarte GoodwinCarte Patrick Goodwin is an American politician and attorney who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Goodwin was appointed by West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin on July 16, 2010, to fill the vacancy created by the death of Robert Byrd. ...
(JD 1999( - American politician and attorney who currently serves as the junior United States Senator from West Virginia - Hank HuckabyHank HuckabyHank Huckaby is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 113th district in Watkinsville, encompassing parts of Clarke County, Morgan County, Oconee County, and Oglethorpe County. He will be the next Chancellor of the University System of Georgia.-Biography:Henry M....
- Taught at Emory University, now Georgia Representative, soon Chancellor of the University System of GeorgiaUniversity System of GeorgiaThe University System of Georgia is the organizational body that includes 35 public institutions of higher learning in the U.S. state of Georgia. The System is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents. It sets goals and dictates general policy to educational institutions as well as administering... - Chris KolbChris KolbChris Kolb is a politician from Ann Arbor, Michigan and a former member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. A Democrat, Kolb represented the 53rd district, based in Ann Arbor, from January 2001 to January 2007. He was first elected in November 2000, and term limits prevented him from...
(Law 19??)- a politician from Ann Arbor, Michigan and a former member of the Michigan State House of RepresentativesMichigan State House of RepresentativesThe Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2000 federal U.S. Census.Members are elected in... - Elliott Levitas (BA 1952, JD 1956)- Former U.S. Congressman
- George LeMieuxGeorge LeMieuxGeorge Stephen LeMieux is a former United States Senator from Florida. He was Chairman of the Florida-based law firm of Gunster Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. and served as Chief of Staff to Governor Charlie Crist, was former Deputy Florida Attorney General, and is credited with spearheading Crist's...
(BA 1991)- United States Senator from Florida - James MacKay (LLB 1947) - former U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Larry McDonaldLarry McDonaldLawrence Patton McDonald, M.D. was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the seventh congressional district of Georgia as a Democrat...
(MD 1957)- was an American politician and a member of the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
; victim of Korean Air Lines Flight 007, which was shot down by Soviet UnionSoviet UnionThe Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
interceptors. - Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.Keiffer J. Mitchell, Jr.Keiffer Jackson Mitchell, Jr. is an American politician from Baltimore, Maryland who serves in the Maryland House of Delegates. He was a member of the Baltimore City Council and a candidate in the 2007 mayoral election.-Background:...
(BA 1990)- former member of the Baltimore City CouncilBaltimore City CouncilThe Baltimore City Council is the legislative branch that governs the City of Baltimore and its nearly 700,000 citizens. Baltimore has fourteen single-member City Council districts and representatives are elected for a four-year term. To qualify for a position on the Council, a person must be...
, Member of the Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis... - Sam NunnSam NunnSamuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a...
(BA 1960, LLB 1962)- Former United States Senator from Georgia - Joe NegronJoe NegronJoe Negron is the senator for Florida's state senate district 28. He is also a former member of the Florida House of Representatives who served from 2000 to 2006. He represented District 82, serving Palm Beach, Martin, and St. Lucie Counties and was chairman of the Appropriations Committee...
(JD 1986 )- Replacement Republican candidate for the Mark Foley Congressional seat in Florida in 2006 - Thomas M. NorwoodThomas M. NorwoodThomas Manson Norwood was a United States Senator and Representative and from Georgia. Born in Talbot County, Georgia, he pursued an academic course, and graduated from Emory College in 1850. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1852, commencing practice in Savannah...
(BA 1850 )- United States Senator and Representative from Georgia - Tom StewartTom StewartArthur Thomas Stewart , more commonly known as Tom Stewart, was a Democratic United States Senator from Tennessee from 1939 to 1949.-Early life and education:...
(attended )- Former United States Senator from Tennessee - Leslie Jasper SteeleLeslie Jasper SteeleLeslie Jasper Steele was an American politician and lawyer.-Biography:Steele was born in Decatur, DeKalb County, Georgia to Michael A. and Martha Lucinda Smith Steele, Georgia, and graduated from Oxford College of Emory University in 1893...
(BA 1893 )- Congressional Representative for Georgia and lawyer - Fletcher ThompsonFletcher ThompsonStandish Fletcher Thompson is an American lawyer and politician who served as a representative in Congress for the 5th Congressional District of Georgia.-Early life:...
(BA 1949 ) - an American lawyer and Congressional Representative for Georgia - Jeff WaldstreicherJeff WaldstreicherJeffrey D. "Jeff" Waldstreicher is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently serving in his 1st term in the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Maryland's District 18 in Montgomery County....
(BA )- an American politician from Maryland, member of the Maryland House of DelegatesMaryland House of DelegatesThe Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis... - Robert WexlerRobert WexlerRobert Wexler is the president of the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace.Wexler was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing , from 1997 until his resignation on January 3, 2010.-Early life:Wexler was born in Queens, New York to Sonny and...
(attended for undergraduate degree, then transferred to the University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
)- Congressman from Florida
Diplomats
- David AdelmanDavid AdelmanDavid I. Adelman is the United States Ambassador to Singapore and a former Democratic member of the Georgia State Senate, representing the 42nd District from 2003 to 2010....
(JD 1989) - United States Ambassador to Singapore - Gordon GiffinGordon GiffinGordon D. Giffin became the thirty-fourth Ambassador of the United States to Canada on September 17, 1997.Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Gordon Giffin moved to Canada before his first birthday. He lived in Montreal and Toronto for 17 years, attending Valois Park Elementary School in Pointe...
(JD 1974)- the thirty-fourth Ambassador of the United States to CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean... - John Hubert KellyJohn Hubert KellyJohn Hubert Kelly was a United States diplomat.-Biography:...
(BA 1961) - United States diplomat, former United States Ambassador to FinlandUnited States Ambassador to FinlandThis is a list of Ambassadors of the United States to Finland.Until 1917 Finland had been a subject of Russia as the Grand Duchy of Finland. As a result of the Bolshevist October Revolution in Russia, Finland declared its independence on December 6, 1917. On December 22 This is a list of... - Larry Leon PalmerLarry Leon PalmerLarry Leon Palmer is a United States diplomat and a former United States Ambassador to Honduras . He has been the President of the Inter-American Foundation since 2005.-Background:...
(BA 1970)- a United States diplomat and a former United States Ambassador to HondurasUnited States Ambassador to HondurasThe following is a list of United States Ambassadors, or other Chiefs of Mission, to Honduras. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.-See also:...
Military
- Kevin M. McCoyKevin M. McCoyVice Admiral Kevin M. McCoy is a native of Long Island, New York and joined the United States Navy in 1977. McCoy is currently the 42nd commander of Naval Sea Systems Command.-Education:...
(MBA 1994)- 42nd commander of Naval Sea Systems CommandNaval Sea Systems CommandThe Naval Sea Systems Command is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations... - Edward L. Thomas - ConfederateConfederate States of AmericaThe Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
general during the American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
Attorneys
- John M. DowdJohn M. DowdJohn M. Dowd , an American lawyer. He received his J.D. from Emory University School of Law.-Career:As of 2010 Dowd is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.-Pete Rose investigation:...
(JD 1965 ) - Trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Tax and Criminal Divisions; Emory Law School Distinguished Alumni award recipient in 2008. - E. Duncan GetchellE. Duncan GetchellEarle Duncan Getchell, Jr. is an American lawyer and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Getchell is currently Solicitor General of Virginia.-Background:...
(BA 1971 )- an American lawyer and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:*District of Maryland*Eastern District of North Carolina... - Thomas Hardeman, Jr.Thomas Hardeman, Jr.Thomas Hardeman, Jr. was an American politician, lawyer and soldier.-Biography:Hardeman was born in Eatonton, Georgia and graduated from Emory College in 1845. He studied and was admitted to the state bar in 1847...
(BA 1945)- an American politician, lawyer and soldier - Ken HodgesKen HodgesKenneth B. Hodges III is the former District Attorney for Dougherty County, Georgia in the United States and was the Democratic nominee for Attorney General of Georgia in 2010, ultimately losing his bid.-Background:...
(BA 1988)- former District Attorney for Dougherty County, Georgia - John James JonesJohn James JonesJohn James Jones was an American politician and lawyer from the state of Georgia who served in the United States Congress.-Biography:...
(BA 1945)- an American politician and lawyer - Burnet Maybank IIIBurnet Maybank IIIBurnet Maybank III is a lawyer, author, and former two-time director of the South Carolina Department of Revenue under former Governors David Beasley and Mark Sanford. He was South Carolina's first director of the SCDOR. He comes from a family deeply rooted in politics...
- a lawyer, author, and former two-time director of the South Carolina Department of RevenueSouth Carolina Department of RevenueThe Department of Revenue is a department of the South Carolina state government responsible for the administration of 32 taxes. The Department is responsible for licensing and taxing all manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers of alcoholic liquors... - Craig MitnickCraig Mitnick-History:Mitnick received his BBA in finance from Emory University and subsequently received his Juris Doctor from the George Washington University School of Law ....
(BA 1984 )- an American lawyer, broadcaster and businessman - Randolph W. ThrowerRandolph W. ThrowerRandolph W. Thrower is a partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, a law firm with principal offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D.C. He was born in Tampa, Florida. Thrower, running as a Republican, unsuccessfully challenged incumbent segregationist James C. Davis for a seat in Congress...
(BA 1934, JD 1936) - a partner at Sutherland Asbill & BrennanSutherland Asbill & BrennanSutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, rebranded to the abbreviated name of Sutherland, is an AmLaw 100 American law firm. Founded in 1924 by William Sutherland and Elbert Tuttle as Sutherland & Tuttle, the firm originally achieved national prominence on tax issues...
LLP, namesake of the Randolph W. Thrower Symposium at Emory University School of Law
Activists
- Yun Chi-ho (BA)- politician and educator, and independence activist in Korea in the early 20th century
- Larry KlaymanLarry KlaymanLarry Elliot Klayman is an American attorney and activist. He is known as the founder and former Chairman of Judicial Watch, a public interest and non-profit law firm, which attained notoriety through the initiation of 18 civil lawsuits against the Clinton Administration, and later an unsuccessful...
(JD 1977 )- founder of Judicial WatchJudicial WatchJudicial Watch is an organization that describes itself as "a conservative, non-partisan American educational foundation that promotes transparency, accountability and integrity in government, politics and the law." According to its mission statement, Judicial Watch "advocates high standards of... - Wendy Rosenberg-Nadel (BA 1982 )- Launched Volunteer Emory, also received Emory Distinguished Alumni Award in 2007
- Ralph E. Reed, Jr.Ralph E. Reed, Jr.Ralph Eugene Reed, Jr., is a conservative American political activist, best known as the first executive director of the Christian Coalition during the early 1990s. He sought the Republican nomination for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia but lost the primary election on July 18, 2006,...
(PhD )- a conservative American political activist
Literature
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.H. Jackson Brown, Jr.H. Jackson Brown, Jr. is an American author best known for his inspirational book, Life's Little Instruction Book, which was a New York Times bestseller...
(BA 1963 ) - American author best-known for his book Life's Little Instruction Book - Tom BloodTom BloodTom Blood is a writer and public servant who began his career in public affairs in 1979 at the Carter White House, where he served as an Analyst on the President's Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island...
- a writer and public servant - Nicole CooleyNicole CooleyNicole Ruth Cooley is an American poet. Her most recent poetry collection is Breach . Her work has appeared in Poetry, Field, Ploughshares, Poetry Northwest, The Paris Review, PEN America, The Missouri Review, The Nation, and Pedagogy...
(PhD)- an American poet - Alfred CornAlfred Corn- Early life :Alfred Corn was born in Bainbridge, Georgia in 1943 and raised in Valdosta, Georgia.Corn graduated from Emory University in 1965 with a B.A. in French literature. Corn earned an M.A...
(BA 1965)- an American poet and essayist - Norman Finkelstein (poet)Norman Finkelstein (poet)Norman Finkelstein is a poet and literary critic. He has written extensively about modern and postmodern poetry and about Jewish American literature. According to Tablet Magazine, Finkelstein's poetry "is simultaneously secular and religious, stately and conversational, prophetic, and...
(PhD) - a poet and literary critic - Olga GrushinOlga GrushinOlga Grushin is an American novelist.Born in Moscow, Russia to the family of Boris Grushin, a prominent Soviet sociologist, , she spent most of her childhood in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was educated at Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow State University, and Emory University...
(BA 1993)- an American novelist - Lauren GundersonLauren GundersonLauren Gunderson is an award-winning American playwright. She currently lives in San Francisco.Gunderson earned earned her Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from Emory University in 2004, and her Master of Fine Arts in Dramatic Writing from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in...
(BA 2004)- an award-winning American playwright - Carl HiaasenCarl HiaasenCarl Hiaasen is an American journalist, columnist and novelist.- Early years :Born in 1953 and raised in Plantation, Florida, of Norwegian heritage, Hiaasen was the first of four children and the son of a lawyer, Kermit Odel, and teacher, Patricia...
(attended the college for two years, then transferred to the University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
) - Author - James A. Harrell, IIIJames A. Harrell, IIIJames Andrew "Jim" Harrell, III served three terms as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's ninetieth House district, including constituents in Alleghany and Surry counties. Harrell is originally from Elkin, North Carolina and later moved to Roaring...
(Law 19??)- former Democratic member of the North Carolina General AssemblyNorth Carolina General AssemblyThe North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The General Assembly drafts and legislates the state laws of North Carolina, also known as the General Statutes... - Edward E. KramerEdward E. KramerEdward E. Kramer is an American editor of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and horror works, and co-founder of the Dragon Con commercial media convention in Atlanta, Georgia. He lives in Duluth, Georgia, and works as a clinical and educational consultant. He is the former program director of the...
(MD )- American editor and author of numerous science fiction, fantasy, and horror works - Ferrol A. Sams Jr.Ferrol SamsFerrol Aubrey Sams, Jr. is an American physician and novelist born in Fayette County, Georgia, U.S.A.-Early life and education:...
(MD 1949 ) - Humorist and best-selling author of Run with the Horsemen - Jonathan SchanzerJonathan SchanzerJonathan Schanzer is an American author & scholar in Middle Eastern studies, and vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.-Professional overview:...
- an American author and scholar in Middle Eastern studies - Daniel WallaceDaniel Wallace (author)Daniel Wallace is an American author, best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, the basis for the Tim Burton film Big Fish. His other books include Ray in Reverse and The Watermelon King...
(attended as undergraduate, and transferred to University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) - Author of Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, later made into the Tim BurtonTim BurtonTimothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
film Big FishBig FishBig Fish is a 2003 American fantasy adventure film based on the 1998 novel of the same name by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Albert Finney, Ewan McGregor, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange and Marion Cotillard. Finney plays Edward Bloom, a former traveling salesman from... - William Y. ThompsonWilliam Y. ThompsonWilliam Young Thompson is a retired historian who was affiliated for most of his academic career, from 1955 through 1988, with Louisiana Tech University at Ruston in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana...
(BA 1946) - historian, author of Robert ToombsRobert ToombsRobert Augustus Toombs was an American political leader, United States Senator from Georgia, 1st Secretary of State of the Confederacy, and a Confederate general in the Civil War.-Early life:...
of Georgia (1966)
Medicine
- Peter BeilensonPeter BeilensonPeter Beilenson is a Democratic Party politician in Maryland, United States. He is the son of Congressman Tony Beilenson, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 1997. Beilneson is a former Health Commissioner of Baltimore, Maryland, having served for 13 years under the...
(MD) - public health commissioner of Baltimore, MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
for over a decade - Lisa CooperLisa CooperLisa A. Cooper is a public health physician, and professor at Johns Hopkins.She graduated from Emory University with a B.A. and from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine with an M.D., and from the Johns Hopkins University with an M.P.H...
(BA) - public health physician, professor at Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, recipient of the MacArthur Fellows ProgramMacArthur Fellows ProgramThe MacArthur Fellows Program or MacArthur Fellowship is an award given by the John D. and Catherine T...
fellowship - Robert DuPontRobert DuPontRobert L. DuPont, M.D. is a national leader in drug abuse prevention, policy and treatment. He was the first Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse from 1973 to 1978 and was the second White House Drug Czar from 1973 to 1977 under former Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. In 1978...
(BA 1958) - national leader in drug abuse prevention, policy and treatment - H. Winter GriffithH. Winter GriffithDr. H. Winter Griffith was an American physician who authored 27 popular medical books. His most famous books of all include The Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness, and Surgery and Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs. Multiple editions have been published, even following Dr...
(MD 1953) - physician who authored 27 popular medical books - Hamilton E. HolmesHamilton E. HolmesHamilton E. Holmes was an American orthopedic physician. He and Charlayne Hunter-Gault were the first two African-American students admitted to the University of Georgia. Additionally, Holmes was the first African-American student to attend the Emory University School of Medicine, where he...
(MD 1967) - orthopedic physician - William N. Kelley (BA, MD) - CEO of University of Pennsylvania Health SystemUniversity of Pennsylvania Health SystemThe University of Pennsylvania Health System is a diverse research and clinical care organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1993, it currently operates under the direction and auspices of Penn Medicine, a division of the University of Pennsylvania...
, Dean of University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineUniversity of Pennsylvania School of MedicineThe Perelman School of Medicine , formerly the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was founded in 1765, making it the oldest American medical school. As part of the University of Pennsylvania, it is located in the University City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is widely...
, co-discoverer of Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome - David MalebrancheDavid MalebrancheDr. David J. Malebranche, M.D., M.P.H. is an Haitian-American physician working in the field of HIV/AIDS, both research and clinical. He is a 1st generation Haitian-American and his mother is European-American. His father was born in Anse-à-Veau, Haiti and came to the United States in the 1960s. Dr...
(MD 1996) - Haitian-American physician working in the field of HIV/AIDS; assistant professor of medicine at Emory University - Arnold J. MandellArnold J. MandellArnold J. Mandell is an American neuroscientist and psychiatrist. He received his M.D. from Tulane Universiry in 1958. Founding chairman in 1969 of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego,...
- neuroscientist and psychiatrist, founding chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California San Diego - Arnall PatzArnall PatzArnall Patz was an American medical doctor and research professor at Johns Hopkins University. In the early 1950s, Patz discovered that oxygen therapy was the cause of an epidemic of blindness among some 10,000 premature babies. Following his discovery, there was a sixty percent reduction in...
(BA 1943, MD 1945) - ophthalmology researcher and Presidential Medal of FreedomPresidential Medal of FreedomThe Presidential Medal of Freedom is an award bestowed by the President of the United States and is—along with thecomparable Congressional Gold Medal bestowed by an act of U.S. Congress—the highest civilian award in the United States...
recipient who discovered that oxygen therapyOxygen therapyOxygen therapy is the administration of oxygen as a medical intervention, which can be for a variety of purposes in both chronic and acute patient care...
causes blindness in infants - Thomas M. Rivers (BA 1909?) - virologist, headed the National Science FoundationNational Science FoundationThe National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
's search for a polio vaccine - Charles H. Roadman IICharles H. Roadman IILieutenant General Charles H. Roadman II was the 16th United States Air Force Surgeon General , Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington D.C....
(MD 1973) - 16th United States Air Force Surgeon General - William C. RobertsWilliam C. RobertsWilliam Clifford Roberts, M.D., M.A.C.C. is an American physician specializing in cardiac pathology.He is a Master of the American College of Cardiology, a leading cardiovascular pathologist, and the current editor of both the American Journal of Cardiology and the Baylor University Medical Center...
(MD 1958) - cardiologist and pathologist, first head of pathology for the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; executive director of the Baylor Cardiovascular Institute of Baylor University Medical CenterBaylor University Medical CenterBaylor University Medical Center at Dallas is a faith-based, not-for-profit hospital. In 1903, the hospital opened with 25 beds; today it is a patient care, teaching and research center for the Southwest. Baylor Dallas has 1025 licensed beds and serves as the flagship hospital of Baylor Health... - David ShererDavid ShererDr. David Sherer is an American physician, author and inventor. He is the lead author of Dr. David Sherer's Hospital Survival Guide: 100+ Ways to Make Your Hospital Stay Safe and Comfortable. From 2004 to 2006, Dr. Sherer served as the Physician Director of Risk Management for the Mid-Atlantic...
- physician, author and inventor - Eugene A. SteadEugene A. SteadDr. Eugene Anson Stead Jr. is best known as a medical educator, researcher, and the founder of the Physician Assistant or P.A. profession. He served on the faculty at Harvard, Emory , and Duke universities...
(BS 1928, MD 1932) - medical educator, researcher, and the founder of the physician assistantPhysician assistantA physician assistant/associate ' is a healthcare professional trained and licensed to practice medicine with limited supervision by a physician.-General description:...
profession - Edwin TrevathanEdwin TrevathanEdwin Trevathan, M.D., M.P.H. is a U.S. physician, a child neurologist and pediatrician, who is currently the Dean of the Saint Louis University School of Public Health, where he is also a Professor of Community Health...
(MD 1982, MPH 1982) - pediatrician and pediatric neurologist; dean of the School of Public Health at St. Louis University, former director of the Center for Disease Control's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Bishops
- Frank Kellogg Allan (BA 1956) - eighth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of AtlantaEpiscopal Diocese of AtlantaThe Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, with jurisdiction over middle and north Georgia. It is in Province IV of the Episcopal Church and its cathedral, the Cathedral of St...
- Arthur James ArmstrongArthur James ArmstrongArthur James Armstrong was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1968 to become the youngest United Methodist bishop in the United States at the age of 44.He was the son and grandson of Methodist Preachers...
(BA ) - Bishop of the United Methodist ChurchUnited Methodist ChurchThe United Methodist Church is a Methodist Christian denomination which is both mainline Protestant and evangelical. Founded in 1968 by the union of The Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley... - Sante Uberto BarbieriSante Uberto BarbieriSante Uberto Barbieri was a Bishop of The Methodist Church, elected in 1949. A native of Italy, he was elected Bishop by the Latin American Central Conference of the Church. He was assigned the work of the Church in Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay....
(MA ) - Bishop of The Methodist Church in Latin AmericaLatin AmericaLatin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area... - Robert McGrady BlackburnRobert McGrady BlackburnRobert McGrady Blackburn was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1972.-Birth and family:...
(BDBachelor of DivinityIn Western universities, a Bachelor of Divinity is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies....
1943) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church - John Warren BranscombJohn Warren BranscombJohn Warren Branscomb was an American Bishop of the Methodist Church, elected in 1952.He was born 11 May 1905 in Union Springs, Alabama. He attended Emory University and was a clergy member of the Florida Annual Conference. He was elected to the Episcopacy by the Southeastern Jurisdicitional...
- Bishop of The Methodist Church - Warren Akin CandlerWarren Akin CandlerWarren Akin Candler was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1898. He was the tenth president of Emory University.-Early life:...
(BA 1877) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, tenth President of Emory University - James Edward DickeyJames Edward DickeyJames Edward Dickey was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1922.-Birth and Family:James was born 11 May 1864 in Jeffersonville, Georgia, the son of the Rev. James Madison and Ann Elizabeth Dickey. He was a descendant of John Dickey, who emigrated from Derry,...
(BA 1891) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, SouthMethodist Episcopal Church, SouthThe Methodist Episcopal Church, South, or Methodist Episcopal Church South, was the so-called "Southern Methodist Church" resulting from the split over the issue of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal Church which had been brewing over several years until it came out into the open at a conference... - Robert Eugene FanninRobert Eugene FanninRobert Eugene Fannin is a retired American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1992.-Family:Fannin was born in Ashland, Kentucky, but spent his childhood in Brooksville, Florida. In March 1956 he married Faye Thomas of Wauchula, Florida. They met while students at Florida Southern...
(M. Div, PhD) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church - Larry M. GoodpasterLarry M. Goodpaster-Birth and Family:Bishop Goodpaster was born 23 April 1948 in Memphis, Tennessee. He married Deborah Cox 26 September 1971. They have two daughters: Amy and Lucy ; and three grandchildren: Amelia Grace Bradley, Thomas Martin Bradley, and Audrey Elizabeth Bradley.-Education:Bishop Goodpaster...
(M.Div. 1973, D.Min. 1982) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church - Paul Hardin, Jr. (M.Div. 1927) - Bishop in The Methodist Church
- Nolan Bailey HarmonNolan Bailey HarmonNolan Bailey Harmon was a Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1956.-Birth and family:...
- Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church - Janice Riggle HuieJanice Riggle HuieJanice Riggle Huie was elected bishop by the South Central Jurisdictional Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1996.She is married to Robert Huie. They have two sons: David and Matthew...
(D.Div 1989) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church - Earl Gladstone Hunt, Jr. (BD, M.Div. 1946) - President of Emory and Henry CollegeEmory and Henry CollegeEmory & Henry College, known as E&H, Emory, or the College, is a private liberal arts college located in Emory, Virginia, United States. The campus comprises of Washington County, Virginia, which is part of the mountain region of Southwest Virginia...
, author and theologian, Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church - Lewis Bevel Jones IIILewis Bevel Jones IIILewis Bevel Jones III is a retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church and currently Bishop in Residence at Emory University's Candler School of Theology....
(BA 1946, M.Div. 1949) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church - Clay Foster Lee, Jr. (Bachelor of Divinity 1953) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church
- Richard Carl LooneyRichard Carl LooneyRichard Carl Looney is a retired American Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 1988.-Birth and Family:Richard was born in the Methodist parsonage at Hillsville, Virginia. He married Carolyn Adele McKeithen of Jackson, Mississippi 3 September 1957...
- Bishop of the United Methodist Church - Arthur James MooreArthur James MooreArthur James Moore was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South , the Methodist Church, and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1930.-Birth and family:...
(attended as undergraduate 1909–1911) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), The Methodist Church, and the United Methodist Church - Carl Julian SandersCarl Julian SandersCarl Julian Sanders was an American Bishop of the United Methodist Church who was elected to that office in 1972. At the time of his election, he was the only candidate for the Methodist episcopacy ever to have been elected on the first ballot in the history of the Southeastern Jurisdictional...
(BD 1936) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church - Roy Hunter ShortRoy Hunter ShortRoy Hunter Short was an American Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church, elected in 1948.-Birth and family:...
- Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church - William Turner WatkinsWilliam Turner WatkinsWilliam Turner Watkins was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and of The Methodist Church, elected in 1938. He also distinguished himself as a Methodist Pastor, as a University Professor, and as an Editor.-Birth and family:...
(Ph.B. 1926) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS) and The Methodist Church - Timothy W. WhitakerTimothy W. WhitakerTimothy Wayne Whitaker is a Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2001. Timothy distinguished himself as a U.M. Pastor, a College Lecturer, a member of Annual Conference and U.M...
(M.Div. 1973) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church - Richard J. Wills, Jr. (M.Div. 1967) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church
- John K. YambasuJohn K. YambasuJohn K. Yambasu is a Bishop of the United Methodist Church, elected in 2008. He was the final U.M. Bishop elected in 2008.-Family background:Sierra Leonean by birth, he was born in Bo in southern Sierra Leone. He is married to Millicent...
(M.Theo.) - Bishop of the United Methodist Church for Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneSierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
Ministers and theologians
- Young John AllenYoung John AllenYoung John Allen was an American Methodist missionary in late Qing Dynasty China with the American Southern Methodist Episcopal Mission. He is best known in China by his local name Lin Yuezhi ....
(BA 1858)- noted American Methodist missionary in late Qing DynastyQing DynastyThe Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
China - Richard E. Blanchard, Sr. (BD 1949) - Gospel songwriter
- John B. CobbJohn B. CobbJohn B. Cobb, Jr. is an American United Methodist theologian who played a crucial role in the development of process theology. He integrated Alfred North Whitehead's metaphysics into Christianity, and applied it to issues of social justice.-Biography:John Cobb was born in Kobe, Japan in 1925 to...
- Process theologianProcess theologyProcess theology is a school of thought influenced by the metaphysical process philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead and further developed by Charles Hartshorne . While there are process theologies that are similar, but unrelated to the work of Whitehead the term is generally applied to the... - D. L. Dykes, Jr.D. L. Dykes, Jr.David Leroy "D.L." Dykes, Jr. , was the senior pastor from 1955-1984 of the large First United Methodist Church in Shreveport, Louisiana...
(1917–1997) (BA 1942 ) - pastor of First United Methodist Church in Shreveport, LouisianaShreveport, LouisianaShreveport is the third largest city in Louisiana. It is the principal city of the fourth largest metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana and is the 109th-largest city in the United States....
, from 1955–1984; urged racial moderation during civil rights movementCivil rights movementThe civil rights movement was a worldwide political movement for equality before the law occurring between approximately 1950 and 1980. In many situations it took the form of campaigns of civil resistance aimed at achieving change by nonviolent forms of resistance. In some situations it was... - James A. DombrowskiJames A. DombrowskiJames Anderson Dombrowski was a southern white Methodist minister and intellectual who was active in the African American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s...
(BA 1923)- a southern white Methodist minister, was active in the African AmericanAfrican AmericanAfrican Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
civil rightsCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
movement of the 1950s and 1960s - William P. HarrisonWilliam P. HarrisonWilliam Pope Harrison, D.D., L.D.D. was an American Methodist minister and theologian, and was the 48th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives...
- minister and theologian, Chaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesChaplain of the United States House of RepresentativesThe election of William Linn as Chaplain of the House on May 1, 1789, continued the tradition established by the Continental Congresses of each day's proceedings opening with a prayer by a chaplain. The early Chaplains alternated duties with their Senate counterparts on a weekly basis, covering the... - Bernice KingBernice KingBernice Albertine King is the second daughter and youngest child of civil rights leaders Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Coretta Scott King. Her older siblings are Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King, and the late Yolanda Denise King. Bernice is the only King child to become a minister...
(M.Div. and J.D.1990 )- Daughter of famed African-American civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott KingCoretta Scott KingCoretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. The widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.Mrs... - Eugene Marion KlaarenEugene Marion KlaarenEugene Marion Klaaren is a historian and professor of religion. He holds a BA from Hope College, an MA from Emory University, a BD from Western Theological Seminary, and a PHD from Harvard University. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Wesleyan University...
(MA ) - a historian and professor of religion - Steven Jack LandSteven Jack LandSteven Jack Land, Ph.D., a noted renewal theologian within the Pentecostal movement began serving as the president of the Church of God Theological Seminary in 2002. He is the first president of the institution to have been selected from the ranks of the seminary faculty.Dr. Land received the B. A...
(M.Div. 1973, PhD 1991) - Renewal theologianRenewal theologianRenewal theologians are those theologians who represent the Pentecostal, Charismatic and Neocharismatic movements. Notable Renewal theologians are noted under the grouping with which they are most closely identified.- Pentecostal theologians :...
within the Pentecostal movement - Doug MoseleyDoug MoseleyDouglas Dewayne Moseley, known as Doug Moseley , is a retired United Methodist minister and author who served as a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1974 to 1986...
(M.Div. 1957)- a retired United Methodist minister and author who served as a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate - Donald WildmonDonald WildmonDonald E. Wildmon is an ordained United Methodist minister, author, former radio host, and founder and chairman emeritus of the American Family Association and American Family Radio.-Biography:...
(M.Div. 1965)- an ordained United Methodist minister, author, former radio host, and founder and chairman emeritus of the American Family AssociationAmerican Family AssociationThe American Family Association is a 501 non-profit organization that promotes conservative Christian values, such as opposition to same-sex marriage, pornography, and abortion, as well as other public policy goals such as deregulation of the oil industry and lobbying against the Employee Free...
and American Family RadioAmerican Family RadioAmerican Family Radio is a network of more than 180 radio stations broadcasting Christian-oriented programming to over 40 states.-Overview:AFR was launched by Rev...
Science and technology
- David Bray (BS, MS, PhD) - IT Chief for the Bioterrorism Program at the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCenters for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services headquartered in Druid Hills, unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, in Greater Atlanta...
(2000–2005), Senior Executive for the Information Sharing Environment - Sonny CarterSonny CarterManley Lanier "Sonny" Carter, Jr. was an American physician, professional soccer player, naval officer, and NASA astronaut who flew on STS-33.-Early life:...
(BS 1969, MD 1973) - astronaut, physician, and professional soccer player with the Atlanta ChiefsAtlanta ChiefsThe Atlanta Chiefs were a soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia that played in the NPSL and NASL from 1967 to 1972. Their home fields were Atlanta Stadium and Tara Stadium . The club was the brainchild of Dick Cecil, then Vice President of the Atlanta Braves baseball franchise who were the Chiefs'...
Sports
- Bobby JonesBobby Jones (golfer)Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones Jr. was an American amateur golfer, and a lawyer by profession. Jones was the most successful amateur golfer ever to compete on a national and international level...
(attended law school 1926–1927) - professional golfer, founder of The Masters TournamentThe Masters TournamentThe Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters , is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, it is the first of the majors to be played each year...
, namesake of The Robert T. Jones Jr. Scholarship Program at Emory University - Alec KesslerAlec KesslerAlec Christopher Kessler was an American college basketball player for the University of Georgia and later, as a professional, for the Miami Heat in the NBA...
(MD 1999) - basketball player for the University of GeorgiaUniversity of GeorgiaThe University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
and the Miami HeatMiami HeatThe Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami...
, orthopedic surgeon - Parson PerrymanParson PerrymanEmmett Key "Parson" Perryman was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher for one season with the St. Louis Browns...
- professional baseball player - Bob VarshaBob VarshaBob Varsha is one of the on-air personalities for Speed Channel. Varsha is presently the host of the network's live Formula One coverage. In 2002 and 2003, Varsha was the host of SPEED's Champ Car coverage. Rick DeBruhl took over Varsha's Formula One host chair for that period. In 2004, Varsha...
(Law 1977) - automotive racing broadcaster
Other
- Christopher McCandlessChristopher McCandlessChristopher Johnson McCandless was an American hitchhiker who adopted the name Alexander Supertramp and hiked into the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 with little food and equipment, hoping to live for a time in solitude...
(BA 1990) - subject of Into the WildInto the WildInto the Wild is a 1996 non-fiction book written by Jon Krakauer. It is an expansion of Krakauer's 9,000-word article on Christopher McCandless entitled "Death of an Innocent", which appeared in the January 1993 issue of Outside...
by Jon Krakauer - Barbara Jane MackleBarbara Jane MackleBarbara Jane Mackle is an American heiress who was the survivor of a notorious crime. Her book about the ordeal was the basis of two television movies.-The crime:...
(attended) - heiress who was the survivor of a notorious crime
Business
- Narasimhan Jegadeesh - Dean's Distinguished University Chair in Finance at the Goizueta Business School
- Benn KonsynskiBenn KonsynskiBenn R. Konsynski currently teaches at the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He is the George S. Craft Distinguished University Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management. Previously, he spent six years on the faculty at the Harvard Business School where he taught in the...
- George S. Craft Distinguished University Professor of Decision & Information Analysis at the Goizueta Business School - Paul Rubin - Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Economics and Law
- Jagdish ShethJagdish ShethJagdish N. Sheth is the Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University. He is an internationally recognized business consultant whose client list includes AT&T, BellSouth, Ford, GE, Motorola, Square D, Whirlpool and Sprint...
- Charles H. Kellstadt Professor of Marketing at the Goizueta Business School
History
- James H. MoreyJames H. MoreyJames H. Morey is an American academic. He is Professor of English at Emory University.Morey is a graduate of Hamilton College. He holds a PhD form Cornell University....
, medievalist - Kenneth Stein - William E. Schatten Professor of Contemporary Middle Eastern History and Israeli Studies
Law
- Harold J. BermanHarold J. BermanHarold J. Berman was an American legal scholar who was an expert in comparative, international and Soviet/Russian law as well as legal history, philosophy of law and the intersection of law and religion...
(law professor 1985-retirement 19???)- Founder of the American Law Center in Moscow and co-founder of the World Law Institute - Bruce FrohnenBruce FrohnenBruce P. Frohnen is an Associate Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of Law. Prior to this he taught at Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In addition he is a Senior Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal....
- an Associate Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University, Pettit College of LawOhio Northern University, Pettit College of LawOhio Northern University Pettit College of Law, commonly referred to as ONU Law, is a private, non-profit law school located in Ada, Ohio. Also known as the Claude W...
Literature
- Geoffrey BenningtonGeoffrey BenningtonGeoffrey Bennington is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of French and Professor of Comparative Literature, Emory University, Professor of Philosophy at European Graduate School in Saas-Fee , as well as a member of the International College of Philosophy...
- literary critic and philosopher, expert on deconstructionDeconstructionDeconstruction is a term introduced by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in his 1967 book Of Grammatology. Although he carefully avoided defining the term directly, he sought to apply Martin Heidegger's concept of Destruktion or Abbau, to textual reading... - Cathy CaruthCathy CaruthCathy Caruth is Frank H. T. Rhodes Professor of Humane Letters at Cornell University and is appointed in the departments of English and Comparative Literature. She taught previously at Yale and at Emory University, where she helped build the Department of Comparative Literature. She received...
- literary critic and founder of trauma studies - Richard EllmannRichard EllmannRichard David Ellmann was a prominent American literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats...
- Robert Woodruff Professor and preeminent James JoyceJames JoyceJames Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...
scholar - Shoshana FelmanShoshana FelmanShoshana Felman is Woodruff Professor of Comparative Literature and French at Emory University. She was on the faculty of Yale University from 1970 to 2004, where she became Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of French and Comparative Literature....
- literary critic, commentator on psychoanalysis, and founder of trauma theory - Elizabeth Fox-GenoveseElizabeth Fox-GenoveseElizabeth Ann Fox-Genovese was a feminist American historian particularly known for her writing about women in the Antebellum South...
- feminist historian and a primary voice of the conservative women's movement - Ha JinHa JinJīn Xuěfēi is a contemporary Chinese-American writer and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin . Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin.-Early life:...
- Chinese-American writer, formerly a Professor of English at Emory; winner of the National Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, Pulitzer Prize finalist - Salman Rushdie - author and literary scholar
- Avi SharonAvi Sharon-Life:He graduated from Emory University, and Boston University, with a Ph.D. in Classics, where he studied under Donald Carne-Ross and William Arrowsmith....
- professor of Classics and translator, and consultant - Stephen SpenderStephen SpenderSir Stephen Harold Spender CBE was an English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work...
- artist in residence, mid-1980s - Natasha TretheweyNatasha TretheweyNatasha Trethewey is an American poet who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in poetry for her 2006 collection, Native Guard.Trethewey was born in Gulfport, Mississippi. She earned the A.B. in English from the University of Georgia, an M.A. in poetry from Hollins University, and an M.F.A. in poetry from...
- Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and associate professor of creative writing
Philosophy
- Thomas R. Flynn - Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Philosophy
- Jean-François LyotardJean-François LyotardJean-François Lyotard was a French philosopher and literary theorist. He is well known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact of postmodernity on the human condition...
- late Robert Woodruff Professor and prominent French philosopher
Political science
- Alan AbramowitzAlan AbramowitzAlan I. Abramowitz is an American political scientist and author, known for his research and writings on American politics, elections, and political parties in political science....
- Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science - Gregory BernsGregory BernsGregory S. Berns is a distinguished American neuroeconomist, neuroscientist, professor of psychiatry, psychologist and writer. He lives with his family in Atlanta, Georgia, USA....
- NeuroeconomistNeuroeconomicsNeuroeconomics is an interdisciplinary field that seeks to explain human decision making, the ability to process multiple alternatives and to choose an optimal course of action. It studies how economic behavior can shape our understanding of the brain, and how neuroscientific discoveries can...
and writer - Courtney Brown - Associate Professor of political science and remote viewingRemote viewingRemote viewing is the practice of seeking impressions about a distant or unseen target using paranormal means, in particular, extra-sensory perception or "sensing with mind"...
practitioner - Jimmy CarterJimmy CarterJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
- former President of the United StatesPresident of the United StatesThe President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
and University Distinguished Professor since 1982 - Sam Cherribi - Moroccan-DutchMoroccan-DutchThe terms Moroccan-Dutch or Dutch-Moroccans refer to immigrants from Morocco to the Netherlands and their descendants. They are one of the larger allochtoon groups, making up 10.4% of the country's total population of foreign background....
politician and senior lecturer in sociology at Emory - Marion V. Creekmore, Jr.Marion V. Creekmore, Jr.Marion V. Creekmore, Jr. served in the US Foreign Service and then as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka and the Republic of Maldives.-Biography:...
- former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Republic of Maldives - Tenzin Gyatso - the fourteenth and current Dalai LamaDalai LamaThe Dalai Lama is a high lama in the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" branch of Tibetan Buddhism. The name is a combination of the Mongolian word далай meaning "Ocean" and the Tibetan word bla-ma meaning "teacher"...
named presidential professor of Emory University - Harvey KlehrHarvey KlehrHarvey E. Klehr is a professor of politics and history at Emory University; he is known for his books on the subject of the American Communist movement, and on Soviet espionage in America ....
- Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Politics and History - Tom PriceTom Price (US politician)Thomas E. Price is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in the northern suburbs of Atlanta...
(former professor) - Member of United States House of Representatives - Dan ReiterDan ReiterDan Reiter is an American political scientist. He is currently a Professor and Chair at the Department of Political Science at Emory University.-Education:...
- professor of political science
Medicine
- Doug BremnerDoug BremnerJames Douglas Bremner, M.D., is a physician, researcher, and writer based in Atlanta, Georgia. He has conducted research on Posttraumatic stress disorder and the relationship between Depression and suicide and the acne drug Accutane .- Early life and education :Bremner was born in Topeka, Kansas...
- Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology, School of Medicine, author - Sanjay GuptaSanjay GuptaSanjay Gupta is an American neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia....
- Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at Emory; CNNCNNCable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
Medical Correspondent - J. Willis Hurst - former chairman of the Department of Medicine, author, and personal cardiologist to President Lyndon Johnson
- Melvin KonnerMelvin KonnerMelvin Konner, MD, PhD, is the Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Emory University. He studied at Brooklyn College , CUNY , where he met Marjorie Shostak, whom he later married and with whom he had three children. He earned his PhD...
- Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Anthropology and Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology - Han QideHan QideHan Qide , is a prominent politician and medical scientist of the People's Republic of China....
(韩启德) - Vice Chairman of the National People's Congress of China; previously with Emory School of medicine 1985-1987 and Woodruff Medal Winner in 2006 - Harriet Robinson - Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and Director, Microbiology and Immunology at Yerkes Primate Center
- Barbara RothbaumBarbara RothbaumBarbara Rothbaum, Ph.D., is a psychologist at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a professor in the Psychiatry department.Dr. Rothbaum is head of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program at Emory...
- Psychologist and head of the Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program at Emory - Neil B. ShulmanNeil B. ShulmanNeil Barnett Shulman is an Associate Professor in the School of Medicine at Emory University. He has conducted and published clinical research on hypertension and is the co-founder of the International Society of Hypertension in Blacks. He is the author of many books promoting medical literacy for...
- Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, author, children's book writer, website and movie developer
Music
- Eric Nelson - Director of Choral Studies. Conductor of Emory’s 40-voice Concert Choir and its 180-voice University Chorus. In 2004, he was the recipient of a "Crystal Apple" award for excellence in teaching at Emory University.
Science and technology
- Fereydoon FamilyFereydoon FamilyFereydoon Family is a leading Persian physicist in the field of nanotechnology and solid-state physics. He is currently Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics and member...
- Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics, Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAmerican Physical SocietyThe American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20... - Dennis C. LiottaDennis C. LiottaDennis Liotta is a Chemistry professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.Liotta's fields of research are organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. Along with Dr. Raymond F. Schinazi and Dr...
- Professor of Chemistry and co-inventor of the AIDS drug emtricitabineEmtricitabineEmtricitabine , with trade name Emtriva , is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor for the treatment of HIV infection in adults and children.... - Keiji Morokuma - William Henry Emerson Professor of Theoretical Chemistry and Director of the Emerson Center
- Vaidy Sunderam - Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Computer Science
Sociology
- Robert Agnew - Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Sociology and developer of General Strain Theory
- Deborah LipstadtDeborah LipstadtDeborah Esther Lipstadt, Ph.D. is an American historian and author of the book Denying the Holocaust and The Eichmann Trial. She is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Emory University...
- Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust Studies and author of Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (1994) - Frans de WaalFrans de WaalFransiscus Bernardus Maria de Waal, PhD , is a Dutch primatologist and ethologist. He is the Charles Howard Candler professor of Primate Behavior in the Emory University psychology department in Atlanta, Georgia, and director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research...
- Charles Howard Candler Professor of Primate Behavior, foreign associate of the United States National Academy of SciencesUnited States National Academy of SciencesThe National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
Religion
- Thomas J. J. AltizerThomas J. J. AltizerThomas Jonathan Jackson Altizer is a radical theologian who incorporated Friedrich Nietzsche's conception of the "death of God" into his teachings.- Education :...
(professor from 1956–1968)- liberal theologian who postulated in the early 1960s the "death of God" - Merle BlackMerle BlackP. Merle Black is the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Political Science at Emory University. He is a frequent media source on Southern politics,as is his twin brother, Earl Black, a professor at Rice University...
- Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Politics and Government - James W. FowlerJames W. FowlerDr. James W. Fowler III ) Professor of Theology and Human Development at Emory University, was director of both the Center for Research on Faith and Moral Development and the Center for Ethics until he retired in 2005...
- Charles Howard Candler Professor of Theology and Human Development - Don SaliersDon SaliersThe Rev. Dr. Don E. Saliers was the William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia until his retirement in 2007. Professor Saliers received his B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University, and both his B.D. and his Ph.D...
- William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor of Theology and Worship - Andrew SleddAndrew SleddAndrew Warren Sledd was an American theologian, university professor and university president. A native of Virginia, he was the son of a prominent Methodist minister, and was himself ordained as a minister after earning his bachelor's degree and master's degree...
- First President of the University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
(1905–1909), President of Southern UniversityBirmingham-Southern CollegeBirmingham–Southern College is a 4-year, private liberal arts college located three miles northwest of downtown Birmingham. Founded in 1856, it is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Approximately 1400 students from 30 states and 23 foreign countries attend the college...
(1910–1914), first Professor of New TestamentNew TestamentThe New Testament is the second major division of the Christian biblical canon, the first such division being the much longer Old Testament....
Literature at Candler School of TheologyCandler School of TheologyCandler School of Theology, Emory University, is one of 13 seminaries of the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1914, the school was named after Warren Akin Candler, a former President and Chancellor of Emory University and a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South...
(1914–1939)
Administration
- James W. WagnerJames W. WagnerJames W. Wagner has served as the President of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia since 2003. From 2000 to 2003, he served as Provost and interim President of Case Western Reserve University.-Biography:...
- University President, 2003–present - Carl SingerCarl SingerCarl N. Singer was an American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He specialized in trouble-shooting, identifying problems associated with business management, and restoring financial stability to business organizations.Singer served on the Board of Directors for over 30 companies...
- an AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
businessman, investor and philanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
. Served on Board of Trustees for Emory.