EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1833 in Penfield, Georgia, and relocated in 1871 to Macon.

Location:
Macon, GA

Founding Date:
1833

Team:
Bears

Enrollment:
6800

Official Website:
http://www.mercer.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Doug Barnard, Jr.	Politician	20-Mar-1922		Congressman from Georgia, 1977-93
Griffin Bell	Government	31-Oct-1918		US Attorney General, 1977-79
John Birch	Religion	28-May-1918	25-Aug-1945	Missionary to China killed during WW2
Wally Butts	Football	7-Feb-1905	17-Dec-1973	UGA Head Coach, 1939-60
Thomas D. Clark, Jr.	Educator	c. 1941		Professor at LSU
Nathan Deal	Politician	25-Aug-1942		Congressman, Georgia 10th
Walter C. Dowling	Diplomat	4-Aug-1905	1977	US Ambassador to Germany, 1959-63
Nancy Grace	Journalist	23-Oct-1958		CourtTV and CNN legal host
Sam Mitchell	Basketball	2-Sep-1963		Head Coach, Toronto Raptors
John Peyton	Politician	28-Jul-1964		Mayor of Jacksonville
Jay Sekulow	Activist	10-Jun-1956		American Center for Law and Justice
Hugh P. Thompson	Judge	c. 1944		Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Meldrim Thomson, Jr.	Politician	8-Mar-1912	19-Apr-2001	Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79
W. J. Usery	Government	21-Dec-1923		US Secretary of Labor, 1976-77
Jackie M. Ward	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Computer Generation, 1968-2000

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Deal Hudson	Religion	30-Nov-1949		Karl Rove's favorite Catholic
Jim Marshall	Politician	31-Mar-1948		Congressman, Georgia 3rd

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John R. Murphy	Publisher	c. 1934		Publisher of the Baltimore Sun, 1981-92

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