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
Ellis Arnall	Politician	20-Mar-1907	13-Dec-1992	Governor of Georgia, 1943-47
Luke Askew	Actor	26-Mar-1932	29-Mar-2012	Easy Rider
Doug Barnard, Jr.	Politician	20-Mar-1922		Congressman from Georgia, 1977-93
Griffin Bell	Government	31-Oct-1918	5-Jan-2009	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
G. Harrold Carswell	Judge	22-Dec-1919	31-Jul-1992	Failed US Supreme Court nominee
Thomas D. Clark, Jr.	Educator	c. 1941		Professor at LSU
Nathan Deal	Politician	25-Aug-1942		Governor of Georgia
Walter C. Dowling	Diplomat	4-Aug-1905	1977	US Ambassador to Germany, 1959-63
Erick Erickson	Blogger	3-Jun-1975		RedState.com managing editor
Walter F. George	Politician	29-Jan-1878	4-Aug-1957	US Senator from Georgia, 1922-57
Nancy Grace	Journalist	23-Oct-1958		CourtTV and CNN legal host
Thomas W. Hardwick	Politician	9-Dec-1872	31-Jan-1944	Senator and Governor from Georgia
Sam Mitchell	Basketball	2-Sep-1963		Head Coach, Toronto Raptors
John Peyton	Politician	28-Jul-1964		Mayor of Jacksonville
Scott Rigell	Politician	28-May-1960		Congressman, Virginia 2nd
Ed Roberts	Inventor	13-Sep-1941	1-Apr-2010	Inventor of the Altair computer
Ferrol Sams	Novelist	26-Sep-1922	29-Jan-2013	Run with the Horsemen
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 from Georgia, 2003-11

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lamartine G. Hardman	Politician	14-Apr-1856	18-Feb-1937	Governor of Georgia, 1927-31
John R. Murphy	Publisher	7-Jan-1934		Publisher of the Baltimore Sun, 1981-92
Clifford M. Walker	Politician	4-Jul-1877	9-Nov-1954	Governor of Georgia, 1923-27

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