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University of the South

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Sewanee, TN

Founding Date:
1857

Team:
Tigers

Enrollment:
1500

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

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ellis Arnall
Politician
20-Mar-1907 13-Dec-1992 Governor of Georgia, 1943-47
Howard Baker
Government
15-Nov-1925 26-Jun-2014 Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1987-88
Richard W. Bolling
Politician
17-May-1916 21-Apr-1991 Congressman from Missouri, 1949-83
Stuart Bowen
Government
1958   Iraq Inspector General
Robert L. Brown
Judge
30-Jun-1941   Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court
Harry P. Cain
Politician
10-Jan-1906 3-Mar-1979 US Senator from Washington, 1946-53
William C. Gorgas
Doctor
3-Oct-1854 3-Jul-1920 Malaria and yellow fever
Ward Greene
Novelist
23-Dec-1892 22-Jan-1956 Lady and the Tramp
Smith Hempstone, Jr.
Diplomat
1-Feb-1929 19-Nov-2006 US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93
Frank B. Kelso II
Military
11-Jul-1933 23-Jun-2013 Chief of Naval Operations, 1990-94
Harry C. McPherson
Attorney
22-Aug-1929 16-Feb-2012 White House Counsel to Johnson
Jon Meacham
Journalist
20-May-1969   Managing Editor of Newsweek, 1998-2010
Anson Mount
Actor
25-Feb-1973   Cullen Bohannan on Hell on Wheels
Claude B. Nielsen
Business
c. 1951   Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
Miles O'Keeffe
Actor
20-Jun-1954   Tarzan, the Ape Man
Vail Pittman
Politician
17-Sep-1880 29-Jan-1964 Governor of Nevada, 1945-51
Gene Robinson
Religion
29-May-1947   Openly gay Episcopalian bishop
William O. Studeman
Military
16-Jan-1940   NSA Director, 1988-92
Lee M. Thomas
Government
13-Jun-1944   CEO of Rayonier
John Sharp Williams
Politician
30-Jul-1854 27-Sep-1932 US Senator, Representative from Mississippi

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Medford Evans
Author
21-Aug-1907 4-Feb-1989 The Assassination of Joe McCarthy
Edmund Kirby Smith
Military
16-May-1824 28-Mar-1893 Last Confederate general to surrender

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert L. Brown
Judge
30-Jun-1941   Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court
John McCardell
Educator
17-Jun-1949   Vice Chancellor, University of the South
Jon Meacham
Journalist
20-May-1969   Managing Editor of Newsweek, 1998-2010
Claude B. Nielsen
Business
c. 1951   Coca-Cola Bottling Company United
Leonidas Polk
Military
10-Apr-1806 14-Jun-1864 Confederate general




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