EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Atlanta, GA

Founding Date:
1836

Motto:
Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam

Team:
Eagles

Mascot:
Dooley

Enrollment:
11,654

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul S. Amos II	Business	c. 1978		President of Aflac
Alben W. Barkley	Politician	24-Nov-1877	30-Apr-1956	US Vice President, 1949-53
William I. Belk	Attorney	c. 1949		Monroe Hardware Company
Stanley F. Birch, Jr.	Judge	29-Aug-1945		11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Politician	4-Feb-1947		Congressman, Georgia 2nd
David Brinkley	Journalist	10-Jul-1920	11-Jun-2003	The Huntley-Brinkley Report
Glen Browder	Politician	15-Jan-1943		Congressman from Alabama, 1989-97
Peter W. Brown	Doctor	c. 1942		Virginia Surgical Associates
C. Farris Bryant	Politician	26-Jul-1914	1-Mar-2002	Governor of Florida, 1961-65
Peter Buck	Guitarist	6-Dec-1956		R.E.M.
Mitchell Caplan	Business	c. 1957		CEO of E-Trade, 2003-07
Jack Carter	Relative	3-Jul-1947		Jimmy Carter's eldest son
Kathy Castor	Politician	20-Aug-1966		Congresswoman, Florida 14th
John W. Chidsey	Business	c. 1963		CEO of Burger King
Max Cleland	Politician	24-Aug-1942		US Senator from Georgia, 1997-2003
Bill Cobey	Politician	13-May-1939		Congressman from North Carolina, 1985-87
Kenneth Cole	Fashion Designer	23-Mar-1954		Kenneth Cole Productions
Harlan Crow	Business	1950		Chairman and CEO, Crow Holdings
H. James Dallas	Business	c. 1958		CIO of Medtronic
Mac Davis	Singer/Songwriter	21-Jan-1942		Rock/Country Singer/Songwriter
K. Terry Dornbush	Business	1933		US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1994-98
Ronald M. Dykes	Business	c. 1946		CFO of BellSouth, 1995-2005
J. L. Edmondson	Judge	14-Jul-1947		11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Edward E. Elson	Diplomat	c. 1934		US Ambassador to Denmark, 1994-98
Jack Flynt	Politician	8-Nov-1914	24-Jun-2007	Congressman from Georgia, 1954-79
Tillie Fowler	Politician	23-Dec-1942	2-Mar-2005	Congresswoman from Florida
Wyche Fowler, Jr.	Politician	6-Oct-1940		US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1996-2001
James R. Gavin III	Doctor	c. 1945		Morehouse School of Medicine
E. Duncan Getchell	Attorney	12-Oct-1949		McGuireWoods LLP
Gordon D. Giffin	Diplomat	c. 1949		US Ambassador to Canada, 1997-2001
Newt Gingrich	Politician	17-Jun-1943		Speaker of the House, 1995-99
Michael Golden	Publisher	c. 1950		Publisher, The International Herald Tribune
Carte Goodwin	Politician	27-Feb-1974		US Senator from West Virginia
Ernie Harwell	Sports Journalist	25-Jan-1918	4-May-2010	Voice of the Detroit Tigers
Bill Haslam	Politician	23-Aug-1958		Governor of Tennessee
Glenda Hatchett	TV Personality	14-Dec-1951		Judge Hatchett
Catharina Haynes	Judge	9-Nov-1963		5th Circuit Court of Appeals
George W. Henderson III	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Burlington Industries, 1995-2003
C. Robert Henrikson	Business	c. 1947		CEO of MetLife
Carl Hiaasen	Author	12-Mar-1953		Team Rodent: How Disneyland Devours the World
Keri Hilson	Singer/Songwriter	27-Oct-1982		The Way I Are
P. Harris Hines	Judge	c. 1943		Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Spessard Holland	Politician	10-Jul-1892	6-Nov-1971	Governor and Senator from Florida
J. Rogers Hollingsworth	Historian	26-Jul-1932		A Political Economy of Medicine
Deal Hudson	Religion	30-Nov-1949		Karl Rove's favorite Catholic
Frank M. Hull	Judge	9-Dec-1948		11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles H. Jenkins, Jr.	Business	1944		CEO of Publix, 2001-08
Howard M. Jenkins	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Publix, 1990-2001
Bobby Jones	Golf	17-Mar-1902	18-Dec-1971	Winner of 13 major championships
William N. Kelley	Doctor	23-Jun-1939		Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome
John Hubert Kelly	Diplomat	20-Jul-1939		US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1986-88
Claude R. Kirk, Jr.	Politician	7-Jan-1926	27-Sep-2011	Governor of Florida, 1967-71
Larry Klayman	Activist	20-Jul-1951		Founder, Judicial Watch
Alan J. Lacy	Business	19-Oct-1953		CEO of Sears, 2000-05
Lucius Q. C. Lamar	Politician	17-Sep-1825	23-Jan-1893	Senator, Interior Secretary, Justice
George LeMieux	Politician	21-May-1969		US Senator from Florida, 2009-11
Elliott H. Levitas	Politician	26-Dec-1930		Congressman from Georgia, 1975-85
Dumas Malone	Historian	10-Jan-1892	27-Dec-1986	Jefferson and His Time
Christopher McCandless	Victim	12-Feb-1968	18-Aug-1992	Subject of Into the Wild
Larry McDonald	Politician	1-Apr-1935	1-Sep-1983	Congressman from Georgia, 1975-83
Dan Miller	Politician	30-May-1942		Congressman from Florida, 1993-2003
Zell Miller	Politician	24-Feb-1932		US Senator from Georgia, 2000-05
Sam Nunn	Politician	8-Sep-1938		US Senator from Georgia, 1972-97
Diana Nyad	Swimmer	22-Aug-1949		Long distance swimmer
Larry L. Palmer	Diplomat	c. 1948		US Ambassador to Honduras, 2002-05
John M. Palms	Physicist	6-Jun-1935		President, University of South Carolina, 1991-2002
Earl Paulk	Religion	30-May-1927	29-Mar-2009	Chapel Hill Harvester Church
David M. Potter	Historian	6-Dec-1910	18-Feb-1971	The Impending Crisis, 1848-1861
Jody Powell	Government	30-Sep-1943	14-Sep-2009	Jimmy Carter's Press Secretary
J. Neal Purcell	Business	c. 1942		Retired Partner, KPMG
Amy Ray	Singer/Songwriter	12-Apr-1964		The Indigo Girls
Ralph Reed	Activist	24-Jun-1961		Former head of the Christian Coalition
Thomas A. Reynolds III	Attorney	12-May-1952		Partner, Winston & Strawn
James E. Rogers	Business	20-Sep-1947		CEO of Duke Energy
J. Roy Rowland	Politician	3-Feb-1926		Congressman from Georgia, 1983-95
Kai Ryssdal	Radio Personality	c. 1963		Marketplace
Emily Saliers	Musician	22-Jul-1963		The Indigo Girls
Ferrol Sams	Novelist	26-Sep-1922	29-Jan-2013	Run with the Horsemen
Jeffrey H. Schwartz	Business	c. 1959		CEO of ProLogis
Leah Ward Sears	Judge	13-Jun-1955		Georgia Chief Justice
Jack L. Stahl	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Revlon, 2002-06
Hugh P. Thompson	Judge	c. 1944		Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Melvin E. Thompson	Politician	1-May-1903	3-Oct-1980	Governor of Georgia, 1947-48
Touré	Author	20-Mar-1971		The Portable Promised Land
Rob Wexler	Politician	2-Jan-1961		Former Congressman from Florida
Don Wildmon	Activist	18-Jan-1938		Moral crusader
David M. Wilds	Business	c. 1941		Managing Partner, 1st Avenue Partners
James B. Williams	Business	21-Mar-1933		CEO of SunTrust Banks, 1991-98
Robert W. Woodruff	Business	6-Dec-1889	7-Mar-1985	President of Coca-Cola, 1923-54
C. Vann Woodward	Historian	13-Nov-1908	17-Dec-1999	The Strange Career of Jim Crow

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Patrick Allitt	Historian	26-Aug-1956		Religion in America Since 1945
Bobbie Battista	Journalist	c. 1952		CNN, Atamira Communications
Rebecca S. Chopp	Educator	c. 1952		President, Colgate University
Johnnetta B. Cole	Educator	19-Oct-1936		President of Spelman College, 1987-97
Richard Ellmann	Critic	15-Mar-1918	13-May-1987	James Joyce
David J. Garrow	Historian	11-May-1953		Bearing the Cross
James R. Gavin III	Doctor	c. 1945		Morehouse School of Medicine
Julie Gerberding	Doctor	22-Aug-1955		Director, Centers for Disease Control, 2002-09
Gordon D. Giffin	Diplomat	c. 1949		US Ambassador to Canada, 1997-2001
Jonathan Golden	Attorney	c. 1936		Arnall Golden Gregory
Sanjay Gupta	TV Personality	23-Oct-1969		CNN's resident neurosurgeon
Carol W. Hunstein	Judge	16-Aug-1944		Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Jean-François Lyotard	Philosopher	10-Aug-1924	21-Apr-1998	Founder of Postmodernism
John M. Palms	Physicist	6-Jun-1935		President, University of South Carolina, 1991-2002
Jeffrey A. Rosensweig	Economist	c. 1957		Finance Professor at Emory
Richard H. Sinkfield	Attorney	27-Aug-1942		Partner, Rogers & Hardin
Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld	Educator	c. 1954		Chief Executive Leadership Institute
Wole Soyinka	Playwright	13-Jul-1934		Politically-charged Nigerian author

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur Blank	Business	27-Sep-1942		Co-Founder of Home Depot
Caroline H. Byrd	Business	c. 1949		GlobalTech Financial
Rebecca S. Chopp	Educator	c. 1952		President, Colgate University
Douglas N. Daft	Business	1943		CEO of Coca Cola, 2000-04
A. William Dahlberg	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Southern Company, 1995-2001
James R. Gavin III	Doctor	c. 1945		Morehouse School of Medicine
Spessard Holland	Politician	10-Jul-1892	6-Nov-1971	Governor and Senator from Florida
L. Phillip Humann	Business	1946		CEO of SunTrust Banks, 1998-2006
E. Neville Isdell	Business	8-Jun-1943		CEO of Coca Cola, 2004-08
M. Douglas Ivester	Business	26-Mar-1947		CEO of Coca Cola, 1997-2000
Howard M. Jenkins	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Publix, 1990-2001
Michael M. E. Johns	Educator	c. 1941		Chancellor, Emory University
William N. Kelley	Doctor	23-Jun-1939		Kelley-Seegmiller Syndrome
James T. Laney	Educator	24-Dec-1927		President of Emory University, 1977-93
Augustus Baldwin Longstreet	Author	9-Jul-1790	9-Jul-1870	Georgia Scenes
John M. Palms	Physicist	6-Jun-1935		President, University of South Carolina, 1991-2002
J. Neal Purcell	Business	c. 1942		Retired Partner, KPMG
Gary W. Rollins	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Rollins
Jeffrey H. Schwartz	Business	c. 1959		CEO of ProLogis
James W. Wagner	Educator	c. 1953		President, Emory University
James B. Williams	Business	21-Mar-1933		CEO of SunTrust Banks, 1991-98

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