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*Eugene W. Stetson - banker and railway executive; organized the sale of [[Coca-Cola]] by [[Asa Griggs Candler]] to [[Ernest Woodruff]] in 1919; namesake of Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics<ref>http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0012869</ref><ref>http://business.mercer.edu/about/stetson/</ref> |
*Eugene W. Stetson - banker and railway executive; organized the sale of [[Coca-Cola]] by [[Asa Griggs Candler]] to [[Ernest Woodruff]] in 1919; namesake of Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics<ref>http://www.accessgenealogy.com/scripts/data/database.cgi?file=Data&report=SingleArticle&ArticleID=0012869</ref><ref>http://business.mercer.edu/about/stetson/</ref> |
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*Steve Stoler - news reporter for [[WFAA]] in [[Dallas, Texas]]; noted for his coverage of the [[Branch Davidian]] [[Waco Siege]] in [[Waco, Texas]] |
*Steve Stoler - news reporter for [[WFAA]] in [[Dallas, Texas]]; noted for his coverage of the [[Branch Davidian]] [[Waco Siege]] in [[Waco, Texas]] |
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* Barbara (Willis) GauthIer - News anchor for [[WTVM]] in [[Columbus, Ga]]; [http://www.wtvm.com/story/8755120/barbara-gauthier Professional Newscaster] |
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*Jack Tarver - publisher, ''[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'', 1958–1976; chairman, [[Associated Press]], 1977–1983, namesake of the Jack Tarver Library on the Macon campus |
*Jack Tarver - publisher, ''[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'', 1958–1976; chairman, [[Associated Press]], 1977–1983, namesake of the Jack Tarver Library on the Macon campus |
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*[[Corbett H. Thigpen]] - noted [[psychiatrist]]; co-author of ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]'' |
*[[Corbett H. Thigpen]] - noted [[psychiatrist]]; co-author of ''[[The Three Faces of Eve]]'' |
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Revision as of 11:24, 26 March 2012
Mercer University is an independent, private, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Mercer was founded in 1833 and is the only university of its size in the United States that offers programs in eleven diversified fields of study: liberal arts, business, education, music, engineering, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, law, theology, and continuing and professional studies. Mercer enrolls approximately 8,300 students in its eleven colleges and schools.
Alumni
This is a list of notable Mercer alumni.
Arts, education, media, and industry
- Steve Berry - author of six novels including several New York Times bestsellers
- Thomas P. Bishop - senior vice president, compliance officer and general counsel, Georgia Power, the largest electric utility in Georgia[1]
- John B. Black - president, East Georgia College
- J. Buford Boone - Pulitzer Prize winning author (1957); recognized for editorials against segregation
- David Bottoms - Georgia Poet Laureate
- William H. Bruce - Mercer's first doctoral graduate (1890); president, Tarleton State University, 1899–1900; president, University of North Texas, 1906-1923[2]
- Harry Stillwell Edwards - former editor, Macon Telegraph; author of 19 books including the Southern classic Eneas Africanus
- Erick Erickson - political contributor for John King, USA on CNN
- Nancy Grace - legal commentator and guest host for Larry King Live; hosts her own show, Nancy Grace on CNN
- Keitaro Harada - Opera and Orchestra Conductor
- Rufus Carrollton Harris - president, Tulane University, 1939–1960; president, Mercer University, 1960–1979
- John Hogan - founding president, Radio and Television News Directors Association, the world's largest organization devoted to broadcast journalism
- Y. Lynn Holmes - president, Brewton-Parker College, 1983–1997
- Malcolm Johnson - Pulitzer Prize winning author (1949); his reports were the basis for On the Waterfront, which starred Marlon Brando
- Anne B. Kerr - president, Florida Southern College
- William Heard Kilpatrick - career educator; first president of the Bennington College board of trustees, 1931–1938
- Landrum P. Leavell - president, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975–1995
- Andrew Light - moral philosopher and Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress; author and editor of 17 books on environmental ethics, philosophy of technology, and aesthetics
- J. Thomas McAfee - chairman and president, Hallmark Systems, an Atlanta health care corporation; the McAfee family provided founding endowments for the university's McAfee School of Theology and Townsend School of Music
- Reg Murphy - former president and vice chairman, National Geographic Society; publisher, Baltimore Sun; editor and publisher, San Francisco Examiner; and editor, Atlanta Journal-Constitution; author of Uncommon Sense: The Achievement of Griffin Bell
- William F. Ogburn - noted sociologist; former president of the American Sociological Society[3]
- George P. Oslin - former Western Union executive; invented the singing telegram in 1933
- Lyman Ray Patterson - noted law professor and copyright scholar; former dean, Emory University School of Law
- James Rachels - moral philosopher, university professor, and author; best known for his writing on euthanasia
- Ed Roberts - designed the first commercially successful personal computer in 1975; known as "the father of the personal computer"[4]
- Ferrol Sams - widely read Southern author noted for Run with the Horsemen and Whisper of the River among other works
- Neil Skene - president and publisher, Congressional Quarterly, 1990–1997
- Eugene W. Stetson - banker and railway executive; organized the sale of Coca-Cola by Asa Griggs Candler to Ernest Woodruff in 1919; namesake of Mercer's Eugene W. Stetson School of Business and Economics[5][6]
- Steve Stoler - news reporter for WFAA in Dallas, Texas; noted for his coverage of the Branch Davidian Waco Siege in Waco, Texas
- Barbara (Willis) GauthIer - News anchor for WTVM in Columbus, Ga; Professional Newscaster
- Jack Tarver - publisher, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 1958–1976; chairman, Associated Press, 1977–1983, namesake of the Jack Tarver Library on the Macon campus
- Corbett H. Thigpen - noted psychiatrist; co-author of The Three Faces of Eve
- Ellis Paul Torrance - educator known for pioneering research in creativity; namesake of the Torrance Center for Creativity and Talent Development
- Phil Walden - music pioneer and founder of Capricorn Records; represented Otis Redding and The Allman Brothers
Law
- A. Harris Adams - Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals[7]
- Griffin B. Bell - Judge, United States Court of Appeals, 1962–1976; 72nd Attorney General of the United States, 1977-1979[8][9]
- John S. Bell - Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1960–1979; Chief Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1969-1979[10]
- Reason C. Bell - Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, 1943–1946; Associate Justice, 1932–1943 and 1946–1949; Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922-1932[11]
- William Augustus Bootle - Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 1954–2005; ordered the first admission of an African-American to the University of Georgia in 1961[8]
- G. Harrold Carswell - Judge, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Florida, 1958–1969; Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1969–1970; unsuccessful nominee to the United States Supreme Court, 1970[8]
- Linton McGee Collins - Judge, United States Court of Claims, 1964-1972[12]
- Brainerd Currie - law professor; noted conflict of laws scholar who developed the characterisation concept of governmental interest analysis[13]
- Thomas Hoyt Davis - Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 1945-1969[8]
- Sara L. Doyle - Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals[14]
- Beverly Daniel Evans, Jr. - Georgia Supreme Court Justice, 1904–1917; Federal District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1917-1922[8]
- Albert John Henderson - Judge, United States Court of Appeals, 1979–1999; Judge, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1968-1979[8]
- Archibald Battle Lovett - Judge, Federal District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 1941-1945[15]
- Scott D. Makar - Florida Solicitor General[16]
- M. Yvette Miller - Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals; the first African-American woman to serve on the court[17]
- Carlton Mobley - Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, 1972–1974; Associate Justice, 1954–1972; United States Representative, Georgia's 6th Congressional district, 1932-1933[18][19]
- Michael J. Moore - United States Attorney, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- Willie Louis Sands - Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia; the first African-American to serve on the court[8]
- Jay Sekulow - chief counsel, American Center for Law and Justice[20]
- Evett Simmons - former president, National Bar Association[21]
- Hugh Thompson - Georgia Supreme Court Justice[22]
- Marc T. Treadwell - Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- Additional Walter F. George School of Law alumni are listed on the school's Wikipedia entry
Politics
- Ellis Arnall - Governor of Georgia, 1943-1947[23]
- Doug Barnard - United States Representative, Georgia's 10th Congressional district, 1977-1993[24]
- Brad Bryant - Superintendent of the Georgia public schools, one of Georgia's eight statewide executive officials, 2010-2011[25]
- Allen D. Candler - Governor of Georgia, 1898–1902; United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1883–1891; namesake of Candler County, Georgia[26][27]
- Cathy Cox - Georgia Secretary of State, 1999–2007; first woman elected to this position
- Edward E. Cox - United States Representative, Georgia's 2nd Congressional district, 1925-1952[28]
- Nathan Deal - United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1993–2010; elected Governor of Georgia in 2010[29]
- Walter C. Dowling - United States Ambassador to South Korea, 1956–1959; United States Ambassador to Germany, 1959-1963[30]
- Winfred Dukes Georgia State Representative
- Walter F. George - United States Senator from Georgia, 1922–1957, served as President pro tempore, 1955–1957; namesake of Mercer's Law School[31][32]
- Robert W. Everett - United States Representative, Georgia's 7th Congressional district, 1891–1893[33]
- Thomas W. Hardwick - United States Senator from Georgia, 1915–1919; Governor of Georgia, 1921–1923; as Governor, appointed Rebecca L. Felton as the first female United States Senator[34][35]
- Richard B. Hubbard - Governor of Texas, 1876–1879; US Ambassador to Japan, 1885-1889[36]
- William D. Jelks - Governor of Alabama, 1901-1907[37]
- Phillip M. Landrum - United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1953-1977[38]
- Thomas G. Lawson - United States Representative, Georgia's 8th Congressional district, 1891-1897[39]
- Rufus E. Lester - United States Representative, Georgia's 1st Congressional district, 1889-1906[40]
- Henry Dickerson McDaniel - Governor of Georgia, 1883-1886[41]
- Charles L. Moses - United States Representative, Georgia's 4th Congressional district, 1891-1897[42]
- William J. Northen - Governor of Georgia, 1890–1894; president, Southern Baptist Convention, 1899–1901; served as a Mercer trustee for 44 years, 1869-1913[43]
- James W. Overstreet - United States Representative, Georgia's 1st Congressional district, 1906–1907 and 1917-1923[44]
- John Oxendine - Georgia Insurance Commissioner, 1995–2011
- Homer C. Parker - United States Representative, Georgia's 1st Congressional district, 1931-1935[45]
- John Peyton - Mayor, Jacksonville, Florida, the most populous city in Florida and the thirteenth most populous in the United States, 2003-2011
- Charles "Jack" Pritchard - United States Ambassador and Special Envoy for Negotiations to North Korea, 2001-2003[46]
- Scott E. Rigell - United States Representative, Virginia's 2nd Congressional district[47]
- Seaborn Roddenbery - United States Representative, Georgia's 2nd Congressional district, 1910-1913[48]
- Dwight L. Rogers - United States Representative, Florida's 6th Congressional district, 1945-1954[49]
- William J. Sears - United States Representative, Florida's 4th Congressional district, 1915–1929; United States Representative, an at-large Florida district, 1933-1937[50]
- Chauncey Sparks - Governor of Alabama, 1943-1947[51]
- Malcolm C. Tarver - United States Representative, Georgia's 7th Congressional district, 1927-1947[52]
- Meldrim Thomson, Jr. - Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-1979[53]
- Sandra L. Thurman - Director, Office of National AIDS Policy, 1997–2001; the first Presidential Envoy for AIDS Cooperation, 2000–2001; referred to as the nation's "AIDS czar" in the administration of President Bill Clinton[54][55]
- William Usery Jr. - United States Secretary of Labor, 1976-1977[56][57]
- Carl Vinson - United States Representative for over 50 years, 1914–1965; long-time Chairman, House Armed Services Committee; has been called the "patriarch of the armed services" and the "father of the two-ocean navy"; namesake of the USS Carl Vinson.[58]
- Thomas E. Watson - United States Representative, Georgia's 10th Congressional district, 1891–1893; United States Senator from Georgia, 1921-1922[59]
- William S. West - United States Senator from Georgia, 1914-1914[60]
- J. Mark Wilcox - United States Representative, Florida's 4th Congressional district, 1933-1939[61]
- John S. Wood - United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1931–1935 and 1945–1953; Chairman, House Un-American Activities Committee, 1949-1953[62]
- Eleven Mercerians have served as Governors: Ellis Arnall, Allen D. Candler, Nathan Deal (elected in 2010, current Governor of Georgia), Thomas W. Hardwick, Richard B. Hubbard, William D. Jelks, Henry Dickerson McDaniel, William J. Northen, Chauncey Sparks, Meldrim Thomson, Jr., and Blanton Winship, of Alabama, Georgia, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, and Texas
- Four Mercerians have served as United States Senators: Walter F. George, Thomas W. Hardwick, Thomas E. Watson, and William S. West, all from Georgia
- More than twenty Mercerians have served as United States Representatives; the most recent (as of 2011) is Scott E. Rigell of Virginia
Military
- Ross W. Crossley, Brigadier General, US Army - Commanding General, V Corps Artillery, 1983–1985; Chief of Staff, V Corps, 1985–1988
- Benjamin S. Griffin, General, US Army - Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 2004–2008
- Richard E. Hawes, Rear Admiral, US Navy - commanded several vessals during World War II; recipient of the Navy Cross; namesake of the USS Hawes
- Michael L. Howard, Colonel, US Army - Commander, 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, the only airborne brigade in the Pacific Theater, 2008–2010
- Claude M. Kicklighter, Lieutenant General, US Army - Commanding General, United States Army, Pacific, 1989–1991; after military retirement, served in senior civilian positions in the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs; Assistant Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2001–2005; Inspector General, Department of Defense, 2007–2008
- C. Stewart Rodeheaver, Brigadier General, US Army - Deputy Commanding General, First United States Army, 2006–2009
- William T. Thielemann, Brigadier General, US Army - Commander, 48th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Georgia Army National Guard, 1995–1997
- George J. Walker, Brigadier General, US Army - Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1987–1989; member, Military Intelligence Hall of Fame
- Perry L. Wiggins, Major General, US Army - Deputy Commanding General, Fifth United States Army, and former Commander, 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley
- Blanton Winship, Major General, US Army - The Judge Advocate General (TJAG), 1931–1933; Governor of Puerto Rico, 1934–1939
Science
- Kevin Greenaugh - noted nuclear engineer, the first African-American to receive a PhD from the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park[63]
Other public service
- John Birch - missionary and spy in China during World War II; namesake of the John Birch Society[64]
- Charles Kelsey Dozier - missionary and founder of Seinan Gakuin University in Japan[65]
- J. Truett Gannon - influential Baptist minister; chairman, Truett-McConnell College Board of Trustees, 1985–1987; chairman, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Board of Trustees, 1987–1990; president, Georgia Baptist Convention, 1990-1992[66]
- Louie D. Newton - influential Baptist minister; president, Southern Baptist Convention, 1947–1948; president, Georgia Baptist Convention, 1950–1951; pastor of Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta for more than 40 years; namesake of Mercer's Newton Chapel[67]
- Lamar R. Plunkett - past chair, University System of Georgia Board of Regents; past chair, Mercer Board of Trustees; former Georgia state senator; namesake of the Lamar R. Plunkett Lecture Series at the University of West Georgia; namesake of the Lamar R. Plunkett Award presented by the Southern Regional Education Board[68][69]
- Steadman V. Sanford - former chancellor, University System of Georgia; namesake of Sanford Stadium at the University of Georgia[70]
Athletics
- Wally Butts - head football coach, University of Georgia (1939–1960), athletic director (1939–1963); member of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame
- Jimmy Carnes - head track & field coach, Furman University (1962–1964), University of Florida (1965–1976), U.S. Olympic team (1980); founding president of USA Track & Field (1980–1984)
- Andrea Congreaves - women's basketball player in the WNBA and in Europe
- Wesley Duke - former tight end for the Denver Broncos, 2005 AFC West Champions
- Big James Henderson - powerlifter who competed in the International Powerlifting Federation and won five world bench press titles (1994–1998)
- Sam Mitchell - head coach, Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association (2004–2008); selected as the 2007 NBA Coach of the Year
- Bill Yoast - high school football coach made famous in the film Remember the Titans[71]
- Ten Mercerians have been Major League Baseball players[72]
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