Notable Alumni and Faculty
Emory alumni include: Alben Barkley (BA 1900), 35th Vice President of the United States, Newt Gingrich (BA 1965), 58th Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lee Hong-koo (BA 1959), 26th Prime Minister of South Korea, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) (BA 1845), former Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court and Bill Haslam (BA 1980), current Governor of Tennessee. In academia, Isaac Stiles Hopkins (BA 1859) and Robert Stewart Hyer (BA 1881, MA 1882), founding presidents of Georgia Institute of Technology and Southern Methodist University, respectively, Andrew D. Holt (BA 1927), 16th President of the University of Tennessee, Arthur Hollis Edens (BA 1928, MA 1938), 3rd President of Duke University and Howard Lamar (BA 1945), 21st president of Yale University. Business alum include former longtime president of the Coca Cola Company, Robert Woodruff, John Chidsey (MBA, JD), Chairman and CEO of Burger King, C. Robert Henrikson (JD 1972), Chairman and CEO of MetLife, Kenneth Cole (BA 1976), clothing designer and founder of Kenneth Cole Productions, Raymond W. McDaniel Jr. (JD), Chairman and CEO of Moody's Corporation.
In arts and entertainment, Ernie Harwell, longtime announcer for the Detroit Tigers and member of the National Radio Hall of Fame, members of the Grammy winning folk rock group the Indigo Girls and Adam Richman (BA), actor and host of the television show Man vs. Food. Pulitzer Prize winning writers C. Vann Woodward (BA 1930), author of The Strange Career of Jim Crow and Dumas Malone (BA 1910) are also alumni, the latter also being the recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Multi-platinum, Grammy Awards nominated recording artist Keri Hilson attended Oxford College of Emory University. Medical and scientific alumni include Eugene Stead (BS 1928, MD 1932), founder of the physician assistant profession, Arnall Patz (BA 1943, MD 1945), ophthalmology researcher and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient who discovered that oxygen therapy causes blindness in infants, Sonny Carter (BS 1969, MD 1973), NASA astronaut, Robert Simpson (MA 1935), meteorologist and co-developer of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. Among notable athletes, Bobby Jones (Law 1929), the only golfer to win a Grand Slam, founder of the Masters Golf Tournament, and often considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time.
Distinguished faculty members include former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Booker Prize-winning novelist Sir Salman Rushdie, His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Natasha Trethewey and CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
- Emory University Alumni
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Alben Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States
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Newt Gingrich, 58th Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Bobby Jones, Only golfer to win a Grand Slam and founder of the Masters Golf Tournament
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Arnall Patz, Ophthalmology researcher and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
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