List of Alumni of Mercer University - Alumni - Other Public Service

Other Public Service

  • John Birch - missionary and spy in China during World War II; namesake of the John Birch Society
  • Charles Kelsey Dozier - missionary and founder of Seinan Gakuin University in Japan
  • 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
  • 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 Hall, a large chapel on the Macon campus
  • 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
  • Steadman V. Sanford - former chancellor, University System of Georgia; namesake of Sanford Stadium at the University of Georgia

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