Business and Economics
- Cynthia Bathurst, animal rights activist, former mathematical analyst, founder/director of Safe Humane Chicago and Court Case Dog Program
- Samuel DiPiazza, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PricewaterhouseCoopers
- A. G. Gaston, African-American businessman
- Franklin Potts Glass, Sr., newspaper editor
- Jay Grinney, President and Chief Executive Officer of HealthSouth Corporation
- John M. Harbert, American billionaire and founder of Harbert Corporation
- Elmer Harris, Chief Executive Officer of Alabama Power
- Charles Linn, founder of First National Bank of Birmingham (AmSouth Bancorporation)
- Don Logan, Chief Executive Officer of Time Inc.; Chairman of Time Warners Media and Communications Group; Chief Executive Officer of Southern Progress
- Michael K. Powell, Federal Communications Commission chairman
- Rufus N. Rhodes, founder of Birmingham News
- Richard M. Scrushy, founder and former CEO of HealthSouth Corporation
- James Sloss, industrialist and founder of Sloss Furnaces
- Alvin Vogtle, Chairman and CEO of Alabama Power and Southern Company
- Donald Watkins, banker, attorney
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