Oxford College of Emory University - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Letter to Robert W. Woodruff's father

I do not think it advisable for him to return to college this term ... He has never learned to apply himself, which together with very frequent absences, makes it impossible for him to succeed as a student."

James E. Dickey,
  • Alben W. Barkley – Served as 35th United States Vice President under President Harry S. Truman. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as a U.S. Representative and Senate Majority Leader from Kentucky.
  • John B. Cobb – A United Methodist process theologian who helped develop process theology.
  • James Edward Dickey – Last President of Emory College and first President of Emory University. Later elected a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
  • Tinsley Ellis – An American blues and rock musician.
  • Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II) – Served as a United States Supreme Court Justice and also a Senator from Mississippi.
  • Keri Hilson – A singer, songwriter, actress, and R&B artist.
  • Gordon Lee – Served as a U.S. congressman from Georgia.
  • Dumas Malone – Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, former head of Harvard University Press.
  • Thomas M. Rivers – Famed virologist, headed the National Science Foundation's search for a polio vaccine.
  • J. Roy Rowland – Member of United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 8th congressional district. He attended Emory College at Oxford for one year in 1943.
  • Robert W. Woodruff – Attended Oxford for one term, then served as President of the Coca-Cola Company. Later donated a total of $230 million to Emory University.
  • Oxford College Alumni

  • Alben Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States

  • Lucius Lamar II, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

  • John B. Cobb, a theologian who helped develop process theology.

  • Keri Hilson, an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

  • James E. Dickey, a United Methodist bishop and first President of Emory University.

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