List of Mercer University people

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Mercer University is a private, coeducational university in Macon, Georgia, founded in 1833.

Nathan Deal served as Governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. Deal earned his undergraduate degree from Mercer in 1964 and graduated from Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law in 1966.

Mercer 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 and employees.

Arts, education, media, and industry[]

Nancy Grace was the host of Nancy Grace on HLN. She earned her undergraduate degree from Mercer in 1981 and graduated from Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law in 1984.
  • Tom Abbott – broadcaster with Golf Channel and NBC Sports
  • Gregg Allman – musician, received an honorary degree in 2016
  • - House selling fool and good looking dude
  • 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, 2000–2012
  • William H. Bruce – Mercer's first doctoral graduate (1890); president, Tarleton State University, 1899–1900; president, University of North Texas, 1906–1923[2]
  • James C. Coomer – political scientist and author
  • John M. Couric – former UPI editor, PR executive with the National Association of Broadcasters; father of broadcast journalist Katie Couric
  • 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
  • Barbara (Willis) Gauthier – news anchor for WTVM in Columbus[3]
  • Nancy Grace – legal commentator and guest host for Larry King Live; hosted 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, co-author of the GI Bill
  • 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
  • Budge Huskey – president and CEO, Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC
  • Malcolm Johnson – Pulitzer Prize-winning author (1949); his reports were the basis for On the Waterfront, which starred Marlon Brando
  • Tony Kemp — Executive Committee member, Phi Eta Sigma;[4] currently Mercer's Senior Director of Academic Services
  • 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
  • Dr. Henry Lewis III – president, Florida Memorial University
  • Dr. Andrew Light – university professor, George Mason University, and Senior Adviser on Climate Change, U.S. Department of State; author and editor of 17 books on the intersection of the scientific and moral dimensions of environmental and technology policy
Erick Erickson is a political contributor for John King, USA on CNN. He earned his undergraduate degree from Mercer in 1997 and graduated from Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law in 2000.

Law[]

Griffin Bell served as the Attorney General of the United States from 1977–1979. He graduated from Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law in 1948.

For further alumni, see also: Walter F. George School of Law.

  • A. Harris Adams – Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals[9]
  • Griffin Bell – Judge, United States Court of Appeals, 1962–1976; 72nd Attorney General of the United States, 1977–1979[10][11]
  • John S. Bell – Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1960–1979; Chief Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1969–1979[12]
  • Reason C. Bell – Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, 1943–1946; Associate Justice, 1932–1943 and 1946–1949; Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922–1932[13]
  • 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[10]
G. Harrold Carswell served as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1969–1970. He was an unsuccessful nominee to the United States Supreme Court in 1970. He graduated from Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law in 1948.
  • 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[10]
  • Barry Cohen (attorney) – criminal defense attorney, 1966–2018[14]
  • Linton McGee Collins – Judge, United States Court of Claims, 1964–1972[15]
  • Brainerd Currie – law professor; noted conflict of laws scholar who developed the characterisation concept of governmental interest analysis[16]
  • Thomas Hoyt Davis – Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, 1945–1969[10]
  • Sara L. Doyle – Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals[17]
  • Beverly Daniel Evans, Jr. – Georgia Supreme Court Justice, 1904–1917; Federal District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 1917–1922[10]
  • Albert John Henderson – Judge, United States Court of Appeals, 1979–1999; Judge, Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1968–1979[10]
  • Archibald Battle Lovett – Judge, Federal District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, 1941–1945[18]
  • Scott D. Makar – Florida Solicitor General[19]
  • M. Yvette Miller – Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals; the first African-American woman to serve on the court[20]
  • Carlton Mobley – Chief Justice, Georgia Supreme Court, 1972–1974; Associate Justice, 1954–1972; United States Representative, Georgia's 6th Congressional district, 1932–1933[21][22]
  • 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[10]
  • Jay Sekulow – chief counsel, American Center for Law and Justice[23]
  • Evett Simmons – former president, National Bar Association[24]
  • Hugh Thompson – Georgia Supreme Court Justice[25]
  • Marc T. Treadwell – Judge, Federal District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
  • L. Lin Wood – attorney and conspiracy theorist on President Donald Trump's legal team tasked with overturning the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election

Politics[]

Walter F. George served as a United States Senator from Georgia from 1922–1957 and as President pro tempore from 1955–1957. He earned his law degree from Mercer in 1901 and is the namesake of Mercer's Walter F. George School of Law.
Thomas W. Hardwick served as a United States Representative from Georgia from 1903–1914; as a United States Senator from 1914–1919; and as the Governor of Georgia from 1921–1923. He earned his undergraduate degree from Mercer in 1892.
William S. West served as a United States Senator from Georgia in 1914. He earned his undergraduate degree from Mercer in 1876.
Carl Vinson served as a United States Representative from Georgia from 1914–1965, the first person to serve for more than 50 years in the House of Representatives. He earned his law degree from Mercer in 1902 and is the namesake of the USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.

U.S. senators[]

  • Four Mercerians have served as United States Senators, all from Georgia.
  • Walter F. George – United States Senator from Georgia, 1922–1957, served as President pro tempore, 1955–1957; namesake of Mercer's Law School[26][27]
  • 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[28][29]
  • Thomas E. Watson – United States Representative, Georgia's 10th Congressional district, 1891–1893; United States Senator from Georgia, 1921–1922[30]
  • William S. West – United States Senator from Georgia, 1914–1914[31]

Governors[]

U.S. representatives[]

  • Twenty-one Mercerians have served as United States representatives; the most recent (as of 2021) was Scott Rigell of Virginia. Seventeen were from Georgia, three from Florida, and one from Virginia.
  • Doug Barnard – United States Representative, Georgia's 10th Congressional district, 1977–1993[44]
  • Allen D. Candler – Governor of Georgia, 1898–1902; United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1883–1891; namesake of Candler County, Georgia[45][46]
  • Edward E. Cox – United States Representative, Georgia's 2nd Congressional district, 1925–1952[47]
  • Nathan Deal – United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1993–2010; served as Governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019[48]
  • Martin J. Crawford – United States Representative, Georgia's 2nd Congressional district, 1855–1861; Representative to the Confederate Provisional Congress, 1861–1862; Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1880–1883[49]
  • Robert W. Everett – United States Representative, Georgia's 7th Congressional district, 1891–1893[50]
  • Phillip M. Landrum – United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1953–1977[51]
  • Thomas G. Lawson – United States Representative, Georgia's 8th Congressional district, 1891–1897[52]
  • Rufus E. Lester – United States Representative, Georgia's 1st Congressional district, 1889–1906[53]
  • Charles L. Moses – United States Representative, Georgia's 4th Congressional district, 1891–1897[54]
  • James W. Overstreet – United States Representative, Georgia's 1st Congressional district, 1906–1907 and 1917–1923[55]
  • Homer C. Parker – United States Representative, Georgia's 1st Congressional district, 1931–1935[56]
  • Scott Rigell – United States Representative, Virginia's 2nd Congressional district, 2011–2017[57]
  • Seaborn Roddenbery – United States Representative, Georgia's 2nd Congressional district, 1910–1913[58]
  • Dwight L. Rogers – United States Representative, Florida's 6th Congressional district, 1945–1954[59]
  • William J. Sears – United States Representative, Florida's 4th Congressional district, 1915–1929; United States Representative, an at-large Florida district, 1933–1937[60]
  • Malcolm C. Tarver – United States Representative, Georgia's 7th Congressional district, 1927–1947[61]
  • 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[62]
  • Thomas E. Watson – United States Representative, Georgia's 10th Congressional district, 1891–1893; United States Senator from Georgia, 1921–1922[63]
  • J. Mark Wilcox – United States Representative, Florida's 4th Congressional district, 1933–1939[64]
  • John S. Wood – United States Representative, Georgia's 9th Congressional district, 1931–1935 and 1945–1953; Chairman, House Un-American Activities Committee, 1949–1953[65]

Other[]

Military[]

Benjamin S. Griffin served as a United States Army four-star general and was the Commanding General of United States Army Materiel Command from 2004–2008. He earned his Master of Business Administration degree from Mercer in 1981.
  • John Birch – missionary, U.S. Army intelligence officer, and OSS agent in China during World War II; namesake of the John Birch Society[77]
  • Ross W. Crossley, Brigadier General, U.S. Army – Commanding General, V Corps Artillery, 1983–85; Chief of Staff, V Corps, 1985–88[67]
  • Benjamin S. Griffin, General, U.S. Army – Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, 2004–08[67]
  • Richard E. Hawes, Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy – commanded several vessels during World War II; recipient of the Navy Cross; namesake of the USS Hawes[67]
  • Alexander T. Hawthorn, Brigadier-General, C.S. Army – Commander, Hawthorn's Brigade, Churchill's Division, Trans-Mississippi Department, 1863–65[78]
  • Michael L. Howard, Brigadier General, U.S. Army – Deputy Commanding General, 10th Mountain Division, 2013–present; Commander, 4th Brigade (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, the only airborne brigade in the Pacific Theater, 2008–10[67]
  • Claude M. Kicklighter, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army – Commanding General, United States Army, Pacific, 1989–91; after military retirement, served in senior civilian positions in the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs; Assistant Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs, 2001–05; Inspector General, Department of Defense, 2007–08[67]
  • C. Stewart Rodeheaver, Brigadier General, U.S. Army – Deputy Commanding General, First United States Army, 2006–09[67]
  • William T. Thielemann, Brigadier General, U.S. Army – Commander, 48th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), Georgia Army National Guard, 1995–97[67]
  • George J. Walker, Brigadier General, U.S. Army – Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army Forces Command, 1987–89; member, Military Intelligence Hall of Fame[67]
Blanton Winship served as the Judge Advocate General of the United States Army from 1931–1933 and as the Governor of Puerto Rico from 1934–1939. He earned his undergraduate degree from Mercer in 1889.

Science[]

  • Kevin Greenaugh – nuclear engineer, the first African-American to receive a PhD from the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park[79]
  • Godwin Maduka – MD and founder of Las Vegas Pain Institute and Medical Center

Other public service[]

  • Ed Bacon (Episcopal priest) – rector emeritus of All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena, California
  • Betty Cantrell – Miss America 2016[80]
  • Charles Kelsey Dozier – missionary and founder of Seinan Gakuin University in Japan[81]
  • – 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[82]
  • (CLA 2011), Miss University of Georgia 2013
  • Skylar Mack - student imprisoned in the Cayman Islands for Covid-19 quarantine breach
  • 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[83]
  • – 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[84][85]
  • Steadman V. Sanford – former chancellor, University System of Georgia; namesake of Sanford Stadium at the University of Georgia[86]

Athletics[]

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