175 or So Emory Makers of History
... and what they're famous for
Emory Makers of History, thoughtfully identified by a dedicated committee, are defined as men and women who have demonstrated some combination of these attributes to an exceptional and memorable degree:
- ethical engagement and adherence to a moral path;
- courageous leadership in behalf of the greater community or environment;
- a legacy of imparting knowledge to others or of seeking new wisdom that has had a broader positive impact;
- significant contributions to the life of Emory through continual involvement with the University or by making Emory better known nationally and abroad.
Here we present these select individuals in segments that reflect four significant periods of Emory's history:
- 1836-1914: Founding of Emory College to founding of the Candler School of Theology
- 1915-1947: Chartering of Emory University to end of the pre-research university
- 1948-1977: Granting of Emory's first PhD degree to pre-Woodruff Gift
- 1977-present: Woodruff Gift to present
Click on the individual names in this list to see more complete descriptions of their lives and contributions. We include class years with an abbreviation of the school attended after our alumni's names. For example, James W. Dooley, a 2011 Emory College of Arts and Sciences graduate, would be written as "James W. Dooley 11C. Here are the school abbreviations:
- B: Goizueta Business School
- C: Emory College of Arts and Sciences
- D: Dental school (now closed)
- G: Laney Graduate School
- H: Honorary
- L: School of Law
- M: School of Medicine
- N: Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing
- Ox: Oxford College
- PH: Rollins School of Public Health
- T: Candler School of Theology
Emory honored its Makers of History at the 175th Anniversary Convocation in December 2011: Watch the YouTube video
| 1836-1914 | |
|---|---|
| Young John Allen 1858C | Missionary to China; Translator; Educator |
| Tommie Dora Barker 1909G 30H | Founding Dean of Library School |
| Alben W. Barkley 1900C 49H | 35th Vice President of the United States |
| Catherine "Miss Kitty" Andrew Boyd | Enslaved African American |
| Marion Luther Brittain 1886C 28H | President of Georgia Tech |
| F. Phinizy Calhoun Sr. 1904M 54H | Ophthalmology Pioneer; School of Medicine Faculty Member |
| Asa Griggs Candler | Founder, The Coca-Cola Company; Philanthropist; Emory Board Chair |
| Charles Howard Candler Sr. 1898C 42H | President, The Coca-Cola Company; Emory Board Chair |
| Warren Akin Candler 1875C 35H | President and later Chancellor of Emory; Methodist Bishop |
| James W. Dooley 1899C 2002B 02T 03G 05N 06L 07PH 10G | Spirit of Emory; 'Sui Generis' |
| John Emory | Methodist Bishop |
| Ignatius Alphonso Few | Founding President, Emory College |
| Luther Fischer 1899M | Co-founder, Crawford Long Hospital (now Emory University Hospital Midtown) |
| Atticus Greene Haygood 1859C 1870H | President of Emory College |
| Isaac Stiles Hopkins 1858C 1883H | President of Emory; First President of Georgia Tech |
| L.Q.C. Lamar 1845C | U.S. Senator; U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice |
| Dumas Malone, 1910C 36H | Jefferson Biographer; Pulitzer Prize Winner |
| Kemp Malone 1907C 36H | Medievalist |
| Arthur J. Moore 14C 34H | Methodist Bishop |
| Howard W. Odum, 1904C 31H | Sociologist |
| Thomas M. Rivers 1909C 36H | Father of Modern Virology |
| Goodrich C. White 1908C 65H | President, Emory University |
| George L.P. Wren 1859C | Emory Diarist |
| Yun Ch'i-Ho 1893C 1908G | First International Student; Author of Korean National Anthem |
| 1915-1947 | |
|---|---|
| Woolford B. Baker 20G | Biology Professor; Early Emory Environmentalist |
| Jack Boozer 40C 42T | Professor of Religion |
| Henry L. Bowden 32C 34L 59H | Attorney; Board Chair during Desegregation |
| Ralph 40B & Russell Bridges 33B | Emory Athletes and Creators of Bridges Award |
| Henry Morton Bullock 24C 25T | Historian of Emory |
| Patricia Collins Butler 31L | Attorney; Founder of the Supreme Court Historical Society |
| Ely R. Callaway Jr. 40C 96H | Entrepreneur |
| James V. Carmichael 33C 34L | Attorney; Businessman |
| Grady E. Clay 38C 86H | Journalist; Writer |
| John B. Cobb Jr. 43Ox 56H | Theologian |
| Ernest Cadman Colwell 23C 27T 44H | President, University of Chicago; Founding Director, Emory's Institute of Liberal Arts |
| George S. Craft 31C 74H | Dean of Business School |
| R. Howard Dobbs Jr. 27C 76H | Atlanta Businessman; Emory Trustee; Philanthropist |
| Earl Dolive Sr. 40B | Businessman |
| James Dombrowski 23C | Civil Rights Activist |
| Virgil Y.C. Eady 36G | Dean, Oxford College |
| Arthur Hollis Edens 28C 38G 49H | President, Duke University |
| Cherry L. Emerson 38C 39G 94H | Chemist; Philanthropist |
| Neal Bond Fleming 33C 36T | Dean, Oxford College |
| Eléonore Raoul Greene 20L 79H | First Female to Enroll at Emory |
| John A. Griffin 35C 38G 93H | Civil Rights Activist |
| Moses Hadas 22C 56H | Scholar of the Classics |
| Max R. Hall 32C 95H | Author; Editor at Harvard University Press |
| Louis R. Harlan 43C 86H | Pulitzer Prize Winner |
| William Earnest "Ernie" Harwell 40C | Legendary Sportscaster |
| Edith Folsom Honeycutt 39N | Nurse Leader |
| Ben F. Johnson Jr. 36C 40L 05H | Dean of Law School during Desegregation |
| Boisfeuillet Jones 34C 37L 82H | Emory Administrator; Developed The Emory Clinic |
| Robert Tyre "Bobby" Jones 29L | Only Winner of Grand Slam in Golf |
| Howard R. Lamar 45C 75H | Historian; President, Yale University |
| Charles T. Lester 31Ox 33C 34G | Chemistry Faculty Member; Dean |
| R. Bruce Logue 34C 37M | Pioneering Cardiologist |
| James A. Mackay 40C 47L 86H | Congressman; Environmentalist |
| H. Prentice Miller 27C 28G | Dean of Alumni |
| Mary Lynn Morgan 43D | Pediatric Dentist; Trustee; Supporter of the Arts |
| Arnall Patz 43C 45M 85H | Ophthalmology Researcher |
| David M. Potter 32C 57H | Historian; Pulitzer Prize Winner |
| J. Marvin Rast 18C 29T | Author of Alma Mater Lyrics |
| E. Hebert Rece 25G | Dean of Students |
| Ferrol Sams 45M 90H | Physician; Novelist |
| Thomas Fort Sellers 32M 60H | Director, Georgia Department of Public Health |
| Edward J. Shea 44G | Swim Coach |
| Henry King Stanford 36C 40G 61H | President of Five Colleges & Universities |
| Eugene A. Stead Jr. 28C 32M 68H | Founder, Duke University Physician Assistant Program |
| Kiyoshi Tanimoto 40T 86H | Theologian; Founder, Hiroshima Peace Center Foundation |
| Randolph W. Thrower 34C 36L 84H | Tax Lawyer; IRS Commissioner |
| J. Pollard Turman 34C 35L 73H | Atlanta Business Executive; Trustee |
| Judson C. "Jake" Ward 33C 36G | Dean; Vice President; Alumni Leader |
| Emory Williams 32C | CEO, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. |
| C. Vann Woodward 30C 63H | Historian; Pulitzer Prize Winner |
| 1948-1977 | |
|---|---|
| Terrence B. Adamson 68C 73L | Executive Vice President, National Geographic Society |
| Anthony A. Alaimo 48L | Federal Judge; Reformer |
| Delores P. Aldridge | First Full-Time African American Faculty Member in Emory College |
| Thomas J.J. Altizer | Theologian; Proponent of "the death-of-God movement" |
| Marvin S. Arrington 67L | One of First Two African-American Law Graduates |
| W. Daniel Barker 49B | Director of Hospitals |
| Verdelle Bellamy 63N | One of First Two African American Graduates |
| Sanford D. Bishop Jr. 71L | Congressman |
| Dorothy E. Brinsfield 52MR 64G | Dean of Students, School of Medicine |
| Thomas E. Bryant 58C 62M 63MR | Doctor; Attorney; Mental Health Advocate |
| M. Lanier "Sonny" Carter 69C 73M 74MR | Astronaut |
| Joseph Maxwell "Max" Cleland 68G 79H | U.S. Senator; Administrator of U.S. Veterans Affairs |
| Kenneth Cole 76C | Fashion Designer; Social Activist |
| Clarence Cooper 67L | One of First Two African-American Law Students |
| Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans | First Female Emory Trustee |
| Austin M. Ford 50C | Priest; Founder, Emmaus House |
| Ada Fort | Dean, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing |
| Billy E. Frye 54G 56PhD | Provost, later Interim President of Emory University |
| Elizabeth Gambrell 31G 46M 49MR | First Female Student in the School of Medicine |
| James R. Gavin 70G | Physician; Expert on Diabetes |
| Newt Gingrich 65C | Speaker of U.S. House |
| Han Wan-Sang 64G 67PhD 99H | Korean Educator; Political Activist |
| Virginia Bales Harris 71C 77PH | Public Health Advocate |
| Charles R. Hatcher Jr. | Cardiovascular Pioneer at Emory |
| Susan T. Henry-Crowe 76T | First Female President of the United Methodist Church's Judicial Council |
| Hamilton Holmes 67M 76MR | First African American to Attend the School of Medicine |
| J. Willis Hurst | 30-year Chair of Medicine; Author of 'The Heart' |
| L. Bevel Jones III 46C 49T 97H | Methodist Bishop |
| William N. Kelley 60C 63M | Medical Researcher; Leader in Academic Medicine |
| William M. Kelso 71PhD | Archaeologist |
| Nelia J. 74T & R. Calvin Kimbrough 75T | Humanitarians |
| Alan Lacy 77B | CEO, Sears |
| A. Venable Lawson 50G | Library Science Division Director |
| Lee Hong-Koo 57Ox 59C 86H | Prime Minister of South Korea |
| Elliott H. Levitas 52C 56L | Rhodes Scholar; Congressman |
| Francis A. "Frank" Manley 52C | Poet; Novelist; Playwright |
| Henry A. Mann 62Ox 64C | Architect |
| Kamal A. Mansour 68MR | Cardiothoracic Surgeon; Humanitarian |
| Charles H. "Pete" McTier 61B | President, Robert W. Woodruff Foundation |
| Sam Nunn 61L 62L 81H | U.S. Senator |
| Mary Margaret Oliver 72L | Legislator; Child Advocacy Leader |
| George H. Page 57C 90H | Host, PBS 'Nature' |
| Evangeline T. Papageorge 29G 37M(H) 68M 71M 75M | First Female Faculty Member in the School of Medicine |
| W. Clyde "Doc" Partin Sr. 50G 51G | Director, Emory Athletics; Sports Historian |
| Alicia Philipp 75C | President, Community Foundation for a Greater Atlanta |
| Catherine E. Rudder 69C | First Female Executive Director of the American Political Science Association |
| Allie Saxon 63N | One of First Two African American Graduates |
| Donna Keesler Schwartz 62C | Philanthropist; Supporter of Arts at Emory |
| Claude F. Sitton 47Ox 49C 84H | Journalist; Pulitzer Prize Winner |
| Jane E. Smith 70G | President & CEO, National Council of Negro Women |
| John W. Stephenson 70C | President, J. Bulow Campbell Foundation |
| Betty Marie Stewart 52N | First Woman President, Emory Alumni Association |
| Barbara Brown Taylor 73C | Priest; Preacher; Author |
| James Turpin 49C 51T 55M | Founder, Project Concern International |
| H. Kenneth Walker 56Ox 58C 63M 70MR | Doctor; Established First Pediatric Emergency Room in Republic of Georgia |
| James M. Wall 49C 55T 85H | Editor, 'The Christian Century' |
| Dwight "Ronnie" Weathers 60C 62D 66D 66DR | Dean, School of Dentistry |
| Nanette K. Wenger 59MR | Chief of Cardiology, Grady Memorial Hospital |
| James B. Williams 55C 04H | CEO, SunTrust Banks |
| Asa Yancey | First African American Doctor at Grady Memorial Hospital |
| 1977-present | |
|---|---|
| Zain Ahmed 08C | Founder of Global Health, Education and Economic Development, Inc. |
| Thurbert E. Baker 79L | Georgia Attorney General |
| Michael C. 89H and Thalia N. Carlos | Business Leader; Philanthropists |
| Jimmy Carter 79H | 39th President of the United States |
| Katherine Anne Castor 88C | Congresswoman |
| Saralyn Chesnut 94PhD | First full-time director of Office of LGBT Life |
| Dan Costa 01B; David Roemer 02B; Ajay Pillarisetti 03B 07PH; Vijay Makar 02B | Founders, Campus MovieFest |
| John Lloyd Cromartie 64C 88T | Attorney; Minister |
| Ali P. Crown 85C | Founding Director, Center for Women at Emory |
| Harrison Dillon 93C & Jonathan Wolfson 93C | Founders, Solazyme |
| Julia Voorhees Emmons 73G 84PhD | Executive Director, Atlanta Track Club |
| William H. Foege 86H | Director, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Executive Director, The Carter Center |
| William H. Fox 79PhD | Dean, Campus Life |
| Erik A. Fyfe 06C | Developer of Emory's Biofuel Program |
| Eugene J. Gangarosa | Global Health Faculty Member |
| Debbie Genzer 82C & Wendy Rosenberg Nadel 82C | Founders, Volunteer Emory |
| Roberto C. Goizueta 90H | CEO, The Coca-Cola Company; Philanthropist |
| Vladimer "Lado" Gurgenidze 93B | Investment Banker; Prime Minister of Republic of Georgia |
| Beverly Guy-Sheftall 84PhD | Professor, Spelman College |
| Bill Haslam 80C | 49th Governor of Tennessee |
| Charles C. Haynes III 71C 85PhD | Civil Rights Activist |
| Twilla Haynes 80N | Humanitarian; Nurse |
| Arthur L. Kellermann 80M | Founding Chairman of Department of Emergency Medicine |
| Arthur B. Keys 92T | Founder of International Relief and Development |
| James T. Laney 94H | President, Emory University; U.S. Ambassador |
| Christian P. Larsen 80C 84M 91MR | Head of Transplant Program; Chair of Surgery |
| Dennis Liotta, Ray Schinazi, & Woo-Baeg Choi | Inventors of Emtriva, AIDS Medication |
| Deborah E. Lipstadt | Historian of the Holocaust |
| Michael L. Lomax 84G | CEO, the United Negro College Fund |
| Patricia A. Lottier 84PH | CEO, 'Atlanta Tribune' |
| Renelda Mack 83C | Founder, Emory Cares |
| Duncan L. Niederauer 85B | CEO, NYSE Euronext |
| James B. O'Neal 77Ox 79C | Attorney; Founder, Legal Outreach |
| Thomas Glenn Pelham & Melissa Maxcy Wade 72C 76G 96T 00T | Successive Barkley Forum Leaders |
| Amy Ray 86C & Emily Saliers 85C | Indigo Girls |
| O. Wayne 86H & Grace Crum Rollins 95H | Philanthropists |
| Kai Ryssdal 85C | Host, NPR's 'Marketplace' |
| Leah Ward Sears 80L | Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice |
| Elizabeth Sholtys 07C | Founder, Ashraya Initiatve for Children |
| Alvin M. Sugarman 60B 88PhD | Rabbi; Community Activist |
| Isam Vaid 93Ox 95C 99PH | Founder, Muslim Student Association |
| William Warren IV 79M 82MR | Founder, Good Samaritan Health Center |
| Paula Greenfield Washington 95PhD | President, the Womentor Group |
| George W. Woodruff 80H | Philanthropist |
| Nell Hodgson Woodruff | Philanthropist |
| Robert W. Woodruff 12C 79H | CEO, The Coca-Cola Company; Philanthropist |
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