Emory University

Emory University is a private university in Atlanta, Georgia. Emory is considered one of the most prestigious large private universities.

Noted alumni

• Alben W. Barkley - United States Vice-President under Harry S. Truman
• Rowland Barnes - murdered Atlanta Superior Court Judge
• Sanford Bishop - United States Representative from Georgia
• David Brinkley - journalist and television newscaster
• Peter Buck - lead guitarist, REM (dropped out)
• Max Cleland - former United States Senator from Georgia
• Kenneth Cole - clothing designer
• Tillie Fowler - former US Representative from Florida
• Newt Gingrich - former United States Speaker of the House
• Joel Godard - television announcer
• Ernie Harwell - baseball broadcaster
• Spessard Holland - former Governor of and United States Senator from Florida
• Hamilton E. Holmes - orthopedist
• Bobby Jones - Golfer and founder of the Masters
• Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar - former United States Supreme Court Justice
• Sam Nunn - former United States Senator from Georgia
• Amy Ray - singer, the Indigo Girls
• Ralph E. Reed, Jr. - former Executive Director of the Christian Coalition and Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party
• Emily Saliers - singer, the Indigo Girls
• Michael Shapiro - pulmonologist
• Andy Slater - President and CEO, Capitol Records
• Robert Wexler - US Representative from Florida (attended the College for 2 years, then transferred to the University of Florida)
• Robert W. Woodruff - former President of the Coca-Cola Company (left after one semester)
• C. Vann Woodward - Pulitzer Prize winning historian