Mercer University

Noted alumni

• Judge Griffin B. Bell - the 72nd Attorney General of the United States.
• Mylo Carbia - film and television writer, political commentator
• Cathy Cox - Georgia's Secretary of State and the first woman elected to this position.
• Nancy Grace - An anchor for Court TV, legal commentator, and guest host for Larry King Live. Grace now host her on show "Nancy Grace Live" on the CNN network.
• Reg Murphy - former president of the National Geographic Society, publisher of the Baltimore Sun, editor and publisher of the San Francisco Examiner and editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
• Carl Vinson - who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 50 years, has been called the "patriarch of the armed services" and the "father of the two-ocean navy."
• Sam Mitchell - head coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors.
• Evett Simmons - president of the National Bar Association.
• Jay Sekulow - Chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice
• Ten Mercerians served as governors of the states of Alabama, Georgia, New Hampshire, Texas and the Commonwealth Puerto Rico.