Notable Alumni:
Morris B. Abram Civil Rights Advocate, Rhodes Scholar
Edwin Le Roy Antony U.S. Congressman (Tx.)
Augustus O. Bacon U.S. Senator (Ga.), President Pro Tempore of U.S. Senate, eponym of Bacon County, (Ga.)
Charles Lafayette Bartlett U.S. Congressman (Ga.)
Francis S. Bartow C.S. Congressman (Ga.), Signatory of the Confederate Constitution, Confederate General, Eponym of Bartow County (Ga.)
Stephen Vincent Benet U.S. Army Chief of Ordnance, Union Officer during WBTS
Henry L. Benning Confederate General, Georgia Supreme Court Justice, Eponym of U.S. Army’s Fort Benning
Eugene Black World Bank President, Chairman of the Brookings Institute
Eugene R. Black Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Son-in-Law of Brother Henry Grady
James H. Blanchard Chairman and CEO of Synovus Financial Corp.
John Stevens Bowen Confederate General
George Busbee Governor (Ga.)
Harmon W. Caldwell Chancellor of the University System of Georgia, UGA President
Albert Camp U.S. Congressman (Ga.)
Phil Campbell Jr. Undersecretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bryant Thomas Castellow U.S. Congressman (Ga.)
Harold G. Clarke Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
Andrew Jackson Cobb Presiding Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, Son of Brother Howell Cobb
Howell Cobb U.S. Speaker of the House, Governor (Ga.) U.S. Secretary of Treasury, President of the Montgomery Convention which created the Confederate States of America, Signatory of the Confederate Constitution, Confederate General, Brother of T.R.R. Cobb
T.R.R. Cobb Author and Signatory of the Confederate Constitution, C.S. Congressman (Ga.), Confederate General, Brother of Howell Cobb
Erle Cocke Jr. National Commander of the American Legion
B.B. Comer Governor (Al.), U.S. Senator, Eponym of University of Alabama’s B.B. Comer Hall and Auburn’s Comer Hall
Thomas G. Cousins Founder and CEO of Cousins Properties, Inc.
J.L.M. Curry U.S. and C.S. Congressman (Al.) Signatory of the Confederate Constitution, U.S. Ambassador
Paul Fitzsimmons Eve President of the American Medical Association
Norman S. Fletcher Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court
Marion B. Folsom U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, U.S. Undersecretary of the Treasury
John Forsyth Jr. U.S. Ambassador, C.S. Diplomat, Long-time Editor of the Mobile Register Newspaper
Henry W. Grady Journalist, Editor, Orator for the ‘New South,’ Eponym of Grady County (Ga.) and Grady County (Ok.), Grady School of Journalism (UGA), Grady Memorial Hospital (Atlanta)
Phil Gramm U.S. Senator (Tx.)
Thomas Hardwick U.S. Senator (Ga.), Governor, U.S. Congressman
Nathaniel Harris Governor (Ga.), Introduced the Bill in Georgia General Assembly that Founded Georgia Tech
William Arnold Hemphill Founder of the Atlanta Constitution, Mayor of Atlanta
Charles Herty Chemist, First UGA Varsity Football Coach, Eponym of UGA’s Herty Field and Herty Drive
Clark Howell Jr. Journalist, Pulitzer Prize Recipient, eponym of UGA’s Clark Howell Hall, President of the Georgia State Senate and Speaker of the Georgia House
Herschel V. Johnson 1860 Democratic Party Vice Presidential Nominee, U.S. and C.S. Senator (Ga.), Governor, Eponym of Johnson County (Ga.)
Lucian Lamar Knight Historian, Founder of the Georgia Historical Association
Joseph Rucker Lamar U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Georgia Supreme Court Justice
Joseph LeConte Co-Founder of the Sierra Club, Geologist, Brother of John LeConte, Eponym of UGA’s and Berkley’s LeConte Halls, University of South Carolina’s LeConte College, and Yosemite National Park’s LeConte Memorial Lodge
Sam Massell Businessman, Atlanta Mayor
Robert D. McTeer Chancellor of Texas A&M University System, President of Dallas Federal Reserve Bank
Bob McWhorter College Football Hall of Fame and Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Member, First UGA All-American in football
T.W. Reed Historian, Registrar and Treasurer of the University of Georgia, Eponym of UGA’s Reed Hall
Edward Robeson Jr. U.S. Congressman (Va.)
Richard B. Russell Jr. U.S. Senator (Ga.), Governor, U.S. Senate President Pro Tempore, Eponym of UGA’s Russell Library and Russell Hall
Alexander H. Stephens Vice President of the CSA, C.S. Congressman, Signatory of the Confederate Constitution, Governor (Ga.), U.S. Congressman, Eponym of Stephens County (Ga.) and Stephens County (Tx.)
Eugene Talmadge Governor (Ga.)
Dean William Tate Legendary UGA Dean of Men, Eponym of UGA’s Tate Student Center
S. Ernest Vandiver Governor (Ga.)
John Newton Waddel Chancellor of the University of Mississippi
Robert McTerr is a former Chancellor of the Texas A & M University System and a former President of the Federal Reserve of Dallas.
