Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta,Georgia. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campus is in the Druid Hills neighborhood 3 miles (4.8 km) from Downtown Atlanta.
The University Athletic Association (UAA) is an American athletic conference that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division III. Member schools are highly selective universities located in Georgia,Illinois,Missouri,Pennsylvania,Massachusetts,Ohio,and New York. The eight members are Brandeis University,Carnegie Mellon University,Case Western Reserve University,Emory University,New York University,The University of Chicago,University of Rochester,and Washington University in St. Louis.
Lou Anna Kimsey Simon is an American academic administrator who served as the 20th president of Michigan State University (MSU). Simon was appointed interim president of the university in 2003,then served as president from 2005 until her resignation in 2018.
Earl Lewis is the founding director of the Center for Social Solutions and professor of history at the University of Michigan. He was president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation from 2013 to 2018. Before his appointment as the president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,Lewis served for over eight years as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and as the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of History and African American Studies at Emory University. He was the university's first African-American provost and at the time the highest-ranking African-American administrator in the university's history.
Isaac Stiles Hopkins was a professor and the first President of the Georgia Institute of Technology (1888–1896) as well as pastor of the First Methodist Church in Atlanta,Georgia.
Dennis P. Lockhart is an American economist. He was the 14th President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta,serving from March 1,2007,through February 28,2017.
The History of Emory University began in 1836 when a small group of Methodists from Newton County contemplated the establishment of a new town and college. The town was called Oxford after the school's prestigious British cousin,which graduated the two founders of Methodism,John and Charles Wesley. The college was named after John Emory,an American Methodist bishop.
James Emory Boyd was an American physicist,mathematician,and academic administrator. He was director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute from 1957 to 1961,president of West Georgia College from 1961 to 1971,and acting president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1971 to 1972.
Barbara Rook "Babs" Snyder is an American academic and president of the Association of American Universities. She is the former president of Case Western Reserve University. A legal scholar,Snyder was the first woman to serve as the Case Western's president. Earlier in her career,she served as provost of Ohio State University.
Jere Wade Morehead is the 22nd and current President of the University of Georgia. He continues as the Josiah Meigs Professor of Legal Studies at the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business,and was previously Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost.
Ravi V. Bellamkonda is an Indian-American biomedical engineer and academic administrator. Since 2021,he has served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at Emory University in Atlanta,Georgia. Bellamkonda was previously Vinik Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University.
Gregory Louis Fenves is a structural engineer,professor and college administrator who is the twenty-first president of Emory University in Atlanta,Georgia.
Dwight A. McBride is an American academic administrator and scholar of race and literary studies. From April 16,2020 to August 2023,he served as the ninth president of The New School. McBride previously served as provost,executive vice president for academic affairs,and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of African American studies at Emory University.
Thomas I. Barkin is an American central banker,who became the eighth president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on January 1,2018. He worked at global management consulting firm McKinsey &Company for 30 years in increasingly senior positions,including as global chief financial officer (CFO) and chief risk officer,with oversight of finance,legal and information technology functions,among others. He also served on the executive committee of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce,Emory University Board of Trustees member,and former board member and chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Thomas John LeBlanc is a computer scientist and academic administrator. He was the 17th President of the George Washington University from July 2017 to December 2021.
Jonathan S. Lewin is an American neuroradiologist specializing in medical imaging research with an emphasis on the investigation,development,and translation of new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques. He is the former executive vice president for health affairs (EVPHA) and executive director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center for Emory University,and former President,CEO,and chairman of the board of Emory Healthcare. He currently serves as professor of radiology,biomedical engineering,and neurosurgery in the Emory School of Medicine and as professor of health policy and management in the Rollins School of Public Health.
Sunil Kumaris an Indian-born academic administrator serving as president of Tufts University since July 1,2023. He was previously the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Johns Hopkins University from 2016 to 2023.
Anne Houghton Hopkins is an American academic and university administrator. She served as the 4th president of the University of North Florida from 1999 to 2002.
Ben Vinson III is an American historian and academic administrator. He currently serves as the 18th president of Howard University. He was previously Provost and Executive Vice President of Case Western Reserve University,a position he held since 2018. He also held the title of the Hiram C. Haydn Professor of History at the university. On May 2,2023,he was appointed to be the 18th President of Howard University in Washington DC.
