Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta,Georgia,United States. 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,three miles from downtown Atlanta.
Donald L. Fowler was an American political scientist,professor,and political operative who served as National Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1995 to 1997,alongside Chris Dodd as General Chairman during this same period.
Michael Lucius Lomax is an American educator and former elected official who has served as president and chief executive officer of the United Negro College Fund since 2004. From 1997 to 2004,he served as president of Dillard University,a historically Black university (HBCU). Lomax was elected as a member and then chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners,the first African American elected official in history to lead a major county government in the State of Georgia.
In the United States,a senior military college (SMC) is one of six colleges that offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs under 10 U.S.C. § 2111a(f),though many other schools offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps under other sections of the law. The six senior military colleges are:
Marion Luther Brittain Sr. was an American academic administrator and longest serving president of the Georgia Institute of Technology from 1922 to 1944. Brittain was born in Georgia and,aside from a brief stint at the University of Chicago for graduate school,spent most of his life serving the educational community there. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Emory College in 1886,Brittain worked his way up the ranks from principal of an Atlanta high school to superintendent of education for the entire state of Georgia.
John Luther McLucas was United States Secretary of the Air Force from 1973 to 1975,becoming Secretary of the Air Force on July 19,1973. He had been Acting Secretary of the Air Force since May 15,1973,and Under Secretary of the Air Force since March 1969. Before he was appointed Under Secretary,he was president and chief executive officer of MITRE Corporation,of Bedford,Massachusetts,and McLean,Virginia.
William Henry "Big Doc" Emerson was an American chemistry professor and dean at Georgia Tech.
Anita Zucker is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She was the chair at the Hudson's Bay Company. Taking over after her husband's death,she is the chairperson and former chief executive officer (CEO) of The Intertech Group.
Claude Fox Sitton was an American newspaper reporter and editor. He worked for The New York Times during the 1950s and 1960s,known for his coverage of the civil rights movement. He went on to become national news director of the Times and then editor of The News &Observer in Raleigh,North Carolina.
Charles William Dabney Jr. was president of the University of Tennessee and the University of Cincinnati. In 1893–1896,he served as an assistant secretary at the United States Department of Agriculture.
John Walker Chidsey is an American businessman and attorney who has been CEO of Subway since November 2019. He was formerly the executive chairman and CEO of Burger King Corporation. He is a director and member of the audit committee for HealthSouth Corporation. He previously was chairman and CEO for two corporate divisions of Cendant Corporation from January 1996 to March 2003.
John F. Brock,is an American businessman who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE),the world's third-largest marketer,distributor,and producers of Coca-Cola products. He has more than 25 years of experience in the beverage sales industry.
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.
James T. Laney is an American minister,professor,and former diplomat. He served as dean of the Candler School of Theology,president of Emory University,and United States Ambassador to South Korea.
Colleen S. Kraft is an infectious disease physician,associate professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,and the director of the Clinical Virology Research Laboratory at Emory University School of Medicine. In 2014,she led Emory University Hospital's effort to treat and care for Ebola virus disease patients and is currently working to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia. She currently serves on Georgia's COVID-19 task force.
