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Peter Ruckman, Baptist minister, writer, and founder of Pensacola Baptist Institute; leading proponent of one of the most extreme "KJV-only" positions; outspoken critic of BJU
Emery Bopp (1924–2007), painter and sculptor; chair, Division of Art, 1953-92[1]
Walter Fremont (1924–2007), dean of the School of Education, professionalized BJU's education curriculum; leader in the Christian school movement; namesake of the university's fitness center[2]
Dwight Gustafson (1930–2014), conductor and composer; assumed the position of acting dean of the BJU School of Fine Arts in 1954, when he was 24 years old, and served as dean for 40 years; known for writing and arranging more than 160 musical compositions; namesake of Dwight Gustafson Fine Arts Center[3]
Eunice Hutto Morelock (1904–1947), mathematics professor; one of the first female academic deans of a coeducational college in the US;[4] namesake of a wing of the Bob Jones Academy quadrangle
Katherine Corne Stenholm (1917–2015), founding director of the University's Unusual Films studio; one of the first women film directors in America; keynote speaker at the Cannes Film Festival, 1958[5]
Bibb Graves, two-term governor of Alabama (1927–31, 1935–39). Although Graves was Exalted Cyclops (chapter president) of the Montgomery branch of the Ku Klux Klan when he was first elected governor, he was also a progressive who sought to improve public education in Alabama. Graves served as a member of the board of trustees of Bob Jones College and a BJU residence hall was named for him until 2011.[8]
John Sephus Mack (1880–1940), early twentieth century entrepreneur who (with Walter C. Shaw) created G.C. Murphy Stores, a regional chain of more than two hundred "five and dimes" headquartered in McKeesport, PA. Mack was a significant contributor to Bob Jones College during the Depression—when Murphy Stores were actually expanding—and he underwrote major building projects on the Cleveland campus. Mack also gave business advice to Bob Jones, Sr. and "Lefty" Johnson before his death in 1940. The BJU library is named for him and a residence hall for his wife.[9]
Robert Lee McKenzie (1870–1956), developer and first mayor of Panama City, Florida. The college charter was signed in the office/library of his home, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places;[10] Dixon-McKenzie Dining Common is named in honor of him, his wife, and his sister-in-law, Mary Elizabeth Dixon
Agnes Moorehead, actress of Bewitched fame, willed her Ohio estate to BJU. Moorehead's father was a Presbyterian minister, and in 1921, when Agnes was an undergraduate at Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio—a Presbyterian school founded by her uncle—the college presented an honorary degree to Bob Jones, Sr.[11]
Rich Merritt, LGBT activist, adult film actor, writer, and attorney
Fred Phelps, pastor of Westboro Baptist Church; known for "God Hates Fags" website and public protests; his association with the school ended abruptly after three semesters; once claimed he left because of opposition to the school's racial policies and later denied that he had ever attended[12]
Charles D. Provan; his Bible and Birth Control provides a theological justification for Quiverfull; attended two years
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