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List of University of Georgia people
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Notable Alumni
Arts and Entertainment
Bill Anderson , Country musician and songwriter
Kim Basinger , actress
John Bell , lead singer for band Widespread Panic
Alton Brown , host of Good Eats
Brian Burton , (Danger Mouse), musician DangerDoom , Gnarls Barkley
Mike Chapman , co-creator of Homestar Runner
Maria Burgos Chavez , noted sculptor and artist
Peter Conlon , music promoter
Tiffany Dupont , actress, most known for roles in One Night with the King and Greek
Bobbie Eakes , soap opera actress and singer
Glenn Gilberti , professional wrestler
Bill Goldberg , professional football player, professional wrestler and actor
Lewis Grizzard , humorist
Colleen Haskell , former reality show contestant and actress
Josh Holloway , actor
Raymond Hughes, chorus master of the Metropolitan Opera
Parker Gispert , lead singer for the band, The Whigs
Wayne Knight , actor "Newman " from Seinfeld
Kate Michael , Miss District of Columbia 2006
Charlie Minor , Music Promoter and Record Executive
Cyd Moore , children's book illustrator
Fred Newman , voice actor, composer - sound effects artist on A Prairie Home Companion
Waco O'Guin , actor and producer of MTV 's Stankervision and The DAMN! Show
Pylon , post-punk band; all four members attended the university: Vanessa Briscoe Hay , Randall Bewley , Curtis Crowe , and Michael Lachowski .
R.E.M. , popular alternative rock band; all four members attended the university: Michael Stipe , Peter Buck , Mike Mills , and Bill Berry .
Pandora Peaks , former adult model and actress .
Ryan Seacrest , American Idol host
Sonny Shroyer , actor (The Dukes of Hazzard , Forrest Gump , Ray )
Corey Smith , musician, teacher
Andrew Speaker , Carrier of a rare form of TB. Nicknamed "TB Andy"
Joey Stinson , actor
Charles Wadsworth , classical pianist and composer
Stuart Woods , novelist
Athletics
(In alphabetical order)
Shandon Anderson , NBA
Boss Bailey , NFL linebacker for the Denver Broncos
Champ Bailey , NFL cornerback for the Denver Broncos
Chip Beck , player on the PGA Tour
Kendrell Bell , NFL linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs
Kim Black , Olympic swimmer, NCAA Woman of the Year in 2001
Kara Braxton , WNBA forward for the Detroit Shock
Reggie Brown , NFL wide-receiver for the Philadelphia Eagles
Quincy Carter , NFL quarterback
Ian Conlon , former striker for the U.S. National Paralympic Soccer Team
Lisa Coole , swimmer, NCAA Woman of the Year in 1997
Terrell Davis , former NFL running back for the Denver Broncos
Pat Dye , athletic director and football head coach at Auburn University (1981-1992)
Teresa Edwards , basketball player in the Olympics , the ABL , and the WNBA
Ken Farmer , footall, kicker/punter. Injury ended career in 1986
Vern Fleming , NBA player, taken 18th in the 1984 NBA draft
La'Keshia Frett , basketball player in the WNBA
Vicki Goetze , player on the LPGA Tour
Bill Goldberg , wrestler in WCW and WWE
Charles Grant , NFL defensive lineman for the New Orleans Saints
David Greene , all time winningest college football quarterback, drafted in 2005 by the Seattle Seahawks
Forrest Griffin , American mixed-martial artist currently competing in the UFC
Verron Haynes , NFL running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Jarvis Hayes , NBA 1st round pick (10th overall) Washington Wizards
Garrison Hearst , former NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals , San Francisco 49ers , Denver Broncos )
Terry Hoage , former NFL defensive back for six NFL teams over 13 seasons
Reese Hoffa , shot putter ranked #1 in the world
Buckshot Jones , stock-car driver, two-time winner in the NASCAR Busch Series
Alec Kessler , NBA 1st round pick (12th overall) Miami Heat
Kristy Kowal , 2000 Olympic Silver medalist, swimming, NCAA Woman of the Year in 2000
Franklin Langham , player on the PGA Tour
Tommy Lyons , former NFL offensive lineman for the Denver Broncos
Randy McMichael , NFL tight-end for the St. Louis Rams
Bob McWhorter , football and baseball, Georgia's first All-American
Mikael Pernfors , tennis pro, twice NCAA champion, runner-up in 1986 French Open Grand Slam Championship.
Billy Payne , president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games
David Pollack , 3-time football All-American , drafted in 2005 by the Cincinnati Bengals
John Rauch , NFL "creator" of the "West Coast" style offense, former Coach of the Oakland Raiders
Saudia Roundtree , Naismith College Player of the Year in 1996
Theron Sapp , NFL runningback for the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers
Richard Seymour , NFL defensive lineman for the New England Patriots
D.J. Shockley , season record holder most touchdowns responsible for and most touchdown passes in a season. NFL 2rd string quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons
Frank Sinkwich , All-American football player and Heisman Trophy winner in 1942
Matt Stinchcomb , NFL offensive lineman Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers , 2-time football All-America , 1st round 1999 draft
Jon Stinchcomb , NFL offensive lineman New Orleans Saints , football All-American, 2nd round draft choice
Sheila Taormina , Olympic gold medalist, and only American to participate in the Olympics in three different sports.
Fran Tarkenton , 9-time Pro-Bowler as quarterback of the NFL Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants
Christi Thomas , WNBA forward for the Los Angeles Sparks
Odell Thurman , NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals
Charley Trippi , College and Pro Football Hall of Fame, two-time Pro Bowl halfback for the Chicago Cardinals
Herschel Walker , retired NFL running back, Heisman Trophy winner and 3 time football All-American 1982 in 1982
Hines Ward , NFL wide-receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Bubba Watson , player on the PGA Tour
Jermaine Wiggins , NFL tight-end for the Minnesota Vikings
Dominique Wilkins , NBA slam dunk champion for the Atlanta Hawks
Damien Wilkins , NBA guard for the Seattle Supersonics
Business and industry
Dan Amos , Chairman & CEO of AFLAC
Stephen Bell , Strategic Adviser, Canvas Systems
D.W. Brooks , founder and chairman emeritus of Gold Kist
Felicia Joy Browder, former Chief Spokesperson for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Chairman and CEO of Swanqi Holdings Inc. (parent company to Wall Street CHIC [1] )
Maxine Clark, founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop
Brantley Coile , creator of Cisco PIX , Cisco LocalDirector , ATA-over-Ethernet and founder of Coraid , Inc.
A.D. “Pete” Correll , chairman and CEO of Georgia-Pacific Corp
Tom Cousins , founder of Cousins Properties
Beverly Dolan, Founder of EZ-G0 Golf Carts , past President of Textron
Rex Fuqua, Fuqua Industries
Donald Ivestor , Former CEO of Coca-Cola
Bill Jones III, The Sea Island Company
Don Leebern, Georgia Crown
Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr. , President of J.C. Lewis Enterprises and Lewis Broadcasting Corp.
Hala Moddelmog , president of Church’s Chicken
Billy Morris, Morris Communications
Jim Nalley, Nalley Automotive
Billy Payne , President of Augusta National
David Barnhart, Network Operations at Hewlett Packard
Economics and finance
Educators
Wyatt Anderson , geneticist, professor at UGA and member of the National Academy of Sciences
Cynthia Kenyon , professor of biochemistry , biophysics, University of California -San Francisco , member National Academy of Sciences
Robert D. McTeer , chancellor of Texas A&M University
Dr. Evan Glazer, Principal of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology , a top-ranked magnet school in Alexandria, Virginia
Government and the law
Ellis Arnall , Governor of Georgia
William Yates Atkinson , Governor of Georgia
John Barrow , current member of House of Representatives
Robert Benham , first African-American chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
Charles H. Bronson , Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Howell Cobb , Governor of Georgia and US Representative, Speaker of the House in 31st Congress
Cathy Cox , Secretary of State for the state of Georgia
William Crosby Dawson , U.S. Senator, judge, politician
Norman S. Fletcher , Georgia State Supreme Court Chief Justice
John B. Gordon , General in Confederate Army, a U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia
Phil Gramm , former U.S. Senator from Texas
Joe Frank Harris , Governor of Georgia
Nathaniel E. Harris , Governor of Georgia
Chris Jay Hoofnagle , University of California privacy law expert
Herschel Vespasian Johnson , Governor of Georgia, U.S. senator, Confederate senator, and candidate for U.S. vice president
James Johnson , Governor of Georgia and U.S. Representative
Richard Meno , Connecticut real estate lawyer
John Milledge , Governor of Georgia , U.S. Senator and US Representative
Zell Miller , U.S. Senator, Governor of Georgia, and founder of the HOPE Scholarship
Sonny Perdue , Georgia Governor
Ralph Reed , conservative activist and candidate for Lt. Governor of Georgia
Fred B. Rooney , US Representative from Pennsylvania
Richard Russell, Jr. , Governor of Georgia and U.S. Senator
Carl Sanders , Governor of Georgia
John Marshall Slaton , Governor of Georgia
Alexander Stephens , Governor of Georgia and later Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
Eugene Talmadge , Governor of Georgia
Herman Talmadge , Governor of Georgia and U.S. Senator
Mark Taylor , Georgia Lieutenant Governor
Melvin E. Thompson , Governor of Georgia
Ernest Vandiver , Governor of Georgia
Media and journalism
(In alphabetical order.)
Brooke Anderson , a news anchor for CNN
Deborah Blum , Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author
Chip Caray , baseball announcer.
Jim Currier , Sportswriter for the Coastal Courier in Hinesville, GA. Previously, he won awards at the Bryan County News in Richmond Hill
Lewis Grizzard , columnist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bill Hartman III , sports anchor for WSB-TV
John Huey , editorial director of Time, Inc.
Charlayne Hunter-Gault , CNN International bureau chief in Johannesburg, South Africa
Ernie Johnson, Jr. , sports broadcaster for TNT and TBS
W. Thomas Johnson , retired chairman, president, and CEO of CNN; former president, publisher, and CEO of Los Angeles Times
Pat Mitchell , former president of Public Broadcasting Service and current president of the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City
Julie Moran , host of Entertainment Tonight
Deborah Norville , television journalist
Wesley M. "Pat" Pattillo , communications director, National Council of Churches
Ed Pope , sportswriter for the Miami Herald
Leonard Postero , creator of Leonard's Losers, a syndicated football prognistication radio show
Ralph Reed , pundit and former director of the Christian Coalition
Deborah Roberts , ABC News producer and correspondent
Mark Schlabach , ESPN college football and basketball columnist, formerly of the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Washington Post
Tommy Tomlinson , columnist for the Charlotte Observer ; finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in commentary.
Medicine
Military
Ministry and Religion
Scientific research
Wyatt Anderson , geneticist, professor at UGA and member of the National Academy of Sciences
Cornelia Bargmann , anatomy professor at the Rockefeller University , investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Alfred Blalock , medical doctor, pioneered heart surgery and performed groundbreaking research on shock
A. Jamie Cuticchia , bioinformatics pioneer, director of human genome database
Cynthia Kenyon , professor of biochemistry , biophysics, University of California -San Francisco , member National Academy of Sciences
Bruce J. Klein , co-founder of the Immortality Institute , author, and film producer
Distinguished faculty and staff
The University of Georgia has boasted many distinguished researchers and scholars on its faculty. It has also been the home of successful athletic coaches. Faculty and staff standouts past and present include:
Arts and humanities
Charles Bullock III , renowned analyst of Southern politics
Lamar Dodd , nationally recognized artist
Loch K. Johnson , Leading expert on Intelligence and National Security
Hugh Kenner , literary scholar and prolific critic, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Edward J. Larson , professor of history, Pulitzer Prize winner for Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion (Basic Books, 1997)
William S. McFeely , professor of humanities, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dean Rusk , former US Secretary of State
Freddy Wittop , Tony Award -winning costume designer
Judith Ortiz Cofer , internationally recognized writer, and Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing
Athletics
Jack Bauerle , swimming and diving coach
Wally Butts , football coach
Jim Donnan , football coach
Vince Dooley , football coach and Athletic Director
Damon Evans , Athletic Director and alumnus
Ray Goff , football coach
Andy Landers , women's basketball coach
Dan Magill , tennis coach
Mark Richt , football coach
Suzanne Yoculan , women's gymnastics coach
Engineering
Mathematics
Scientific research
Jeffrey Bennetzen , molecular geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
Brent Berlin , anthropologist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Glenn Burton , agronomist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
John Avise , genetics researcher, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Lois Miller , entomology and genetics researcher, elected to National Academy of Sciences
Norman Allinger chemist, elected to National Academy of Sciences , awarded the Franklin Medal
Norman Giles , geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Susan R. Wessler , botanist and geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences
Wyatt Anderson , geneticist, elected to National Academy of Sciences , American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Juergen Wiegel , microbiologist, elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Lawrence Shimkets , microbiologist, elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
William Whitman , microbiologist, elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Ying Xu , bioinformatician, elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Allan Armitage , horticulturist, recipient of the National Educator Award from the American Horticultural Society .
Eugene Odum , zoologist and groundbreaking pioneer in study of ecology , author of first textbook on the subject
Henry F. "Fritz" Schaefer , chemistry, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Murray S. Blum , entomologist, recipient of Lamar Dodd Award , authority on chemical ecology and pheromones
Stephen Hubbell , plant biology research, elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Chief Executives of the University
Abraham Baldwin , President (1785 - 1801)
Josiah Meigs , President (1801 – 1810)
John Brown , President (1811 – 1816)
Robert Finley , President (1817)
Moses Waddel , President (1819 – 1829)
Alonzo S. Church , President (1829 – 1859)
Andrew A. Lipscomb , Chancellor (1860 – 1874)
Henry Holcombe Tucker , Chancellor (1874 – 1878)
Patrick Hues Mell , Chancellor (1878 – 1888)
William Ellison Boggs , Chancellor (1889 – 1898)
Walter Barnard Hill , Chancellor (1899 – 1905)
David Crenshaw Barrow, Jr. , Chancellor (1906 – 1925)
Charles Melton Snelling , Chancellor (1925 – 1932)
Steadman Vincent Sanford , President (1932 — 1935)
Harmon White Caldwell , President (1935 – 1948)
Jonathan Clark Rogers , President (1949 – 1950)
Omer Clyde Aderhold , President (1950 – 1967)
Frederick Corbet Davison , President (1967 – 1986)
Henry King Stanford , Interim President (1986 - 1987)
Charles Boynton Knapp , President (1987 – 1997)
Michael F. Adams , President (1997-present)
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