Emory University Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Jimmy Carter

39th U.S. President; Nobel Peace Prize winner

Honorary Degree / Professor

N/A

Alben Barkley

35th Vice President of the United States

BA

1900

Newt Gingrich

Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

BA

1965

Bobby Jones

Legendary golfer; founder of The Masters Tournament

JD

1929

Desmond Tutu

South African archbishop, Nobel Laureate, Emory Professor

N/A (Faculty)

N/A

Salman Rushdie

Author of The Satanic Verses; visiting professor

N/A (Faculty)

N/A

Sanjay Gupta

CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, neurosurgeon

BS

1992 (Emory Med 1993)

Kenneth Cole

Fashion designer and philanthropist

BA

1976

Peter Buck

Guitarist for the band R.E.M.

Attended

N/A

Alice Walker

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple

Attended

N/A

Amy Ray

Musician, member of Indigo Girls

BA

N/A

Liz Prelogar

U.S. Solicitor General

BA

2002

Leah Ward Sears

First woman Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court

JD

N/A

Clare Danes

Emmy-winning actress (Homeland)

Attended

N/A

Christopher McCandless

Adventurer; inspiration for Into the Wild

BA

1990

Spike Lee

Film director and cultural icon

Attended

N/A

Rafi Ahmed

Immunologist and vaccine researcher

PhD

N/A

Michael Lomax

CEO of United Negro College Fund

PhD

1984

Lynda Resnick

Co-owner of The Wonderful Company

Attended

N/A

John Skandalakis

Renowned professor of surgery and anatomy

MD

N/A

Kelly Guilfoil

Rhodes Scholar; coral reef researcher

BA

2022

Emily Giffin

Bestselling author (Something Borrowed)

JD

1997

Andrew Young

Civil rights activist, politician, former U.S. Ambassador

Honorary

N/A

David R. Gergen

Presidential adviser and political commentator

JD

N/A

Callie Khouri

Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Thelma & Louise)

Attended

N/A