Georgia Institute of Technology Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Jimmy Carter

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

BS Naval Engineering

1946

Sundar Pichai

CEO of Alphabet & Google

MS Computer Science

≈1993

Kary Mullis

Nobel Prize in Chemistry (PCR inventor)

BS Chemistry

1966

Maryam Mirzakhani

First woman to win the Fields Medal (mathematics)

PhD Mathematics

2004

Craig Venter

Genomics pioneer; Human Genome Project leader

PhD Physiology & Pharmacology

1975

Ursula Burns

First Black woman CEO of a Fortune 500 (Xerox)

BS Mechanical Engineering

1980

Steve Kerr

NBA champion (player/coach)

BA General Studies

1988

Calvin Johnson

“Megatron”—NFL Hall of Fame WR; Georgia Tech legend

BS Mechanical Engineering

2007

Chris Bosh

NBA champion & All-Star player

Attended

N/A

Bobby Jones

Golf legend; founded Augusta National & The Masters

BS Building Construction

1950

Chris Bosh

NBA star

Attended

N/A

Ben Chestnut

Co-founder & former CEO of Mailchimp

BS Industrial Design

1998

Mike Duke

Former CEO of Walmart

BS Industrial Management

≈1970

Sandra Magnus

NASA astronaut; STS-135 Challenger crew

BS Aerospace Engineering

≈1986

Suresh Sitaraman

Regents’ Professor in Mechanical Eng.

N/A

N/A

L.W. “Chip” Robert Jr.

New Deal official; founder of Robert & Co.

BS Civil & Experimental Engineering

1909

Ayanna Howard

Robotics pioneer, professor, AI leader

Faculty at Georgia Tech

N/A

Kathy Pham

Software engineer; White House guest; Computing Hall of Fame inductee

BS & MS Computer Science; ≈2009

Glen P. Robinson

Tech industry titan; philanthropist; endowed chairs at GT

Honorary PhD in Physics

2003

Barry Givens

Tech entrepreneur; managing partner of Collab Capital

BS/ME '08

Arnab Chakraborty

Biotech startup co-founder (Flow MedTech)

BME '13

Kendrick Treadwell

Program Manager at Google

BS EE '10

Stan Chia

CEO of Vivid Seats

BS IE '05

Marcus Cappelli

Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin

PhD Aero Eng. '07