Notable Alumni

Griffin B. Bell

Former Attorney General of the United States

Nancy Grace

CourtTV and CNN anchor

Sam Mitchell

Head Coach, Toronto Raptors

Reg Murphy

Vice Chairman and Former President and CEO, National Geographic Society

Former Publisher and CEO of the Baltimore Sun, former Editor of the Atlanta Constitution and San Francisco Examiner. Past President of the United States Golf Association.

Author of "Uncommon Sense," a biography of fellow Mercerian Griffin Bell

Ferrol Sams

Physician and author

Steadman Sanford

Founded the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

Former President of the University of Georgia and founder of the Southern Conference

Namesake of UGA's football stadium

Corbett H. Thigpen, M.D.

Psychiatrist whose book about one of his patients with multiple personality disorder was made into the movie, "The Three Faces of Eve," starring Joanne Woodward

Carl Vinson

Served in the United States House of Representatives for 50 years, 1 month
Namesake of USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)

 

Bill Walden

Manager for the Allman Brothers, Otis Redding, Clarence Carter, Sam and Dave, and Al Green.

Founder of Capricorn Records.

Bill Yoast

Coach, T.C. Williams High School
(portrayed in the movie "Remember the Titans")