Samford University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Notable alumni== The university has more than 57,000 alumni, including U.S. congressmen, seven state governors, two U.S. Supreme Court justices, four Rhodes Scholars, multiple Emmy and Grammy award-winning artists, two national championship football coaches, and recipients of the Pulitzer and Nobel Peace prizes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Samford University |url=https://www.samford.edu/about/by-the-numbers |access-date=March 14, 2024}}</ref> Some notable alumni include: ===Politics and government=== * [[Robert Aderholt]] (1990), [[United States Congressman]] from Alabama * [[Michael F. Bolin]] (1970), associate justice of the [[Supreme Court of Alabama]] (2005-2023) * [[Karon O. Bowdre]] (1977), United States district judge * [[Andrew L. Brasher]], United States District Judge (Samford University, Harvard School of Law) * [[Benjamin Franklin Cameron]], judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit]] * [[Joyce Chandler]], former educator and member of [[Georgia House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/142208/joyce-chandler |title=Joyce Chandler's Biography |publisher=[[Vote Smart]] |accessdate=April 8, 2021}}</ref> * [[Charles Crist]], former Florida governor, graduated from Cumberland School of Law (1955-1964) * [[Stephen Louis A. Dillard]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stephen Louis A Dillard, Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia: Profile and Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/19444702|access-date=2020-09-07|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en}}</ref> (1992), Chief Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia * [[Jim Folsom]] (non-graduate), [[List of governors of Alabama|governor of Alabama]] from 1947-1951 and 1955-1959 * [[Cordell Hull]], 47th U.S. secretary of state (1933-1944), Nobel Peace Prize winner (1945) * [[Jody Hunt]] (1982), United States Assistant Attorney General (2018-2020) * [[Howell Edmunds Jackson]], U.S. Supreme Court justice * [[Lem Johns]], U.S. Secret Service agent * [[Doug Jones (politician)|Doug Jones]], [[List of United States senators from Alabama|United States Senator]] from Alabama (2018-2021) * [[Horace Harmon Lurton]], U.S. Supreme Court justice * [[Carter Manasco]], Congressman from Alabama (1941-1949)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Lauren E. |date=2020-06-22 |title=Carter Manasco |url=https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/carter-manasco/ |access-date=2023-06-16 |website=Encyclopedia of Alabama |language=en-US}}</ref> * [[Nina Miglionico]] (1932), Birmingham City Council, 1963-1985 * [[Eric Motley]] (1996) State Department official<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/10/AR2006061001040.html|title=Wil Haygood, "A Path All His Own For Eric Motley, the Measure of a Man Isn't His Politics", ''The Washington Post'', 11 Jun 2006); Page A01|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aspeninstitute.org/our-people/eric-motley/|title=Eric Motley|website=The Aspen Institute}}</ref> *[[Michael Patrick Mulroy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dod.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography-View/Article/1415681/michael-mick-p-mulroy/|title=Michael (Mick) P. Mulroy > U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE > Biography View|website=dod.defense.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dod.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/1345291/senior-executive-service-announcements/|title=Senior Executive Service Announcements|website=U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE}}</ref> Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Secretary of Defense [[James Mattis]] * [[Edwin L. Nelson]], United States federal judge (Samford University, Cumberland School of Law - 1969) * [[Kevin Newsom]], judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit]] * [[Rusty Paul]], 2nd Mayor of [[Sandy Springs, Georgia]] * [[Stacey E. Pickering]], [[State Auditor of Mississippi]] * [[John R. Tyson|John Russell Tyson]] (1877), judge of Supreme Court of Alabama and U.S. Representative for the State of Alabama. *[[Janie Shores]] (1992), judge on the Supreme Court of Alabama, the first woman on that court and considered by Bill Clinton as nominee to the Supreme Court * [[Randall Woodfin]], mayor of [[Birmingham, Alabama]] (Samford University Cumberland School of Law) ===Arts and letters=== *[[Mary Anderson (actress, born 1918)|Mary Anderson]], actress * [[Zane Birdwell]] (2003), recording engineer * [[Philip Birnbaum]], author and translator of Jewish works * [[John Crist (comedian)|John Crist]], comedian<ref>{{Cite web |title=2004 Samford Men's Tennis Roster |url=https://samfordsports.com/news/2000/6/27/mtt-m-tennis-mtt_814 |access-date=2020-12-10 |website=Samford University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> * Karen Fairchild & Kimberly Schlapman of the Country Group [[Little Big Town]] *[[Wayne Flynt]] (1961), [[historian]] * [[Elizabeth Futral]], opera singer * [[Anne George (writer)|Anne George]], mystery author * [[Tony Hale]], TV actor * [[Harold E. Martin]] (1923β2007), newspaper man * [[Gail Patrick]], motion picture actress and television producer * Susan Patterson,<ref name=notable>{{Cite web|url=https://www.samford.edu/alumni/notable-alumni|title=Samford University Notable Alumni|website=www.samford.edu|accessdate=7 August 2023}}</ref> international opera star<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/09/22/arts/opera-review-a-soprano-who-makes-violetta-a-specialty.html|title=OPERA REVIEW; A Soprano Who Makes Violetta a Specialty (Published 1997)|work=The New York Times |date=22 September 1997|accessdate=7 August 2023 |last1=Tommasini |first1=Anthony }}</ref> * [[Jeanne Ellison Shaffer]] (2007), composer and musician * [[Kristian Stanfill]], Christian rock singer-songwriter ===Religion=== * [[Charles Billingsley (musician)|Charles Billingsley]], singer * [[Cedrick Bridgeforth|Cedrick D. Bridgeforth]], [[United Methodist Church|United Methodist]] bishop * [[Scott Dawson (evangelist)|Scott Dawson]], evangelist * [[Adam W. Greenway]], president of [[Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary]] (2019-2022) * [[Herschel Hobbs]], pastor, [[Southern Baptist Convention]] president * [[Derek Jones (bishop)|Derek LS Jones]], [[Special Jurisdiction of the Armed Forces and Chaplaincy|Anglican Church in North America]] bishop * [[David Gordon Lyon]], [[Hollis Chair of Divinity|Hollis Chair]] at [[Harvard Divinity School]] * [[Andrew Manis]], clergyman and civil rights historian * [[Albert Mohler]], president, [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] * Harold H. Oliver, Professor of New Testament and Theology, [[Boston University School of Theology]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h5JOEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22harold+h.+oliver%22+samford+university&pg=PA373|title=Personalism Revisited: Its Proponents and Critics|date=8 November 2021|publisher=BRILL|isbn=9789004496095 |accessdate=7 August 2023|via=Google Books}}</ref> * [[Ed Stetzer]], author ===Sports=== *[[James Bradberry]], professional football player *[[Bobby Bowden]], second all-time winningest coach in [[NCAA Division I|Division I]] college football. *[[Marv Breeding]] (1952), professional baseball player *[[Phillip Ervin]], professional baseball player *[[Cortland Finnegan]], professional football player *[[Jennifer Pharr Davis]], long-distance hiker and author *[[Jimbo Fisher]], college football coach, formerly head coach of [[Texas A&M Aggies football|the Texas A&M Aggies]] *[[Sam Goldman]], professional football player *[[Devlin Hodges]], professional football player *[[Slick Lollar]], professional football player *[[Wendell Magee]], professional baseball player *[[Michael Pierce (American football)|Michael Pierce]], professional football player *[[Travis Peterson]], professional soccer player *[[Marc Salyers]], professional soccer player *[[Jaquiski Tartt]], professional football player *[[Jeremy Towns]], professional football player and physician *[[Montrell Washington]], professional football player *[[Corey White]], professional football player *[[Nick Williams (defensive lineman)|Nick Williams]], professional football player ===Other=== * [[Bubba Cathy]], businessman, [[Chick-fil-A]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chick-fil-a.com/Board-Officers/Board-of-Directors/Bubba-Cathy|title=About Bubba Cathy|website=Chick-fil-A|access-date=2017-06-18|archive-date=2021-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131122130/https://www.chick-fil-a.com/board-officers/board-of-directors/bubba-cathy|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[Deidre Downs]], (2002), [[Miss America]] 2005. * [[Amie Beth Dickinson]], first runner-up to [[Heather Whitestone]] in the 1994 Miss Alabama pageant. When Whitestone was crowned Miss America, Dickinson was elevated to Miss Alabama. * [[Jimmy Rane]], (1971) founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Great Southern Wood Preserving * [[Melinda Toole]], (2006), Miss Alabama 2006, 4th runnerup to Miss America Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page