29 Notable alumni of
Rhodes College
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Rhodes College is 1620th in the world, 574th in North America, and 541st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 29 notable alumni from Rhodes College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Amy Coney Barrett
- Enrolled in Rhodes College
- In 1994 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English literature
- Occupations
- lawyerjuristuniversity teacherjudge
- Biography
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Amy Vivian Coney Barrett is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The fifth woman to serve on the court, she was nominated by President Donald Trump and has served since October 27, 2020. Barrett was a U.S. circuit judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 2017 to 2020.
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Dixie Carter
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actoractorsingerstage actor
- Biography
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Dixie Virginia Carter was an American actress. She starred as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom Designing Women (1986–1993) and as Randi King on the drama series Family Law (1999–2002). She was nominated for the 2007 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Gloria Hodge on Desperate Housewives (2006–2007).
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Allison Miller
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Allison Miller is an Italian-born, American actress. She is best known for playing Michelle Benjamin on the NBC series Kings, Skye Tate on the Fox series Terra Nova, Carrie on the NBC series Go On, and Dr. Maggie Bloom in ABC's A Million Little Things. She starred as Laura Larson on the Syfy television series Incorporated.
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Charlaine Harris
- Occupations
- screenwriterpoetactorfilm producerwriter
- Biography
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Charlaine Harris Schulz is an American author who specializes in mysteries. She is best known for her book series The Southern Vampire Mysteries, which was adapted as the TV series True Blood. The television show was a critical and financial success for HBO, running seven seasons, from 2008 through 2014.
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Abe Fortas
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Abraham Fortas was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1965 to 1969. Born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, Fortas graduated from Rhodes College and Yale Law School. He later became a law professor at Yale Law School and then an advisor for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fortas worked at the Department of the Interior under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to delegations that helped set up the United Nations in 1945.
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Kelley Paul
- Occupations
- cheerleaderpolitical adviser
- Biography
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Kelley Ashby Paul is an American political consultant and freelance writer. She has worked as a consultant for The Strategy Group for Media, and she published a book titled True and Constant Friends in April 2015. Her husband is ophthalmologist and U.S. Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.
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Alison Lundergan Grimes
- Occupations
- politicianlawyerjurist
- Biography
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Alison Case Lundergan Grimes is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was the secretary of state of Kentucky from 2012 until 2020. Grimes was elected in 2011 after defeating incumbent Elaine Walker in the Democratic primary and Republican candidate Bill Johnson in the general election. She was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 2014, unsuccessfully challenging Republican incumbent and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. She was re-elected for a second term as Secretary of State of Kentucky on November 3, 2015, defeating Republican Stephen Knipper. Term limited in 2019, she was succeeded by Republican Michael Adams.
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Sarah Lacy
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Sarah Ruth Lacy is an American technology journalist and author.
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Chris W. Cox
- Occupations
- lobbyist
- Biography
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Christopher William Cox is an American lobbyist and public relations consultant. From April 2002 to June 2019 he served as executive director of the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, the lobbying arm of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). As executive director Cox encompassed the roles of chief lobbyist and principal political strategist.
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Claudia Kennedy
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Claudia Jean Kennedy is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Army. She is the first woman to reach the rank of three-star general in the United States Army. She retired in 2000 after 31 years of military service.
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Cary Fowler
- Enrolled in Rhodes College
- 1967-1970 studied political science and psychology
- Occupations
- authorconservationistagronomist
- Biography
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Morgan Carrington "Cary" Fowler Jr. is an American agriculturalist and the former executive director of the Crop Trust, currently serving as U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security.
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A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Arthur Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He was formerly a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
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John H. Bryan
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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John Henry Bryan Jr. was an American businessman who was the chairman and CEO of Sara Lee Corporation from 1975 until 2001. He also was the philanthropic driving force behind the creation of Millennium Park in Chicago.
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Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor
- Occupations
- novelistuniversity teacherwriter
- Biography
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Matthew Hillsman Taylor Jr., known professionally as Peter Taylor, was an American novelist, short story writer, and playwright. Born and raised in Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri, he wrote frequently about the urban South in his stories and novels.
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Thomas Watt Gregory
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Watt Gregory was an American politician and lawyer. He was a progressive and attorney who served as US Attorney General from 1914 to 1919 under US President Woodrow Wilson.
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MaryKay Carlson
- Born in
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United States - Enrolled in Rhodes College
- Studied Spanish and international studies
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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MaryKay Loss Carlson is an American diplomat who has served as the United States ambassador to the Philippines since 2022. She was previously the United States chargé d'affaires in Argentina from 2021 to 2022, after having served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in the country from September 2019.
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Catherine Eagles
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Catherine Diane Caldwell Eagles is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina and a former Superior Court judge in Guilford County, North Carolina. She is the first female judge to serve in the Middle District.
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Verner Moore White
- Occupations
- painterjournalist
- Biography
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Verner Moore White, born Thomas Verner Moore White but informally known as Verner White, was an American landscape and portrait painter. White painted works for many of the business and political leaders of his time including commissions for three United States Presidents.
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Julie Story Byerley
- Occupations
- physician
- Biography
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Julie Story Byerley is an American physician who is known as a leader in the fields of medical education and pediatrics. Byerley has served as a clinical professor and Vice Dean for Education for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. She currently serves as President and Dean of Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine as well as Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer for Geisinger Health System.
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Patricia Spears Jones
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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Patricia Spears Jones is an American poet. She is the author of five books of poetry. Jones is the editor of "The Future Differently Imagined", an issue of About Place Journal, the online publication of Black Earth Institute. Previously, she was the co-editor for Ordinary Women: Poems of New York City Women. Her poem "Beuys and the Blonde" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Jones was the winner of the Jackson Poetry Prize for 2017, and she will serve as the 2020 Louis D. Rubin Jr. Writer-in-Residence at Hollins University.
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Carol Strickland
- Years
- 1946-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- art historian
- Biography
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Carol Ann Colclough Strickland is an American art historian who currently resides in New York City.
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Kevin McMillan
- Years
- 1967-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- basketball coachhead coach
- Biography
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Daniel Kevin McMillan is an American college basketball coach and the current women's head coach at the University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin). The UT Martin Skyhawks are members of the Ohio Valley Conference and compete in the NCAA Division I.
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Robert L. Echols
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Robert Lynn Echols is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
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William L. Frierson
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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William Little Frierson was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. During his career he served as the United States Solicitor General (1920–1921), United States Assistant Attorney General (1917–1920), and mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee (1905–1907).
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Thomas U. Sisson
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Thomas Upton Sisson was an American lawyer and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Mississippi from 1909 to 1923.
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Charles K. Wheeler
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Charles Kennedy Wheeler was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
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Hugh S. Hersman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Hugh Steel Hersman was an American banker, businessman, and politician who served 3 terms as a U.S. Representative from California from 1915 to 1921.
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Walt Streuli
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Walter Herbert Streuli was an American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in six Major League Baseball games over parts of three seasons with the 1954–56 Detroit Tigers. Streuli stood 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall, weighed 195 pounds (88 kg), and threw and batted right-handed. He was an alumnus of Southwestern College (now Rhodes College) in Memphis.
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Henderson M. Somerville
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Henderson Middleton Somerville was a Professor, Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and a Member of the Board of General Appraisers.
