List of Georgia State University people
This is a list of Georgia State University people. Georgia State University is an urban research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves over 32,000[1] students, and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities. The current university president is Mark P. Becker.
Coordinates: 33°45′10″N 84°23′10″W / 33.75278°N 84.38611°W / 33.75278; -84.38611
Notable alumni
- Amalia Amaki, artist and art historian
- David Brown, former host of public radio show Marketplace
- Coy Bowles, musician, Zac Brown Band
- Max Burns, former Congressman, Georgia 12th District
- Joey Cape, musician, Lagwagon
- Dru Castro, musician, Grammy winner
- Brad Cohen, teacher and author of Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had.
- Kat Cole, CEO of Cinnabon
- James E Copeland, former CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
- Lanard Copeland, former NBA player, later famous for playing in the National Basketball League (Australia)
- Paul Coverdell, late US Senator from Georgia (attended)
- Jazz Wilkins, Miss Georgia USA 2012 and 4th Runner-Up in Miss USA 2012 Pageant.
- Amy Dumas, professional wrestler better known by her ring name Lita (attended)
- William DuVall, lead singer of Alice in Chains
- Douglas Edwards, America's first network news anchor
- William M. Fields, primatologist
- Michael Gearon Jr. Principal Owner NBA’s Atlanta Hawks and the NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers
- Louie Giglio, pastor and founder of the Passion Movement
- Predrag Gosta, conductor and artistic director, New Trinity Baroque
- Tamyra Gray, actress, musician
- RJ Hunter, Basketball Player NBA Draft class of 2015
- Matthew Hilger, professional poker player and author
- Mary Hood, author
- Jerry Huckaby, former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district, received the Master of Business Administration degree.
- Hank Huckaby, Georgia Representative and soon Chancellor of the University System of Georgia
- Jan Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore in the Georgia State Legislature
- Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies
- Lance Krall, actor
- Richard H. Lenny, former Chairman, President, and CEO, The Hershey Company
- Ken Lewis, CEO of Bank of America
- Sean Linkenback, author
- Ludacris, musician, actor
- Sam Massell, former mayor of Atlanta
- Deepak Nanda, President of Unlimited Music
- Amber Nash, comedian and actress, provides the voice of Pam Poovey on Archer[2]
- E. Vachel Pennebaker, President of Sears, Roebuck and Company
- Vladimir Petrović, Serbian ambassador to the United States
- Jody Powell, White House Press Secretary, 1977–1980
- Glenn Richardson, former Speaker, Georgia House of Representatives
- Julia Roberts, actress (attended) [3]
- Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, primatologist at GSU's Language Research Centre
- Charles Shapiro, former ambassador to Venezuela, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the US State Department
- Andy Stanley, church planter, pastor and author
- Ray Stevens, musician
- Sarah Tiana, comedian, actress
- Will Turpin, bassist for Collective Soul
- Lynn Westmoreland, United States Representative
- Beth Van Fleet, AVP beach volleyball professional player
- Lockett Pundt, guitarist for Deerhunter
- Dustin Ingle, Actor The Tournament [4]
- Albert Wilson, NFL player
Notable faculty
- Raffi Besalyan, pianist
- David Bottoms, Georgia's Poet Laureate
- Nancy Grace, former prosecutor and current host on CourtTV and CNN (former instructor, no current appointment at GSU)[5]
- Colleen McEdwards, Anchor on CNN International
- Beth Gylys, Poet
- Mace Hibbard, musician, Derek Trucks Band
- Asa Hilliard
- Jorge Martinez-Vazquz, winner of Russia's National Prize of Applied Economics [6]
- Donald Ratajczak, Economist
- Akinyele Umoja
- Shaun Wang, Distinguished Professor of Risk Management And Notable Actuary
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