EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Historically Black college founded in 1867 by Rev. Frank Quarles as the Augusta Institute in Augusta, Georgia; it relocated to Atlanta in 1879 to become the Atlanta Baptist Seminary. It changed name to Atlanta Baptist College in 1897 and again to Morehouse College in 1906, to honor Henry Lyman Morehouse.

Location:
Atlanta, GA

Founding Date:
18-Feb-1867

Team:
Maroon Tigers

Enrollment:
3100

Official Website:
http://www.morehouse.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Politician	4-Feb-1947		Congressman, Georgia 2nd
Julian Bond	Activist	14-Jan-1940		NAACP Chairman
Herman Cain	Business	13-Dec-1945		Godfather's Pizza
Robert C. Davidson, Jr.	Business	c. 1945		Surface Protection Industries
James C. Early	Activist	?		Smithsonian Institution
Guru	Rapper	17-Jul-1966		Rapper from Gang Starr
Earl Hilliard	Politician	9-Apr-1942		Congressman from Alabama, 1993-2003
Samuel L. Jackson	Actor	21-Dec-1948		Pulp Fiction
Arthur E. Johnson	Business	c. 1946		Senior VP at Lockheed-Martin
Dale E. Jones	Business	c. 1960		Managing Partner, Heidrick & Struggles
Martin Luther King	Activist	15-Jan-1929	4-Apr-1968	Pacifist civil rights activist
Martin Luther King III	Activist	23-Oct-1957		Former President of the SCLC
Spike Lee	Film Director	20-Mar-1957		Do The Right Thing
Walter E. Massey	Business	5-Apr-1938		Morehouse College president, physicist
John W. Mims	Business	c. 1958		Starwood Hotels
Edwin Moses	Track and Field	31-Aug-1955		Olympian
Bill Nunn	Actor	20-Oct-1953		Do the Right Thing
Major Owens	Politician	28-Jun-1936		Congressman, New York 11th
David Satcher	Government	2-Mar-1941		US Surgeon General 1998-2002
Louis Wade Sullivan	Government	3-Nov-1933		US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93
Saul Williams	Rapper	29-Feb-1972		Slam

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
E. Franklin Frazier	Sociologist	24-Sep-1894	17-May-1962	Black Bourgeoisie

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Herman Cain	Business	13-Dec-1945		Godfather's Pizza
Robert C. Davidson, Jr.	Business	c. 1945		Surface Protection Industries
C. Robert Henrikson	Business	c. 1947		CEO of MetLife
Joel Hyatt	Attorney	c. 1950		Hyatt Legal Services
M. Douglas Ivester	Business	26-Mar-1947		CEO of Coca Cola, 1997-2000
Donald R. Knauss	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Clorox
Walter E. Massey	Business	5-Apr-1938		Morehouse College president, physicist
Lawrence M. Small	Government	14-Sep-1941		Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 2000-07
Louis Wade Sullivan	Government	3-Nov-1933		US Secretary of HHS, 1989-93
John L. Thornton	Business	c. 1954		President of Goldman Sachs, 1999-2003
Gary L. Tooker	Business	c. 1940		Chairman of Motorola, 1996-99

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