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This is a list of notable current and former faculty members, alumni (graduating and non-graduating) of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Unless otherwise noted, attendees listed graduated with a bachelor's degree. Names with an asterisk (*) graduated from Peabody College prior to its merger with Vanderbilt.
James McAden Peebles (August 27, 1920 – July 19, 1997) was an American football end in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at Vanderbilt University. James McAden Peebles Sr. was born in 1920 in Culleoka, Tennessee. He attended Columbia Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1938.
Colonel Robert Selph Henry (October 20, 1889 – August 19, 1970) was an American lawyer, railroad executive and historian. He was an executive of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway from 1921 to 1934, and the vice president of the Association of American Railroads from 1934 to 1958. He was the author of several books about the ...
The Commodores first met the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 1892 in Atlanta, Georgia with Vanderbilt winning 20–10. [ 19 ] Since 1924, the winning team in the series has received a silver-plated cowbell with the year and final score of each game engraved on it. The trophy was created by Ed F. Cavaleri, who was described by the Atlanta ...
K.C. Potter (J.D. 1964), academic administrator and LGBT rights activist. Maritza Sáenz Ryan (J.D. 1988), head of the Department of Law at the United States Military Academy and United States Army colonel. Samuel Cole Williams (LL.B 1884), first dean of the Lamar School of Law (also known as Emory University School of Law), Chancellor of First ...
Vanderbilt's entrants into the NBA include Charles Davis, Festus Ezeli, Shan Foster, John Jenkins, Dan Langhi, Clyde Lee, and Will Perdue. Award-winning baseball stars include Pedro Alvarez, David Price, Scotti Madison, and Mike Minor. Sportswriters Grantland Rice and Fred Russell had both been members of the baseball team.
Vanderbilt University. Occupation. Businessman. Spouse. Margaret Howe. Children. 4, including John Sloan Jr. John Sloan (June 28, 1904 – March 15, 1988) [1] was an American businessman. He served as the president of Cain-Sloan, a department store in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1937 to 1970, including during the 1960 Nashville sit-ins.
Bill Bain (consultant) Lynne Rudder Baker. Susan Baker (virologist) R. Scott Bakker. Stephen Baldwin (politician) Jeff Balser. William S. Barker. Edward Emerson Barnard. James L Barnard.