Royal Society of Arts of London Robert Collins: American physician and pathologist Prentice Cooper: governor of Tennessee, 1939-1945 Frank Constantine: chief of ophthalmic surgery at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital Paul Craft: American country singer-songwriter Scott Crichton (class of 1972): judge of the 1st Judicial District Court in Shreveport, Louisiana, since 1991 Ewin L. Davis: chairman of the Federal Trade Commission Norman H. Davis: chairman of the American Red Cross; U.S. diplomat at 1918 Versailles Conference and 1933 Geneva Conference Harold Earthman: member of the U.S. House of Representatives William Eggleston: photographer William Yandell Elliott: Rhodes Scholar, Vanderbilt Fugitive, Harvard government professor, mentor of Henry Kissinger Charles Flexner: American physician, clinical pharmaceutical scientist, academic, author and researcher Robert J. Gilliland: pioneer of American aviation, chief test pilot and first to fly Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Andrew Glaze: award winning American poet and writer. Thomas Watt Gregory: Attorney General of the United States, 1914-1919 Doug Holder: representative, Florida House of Representatives 2006-2014 Jeffrey Lorberbaum: chairman and chief executive officer of Mohawk Industries Walter W. Manley: attorney, distinguished professor of business. William F. McCombs: chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1912-1914) Raymond Ross Paty: president of the University of Alabama, 1942-1946; chancellor of the University of Georgia system, 1946-1948 John Andrew Rice: co-founder and first rector, Black Mountain College Wayne Rogers: screen actor, portrayed Trapper John on M*A*S*H; investment analyst for Fox News network Vermont C. Royster: editor of the Wall Street Journal, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the Presidential Medal of Freedom Paul Sanger: pioneer in cardiology and thoracic surgery, founder of the Sanger Clinic Manny Sethi: physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Ingram M. Stainback: Governor of Hawaii, 1942-1951 Allen Steele: Hugo Award-winning science fiction author Robert McGill Thomas, Jr.: Pulitzer Prize nominated reporter for The New York Times renowned for his obituaries, some of which are compiled in the book 52 McG's: The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Writer Robert McG. Thomas Jr. John J. Tigert: first Rhodes Scholar from Tennessee, U.S. Commissioner of Education (1921–1928), third president of the University of Florida (1928–1947), member of the College Football Hall of Fame Paul Trousdale: American real estate developer best known for developing Trousdale Estates in Beverly Hills, California Elton Watkins: U.S. Congressman from Oregon 1923-1925 Michael Tate Westbrook: commanding officer of the USS Spruance (DDG-111) 2010-2012 Fielding L. Wright: governor of Mississippi, 1946-1952 Related schools