APS Notable Graduates

Jeff Beggs Atlanta Public Schools APS Director of Athletics Department of Athletics [email protected] Grady Stadium 70 (404) 802‑5580 PO Box 78426 (404) 892‑8493 Fax Atlanta, Georgia 30357

Notable APS Graduates

Howard HS T. M. ALEXANDER, JR Insurance Magnate, deceased Boys HS IVAN ALLEN, JR. Former Mayor of Atlanta Turner HS MARVIN ARRINGTON Former President of Atlanta City Council and partner/owner of Arrington & Hollowell's law firm Turner HS CAROLINE LONG BANKS Former city council woman Tech HS Director of Audio Visual Education, Coordinator of APS history for WALTER S. BELL Centennial Celebration; established and organized the first Archives Department for a public school system and functioned as its first Historian/Archivist Boys HS ROBERT (BOB )BELL Former State Senator and candidate for governor Howard HS ELDRIN BELL Former Chief of Atlanta Police Dept Boys HS EUGENE BLACK Former head of World Bank Booker T. Washington HS FRANK BLACKSHEAR Atomic Energy Program Northside HS Graduate STANLEY BLALOCK 1984 Olympic Team, placed 2nd in 100 meter heat U. S. Olympic Trials Booker T. Washington HS HORACE BOHANNON Deputy Civil Rights Commissioner, Washington, D. C D. T. Howard HS/ Washington HS NATHANIEL BRONNER, SR Philanthropist and World renown leader in hair care industry; deceased Commercial HS JOE BURTON State Senator Booker T. Washington HS RORY CALHOUN Heavyweight boxer Roosevelt HS JOHN CARSON UGA HALL OF FAME, Washington Redskins Football Player, Minnesota Vikings Organization Commercial & Tech HS TRUETT CATHY Founder & Owner of Chick-Fil-A Boys HS JOHN S. CHANDLER Chief Justice Georgia Supreme Court Girls HS Opera singer performed for President Truman's Inauguration and BARBARA COOK many other Presidents' of the USA; sometime during 1998 she performed for the Queen of England in England Boys HS ED. S.COOK, SR. Former president of the Atlanta Board of Education David T. Howard HS CLARENCE COOPER Judge of Georgia Court of Appeals; Federal Judge of U. S. District Court Northside HS (Now North Atlanta HS) T. RENEE CRUTCHER Opera singer Booker T. Washington HS RUTH A. DAVIS Former Vice Consul in charge of American Affairs in the Congo Murphy HS (now Crim HS) RICHARD DENT Professional football player for Chicago Bears' Championship Super Bowl Team Booker T. Washington HS MATTIWILDA DOBBS World famous Opera singer Booker T. Washington HS PEARLIE DOVE Chairman Education Dept. of Clark College Booker T. Washington HS DOROTHY MAE STINSON One of the First African-American Female Deputy Sheriff in Fulton DUHART County Grady HS STEWART EIZENSTAT Domestic Policy Advisor for President James Earl Carter's Administration Commercial HS CAROLINE EMBRY V.P. Fulton Federal S & L, retired Booker T. Washington HS DR. SIDNEY ESTES Director of Doctoral Program of Atlanta University O'Keefe Jr. HS and North Fulton HS WYCHE FOWLER U. S. Representative, Senator and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in President Clinton's administration Howard HS WALTER FRAZIER Profession basketball New York Nicks Northside HS COLLINGTON FREEMAN World Class Opera Singer Boys HS FRANKLIN GARRETT Official Historian for Georgia Booker T. Washington HS ROBERTS GIBBS First African-American to enter and graduate from Harvard

D. T. Howard HS "BITSY" GRANT Famous tennis champion Northside HS JASMINE GUY Actress, singer, dancer, movies, TV and stage Commercial HS JACK HAMILTON Former Mayor of Decatur, Georgia

GRACE TOWNS HAMILTON State Representative Harper HS JUDGE GLENDA HATCHETT Currently star of TV series Judge Hatchett Girls HS FANNIE HINTON Former Head of Library School at Emory University Booker T. Washington HS MICHAEL HOLLIS First and only Black owner of an airlines; AIR ATLANTA Henry McNeal Turner HS DR. HAMILTON HOLMES First Black Male to integrate University of GA, Executive Director of Grady Hospital and a section of GA I-285 is named for him.. Fulton HS EVANDER HOLYFIELD Three Time World Heavy Weight Champ & Entrepreneur Boys HS CLARK HOWELL Editor of Atlanta Constitution Newspaper Carver HS Teacher and coach for Sylvan, Carver & Fulton HS; Head Football WILLIE E. HUNTER Coach for Clark Atlanta University & Football of Coach Morris Brown College Turner HS CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT First Black Female to integrate University of GA, Journalist , author and anchor for McNeil Lerher News Hour Dykes HS JOHNNY ISAKSON Chairman of the State Board of Education & Congressional candidate 6th Dist MAYNARD HOLBROOK David T. Howard HS JACKSON First African American Mayor of the City of Atlanta Girls HS DR. IRAJARRELL First Appointed Female Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools Booker T. Washington HS LEROY JOHNSON First Black State Senator in the South since Reconstruction David T. Howard Grammar School LOUIS JOHNSON Tuskegee Airman Boys HS BOISFEUILLET JONES Former President of Woodruff Foundation Tech HS ROBERT TYRE JONES Champion Golfer Boys HS HARRISON JONES Former president of Coca Cola Co

Turner HS MACK JONES Pro Baseball Player, 1960 David T. Howard HS VERNON JORDAN Former Executive Director of Urban League and member of President William Jefferson Clinton's Cabinet Sylvan HS WILLIAM JUDSON Professional Football Player, Miami Dolphins David T. Howard LONNIE KING Civil Rights Activist and activists of desegregation of the APS schools David T. Howard HS Graduate & Booker T. Washington Alumni MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Civil Rights Activist, minister, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize Archer HS GLADYS KNIGHT Winner of Ted Mack's Amateur Hour and lead singer of Gladys Knight and the Pips; actress Boys HS State SIDNEY MARCUS Former Representative and former candidate for mayor of Atlanta Archer HS EDITH MCGUIRE-DUVALL Olympian and teacher of East Lake ES Medallist Roosevelt HS ANTONIO MCKAY All American Track & Olympian Collier Heights ES, Frederick Douglass & Charles Lincoln Harper CYNTHIA MCKINNEY HS U.S. Congresswoman, current; State Senator Tenth Street Elementary MARGARET MITCHELL Author of Gone With the Wind Booker T. Washington HS J. Y. MORELAND Former teacher, principal of BTW and Associate Superintendent of APS Girls HS JESSIE MUSE Former principal of GHS, deceased Fulton HS 1988 Atlanta Hawk Mascot, Toured with Shalimar Singing Group, WAYNE F. OLIVER Owns Flava Records Label and has an album River of Life , he raps for Jesus. Northside HS RUE PAUL Singer, Dancer, Model & Entertainer D. T. Howard & Turner HS MEL PENDER Olympian & Atlanta Hawks Organization Booker T. Washington. HS LUCILE PALMER PERRINO President of Gate City Teachers Association Tech HS JOHN PORTMAN Millionaire Architect Howard HS ROMAE POWELL Former Superior Court Judge LARRY RAKESTRAW Fulton HS Professional Football Player; Chicago Bears Booker T. Washington HS Played professional ball in the Negro Leagues; teammate and roommate to Jackie Robinson who integrated professional baseball CHICO OTHELLO RENFROE, SR. league; broadcasted the first live football game from Fam U's campus in Florida; WIGO, radio personality and sports advocate for all Metropolitan Atlanta Public School children. Boys HS WALTER RICH Owner of Rich's Department Store Grady High School ANGELA ROBINSON Broadcast Journalist; former Anchor Women on WXIA Channel 11 Atl. TV Fulton HS TRACEY ROCKER Professional Football Player, Washington Redskins Super Bowl Champs Fulton HS DAVID ROCKER Professional Football Player, Los Angeles Rams Brown HS TOMMY ROE Recording Star Boys HS DEAN RUSK Former U. S. Secretary of State Booker T. Washington HS JULIAN "NIPSIE" RUSSELL Comedian, singer , dancer, stage, TV & movies Howard HS HERMAN RUSSELL Millionaire Construction Magnate, Member of 100 Black Men Howard HS Olympian, APS teacher, 1st African American female to win a gold MILDRED MCDANIEL SINGLETON and only gold medal for the U.S. for Archer HS (now Harper/Archer ) in addition she taught & coached Mrs. Edith McGuire at Archer Booker T. Washington HS ELMO SPENCER, III NBA Clippers Pro Basketball Team, featured on cover of Sports Illustrated Booker T. Washington HS DR. LOUIS A. SULLIVAN Former Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Bush Administration and President of the Morehouse School of Medicine Tech HS WILLIS SUTTON, JR Professor of University of Kentucky, APS teacher, principal and the Eighth Superintendent of APS Booker T. Washington HS GWEN TORRENCE Olympian Booker T. Washington HS LYNDON WADE Director of Urban League, Atlanta Anne E. West Grammar School DR. PAUL D. WEST Superintendent of Fulton County Public Schools and has a /school named in his honor MARGARET MATTHEWS David T. Howard HS WILBURN Olympian Georgia State Hall of Fame David T. Howard HS JAMES WILLIAMS ParaOlympian Girls HS MRS. ANNIE T.WISE Principal of Commercial HS, deceased David T. Howard HS Entertainer, TV, Movie, Radio, played the preacher in ‘SOUL CARL WRIGHT FOOD", playing lead in play as well as other movies and plays i.e.," LAUGHING ON OUTSIDE, CRYING ON THE INSIDE". Booker T. Washington. HS RONALD YANCEY First African-American to graduate from Georgia Tech Booker T. Washington HS DR. ASA YANCY Medical Director of Grady Hospital and former APS Board Member