Emory University facts for kids

Emory University is a private university in Atlanta, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The university was started by the Methodist Episcopal Church as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia. It was named after Methodist bishop John Emory. The college moved to Druid Hills after Asa Griggs Candler, a wealthy businessperson from the slave owning Magruder family, offered it money and land there.

Notable people from Emory

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  Alben Barkley, 35th Vice President of the United States (1900C, 1949H)

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  Thomas Milton Rivers, Director of Rockefeller Institute, "Father of Modern Virology" (1909C)

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  Bobby Jones, Only golfer to win a Grand Slam and founder of the Masters Tournament (1929JD)

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  Robert W. Woodruff, President of The Coca-Cola Company from 1923 until 1954

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  Kiyoshi Tanimoto, Hibakusha portrayed in John Hersey's Hiroshima, Organized the Hiroshima Maidens Program (1940T, 1986H)

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  Larry Leon Palmer, United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (1970C)

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  Bernice King, American minister and activist, the youngest child of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King (1990JD)

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  Natasha Trethewey, 19th US Poet Laureate, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing

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  Desmond Tutu, South African social rights activist, Recipient of 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for opposition to Apartheid (Professor)

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  William Foege, 10th Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Credited for global eradication of Smallpox (Professor)

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  Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, Recipient of 1989 Nobel Peace Prize and Congressional Gold Medal in 2007 (Professor)

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  Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, Recipient of 2002 Nobel Peace Prize (Professor)

Images for kids

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  Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Emory University

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  Asa Griggs Candler, founder of The Coca-Cola Company, provided a land grant for Emory College to relocate to metropolitan Atlanta and be rechartered as Emory University. Based on large donations from the Candler, Woodruff, and Goizueta, Emory University is colloquially referred to as "Coca-Cola University."

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  On March 30, 1983, Kim Dae-jung, while in political exile in the US, gave a speech on human rights and democracy at Emory University and accepted an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the institution. Kim went on to serve as the eighth President of South Korea.

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  Main Quadrangle on Emory University's Druid Hills Campus

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  Charles and Peggy Evans Anatomy Building, Emory University School of Medicine

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  Gambrell Hall, Emory University School of Law

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  Stack Tower, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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  Matheson Reading Room, Candler Library Annex, Robert W. Woodruff Library

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  Whitehead Biomedical Research Building, Emory University

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  Dowman Administration Building, Emory University

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  Aerial view of Emory University's Atlanta Campus (bottom) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (top), Atlanta, Georgia

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  Clock tower at Cox Hall

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  Author Salman Rushdie, Booker Prize-winning novelist, having a discussion with Emory University students

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  Isaac S. Hopkins, First President of the Georgia Institute of Technology (1859C)

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  Yun Chi-ho, Author of "Aegukga", national anthem of South Korea (1893C)

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  Newt Gingrich, 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1965C)

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  Han Qide Vice Chairman of National People's Congress, People's Republic of China (Professor)

See also

In Spanish: Universidad Emory para niños