Board of Trustees

Mercer University is governed by a 45-member Board of Trustees, which has responsibility for overall policy-making for the University. The Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Corporation of Mercer University clearly define the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Board of Trustees. The Board is responsible for establishing broad institutional goals and for securing the resources to support the University’s programs. The Board of Trustees fulfills its responsibilities through eight standing committees – Audit; Development; Educational Policy; Executive; Finance, Investment and Property; University Athletics; University Marketing Committee; and University Honors – and through established procedures to ensure that it is adequately informed about the programs and general condition of the University.

The Board of Trustees has adopted a Conflict of Interest Policy for Trustees, Officers, and Key Employees that is intended to serve as guidance for all persons employed by the University in positions of significant responsibility.

Questions concerning the Board of Trustees should be directed to the Office of General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation.

Board of Trustees 2012

Board Chair

David Hudson

Curtis G. Anderson

Ms. Cathy Callaway Adams
TIFT ’81

Mr. William H. (Billy) Anderson, II
CLA ’59

Ms. Kellie Raiford Appel
CLA ’88

Barbara (Babs) Baugh

Mr. James A. (Jim) Bishop
LAW ’67

Mr. Thomas P. (Tom) Bishop
LAW ’85, CLA ’82

Mr. Malcolm S. Burgess, Jr.

Mr. G. Marshall Butler, Sr.

Neville Callam 

James Earl Carter Jr

William (Bill) Coates

Mr. John W. Collier
LAW ’71,CLA ’66

T. Michael Crook
CLA '69

Mr. Milton L. Cruz
CLA ’82

Mr. Dwight J. Davis 
LAW ’82

The Honorable W. Homer Drake, Jr.
LAW ’56, CLA ’54

Dr. James C. (Jimmy) Elder, Jr.
CLA ’77

Ms. Linda Willis Eydt
LAW ’91, CLA ’87

Mr. William A. (Bill) Fickling, Jr.
HON ’83

Ms. Nancy A. Grace
LAW ’84, CLA ’81

Benjamin W. (Benjy) Griffith III
CLA '77

Mr. Robert F. (Bob) Hatcher

Mr. N. Dudley Horton, Jr.
CLA ’56

Mr. David E. Hudson
CLA ’68

Mr. W. Mansfield Jennings, Jr.

Holly McCorkle Jones
CLA ’88, LAW ‘91

Claude M. Kicklighter
CLA ‘55

J. Curtis Lewis III

Mr. David E. Linch
BUSM ’80

Thomas W. Malone
LAW ‘66

HON ’99

Mr. J. Thomas (Tom) McAfee, III
BUSA ’00

Judge M. Yvette Miller
CLA '77, LAW '80

William Anthony (Tony) Moye
COPHS '73

Mr. J. Reg Murphy
HON ’75, CLA ’55

M. Diane Owens
CLA ’77, LAW ‘80

Miller Peterson (Pete) Robinson
LAW ‘80

Rev. Julie Pennington-Russell

The Honorable W. Louis Sands
LAW ’74, CLA ’71

Dr. William L. (Bill) Self
HON ’70

Richard A. (Doc) Schneider
LAW '81

Mr. Jackson P. (Jack) Turner, Jr.

Raymond M. (Thad) Warren III
CLA ‘86

Mr. Howell L. Watkins, II
LAW ’82, CLA ’74

Jerry S. Wilson Jr
BUSA ‘86

Life Trustees

Mr. Thomas B. (Tom) Black

Mr. James H. (Jim) Cowart

Mr. Robert L. (Bob) Steed
HON ’79,LAW ’61, CLA ’58

Life Trustees In Memoriam

Gerald Saunders
HON ’87

Frank Jordan

William A. (Gus) Bootle
CLA ’24, LAW ’25, HON ’82

Tom Watson Brown

Griffin B. Bell
LAW ’48, HON ’67

Remer H. Crum
HON ’01