•
Horace Clarence Boyer – gospel music scholar; taught music theory and African‑American studies at Albany State College;
University of Massachusetts professor and
Smithsonian curator •
Dorothy Cowser Yancy – history instructor at Albany State College (1965–1967); later became first African American full professor at
Georgia Tech and president of two HBCUs •
Rachel Eubanks – composer and pianist; headed the music department at Albany State College; earned degrees from
UC Berkeley,
Columbia University, and
Pacific Western University •
Joseph Winthrop Holley – founder and first president of Albany State University (1903–1943) •
Elmer Imes – physicist; taught mathematics and physics at Georgia Normal & Agricultural Institute (Now Albany State University); second African American to earn a Ph.D. in physics and a pioneer of molecular spectroscopy •
Robert Owens – composer and pianist; taught music at Albany State College (1957–1959); set Langston Hughes' poetry to music and later gained international recognition as a composer and actor •
Jeanne L. Noble – Albany native; taught at Albany State College before becoming a pioneering educator, author, and professor who advised multiple U.S. presidents •
Anne Pruitt-Logan – ceramic artist and educator; art professor at Albany State University in the 1960s •
Mamie B. Reese – associate professor emerita of Education; dean of women and faculty member at Albany State University from 1948 to 1973 •
Charles Sherrod – co‑founder of the
Albany Movement; longtime Albany State instructor •
Portia Holmes Shields – 7th Albany State University president (1996–2005); interim President of
Tennessee State University (2011–12) •
Howard Emery Wright – social psychologist and educator; served as principal of Albany State's Campus Laboratory School (1933–1934); later held academic leadership roles including president of
Allen University and director of Social Sciences at
Hampton Institute ==References==