7 Notable alumni of Greensboro College
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
Greensboro College is ranked #5,380 in the world and #1,416 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 7 notable alumni from Greensboro College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Greensboro College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Sallie Southall Cotten
1846-1929 (aged 83)
writer
Sallie Swepson Sims Southall Cotten was an American writer and clubwoman, based in North Carolina. She helped to organize the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs. She was the organization's fifth president, and wrote the federation's anthem, as well as a history of the federation.
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2. Heather Macy
1978-. (aged 48)
basketball player
basketball coach
Heather Michell Macy is an American college basketball coach who is the current Head Coach at Barry University and is the all-time winningest head coach of the East Carolina University women's basketball team. Macy is also the Elite Performance CEO for the 2FeetIn organization and the author of the books Two Feet Forward and Believe-Think-Live Two Feet In.
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3. Sarah Dessen
1970-. (aged 56)
children's writer
novelist
writer
Sarah Dessen is an American novelist who lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Born in Illinois, Dessen graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996. She has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of her work. Two...
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4. Ryan Nelsen
1977-. (aged 49)
association football coach
writer
association football player
Ryan William Nelsen ONZM is a New Zealand former professional football player and head coach.
5. Eileen Fulton
1933-2025 (aged 92)
actor
Margaret Elizabeth McLarty, known professionally as Eileen Fulton, was an American actress, singer and author. She portrayed Lisa Grimaldi on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns, which she played almost continuously for 50 years, from May 18, 1960, until the show's ending on September 17, 2010. She also starred on Our Private World (1965), a primetime spin-off of...
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6. Jon Hardister
politician
Jonathan Yates Hardister is a former Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives. He represented the 59th district (including constituents in eastern Guilford County) from 2013 to 2024.
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7. Carolyn Maloney
1946-. (aged 80)
writer
politician
Carolyn Jane Maloney is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for New York's 12th congressional district from 1993 to 2023 (numbered as New York's 14th congressional district from 1993 to 2013). The district included most of Manhattan's East Side, Astoria and Long Island City in Queens, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, as well as Roosevelt Island. A member of the...
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