Hall of Fame Inductee
Jesse Hill, Jr.
Lincoln University of Missouri
About
Jesse Hill Jr., a Lincoln University of Missouri graduate, led Atlanta Life Insurance and helped organize Atlanta’s modern civil-rights and business leadership. He was an early backer of Maynard Jackson’s mayoral campaign.
Accomplishments
- Longtime CEO of Atlanta Life Insurance Company.
- Atlanta civic leader and political organizer.
- Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame in 1991.
Year of award
1991
Inducted into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame — Business and Industry.