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.