[2] Franklin College has produced distinguished alumni from a wide array of fields, including Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, R.E.M lead vocalist Michael Stipe, chef and television host Alton Brown, actor Wayne Knight and former Georgia Governor Roy Barnes.

[5] Initially, classes were taught under the shade of a large oak tree on what is present-day North Campus.

Now known as Old College, it is the oldest building on the campus and has been used for many purposes over the years, including as a dormitory and boarding house space, classrooms, fortification and a safe harbor for the U.S. Navy.

[9] Entrance requirements to Franklin College were patterned after Yale with attention paid to proficiency in Latin and Greek.

[10] The college's classical curriculum also duplicated Yale's with its emphasis on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, mathematics, and philosophy.