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About Harold D. Melton

The Auburn Student Center is named for Harold D. Melton, former chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court and the first person of color elected as the university’s student body president.

Melton, from Marietta, Georgia, studied international business and Spanish at Auburn, graduating in 1988. He graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1991. He has served on the Georgia Supreme Court since 2005 and was sworn in as its chief justice in 2018. He serves as a board member of the Atlanta Youth Academies and on the national, local and collegiate boards for Young Life Ministries.

Chief Justice Harold D. Melton in front of the building that bears his name.

Last modified: November 3, 2023