Ed Buckner (born 1944) is an American atheist activist who served as president of the organization American Atheists from 2008 to 2010.[citation needed] He succeeded in this post by David Silverman. Buckner was born in Fitzgerald, Georgia to an Episcopal clergyman Father. He received his B.A. from Rice University in 1967 and his M. Ed. and Ph.D. from Georgia State University.