EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Blacksburg, VA

Founding Date:
1872

Motto:
Ut Prosim

Team:
Hokies

Mascot:
Hokie Bird

Enrollment:
26,000

Official Website:
http://www.vt.edu/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
C. E. Andrews	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Sallie Mae, 2007-08
Frank Beamer	Football	18-Oct-1946		Head Coach, Virginia Tech
James Bovard	Author	1956		Lost Rights
Jerry Boykin	Military	c. 1949		Pentagon's resident Jesus freak
Charlie Byrd	Jazz Musician	16-Sep-1925	30-Nov-1999	Brought the Bossa Nova to America
David L. Calhoun	Business	c. 1957		CEO of The Nielsen Company
Seung-Hui Cho	Criminal	18-Jan-1984	16-Apr-2007	Virginia Tech Massacre
E. Gary Cook	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Witco Corporation, 1996-99
Chet Culver	Politician	25-Jan-1966		Governor of Iowa
William E. Dodd	Diplomat	27-Oct-1869	9-Feb-1940	US Ambassador to Nazi Germany
Jonny Fairplay	TV Personality	11-Mar-1974		Survivor contestant
Eugene V. Fife	Business	c. 1940		Former Partner, Goldman Sachs
William H. Goodwin, Jr.	Business	21-Oct-1940		President of CCA Industries
Jack Guynn	Business	1942		CEO of FRB Atlanta, 1996-2006
Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr.	Judge	25-Jan-1940		Justice, Virginia Supreme Court
Hoda Kotb	Journalist	c. 1964		Today
Chris Kraft	Engineer	28-Feb-1924		Long-time voice of NASA's Mission Control
George A. Lorch	Business	1941		CEO of Armstrong, 1993-2000
William J. Madia	Scientist	c. 1948		Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
Roger H. Moore	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Illuminet Holdings, 1996-2001
Elsa A. Murano	Educator	14-Aug-1959		President of Texas A&M University
George Nolen	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Siemens
Johnny Oates	Baseball	21-Jan-1946	24-Dec-2004	Former Orioles and Rangers manager
Owen B. Pickett	Politician	31-Aug-1930		Congressman from Virginia, 1987-2001
Charles W. Pryor, Jr.	Business	c. 1944		Former Westinghouse executive
Robert C. Richardson	Physicist	26-Jun-1937		Superfluidity of helium-3
J. Clinton Rivers	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Pilgrim's Pride
Bruce Smith	Football	18-Jun-1963		200 career sacks
Marcus Vick	Football	20-Mar-1984		Former Miami Dolphins WR and QB
Michael Vick	Football	26-Jun-1980		Atlanta Falcons QB in dogfighting scandal
John H. Walker	Business	c. 1958		CEO of Global Brass and Copper
John A. White	Business	c. 1940		Chancellor, University of Arkansas

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James M. Buchanan	Economist	2-Oct-1919		Public Choice Theory
G. Wayne Clough	Educator	c. 1942		President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Brady J. Deaton	Educator	c. 1944		President, University of Missouri
Nikki Giovanni	Poet	7-Jun-1943		Black Feeling, Black Talk

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
C. E. Andrews	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Sallie Mae, 2007-08
G. Wayne Clough	Educator	c. 1942		President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Lester Crawford	Government	13-Mar-1938		FDA Commissioner, 2005
George Nolen	Business	c. 1956		CEO of Siemens

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Beamer	Football	18-Oct-1946		Head Coach, Virginia Tech
Danny Ford	Football	2-Apr-1948		Clemson Head Coach, 1979-89
Charley Pell	Football	17-Feb-1941	29-May-2001	Florida Head Coach, 1979-84
Ron Zook	Football	28-Apr-1954		Head Coach, Fighting Illini

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