EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Richmond, VA

Founding Date:
1830

Motto:
Verbum Vitae et Lumen Scientiae

Team:
Spiders

Enrollment:
3550

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Watkins M. Abbitt	Politician	21-May-1908	13-Jul-1998	Congressman from Virginia, 1948-73
Leslie M. Baker, Jr.	Business	22-May-1942		CEO of Wachovia, 1994-2003
J. Caleb Boggs III	Government	c. 1962		Republican National Lawyers Association
Robert L. Burrus, Jr.	Attorney	1934		Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006
Cambria W. Dunaway	Business	c. 1962		EVP at Nintendo of America
Timothy W. Finchem	Golf	19-Apr-1947		PGA Tour Commissioner
Virgil Goode	Politician	17-Oct-1946		Congressman from Virginia, 1997-2009
J. Steven Griles	Government	13-Dec-1947		Deputy Interior Secretary
Earl Hamner, Jr.	Film/TV Producer	10-Jul-1923	24-Mar-2016	The Waltons
Tim Holden	Politician	5-Mar-1957		Congressman, Pennsylvania 17th
Bruce Hornsby	Musician	23-Nov-1954		Bruce Hornsby and the Range
Robert S. Jepson Jr.	Business	c. 1942		Jepson Associates, Inc.
Lawrence L. Koontz, Jr.	Judge	25-Jan-1940		Justice, Virginia Supreme Court
Mike Krempasky	Activist	c. 1974		Co-Founder of RedState.com
H. Douglas Lee	Educator	15-Mar-1943	25-Aug-2009	President of Stetson University, 1987-2009
Megan McCafferty	Novelist	3-Feb-1973		Juvenile novelist, Sloppy Firsts
Kevin M. McNamara	Business	c. 1956		Voyent Partners, LLC
Andrew J. Montague	Politician	3-Oct-1862	24-Jan-1937	Governor and Congressman from Virginia
Owen B. Pickett	Politician	31-Aug-1930	27-Oct-2010	Congressman from Virginia, 1987-2001
John G. Pollard	Politician	4-Aug-1871	28-Apr-1937	Governor of Virginia, 1930-34
Absalom Willis Robertson	Politician	27-May-1887	1-Nov-1971	US Senator from Virginia, 1946-66
Grant Shaud	Actor	27-Feb-1961		Miles Silverberg on Murphy Brown
Charles Stanley	Religion	25-Sep-1932		In Touch Ministries

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Comey	Government	14-Dec-1960		Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Donald W. Lemons	Judge	c. 1948		Justice, Virginia Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.	Judge	19-Sep-1907	25-Aug-1998	US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert L. Burrus, Jr.	Attorney	1934		Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006
Robert S. Jepson Jr.	Business	c. 1942		Jepson Associates, Inc.
Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr.	Business	c. 1950		CEO of Choice Hotels
Andrew J. Montague	Politician	3-Oct-1862	24-Jan-1937	Governor and Congressman from Virginia
Roger Mudd	Journalist	9-Feb-1928		Newscaster
Kenneth P. Ruscio	Educator	c. 1954		President, Washington and Lee University
Norman Schwarzkopf	Military	22-Aug-1934	27-Dec-2012	Leader in Persian Gulf War
Richard L. Sharp	Business	12-Apr-1947	24-Jun-2014	CEO of Circuit City, 1986-2000

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Beilein	Basketball	5-Feb-1953		Head Coach, University of Michigan

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