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Washington and Lee University

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Lexington, VA

Founding Date:
1749

Motto:
Non Incautus Futuri

Team:
Generals

Enrollment:
2200

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

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Mike Allen
Journalist
21-Jun-1964   Politico
Newton D. Baker
Politician
3-Dec-1871 25-Dec-1937 US Secretary of War, 1916-21
William W. Barron
Politician
8-Dec-1911 12-Nov-2002 Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65
Andrew N. Baur
Business
25-Apr-1944 20-Feb-2011 Southwest Bank of St. Louis
Matt Bevin
Politician
9-Jan-1967   Governor of Kentucky
William P. Boardman
Business
c. 1941   CEO of First USA, 1999-2001
Reginald K. Brack
Business
26-Aug-1937   CEO of Time Inc., 1986-94
J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr.
Economist
8-Jul-1939   President of the Richmond Fed, 1993-2004
William E. Brock
Politician
23-Nov-1930   US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87
Terry Brooks
Author
8-Jan-1944   The Shannara series
William Lee Cazort
Politician
1888 6-Oct-1969 Twice Lt. Governor of Arkansas
Fielder Cook
Film Director
9-Mar-1923 20-Jun-2003 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
T. Kenneth Cribb
Activist
7-Aug-1948   Conservative activist
Jim Davis
Politician
11-Oct-1957   Congressman from Florida, 1997-2007
John W. Davis
Attorney
13-Apr-1873 24-Mar-1955 US Solicitor General, 1913-18
Cortland S. Dietler
Business
19-Sep-1921 10-Jul-2008 CEO of TransMontaigne, 1995-99
Joel West Flood
Judge
2-Aug-1894 27-Apr-1964 Virginia Congressman, Judge
Henry Stuart Foote
Politician
20-Sep-1804 20-May-1880 Governor of Mississippi 1852-54
Murphy J. Foster
Politician
12-Jan-1849 12-Jun-1921 Governor and Senator from Louisiana
Jack Goldsmith
Government
26-Sep-1962   The Terror Presidency
Joseph L. Goldstein
Scientist
18-Apr-1940   Hypercholesterolemia and cell metabolism
Bob Goodlatte
Politician
22-Sep-1952   Congressman, Virginia 6th
Morgan Griffith
Politician
15-Mar-1958   Congressman, Virginia 9th
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.
Politician
21-Sep-1923   Governor of Virginia, 1970-74
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.
Business
1941   Billionaire, Franklin Resources
J. Bennett Johnston
Politician
10-Jun-1932   US Senator from Louisiana, 1972-97
John McCardell
Educator
17-Jun-1949   Vice Chancellor, University of the South
Clarence W. Meadows
Politician
11-Feb-1904 12-Sep-1961 Governor of West Virginia, 1945-49
William W. Morgan
Astronomer
3-Jan-1906 21-Jun-1994 Spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy
Robert Mosbacher
Government
11-Mar-1927 24-Jan-2010 US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92
Roger Mudd
Journalist
9-Feb-1928   Newscaster
John H. Mullin III
Business
1941   Former Partner, Dillon Read & Co.
Robert Latham Owen
Politician
2-Feb-1856 19-Jul-1947 Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25
Thomas Nelson Page
Author
23-Apr-1853 1-Nov-1922 In Ole Virginia
Miles Poindexter
Politician
22-Apr-1868 21-Sep-1946 US Senator from Washington, 1911-23
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Judge
19-Sep-1907 25-Aug-1998 US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87
Maurice E. Purnell, Jr.
Attorney
c. 1940   Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Richard E. Rivera
Business
c. 1946   President of Darden Restaurants, 2001-04
Tom Robbins
Novelist
22-Jul-1936   Still Life with Woodpecker
Pat Robertson
Religion
22-Mar-1930   The 700 Club
Kenneth P. Ruscio
Educator
c. 1954   President, Washington and Lee University
Philip D. Sprouse
Diplomat
27-Sep-1906 28-Apr-1977 US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64
Warren A. Stephens
Business
c. 1957   Stephens Capital Management
Harold C. Stowe
Business
c. 1946   Canal Industries
Charles L. Terry, Jr.
Politician
17-Sep-1900 6-Feb-1970 Governor of Delaware, 1965-69
Lizanne Thomas
Attorney
c. 1957   Partner, Jones Day
Bill Tuck
Politician
28-Sep-1896 9-Jun-1983 Governor of Virginia, 1946-50
Roger Wallace
Business
?   Lobbyist, Investamex
John Warner
Politician
18-Feb-1927   US Senator from Virginia, 1979-2009
Joe Wilson
Politician
31-Jul-1947   Congressman, South Carolina 2nd
John Minor Wisdom
Judge
17-May-1905 15-May-1999 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1957-77
Tom Wolfe
Author
2-Mar-1931   Bonfire of the Vanities

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John W. Davis
Attorney
13-Apr-1873 24-Mar-1955 US Solicitor General, 1913-18
Robert E. R. Huntley
Business
13-Jun-1929   CEO of Best Products, 1983-88
Roger Mudd
Journalist
9-Feb-1928   Newscaster
Katherine Anne Porter
Author
15-May-1890 18-Sep-1980 Ship of Fools
Kenneth P. Ruscio
Educator
c. 1954   President, Washington and Lee University

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Andrew N. Baur
Business
25-Apr-1944 20-Feb-2011 Southwest Bank of St. Louis
Robert E. R. Huntley
Business
13-Jun-1929   CEO of Best Products, 1983-88
Rupert H. Johnson, Jr.
Business
1941   Billionaire, Franklin Resources
George Washington Custis Lee
Educator
16-Sep-1832 18-Feb-1913 Eldest son of Robert E. Lee
John H. Mullin III
Business
1941   Former Partner, Dillon Read & Co.
George C. Peery
Politician
28-Oct-1873 14-Oct-1952 Governor of Virginia, 1934-38
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Judge
19-Sep-1907 25-Aug-1998 US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87
Kenneth P. Ruscio
Educator
c. 1954   President, Washington and Lee University
Lizanne Thomas
Attorney
c. 1957   Partner, Jones Day




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