- John Brown
John Brown (September 12, 1757 - August 29, 1837) was an American lawyer and statesman heavily involved with creating the State of Kentucky. Brown represented Virginia in the Continental Congress (1777-1778) and the U.S. Congress (1789-1791). While in Congress, he introduced the bill granting Statehood to Kentucky. Once that was accomplished, he was elected a U.S. Senator for Kentucky. - Tom Wolfe
Thomas Kennerly Wolfe (born March 2, 1931 in Richmond, Virginia), known as Tom Wolfe, is a best-selling American author and journalist. He is one of the founders of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s. - John Warner
John William Warner (born February 18, 1927) is an American politician, who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and has served as the Republican senior U.S. Senator from Virginia since his appointment on January 2, 1979. He is one of the few World War II veterans left in the United States Senate. (the others are Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Ted Stevens (R-AK) and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ).) - Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly was born in Lexington, Virginia, and studied at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Art Students League in New York. - R. T. Smith
R. T. Smith is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, and editor. The author of twelve poetry collections and a collection of short fiction, Smith is the editor of "Shenandoah", a prestigious literary journal published by Washington and Lee University. His poetry and stories are identified with Southern literature and have been published in magazines and literary journals such as The Atlantic Monthly, "Poetry", and "The Kenyon Review". - James Brown
James Brown (11 September 1766 - 7 April 1835) was a United States Senator from Louisiana for the years 1813-1817 and 1819-1823. He was the brother of Congressman John Brown of Virginia and Kentucky (1757-1837), cousin of Congressmen John Breckinridge (1760-1806), James Breckinridge, and Francis Preston, and uncle of James Brown Clay, a Congressman from Kentucky. {John Breckinridge was a grandfather of Vice President/Confederate General John C. Breckinridge - Roger Mudd
Roger Mudd (born February 9, 1928 in Washington, D.C.) is an Emmy Award-winning U.S. television journalist and broadcaster, most recently the primary anchor for The History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weekend anchor of CBS Evening News, co-anchor of the weekday NBC Nightly News, and hosted NBC's Meet the Press,and NBC's American Almanac television newsmagazine. During the heyday of CBS News in the 1970s, … - George Washington Custis Lee
Major General George Washington Custis Lee (also known as Custis Lee) (September 16, 1832 - February 18, 1913) was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee. From 1850-54 he attended West Point, graduating first in his class. His father was the superintendent at the time of his graduation. - Bob Goodlatte
Robert William "Bob" Goodlatte (born September 22 1952) is a Republican U.S. Representative from Virginia. He serves as the congressman for the 6th District. Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Goodlatte received a B.A. from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine in 1974. He also holds a Juris Doctor from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, which he earned in 1977. - David Brown
David Brown is a lawyer, radio personality and journalist who hosted the nationally syndicated "Marketplace" radio program from American Public Media from September, 2003 to August, 2005. Prior to becoming host of that program, David Brown was one of its senior producers. Before joining the "Marketplac"e team, Brown worked in several roles including reporter and producer for The Christian Science Monitor newspaper's "Monitor Radio" service. - Roger Groot
Roger Douglas Groot (1942-2005) was the Class of 1975 Alumni Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia, where he had taught since 1973. He was an expert in criminal law and procedure, and the death penalty. Groot had been appointed counsel in several Virginia capital cases, appointed as defense legal analyst in federal death penalty cases, and consulted in several hundred capital cases. - John Randolph Tucker
John Randolph Tucker was born in Winchester, Virginia on December 24, 1823, the son of Henry St. George Tucker, and grandson of St. George Tucker. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1844 and married Laura Powell in 1848. They had a single son, Henry St. George Tucker, III and several daughters. Tucker was attorney general of Virginia from 1857 to 1865. Elected to the United States Congress as a Democrat in 1875, he served until 1887. - Tom Robbins
Thomas Eugene Robbins (born July 22, 1936 in Blowing Rock, North Carolina) is an American author. His novels are complex, often wild stories with strong social undercurrents, a satirical bent, and obscure details. His novel "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues" (1976) was made into a movie in 1993 directed by Gus Van Sant. - Jim Davis
James Oscar "Jim" Davis III (born October 11, 1957) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Florida. He is a Democrat and served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997 to 2007, representing Florida's 11th district. He was the Democratic nominee for governor of Florida in the 2006 election. He was defeated by Republican candidate Charlie Crist. - Robert Allen
Robert Allen (July 30, 1794-December 30, 1859) was an American lawyer and politician from Woodstock, Virginia. He represented Virginia in the United States House of Representatives from 1827 to 1833. Allen was born in the village of Woodstock and started college at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. After two years he transferred to Washington College (now Washington and Lee) in Lexington, Virginia where he graduated in 1815. - John Chavis
John Chavis (c. 1763-1838) was a black educator and Presbyterian minister in the American South during the early 19th century. The exact date of Chavis' birth in not known. It is believed that he has born in either 1762 or 1763. One source claims he was born on October 18, 1763, but with no evidence given. Information about Chavis' early life is scant as well, with few records to document it. - Joe Wilson
Addison Graves Wilson, Sr., usually known as Joe Wilson (born July 31, 1947) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina, currently representing the state's 2nd congressional district (map), in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district is based in the state capital, Columbia, and stretches to the resort towns of Beaufort and Hilton Head Island. - Joe Wilson
I am a US House Representative for the state of SC. I am a Republican. My religion is Presbyterian. I am Married. I received my BA from Washington and Lee University. I received my JD from University of South Carolina. I live in West Columbia. I was born in Charleston, SC. For issues within my power to resolve, write me at "903 Port Republic St., Beaufort, SC 29901". - Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks (born January 8, 1944) is a writer of fantasy fiction. Terry Brooks mainly writes high fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He was born in the rural midwestern town of Sterling, Illinois and spent a large part of his life living there. He is an alumnus of Hamilton College, obtaining his B.A. in English Literature in 1966. He later obtained a J.D. from Washington and Lee University. - Bill Miller
Bill Miller is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Legg Mason Capital Management, a subsidiary of Legg Mason Inc. managing more than $60 billion of pooled assets and separate accounts. He is a portfolio manager of the Legg Mason Value Trust mutual fund (LMVTX), … - James McDowell
James McDowell was a U.S. Congressman and Governor of Virginia, 1843–1846. McDowell was born at "Cherry Grove," near Rockbridge County, Virginia, October 13, 1795. He attended a classical school at Greenville, Virginia, a private school at Brownsburg, Washington College (now Washington and Lee University), Lexington, Virginia, and Yale College He graduated from Princeton College in 1817 and studied law. He was admitted to the bar but did not practice. - Eddie Cameron
Edmund McCullough "Eddie" Cameron (1902 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1988) was an American collegiate basketball coach and the namesake of Cameron Indoor Stadium at Duke University. Cameron was part of Duke athletics from 1926 to 1972, the second longest tenure in the school's history. Cameron attended Culver Military Academy in Culver, Indiana before becoming a fullback at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. - Al Pierotti
Albert Felix "Al" Pierotti (Born October 24, 1895 in Boston, Massachusetts, Died February 12, 1964 in Everett, Massachusetts) is a former professional football Center/Guard/Quarterback/Tackle. He played for 7 teams (Akron Pros, Cleveland Tigers, New York Giants, Milwaukee Badgers, Racine Legion, Boston Bulldogs, & Providence Steam Roller) in 3 leagues (APFA, NFL, AFLG) over 8 seasons. He also played 2 seasons as a pitcher for the Boston Braves. - Newton D. Baker
Newton Diehl Baker, Jr. (December 3, 1871 - December 25, 1937) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, and a notable figure in the Progressive movement. He served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1912 to 1915 and as Secretary of War from 1916 to 1921. Baker was a native of Martinsburg, West Virginia, and an 1892 graduate of Johns Hopkins University. After receiving his law degree from Washington and Lee University in 1894, … - Henry A. Wise
Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 - September 12, 1876) was an American statesman from Virginia. Gen. Wise was born in Drummondtown, Accomack County, Va., to a family of wealthy planters; was privately tutored until his twelfth year and then entered Margaret Academy, near Pungoteague, in Accomack County and graduated from Washington College, Pa., now Washington and Lee University, in 1825. He was admitted to the bar in 1828, and settled in Nashville, Tenn., … - Herb Rubenstein
Herb Rubenstein has worked in public service for almost 30 years since receiving his Masters in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas in 1977. He has worked at the National Academy of Sciences, the American Institutes for Research, for the Carter and Reagan Administrations and has his law degree from Georgetown University. He is an entrepreneur and teaches entrepreneurship and leadership at Colorado State University. - H. Emory Widener Jr.
Judge H. Emory Widener Jr. was born in 1923 in Virginia. He graduated from the US Naval Academy in 1944 and has served in the Navy. In 1953 he received his law degree from Washington and Lee University. In 1969, he was appointed to be District Judge for the Western District of Virginiaby President Nixon where he served as Chief Judge between 1971-72). In 1972 he was elevated to the Fourth Circuit by President Nixon. - Robert L. Owen
Robert Latham Owen was a United States Senator from Oklahoma. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia on February 2, 1856. He attended private schools in Lynchburg and in Baltimore, Maryland, and graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1877. Owen moved to Salina, Oklahoma, and taught school among the Cherokee Indians. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880. He was a federal Indian agent for the Five Civilized Tribes 1885-1889, … - Christy Harvey
Christy Harvey is the Director of Strategic Communications at the Center for American Progress. She is a regular guest on "The Al Franken Show". She also edits a free news website for the Center called Mic Check. She is a former research director at "The Wall Street Journal". Growing up in Dover, Delaware, Harvey attended Caesar Rodney High School, then Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. - A. Linwood Holton Jr.
Abner Linwood Holton, Jr. (born September 21, 1923) was the first Republican Governor of Virginia in the 20th century. He was governor from 1970 to 1974. He was the Republican candidate for governor in 1965 but was defeated by Democrat Mills E. Godwin, Jr.. He later unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for the US Senate in 1978, running third in a field of Richard D. Obenshain, John Warner, and Nathan H. Miller. - Paul S. Trible Jr.
Paul Seward Trible, Jr. (born December 29, 1946 in Baltimore, Maryland), graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1968 where he received his Bachelor of Arts in History. In 1971, he received a Juris Doctor degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law and was soon after admitted to the Virginia bar. - George Junkin
Rev. George Junkin, D. D., LL. D. (November 1, 1790-May 20, 1868) was an American educator and Presbyterian minister who served as the first president of Lafayette College and later as president of Miami University and Washington College (now Washington and Lee University). He was the son of Joseph Junkin, and the sixth of fourteen children born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His earliest years were spent on his father's farm where, he prepared for college. - William Hoffman
William Hoffman (May 16, 1925-) is an American writer who has published thirteen novels and four books of short stories. Hoffman was the recipient of the 1992 John Dos Passos Prize For Literature. In 1996 he was awarded the O. Henry Prize. In 1999 he received The Dashiell Hammett Award for the book "Tidewater Blood." - George Foster Peabody
George Foster Peabody (July 27, 1852 - March 4, 1938) was born in Columbus, Georgia. He was educated there in private schools. A lifelong Democrat, he broke temporarily with the party in 1896 because of William Jennings Bryan's opposition to the gold standard. Instead, Peabody supported the "National Democratic" third party, as did his friend President Grover Cleveland. The National Democrats championed the gold standard and limited government. - Gordon P. Robertson
Gordon Perry Robertson (b. 1958) is a frequent co-host on The 700 Club, often filling in for his father, Pat Robertson. Robertson graduated from Yale in 1980, and afterward graduated from his father's alma mater, Washington and Lee University with a Juris Doctor degree. Following his graduation from W&L, Robertson worked as a lawyer in Virginia. A few years later, he left his law firm to move his family to the Philippines so he could focus on missionary work in the area. - Philippe Labro
Philippe Labro, author, journalist and film director, was born in Montauban (close to the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) on 27 August 1936. He has worked for RTL, Paris Match, TF1 and Antenne 2. He is a laureate of the Prix Interallié, a French literary distinction founded in 1930, which was awarded for «L'Étudiant étranger» in 1986. At eighteen years, he left to study at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. He then traveled across all of the United States. - Robert C. Peniston
Captain (ret.) Robert C. Peniston is a former United States Navy officer. He graduated with the Class of 1947 from the U.S. Naval Academy. Among other assignments, he served as navigator of the presidential yacht "Williamsburg" in 1952. He commanded the destroyer escort USS Savage (DE-386) and the guided missile destroyer USS "Tattnall". He was the commissioning captain for the guided missile cruiser USS "Albany", … - Robert H. Adams
Robert Huntington Adams (1792-July 2 1830) was a Mississippi lawyer and politician who, in the final months of his life, briefly served as United States senator from Mississippi. The year of Adams' birth in Rockbridge County, Virginia is known to history but, as was common in the 18th century, the day and month went unrecorded. As a young boy he became a cooper's apprentice, but by the age of 13 or 14, in 1806, … - Thomas Todd
Thomas Todd (23 January 1765 - 7 February 1826) was an American attorney and U.S. Supreme Court justice. Todd was born in King and Queen County, Virginia, on January 23, 1765. He was the youngest of five children. Both of his parents died when he was young. He was raised Presbyterian. At the age of sixteen, Todd served in the Revolutionary War for six months and then returned home. He attended Liberty Hall, which is now Washington and Lee University and graduated in 1783. - Edwin Gray Lee
Edwin Gray Lee (May 27, 1837 - August 24, 1870) was an American soldier from Virginia and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War. He was a member of the Lee family and second cousin of Robert E. Lee. After engaging in combat, Lee was sent to Canada by the Confederate government for secret service. Lee was born to Edmund Jennings Lee and Henrietta Bedinger at their home Leeland in Shepherdstown, West Virginia.
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