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Davidson College
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Founded 1837 by the Concord Presbytery.
Location:
Davidson, NC
Founding Date:
1837 Motto:
Alenda Lux Ubi Orta Libertas Team:
Wildcats Enrollment:
1700 Official Website:
http://www.davidson.edu/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Graham T. Allison |
Scholar |
23-Mar-1940 |
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Kennedy School of Government |
| Whit Ayres |
Government |
c. 1949 |
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North Star Opinion Research |
| Kenneth B. Bell |
Judge |
20-Apr-1956 |
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Justice, Florida Supreme Court |
| G. Alex Bernhardt |
Business |
c. 1943 |
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Bernhardt Furniture Company |
| John W. Chidsey |
Business |
c. 1963 |
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CEO of Burger King |
| Patricia Cornwell |
Novelist |
9-Jun-1956 |
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Crime novelist, Postmortem |
| Edward E. Crutchfield |
Business |
c. 1941 |
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CEO of First Union Corporation, 1984-2000 |
| Steph Curry |
Basketball |
14-Mar-1988 |
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Golden State Warriors |
| Clayton C. Daley, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1951 |
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Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble |
| Ervin S. Duggan |
Government |
30-Jun-1939 |
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CEO of PBS, 1994-99 |
| William A. Emerson, Jr. |
Journalist |
28-Feb-1923 |
25-Aug-2009 |
Editor, Saturday Evening Post, 1965-69 |
| Vince Foster |
Attorney |
15-Jan-1945 |
20-Jul-1993 |
Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton |
| Wyche Fowler, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Oct-1940 |
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US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1996-2001 |
| Anthony Foxx |
Politician |
30-Apr-1971 |
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US Secretary of Transportation |
| William J. Haynes II |
Government |
30-Mar-1958 |
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DOD General Counsel, 2001-08 |
| Earl J. Hesterberg |
Business |
c. 1953 |
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CEO of Group 1 Automotive |
| Jim Hodges |
Politician |
19-Nov-1956 |
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Governor of South Carolina, 1999-2003 |
| James Holshouser |
Politician |
8-Oct-1934 |
17-Jun-2013 |
Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77 |
| Stephen P. MacMillan |
Business |
c. 1964 |
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CEO of Stryker |
| Boyce F. Martin, Jr. |
Judge |
23-Oct-1935 |
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6th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| James G. Martin |
Politician |
11-Dec-1935 |
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Governor of North Carolina, 1985-93 |
| Larry McDonald |
Politician |
1-Apr-1935 |
1-Sep-1983 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1975-83 |
| Mackey J. McDonald |
Business |
1-Nov-1946 |
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CEO of VF Corporation, 1996-2008 |
| Southwood J. Morcott |
Business |
c. 1938 |
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CEO of Dana, 1990-99 |
| Carl C. Perkins |
Politician |
6-Aug-1954 |
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Congressman from Kentucky, 1984-93 |
| Leonidas LaFayette Polk |
Agriculturalist |
24-Apr-1837 |
11-Jun-1892 |
Agrarian reformer |
| Julius W. Pratt |
Historian |
25-Feb-1888 |
28-Jan-1983 |
Expansionists of 1812 and 1898 |
| Charles G. Rose |
Politician |
10-Aug-1939 |
3-Sep-2012 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1973-97 |
| Dean Rusk |
Government |
9-Feb-1909 |
21-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| Robert C. Skaggs, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1954 |
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CEO of NiSource |
| E. Follin Smith |
Business |
c. 1959 |
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Former EVP at Constellation Energy |
| Tony Snow |
Government |
1-Jun-1955 |
12-Jul-2008 |
Fox News pundit, White House press secretary |
| John Spratt |
Politician |
1-Nov-1942 |
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Congressman from South Carolina, 1983-2011 |
| William Styron |
Novelist |
11-Jun-1925 |
31-Oct-2006 |
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| William B. Traxler, Jr. |
Judge |
1-May-1948 |
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4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Robert F. Vagt |
Business |
c. 1947 |
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President of Davidson College, 1997-2007 |
| William W. Wilkins, Jr. |
Judge |
29-Mar-1942 |
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4th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1986-2007 |
| Woodrow Wilson |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1856 |
3-Feb-1924 |
28th US President, 1913-21 |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| James G. Martin |
Politician |
11-Dec-1935 |
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Governor of North Carolina, 1985-93 |
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