EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Winston-Salem, NC

Founding Date:
3-Feb-1834

Motto:
Pro Humanitate

Team:
Demon Deacons

Enrollment:
6500

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
A. R. Ammons	Poet	18-Feb-1926	25-Feb-2001	Sphere
John S. Battle	Politician	11-Jul-1890	9-Apr-1972	Governor of Virginia, 1950-54
William I. Belk	Attorney	c. 1949		Monroe Hardware Company
Marc Blucas	Actor	11-Jan-1972		Riley Finn on Buffy
Richard Burr	Politician	30-Nov-1955		US Senator from North Carolina
Tommy Byrne	Baseball	31-Dec-1919	20-Dec-2007	MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest
James P. Cain	Attorney	?		US Ambassador to Denmark
Darren Clarke	Golf	14-Aug-1968		Winner, 2011 British Open
Charlie Crist	Politician	24-Jul-1956		Governor of Florida, 2007-11
Thomas Dixon	Author	11-Jan-1864	3-Apr-1946	The Clansman
Tim Duncan	Basketball	25-Apr-1976		San Antonio Spurs forward
Donna Edwards	Politician	28-Jun-1958		Congresswoman, Maryland 4th
Robert Ehrlich	Politician	25-Nov-1957		Governor of Maryland, 2003-07
Charles W. Ergen	Business	1-Mar-1953		Co-Founder of Echostar
David N. Farr	Business	1955		CEO of Emerson Electric
William C. Friday	Educator	13-Jul-1920	12-Oct-2012	President of UNC, 1956-86
Bill George	Football	27-Oct-1929	30-Sep-1982	Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer
Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore	Historian	21-May-1949		Gender and Jim Crow
Kay Hagan	Politician	26-May-1953		US Senator from North Carolina
Melissa Harris-Perry	Author	2-Oct-1973		Barbershops, Bibles, and BET
Jesse Helms	Politician	18-Oct-1921	4-Jul-2008	US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003
Jerome A. Holmes	Judge	18-Nov-1961		10th Circuit Court of Appeals
Al Hunt	Journalist	1-Jan-1942		Wall Street Journal editor
Larry Kissell	Politician	31-Jan-1951		Congressman, North Carolina 8th
Claude Kitchin	Politician	24-Mar-1869	31-May-1923	Congressman from North Carolina, 1901-23
W. Dudley Lehman	Business	c. 1952		Executive at Kimberly-Clark
Joseph W. Luter III	Business	17-Jul-1939		CEO of Smithfield Foods, 1975-2006
John Mackovic	Football	1-Oct-1943		NFL and NCAA football coach
Lee Norris	Actor	25-Sep-1981		Mouth McFadden on One Tree Hill
Carroll O'Connor	Actor	2-Aug-1924	21-Jun-2001	Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Arnold Palmer	Golf	10-Sep-1929	25-Sep-2016	Won 61 PGA tournaments
Chris Paul	Basketball	6-May-1985		L.A. Clippers point guard
Brian Piccolo	Football	31-Oct-1943	16-Jun-1970	Bears FB, subject of Brians Song
Stanley Pons	Physicist	8-Feb-1943		Cold fusion crank
Coy Privette	Activist	31-Jan-1933	23-Mar-2015	President, Christian Action League of North Carolina
William L. Salter	Business	c. 1943		Former Sears executive
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr.	Business	c. 1952		EVP at ConAgra
Webb Simpson	Golf	8-Aug-1985		Winner, 2012 US Open
Warren A. Stephens	Business	c. 1957		Stephens Capital Management
Curtis Strange	Golf	30-Jan-1955		Winner of the US Open, 1988 and 1989
Charles Taylor	Politician	23-Jan-1941		Congressman from North Carolina, 1991-2007
G. Kennedy Thompson	Business	25-Nov-1950		CEO of Wachovia, 2000-08
Isaiah Tidwell	Business	c. 1945		EVP at Wachovia, 1996-2005
Lanny Wadkins	Golf	5-Dec-1949		Winner, 1977 PGA Championship
W. Christopher Wellborn	Business	c. 1955		COO of Mohawk Industries
Eric C. Wiseman	Business	c. 1955		CEO of VF Corporation

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Maya Angelou	Poet	4-Apr-1928	28-May-2014	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Jack Bogle	Business	8-May-1929		Founder, The Vanguard Group
Denise Majette	Politician	18-May-1955		Congresswoman from Georgia, 2003-05
Margaret J. Osler	Historian	27-Nov-1942	15-Sep-2010	Reconfiguring the World
Larry L. Palmer	Diplomat	c. 1948		US Ambassador to Honduras, 2002-05

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Leslie M. Baker, Jr.	Business	22-May-1942		CEO of Wachovia, 1994-2003
William I. Belk	Attorney	c. 1949		Monroe Hardware Company
Charles A. Blixt	Attorney	18-Aug-1951		Former counsel, RJ Reynolds
Gary E. Costley	Business	c. 1943		CEO of International Multifoods, 2001-04
Ralph Ellison	Novelist	1-Mar-1914	16-Apr-1994	Invisible Man
Nathan O. Hatch	Educator	17-May-1946		President of Wake Forest University
Susan M. Ivey	Business	c. 1959		CEO of Reynolds American
H. Douglas Lee	Educator	15-Mar-1943	25-Aug-2009	President of Stetson University, 1987-2009
Joseph W. Luter III	Business	17-Jul-1939		CEO of Smithfield Foods, 1975-2006
James G. Martin	Politician	11-Dec-1935		Governor of North Carolina, 1985-93
Steven S. Reinemund	Business	6-Apr-1948		CEO of Pepsi, 2001-06
Andrew J. Schindler	Business	12-Aug-1944		CEO of RJ Reynolds, 1995-2004
John C. Whitaker, Jr.	Business	7-Aug-1937		CEO of Inmar Enterprises
Eric C. Wiseman	Business	c. 1955		CEO of VF Corporation

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jeff Bower	Football	28-May-1953		Head Coach, Southern Miss, 1990-2007
Jim Caldwell	Football	16-Jan-1955		Detroit Lions coach
Jim Grobe	Football	17-Feb-1952		Wake Forest Head Coach
Al Groh	Football	13-Jul-1944		Head Coach, University of Virginia
John Mackovic	Football	1-Oct-1943		NFL and NCAA football coach
Dave Odom	Basketball	9-Oct-1942		Head Coach, U. of South Carolina
Skip Prosser	Basketball	3-Nov-1950	26-Jul-2007	Xavier, Wake Forest Head Coach

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