EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Williamsburg, VA

Founding Date:
1693

Team:
The Tribe

Enrollment:
7650

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
A. Marshall Acuff, Jr.	Business	c. 1940		AMA Investment Counsel
Michele Bachmann	Politician	6-Apr-1956		Congresswoman, Minnesota 6th
Dylan Baker	Actor	7-Oct-1959		Murder One
Philip Pendleton Barbour	Judge	25-May-1783	25-Feb-1841	US Supreme Court Justice, 1836-41
Herbert H. Bateman	Politician	7-Aug-1928	11-Sep-2000	Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2000
Richard B. Berman	Activist	c. 1942		Astroturf spindoctor
George M. Bibb	Politician	30-Oct-1776	14-Apr-1859	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1844-45
Jean S. Blackwell	Business	c. 1954		EVP at Cummins
William D. Bloxham	Politician	9-Jul-1835	15-Mar-1911	Twice Governor of Florida
Sarah Brady	Activist	6-Feb-1942	3-Apr-2015	Handgun control advocate
K. Dane Brooksher	Business	c. 1939		Chairman of ProLogis, 1993-2007
Rick L. Burdick	Attorney	10-Jul-1951		Partner, Akin Gump
Mary Elizabeth Burton	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Zale
James Branch Cabell	Novelist	14-Apr-1879	5-May-1958	Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice
Eric Cantor	Politician	6-Jun-1963		House Majority Leader, 2011-15
Lee Caudill	Business	c. 1950		Former Avon/Liz Claiborne executive
Steve Chabot	Politician	22-Jan-1953		Congressman, Ohio 1st
Robert N. Clay	Business	17-Sep-1946		Three Chimneys Farm
Glenn Close	Actor	19-Mar-1947		Fatal Attraction
James Comey	Government	14-Dec-1960		Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lou Creekmur	Football	22-Jan-1927	5-Jul-2009	Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer
Steven Culp	Actor	3-Dec-1955		Clayton Webb on JAG
Timothy Curran	Journalist	?		Roll Call editor
John N. Dalton	Politician	11-Jul-1931	30-Jul-1986	Governor of Virginia, 1978-82
Julie A. Dobson	Business	c. 1956		Former Bell Atlantic executive
Perry Ellis	Fashion Designer	3-Mar-1940	30-May-1986	Founder, Perry Ellis International
Charles A. Ford	Diplomat	c. 1950		US Ambassador to Honduras
William P. Fricks	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Newport News Shipbuilding, 1995-2001
John R. Friedery	Business	c. 1956		VP at Ball Corporation
Robert M. Gates	Government	25-Sep-1943		US Secretary of Defense, 2006-11
Kevin L. Gentry	Activist	c. 1964		Koch Industries
Scott Glenn	Actor	26-Jan-1941		The Silence of the Lambs
Mills E. Godwin, Jr.	Politician	19-Nov-1914	30-Jan-1999	Twice Governor of Virginia
Douglas A. Hartwick	Diplomat	1950		US Ambassador to Laos, 2001-04
Helen E. Hoens	Judge	31-Jul-1954		Justice, New Jersey Supreme Court
Thomas Jefferson	Head of State	13-Apr-1743	4-Jul-1826	3rd US President, 1801-09
James R. Keith	Diplomat	20-Jun-1957		US Ambassador to Malaysia
Warren D. Knowlton	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Graham Packaging Company
Richard C. Kraemer	Business	c. 1944		President of UDC Homes, 1985-96
Linda Lavin	Actor	15-Oct-1937		Alice
John Marshall	Judge	24-Sep-1755	6-Jul-1835	US Chief Justice, 1801-35
Armistead Thomson Mason	Politician	4-Aug-1787	6-Feb-1819	US Senator from Virginia, 1816-17
Raymond A. Mason	Business	c. 1937		CEO of Legg Mason, 1981-2008
Haldane Robert Mayer	Judge	21-Feb-1941		US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Alan B. Miller	Business	17-Aug-1937		Founder of Universal Health Services
Alan Mollohan	Politician	14-May-1943		Congressman from West Virginia, 1983-2011
James Monroe	Head of State	28-Apr-1758	4-Jul-1831	5th President of the U.S.
Patton Oswalt	Comic	27-Jan-1969		King of Queens
Gary M. Pfeiffer	Business	c. 1949		CFO of DuPont, 1997-2006
Joseph J. Plumeri	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Willis Group Holdings
C. Larry Pope	Business	c. 1955		CEO of Smithfield Foods
Michael Powell	Government	23-Mar-1963		FCC Chairman 2001-05, Colin Powell's son
Barbara L. Rambo	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Nietech Corporation
Edmund Randolph	Politician	10-Aug-1753	12-Sep-1813	First Attorney General of the US
Peyton Randolph	Politician	1721	23-Oct-1775	First President of the Continental Congress
Robert E. Rector	Activist	?		Heritage Foundation
Norman K. Risjord	Historian	25-Oct-1931		Representative Americans
William Barton Rogers	Educator	7-Dec-1804	30-May-1882	Founder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Janet A. Sanderson	Diplomat	1955		US Ambassador to Haiti
Winfield Scott	Military	13-Jun-1786	29-May-1866	US Army general, Mexican campaign 1847
Charles E. Scripps	Business	27-Jan-1920	3-Feb-2007	E. W. Scripps scion
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.	Business	c. 1958		Asst. Secy. State, Western Hemisphere
Richard L. Sharp	Business	12-Apr-1947	24-Jun-2014	CEO of Circuit City, 1986-2000
H. Mason Sizemore, Jr.	Business	c. 1941		Seattle Times President, 1985-2001
Fulwar Skipwith	Head of State	21-Feb-1765	7-Jan-1839	President of the Republic of West Florida, 1810
Nicholas J. St. George	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Oakwood Homes, 1979-99
Jon Stewart	Comic	28-Nov-1962		Anchor, The Daily Show, 1999-2015
William J. Sullivan	Judge	12-Mar-1939		Senior Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Henry Tazewell	Politician	27-Nov-1753	24-Jan-1799	US Senator from Virginia, 1794-99
Littleton Waller Tazewell	Politician	17-Dec-1774	6-May-1860	Senator and Governor from Virginia
Dina Titus	Politician	23-May-1950		Congresswoman from Nevada, 2009-11
Mike Tomlin	Football	15-Mar-1972		Head Coach, Pittsburgh Steelers
Bill Tuck	Politician	28-Sep-1896	9-Jun-1983	Governor of Virginia, 1946-50
John Tyler	Head of State	29-Mar-1790	18-Jan-1862	10th President of the U.S.
James E. Ukrop	Business	c. 1938		Ukrop's Super Markets, Inc.
Shari Villarosa	Diplomat	?		Chief of Mission in Burma
Robert S. Walker	Politician	23-Dec-1942		Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-97
Bushrod Washington	Judge	5-Jun-1762	26-Nov-1829	US Supreme Court Justice, 1799-1829
H. Thomas Watkins	Business	c. 1952		CEO of Human Genome Sciences
Henry C. Wolf	Business	c. 1942		CFO of Norfolk Southern, 1993-2007

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward P. Crapol	Historian	29-Sep-1936		America for Americans
Eugene D. Genovese	Historian	19-May-1930	26-Sep-2012	Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made
Robert Hare	Chemist	17-Jan-1781	15-May-1858	Hydrostatic blow-pipe and spiritoscope
James H. Hutson	Historian	8-Aug-1937		Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Menachem Kellner	Scholar	28-Mar-1946		Maimonidean scholar
Jeffrey M. Lacker	Economist	27-Sep-1955		President and CEO, Richmond Fed
Gene R. Nichol	Educator	c. 1951		President, William and Mary, 2005-07
Mitchell B. Reiss	Government	?		Director of Policy Planning, 2003-05
William Barton Rogers	Educator	7-Dec-1804	30-May-1882	Founder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Larry Wilkerson	Government	15-Jun-1945		Former aide to Colin Powell
Gordon S. Wood	Historian	27-Nov-1933		The Creation of the American Republic
Anthony Zinni	Military	17-Sep-1943		Former C-in-C, U.S. Central Command

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
A. Marshall Acuff, Jr.	Business	c. 1940		AMA Investment Counsel
William Barr	Government	23-May-1950		US Attorney General, 1991-93
Frank Batten	Publisher	11-Feb-1927	10-Sep-2009	Founder, The Weather Channel
K. Dane Brooksher	Business	c. 1939		Chairman of ProLogis, 1993-2007
August Busch III	Business	6-Jun-1937		Anheuser-Busch CEO, 1975-2002
Thomas E. Capps	Business	31-Oct-1935		CEO of Dominion Resources, 1990-2005
Colgate W. Darden, Jr.	Politician	11-Feb-1897	9-Jun-1981	Governor of Virginia, 1942-46
Lawrence Eagleburger	Government	1-Aug-1930	4-Jun-2011	US Secretary of State, 1992-93
Alan B. Miller	Business	17-Aug-1937		Founder of Universal Health Services
Eddie N. Moore	Educator	c. 1947		President, Virginia State University, 1993-2010
Gene R. Nichol	Educator	c. 1951		President, William and Mary, 2005-07
Sandra Day O'Connor	Judge	26-Mar-1930		US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
Joseph J. Plumeri	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Willis Group Holdings
Michael Powell	Government	23-Mar-1963		FCC Chairman 2001-05, Colin Powell's son
Mitchell B. Reiss	Government	?		Director of Policy Planning, 2003-05
Margaret Thatcher	Head of State	13-Oct-1925	8-Apr-2013	UK Prime Minister, 1979-90
Hays T. Watkins, Jr.	Business	26-Jan-1926		CEO of CSX, 1980-89
Henry C. Wolf	Business	c. 1942		CFO of Norfolk Southern, 1993-2007

COACHES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hubie Brown	Basketball	25-Sep-1933		NBA Analyst, former head coach
Ralph Friedgen	Football	4-Apr-1947		Maryland Terrapins Head Coach
Lou Holtz	Football	6-Jan-1937		Head Coach, South Carolina, 1999-2004
Marv Levy	Football	3-Aug-1925		NFL, CFL, and NCAA coach
Bobby Ross	Football	23-Dec-1936		Retired college, NFL football coach

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