Davidson Davidson may refer to: * Davidson (name) * Clan Davidson, a Highland Scottish clan * Davidson Media Group * Davidson Seamount, undersea mountain southwest of Monterey, California, USA * Tyler Davidson Fountain, monument in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA * ...

is a highly selective independent liberal arts college for 1,900 students located 20 minutes north of

Charlotte Charlotte ( ) is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Meckl ...

Davidson, North Carolina Davidson is a suburban town located in northern Mecklenburg and Iredell counties, North Carolina, United States, on the banks of Lake Norman. It is a suburb in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The population was 10,944 at the 2010 census, and in ...

, United States. Since its establishment in 1837 by

Presbyterians Presbyterianism is a part of the Reformed tradition within Protestantism that broke from the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland by John Knox, who was a priest at St. Giles Cathedral (Church of Scotland). Presbyterian churches derive their nam ...

, the college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently regarded as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. Through the Davidson Trust, the college became the first liberal arts institution in the nation to replace loans with grants in all financial aid packages, giving all students the opportunity to graduate debt-free. The following is a list of notable people associated with

Davidson College Davidson College is a private liberal arts college in Davidson, North Carolina. It was established in 1837 by the Concord Presbytery and named after Revolutionary War general William Lee Davidson, who was killed at the nearby Battle of Cowan� ...

Notable alumni

Arts, film, theatre, and broadcasting

Roxanne Beckford Roxanne Beckford-Hoge (born November 17, 1969) is a Jamaican-born American actress. Career She has acted in numerous television series and played minor roles in films, including ''Bewitched (2005 film), Bewitched'' (2005) ''Something's Gotta ...

, actress *

Michael Brun Michael Brun (born 19 May 1992) is a Haitian DJ and record producer based in New York, known for blending electronic music with traditional Haitian styles such as kompa and rara. He released his debut EP ''Gravity'' in 2013 and founded the recor ...

, DJ *

Zachery Byrd ''Pledge'' is a 2018 American horror film, written by Zack Weiner, directed by Daniel Robbins, and produced by Mark Rapaport and Keaton Heinrichs. The film centers on collegiate hazing taken to extremes. It had its world premiere at the 2018 Fan ...

, actor *

Rod Daniel Rollin Augustus "Rod" Daniel III (August 4, 1942 – April 16, 2016) was an American television and film director, active from the late 1970s to the early 2000s. His films include the 1985 Michael J. Fox comedy film ''Teen Wolf'', which was a con ...

, director * Donald Davis, storyteller *

Craig Detweiler Craig Detweiler (born 1964) is a writer, filmmaker, and cultural commentator. He is dean of the College of Fine Arts and Production at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona. Early life and career Detweiler grew up in Charlotte, North Caro ...

, screenwriter, cultural commentator * Bertis Downs IV, manager of

R.E.M. R.E.M. was an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by drummer Bill Berry, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and lead vocalist Michael Stipe, who were students at the University of Georgia. One of the first alternative ...

* Ervin Duggan, president of

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcasting, public broadcaster and Non-commercial activity, non-commercial, Terrestrial television, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly fu ...

* Kenan Ece, Turkish actor * McNair Evans, photographer *

William R. Ferris William Reynolds Ferris (born February 5, 1942) is an American author and scholar and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. With Judy Peiser he co-founded the Center for Southern Folklore in Memphis, Tennessee; he was the fou ...

, Chairman of the

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

, 1997–2001; founding director,

Center for the Study of Southern Culture The Center for the Study of Southern Culture (CSSC), located in Barnard Observatory on the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, is an academic organization dedicated to the investigation, documentation, interpretation and teac ...

* John T. Fesperman, conductor and organist *Dan Gervacio, Magic Magazine's "Man of Mystery, 2019" *

Frank Gohlke Frank Gohlke (born April 3, 1942) is an American landscape photographer. He has been awarded two Guggenheim fellowships, two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a Fulbright Scholar Grant. His work is included in numerous per ...

, photographer (attended, but later transferred to The

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

) * Elijah Gowin, photographer and

Guggenheim Fellow Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

* James Harding, British journalist * Sarah Frances Hardy, author and artist *

Jack Harris Jack Harris may refer to: Entertainment * Jack Harris (film editor) (1905–1971), English film editor * Jack H. Harris (1918–2017), American film producer * Jack Harris (broadcaster) (born 1941), American radio personality based in Tampa, Flor ...

, local broadcaster from

Tampa, Florida Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and ...

Herb Jackson Herb Jackson (born August 18, 1945), is an American artist and educator. He is the Douglas Houchens Professor of Fine Arts and Professor of Art Emeritus at Davidson College, where he retired from teaching in 2011. In 1999, Jackson was awarded the ...

, contemporary artist *

Laeta Kalogridis Laeta Kalogridis ( ) is an American screenwriter and television and film producer of Greek descent. She has written scripts for ''Alexander'' (2004), ''Night Watch'' (2004), '' Pathfinder'' (2007) and '' Shutter Island'' (2010). She also serve ...

, screenwriter and film producer * Todd Kimsey, actor *

Stephen Andrew Lynch Stephen Andrew Lynch (September 3, 1882October 4, 1969), known more commonly as S.A. Lynch, was an early motion picture industry pioneer. Personal life Lynch grew up in Asheville, North Carolina, the son of Stephen Scott Lynch, a Civil War veter ...

, film pioneer *

Jana Mashonee Jana Mashonee, (born Jana; May 11, 1982), better known by her stage name, Jana, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, author and philanthropist. She is originally from Robeson County, North Carolina. Jana is a two-time Grammy nominee a ...

Sampson,

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...

-winning singer * John Howell Morrison, composer *

Harry Pickens Harry Pickens is an American jazz pianist. He began his career with the Blue Note Records group Out of the Blue before releasing several albums as leader. Allmusic credits/ref> Pickens has been a mainstay feature at the Idyllwild Arts Jazz in ...

, pianist * Sudeep Sen, poet *

Clint Smith Clinton James "Snuffy" Smith (December 12, 1913 – May 19, 2009) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and head coach best known for his time spent in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a player with the New York Rangers and the Chic ...

, writer for ''

The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'' *

John Starling (musician) John Lewis Starling (March 26, 1940 – May 2, 2019) was an American musician. He is an International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame inductee bluegrass musician and composer, founding member of the bluegrass group The Seldom Scene, an otolaryngo ...

, bluegrass musician * Lester Strong, Emmy Award-winning journalist *

Nelson Sullivan John Nelson Sullivan (March 15, 1948 – July 4, 1989) was an American videographer who chronicled life in Downtown Manhattan’s arts and club scene from 1983 until his death. His hundreds of videos documented daily life in the city, wild nigh ...

, videographer and gay rights activist *

William R. Trotter William R. (Bill) Trotter (July 15, 1943 - February 28, 2018) was an American author and historian. Writings Trotter's work covered a variety of genres and markets. His first published work was "Sibelius and the Tides of Taste" for '' High Fide ...

, author and historian * Kesler Woodward, artist, art historian, and curator * William Workman, opera singer

Athletics

Ryan Adeleye Ryan Alexander Hezekiah Adeleye ( he, ריאן אלכסנדר חזקיה אדלי; born April 28, 1987, in Elizabeth, New Jersey) is an Americans, American-Israeli professional association football, soccer player who currently plays for Atlantic ...

Israeli-American , native_name_lang = , image = , caption = , population = 110,000–150,000 , popplace = New York metropolitan area, Los Angeles metropolitan area, Miami metropolitan area, and other large metropolitan are ...

professional soccer player (transferred) * Peyton Aldridge, basketball player * Fred Anderson, MLB player (transferred) * Mik Aoki, Baseball Head Coach of the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac, known simply as Notre Dame ( ) or ND, is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, outside the city of South Bend. French priest Edward Sorin founded the school in 1842. The main campu ...

(2011–present) * Scotty Barr, MLB player * Everett Booe, baseball player *

Brett Boretti Brett Boretti (born December 14, 1971) is an American college baseball coach who has been the head coach of Columbia Lions baseball, Columbia since the start of the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball season, 2006 season. Prior to that, he was the hea ...

, Baseball Head Coach of the

Columbia Lions The Columbia University Lions are the collective athletic teams and their members from Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City, United States. The current director of athletics is Peter Pilling. Ivy League athletics Th ...

(2006–present) *

John A. Brewin John Andrew Brewin (December 9, 1876 – March 7, 1938) was an American college football and college baseball coach for Davidson College in the early 1900s. He was the first official head coach for both teams in school history. Brewin also served a ...

, college administrator *

De'Mon Brooks De'Mon Brooks (born May 28, 1992) is an American basketball player who plays for Levanga Hokkaido of the Japanese B.League. He completed his college career at Davidson College after the 2013–14 season. In the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's b ...

, basketball player * Dougal M. Buie, college baseball coach * Carl Cashion, baseball player * Alex Caskey, MLS player with

Seattle Sounders FC Seattle Sounders Football Club is an American professional men's soccer club based in Seattle. The Sounders compete as a member of the Western Conference of Major League Soccer (MLS). The club was established on November 13, 2007, and began ...

(2012–2013) * Lloyd Christenbury, baseball player * Rufe Clarke, baseball player * Nik Cochran, professional basketball player *

Jake Cohen Jacob Greer Cohen (ג'ייק כהן; born September 25, 1990) is an American-Israeli 6' 10 " (2.10 m ) tall professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League and the EuroLeague. He also represents the ...

, American/Israeli professional basketball player for

Maccabi Tel Aviv Maccabi Tel Aviv ( he, מכבי תל אביב) is one of the largest sports clubs in Israel, and a part of the Maccabi association. Many sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv are in association with Maccabi and compete in a variety of sports, such ...

* Pat Crawford, MLB player and member of the

1934 World Series The 1934 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1934 season. The 31st edition of the World Series, it matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Detroit Tigers. The Cardinals' "Gashouse Gang" won in seven gam ...

St. Louis Cardinals The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals hav ...

* Pete Crayton, college football coach * Bart Creasman, professional soccer player *

Perry Crosswhite Perry Rothrock Crosswhite AM (born 22 September 1947) is a former Australian Olympic basketballer and leading sport administrator. Personal He was born on 22 September 1947 in Washington, D.C. He moved to Australia in 1969 to play basketball. H ...

, Australian basketball player *

Stephen Curry Wardell Stephen Curry II ( ; born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, ...

, NBA player * Melissa Grace Farrell Swank (yoga), Wayne Gretzky’s yoga teacher * Chris Czerapowicz, basketball player *

Kevin Donnalley Kevin Thomas Donnalley (born June 10, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. He played professionally as a guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Houston/Tennessee Oilers, Miami Dolphins, and Carolina Panthers. He ...

, former

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

player *

Tom Dore Tom Dore is a retired American basketball player and former Comcast SportsNet play-by-play announcer for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls. A native of Northlake, Illinois, the 7'2" (218 cm) Dore played basketball at East L ...

, college basketball player * Norman B. Edgerton, college football coach * Robert Eenhoorn, MLB player * Bruce Elder, basketball player *

Bill Fetzer William McKinnon Fetzer (June 24, 1884 – May 3, 1959) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach at Davidson College (1915–1918), North Carolina State University (1919–1920), and the Univer ...

, college baseball, basketball, and football coach *

Buck Flowers Allen Ralph "Buck" Flowers, Jr. (March 26, 1899 – April 8, 1983) was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Davidson Wildcats football team of Davidson College in 1917 and for the Georgia Tech Golden Tornado footbal ...

, football player * Robyn Fralick, basketball coach *

Alex Gibbs Alexander Gibbs, Jr. (February 22, 1941 – July 12, 2021) was an American professional football coach who was a longtime offensive line coach in the National Football League (NFL). He coached college football for over a decade before joining t ...

, Assistant Head Coach of the

Houston Texans The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) AFC South, South division, and play their home ga ...

(2008–10) *

Conor Grace Conor Thomas Grace (born 31 January 1982) is an Irish former professional basketball player. He previously played for the Irish national team. Grace played rugby in high school, as well as soccer, tennis and track, in addition to basketball. At ...

, basketball player *

Kellan Grady Kellan Grady (born September 11, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Grand Rapids Gold of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats and the Davidson Wildcats. Early life and high school care ...

, basketball player * H. M. Grey, college football coach and player *

Jón Axel Guðmundsson Jón Axel Guðmundsson (born 27 October 1996) is an Icelandic professional basketball player for Victoria Libertas Pesaro of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats. He won two national cham ...

, basketball player * Jordan Hill (soccer), soccer player *

Fred Hetzel Fred B. Hetzel (born July 21, 1942) is an American former professional basketball player. He was an All-American college player for Davidson College. Hetzel was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1965 NBA draft by the San Francisco Warriors and played ...

NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...

basketball player (1965–71) *

Terry Holland Michael Terrence Holland (born April 2, 1942) is an American college athletics administrator and former basketball player and coach. He is currently the emeritus director of athletics and special assistant to Chancellor Steve Ballard at East Carol ...

, basketball coach at Davidson (1969–74),

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United S ...

(1974–90) *

Pete Hughes Pete Hughes (born January 11, 1968) is an American college baseball coach and head coach of the Kansas State Wildcats baseball team. Previously he served as the head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners baseball and the Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team ...

, Baseball Head Coach of the

Oklahoma Sooners The Oklahoma Sooners are the athletic teams that represent the University of Oklahoma, located in Norman. The 19 men's and women's varsity teams are called the "Sooners", a reference to a nickname given to the early participants in the Land Run ...

(2012–present) *

Oliver Huie Oliver Jones Huie (September 9, 1878 – December 22, 1951) was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach for Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football, Georgia Tech in 1903. Huie was born in Clayton County, Georgia. H ...

, college football coach *

Lee Hyun-jung (basketball) Lee Hyun-jung (born October 23, 2000) is a South Korean professional basketball player for the Illawarra Hawks of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for the Davidson Wildcats of the Atlantic 10 Conf ...

, college basketball player * Fred Johnston, MLB player * Tyler Kalinoski, basketball player *

Dean Keener Dean Keener (born September 18, 1965) is the former head coach for the men's basketball team at James Madison University. He is a 1988 graduate of Davidson College where he served as a team captain and played on Davidson's 1986 NCAA Tournament t ...

, college basketball player, coach, and commentator *

George M. King George Millard King (June 21, 1896 – 1963) was an American college football player. He was president of King Brothers Shoe Co. in Bristol, Tennessee until his death in 1963. He was a member of the Davidson College Board of Trustees and was Presi ...

, college football player * Rod Knowles, professional basketball player * Flake Laird, college football, baseball, and basketball coach and player * Sam Lanford, professional baseball player *

Mike Maloy Michael Alvin Maloy (May 10, 1949 – February 3, 2009) was an American-Austrian professional basketball player who played in the United States (in the ABA) and in Austria (in the OBB). College career Maloy attended Davidson College &ndash ...

, ABA and overseas basketball player *

Dick Marlowe Richard Burton Marlowe (June 27, 1929 – December 30, 1968) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 98 games in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox from 1951 to 1956. Born in Hickory, North C ...

, baseball player *

Buck Marrow Charles Kennon "Buck" Marrow (August 29, 1909 – November 21, 1982), was a professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues in 1932 and 1937–38. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Detroit Tigers. Born in Tarboro, North Caro ...

, baseball player * Bill Masse, baseball player *

Matt Matheny Matt Matheny (born February 11, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who most recently served as the men's head coach at Elon University. He replaced Ernie Nestor in March 2009. Matheny led the Phoenix to a 21-12 record in 2012-13, the ...

, Elon basketball coach *

Eric Minkin Eric Minkin (אריק מנקין; born November 28, 1950) is an American-Israeli former basketball player. He played the center position. He played in the Israeli Basketball Premier League, and for the Israeli national basketball team. Biography ...

(born 1950), American-Israeli basketball player *

Paul Nichols Paul Nichols (born January 25, 1981) is an American college football coach and former player. He is quality control specialist for offense at the Georgia Institute of Technology, a position he assumed in 2018. Nichols served as the head footba ...

, football coach * Matt Pacifici, soccer player *

Chris Pollard Chris Pollard is an American baseball coach and former pitcher, who is the current head baseball coach of the Duke Blue Devils. He played college baseball at Davidson for head coach Dick Cooke from 1993 to 1996 before playing professionally in 1 ...

, Baseball Head Coach of

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

(2012–present) *

Caroline Queen Caroline Queen (born March 5, 1992 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American slalom canoer. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she competed in the K-1 event, finishing 17th in the heats, failing to qualify for the semifinals. Caroline first began paddli ...

, 2012 USA Olympic

whitewater slalom Canoe slalom (previously known as whitewater slalom) is a competitive sport with the aim to navigate a decked canoe or kayak through a course of hanging downstream or upstream gates on river rapids in the fastest time possible. It is one of th ...

K-1 kayaker *

Charlie Reiter Charles Reiter (born February 27, 1988 in New York, New York) is an American former professional soccer player for the Richmond Kickers in the USL and Pali Blues in the USL Premier Development League. Personal life Reiter was born in New York ...

(born 1988), professional soccer player *

Jason Richards Jason John Richards (10 April 1976 – 15 December 2011) was a New Zealand motor racing driver. A multiple championship winning driver in his homeland in the New Zealand Touring Car Championship, he moved to Australia to pursue a career in the ...

, basketball player and college basketball assistant * Jennifer Roos, women's college basketball coach *

Derek Rucker Derek Alan Rucker (born October 2, 1966) is an American-Australian former professional basketball player who starred in the Australian National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League for 15 seasons. Playing career Prior to th ...

, Australian basketball player * Dan Simonds, MLB player * Dick Snyder, NBA basketball player (1966–79) * Matt Spear, Davidson soccer coach *

Robert Ukrop Rob Ukrop (born April 5, 1970 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American former soccer player who currently serves as Chairman of USL League One club Richmond Kickers. Ukrop, part of the Ukrop's Super Market family, grew up in Richmond where he ...

, professional soccer player * Bob Vail, baseball player * Brandon Williams, basketball player and NBA minor league coach *

Shirley Wilson Shirley Schaub "Red" Wilson (September 26, 1925 – January 8, 2021) was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Elon University for 1967 to 1976 and at Duke University from 1979 to 1982, compiling a career college fo ...

, football coach *

Brendan Winters Brendan Winters (born May 9, 1983) is an American former basketball player. He is best known for his All-American college career at Davidson College. He is also the son of former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and coach Brian Wint ...

, professional basketball player * William L. Younger, college football coach * Steve Heckard, former NFL player

Business

* William Appleton, technologist * James Batten, CEO of

Knight-Ridder Knight Ridder was an American media company, specializing in newspaper and Internet publishing. Until it was bought by McClatchy on June 27, 2006, it was the second largest newspaper publisher in the United States, with 32 daily newspaper brand ...

(1989–95) *

Irwin Belk Irwin Belk (April 4, 1922 – February 24, 2018) was an American businessman and politician. Belk was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He went to The McCallie School and Davidson College. In 1946, Belk received his bachelor's degree from U ...

Belk Belk, Inc. is an American department store chain founded in 1888 by William Henry Belk in Monroe, North Carolina, with nearly 300 locations in 16 states. Belk stores and Belk.com offer apparel, shoes, accessories, cosmetics, home furnishings, ...

businessman (transferred) *

John Belk John Montgomery Belk (March 29, 1920 – August 17, 2007) was head of the Belk, Inc. department store chain and member of the Democratic Party, he served as the mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina for four terms (1969–1977). He was the son of ...

, head of Belk *

John Chidsey John Walker Chidsey (born June 11, 1962) is an American businessman and attorney who has served as CEO of Subway since November 2019. He was formerly the executive chairman and CEO of Burger King Corporation. He is a director and member of the a ...

, CEO of Subway (2019–present) * Clayton Daley, former CFO of

The Procter & Gamble Company The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It specializes in a wide range of personal health/consumer hea ...

* Martin Daniel Eakes, CEO of

Center for Responsible Lending The Center for Responsible Lending (CRL) is a nonprofit organization research and policy group based in Durham, North Carolina. Its stated purpose is to educate the public about financial products and to push for policies that curb predatory len ...

(2000–present) *

Francis Henry Fries Francis Henry Fries (February 1, 1855 – 5 June 1931) was an American textile businessman and industrialist from North Carolina. Biography Francis Henry Fries was born on February 1, 1855, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His parents were Franc ...

, textile magnet * Nelson Z. Graves, developer * Earl J. Hesterberg,

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

businessman * Joseph Toy Howell III, real estate executive * Justin Jenk, investor *

Stephen P. MacMillan Stephen P. MacMillan is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Hologic, a medical device and diagnostic manufacturer headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts. He is the former CEO of Stryker Corporation, a medical device ma ...

, former CEO, President, and chairman of the board of

Stryker Corp Stryker Corporation is an American multinational medical technologies corporation based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Stryker's products include implants used in joint replacement and trauma surgeries; surgical equipment and surgical navigation system ...

* Jean Mauzé, Manhattan banker *

Jacqueline Musiitwa Jacqueline Muna Musiitwa is an international lawyer and expert in African commercial affairs, who served as the executive director of ''Financial Sector Deepening Uganda'', a Ugandan non-profit that aims to facilitate the availability of afford ...

Ugandan }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southe ...

businesswoman *

Lunsford Richardson Lunsford Richardson (December 29, 1854 - August 21, 1919) was an American pharmacist from Selma, North Carolina, and the founder of Vick Chemical Company (which became Richardson Vicks Inc.). Early life Lunsford was born in 1854 on a farm near ...

, inventor of

Vicks VapoRub Vicks VapoRub is a mentholated topical ointment, part of the Vicks brand of over-the-counter medications owned by the American consumer goods company Procter & Gamble. VapoRub is intended for use on the chest, back and throat for cough suppres ...

and founder of

Vicks Vicks is an American brand of over-the-counter medications owned by the American companies Procter & Gamble and Helen of Troy Limited. Vicks manufactures NyQuil and its sister medication, DayQuil as well as other medications in the “Quil” lin ...

* Jack Wayman, creator of the

Consumer Electronics Show CES (; formerly an initialism for Consumer Electronics Show) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). Held in January at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Winchester, Nevada, United States, the event typi ...

Education

William Wright Abbot William Wright Abbot III (May 20, 1922August 31, 2009) was an American archivist and historian, widely noted for his work compiling and editing The Washington Papers. After his undergraduate study, he joined the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacifi ...

, archivist and historian * Graham T. Allison, professor at Harvard and author of ''

Essence of Decision ''Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis'' is book by political scientist Graham T. Allison analyzing the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Allison used the crisis as a case study for future studies into governmental decision-making. ...

'' (did not graduate) *

Issac Bailey Issac Bailey is a professor at Davidson College, former columnist, and author in United States. He wrote a column for ''The Sun News'' in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He wrote a book about growing up with a brother and a book of essays ''Wh ...

, professor * Elizabeth Barnes, philosophy professor at the

* Philip Beidler, American literature professor * Eugene C. Brooks, president of the

University of North Carolina The University of North Carolina is the multi-campus public university system for the state of North Carolina. Overseeing the state's 16 public universities and the NC School of Science and Mathematics, it is commonly referred to as the UNC Sy ...

Roger H. Brown Roger H. Brown is an American businessman, philanthropist, and academic administrator and former president of Berklee College of Music. Brown is also the co-founder of Bright Horizons and founder and chairman of the Salt Lick Incubator. Early l ...

, President at

Berklee College of Music Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...

(2004–present) *

Jennings Bryant Jennings Bryant (July 21, 1944 – October 14, 2020) was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at The University of Alabama (UA). Prior to his retirement in 2010, he was Communication and Information Sciences Distinguished Research Professor, holder of ...

, professor of communication at the

University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a Public university, public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and la ...

James H. Daughdrill, Jr. James Harold Daughdrill Jr. (April 25, 1934 – May 3, 2014) was the 18th president of Rhodes College. He was installed as president in 1973 and retired in 1999. He was the son of James Harold Daughdrill and Louisa Coffee Dozier. In 1964, he was ...

, president of

Rhodes College Rhodes College is a private liberal arts college in Memphis, Tennessee. Historically affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), it is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges a ...

* Charles Till Davis, medieval historian * Walter Edgar, historian *

Carl Elliott Carl Atwood Elliott (December 20, 1913 – January 9, 1999) was a U.S. representative from the U.S. state of Alabama. He was elected to eight consecutive terms, having served from 1949 to 1965. Background Elliott was born in rural Frankli ...

, philosopher * James M. Farr, President of the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

(1927–28); English language and literature scholar * Douglas A. Hicks, provost at

Colgate University Colgate University is a private liberal arts college in Hamilton, New York. The college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York and operated under that name until 1823, when it was renamed Hamilton Theologi ...

* Daniel Harvey Hill, Jr., chancellor at

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...

* Calvin Howell, physicist and professor at

Elizabeth Kiss Elizabeth Kiss (born 1961) is an American philosopher and academic administrator, specialising in moral and political philosophy. Since 2018, she has been the Warden of Rhodes House, Oxford University, and CEO of the Rhodes Trust. She is responsib ...

, Warden of the

Rhodes Trust Rhodes House is a building part of the University of Oxford in England. It is located on South Parks Road in central Oxford, and was built in memory of Cecil Rhodes, an alumnus of the university and a major benefactor. It is listed Grade II* on ...

, former President of

Agnes Scott College Agnes Scott College is a private women's liberal arts college in Decatur, Georgia. The college enrolls approximately 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church and is considered one of the ...

Guy L. Nesom Guy L. Nesom (born August 2, 1945)''U.S. Public Records Index'' Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010. is an American writer and botanist. Nesom received his Ph.D. in systematic botany from the University of North Carolina in 19 ...

, writer and botanist * Paul Marion, President of

Tiffin University Tiffin University is a private university in Tiffin, Ohio. It was founded in 1888 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. The university offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the main campus in Tiffin, Ohio; the Unive ...

, Franklin College, and PA Association of Colleges and Universities; Chancellor of State College System of West Virginia; Director of Higher Education,

State of Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage la ...

D. G. Martin David Grier Martin Jr. (born May 24, 1940) is an American retired lawyer, politician, and university administrator. Martin was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1984 and 1986, losing to Alex McMillan. Martin later ser ...

, university administrator *

Evander Bradley McGilvary Evander Bradley McGilvary Ph.D. (July 19, 1864–September 11, 1953) was an American philosophical scholar, born in Bangkok to American Presbyterian missionaries, the Rev. Daniel McGilvary and Mrs. Sophia McGilvary. He came to the United Sta ...

, philosopher * Richard McIlwaine, President of

Hampden-Sydney College Hampden Sydney is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,450 at the 2010 census. Hampden Sydney is the home of Hampden–Sydney College, a private all-male college that is the tenth- ...

* Patrick D. Miller,

Old Testament The Old Testament (often abbreviated OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew writings by the Israelites. The ...

scholar *

William Andrew Moffett William Andrew Moffett (January 25, 1933 – February 20, 1995) was a historian and librarian who was named "100 of the Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century" by ''American Libraries'' in 1999. He is primarily known for aiding in ...

, historian and librarian *

John Wilson Moore John Wilson Moore (November 1, 1920 – March 30, 2019) was an American biophysicist who pioneered the emergent power of computers, beginning in the 1950s, to reveal how signals are generated, integrated, and then travel in neurons. He is well kn ...

, biophysicist *

Michael Munger Michael Curtis Munger (; born September 23, 1958)News & Observer profile
...

, professor at

* Amy Oakes, director of the International Relations program at

The College of William and Mary ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

* Harold Douglas Pratt, Jr., ornithologist and bird illustrator *

Julius W. Pratt Julius William Pratt (1888–1983) was a United States historian who specialized in foreign relations and imperialism. Noted for his studies of the origins of the War of 1812 and the war with Spain in 1898, he also wrote a two-volume biograph ...

, historian specializing in foreign relations and imperialism *

James M. Robinson James McConkey Robinson (June 30, 1924 – March 22, 2016) was an American scholar who retired as Professor Emeritus of Religion at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, specializing in New Testament Studies and Nag Hammadi ...

, religion scholar *

Thomas W. Ross Thomas Warren Ross Sr. is an American public official who served as the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2011 to 2016. He succeeded Erskine Bowles on January 1, 2011. Formerly, he was president of Davidson College, a pri ...

, president of the

system * C. Alphonso Smith, professor *

Glenn Terrell William Glenn Terrell Jr. (May 24, 1920 – August 30, 2013) was an American academic and administrator. He was the president of Washington State University in Pullman, Washington, Pullman from 1967 to 1985. Early life and education Born in Tall ...

, president of

Washington State University Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant unive ...

* Sharon Thompson-Schill, psychology professor at the

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

Law

* R. Stan Baker, federal judge * Wade Barber, Superior Court Judge in North Carolina (1998–2006) *

Kenneth B. Bell Kenneth Bradley Bell (born April 20, 1956) is a former Associate Justice of the Florida Supreme Court. Education Bell attended Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina as an undergraduate, and received his Juris Doctor from the Florida Sta ...

, Justice of the

Florida Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. It consists of seven members: the chief justice and six justices. Six members are chosen from six districts around the state to foster geographic diversity, and one ...

(2003–2008) *

James Edmund Boyd James Edmund Boyd (February 14, 1845 – August 21, 1935) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Education and career Boyd was born in Alamance County, North Carolina, ...

United States federal judge In the United States, federal judges are judges who serve on courts established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. They include the chief justice and the associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the circuit judges of the U.S. Cou ...

Elizabeth L. Branch Elizabeth Lee "Lisa" Branch (born March 30, 1968) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals. Early life and education Branch was born ...

, federal judge * Henry Gaston Bunn, Arkansas Supreme Court Chief Justice * Armistead Burwell, Associate Justice of the

North Carolina Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state of North Carolina's highest appellate court. Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s, it was the state's only appellate court. The Supreme Court consists ...

(1892–1894) *

Robert Allan Edgar Robert Allan Edgar (born 1940) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Education and career Born in Munising, Michigan, Edgar received a Bachelor of Arts degr ...

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee (in case citations, E.D. Tenn.) is the federal court in the Sixth Circuit whose jurisdiction covers most of East Tennessee and a portion of Middle Tennessee. The court has jur ...

judge *

Conner Eldridge William Conner Eldridge Jr. (born September 9, 1977) is an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas. He is a member of the Democratic Party and was his party's nominee for the 2016 ...

, US attorney for the

United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas The United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas (in case citations, W.D. Ark.) is a federal court in the Eighth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appeale ...

* Robert C. Ervin, North Carolina judge * Sam J. Ervin IV, Associate Justice of the

(2015–present) *

Samuel James Ervin III Samuel James Ervin III (March 2, 1926 – September 18, 1999) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and the son of United States Senator Sam Ervin. Education and career Ervin was born in ...

, son of U.S. Senator

Sam Ervin Samuel James Ervin Jr. (September 27, 1896April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Southern Democrats, Democrat, he served as a United States Senate, U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, North Carolina, ...

, Judge of the

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (in case citations, 4th Cir.) is a federal court located in Richmond, Virginia, with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts: * District of Maryla ...

(1980–99) *

William Eskridge William Nichol Eskridge Jr. (born October 27, 1951 in Princeton, West Virginia) is the John A. Garver Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School. He is one of the most cited law professors in America, ranking fourth overall for the period 2016� ...

, legal theorist and professor at

Yale Law School Yale Law School (Yale Law or YLS) is the law school of Yale University, a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1824 and has been ranked as the best law school in the United States by ''U ...

Vic Fleming Victor Anson "Vic" Fleming (born December 26, 1951) is an American judge, law professor, and writer residing in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and grew up in Greenville, Mississippi. He holds a B.A. in English from ...

, judge and teacher in

Little Rock, Arkansas (The Little Rock, The "Little Rock") , government_type = council-manager government, Council-manager , leader_title = List of mayors of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_ ...

Vincent Foster Vincent Walker Foster Jr. (January 15, 1945 – July 20, 1993) was an American attorney who served as deputy White House counsel during the first six months of the Clinton administration. Foster had been a partner at Rose Law Firm in Litt ...

, Deputy White House Counsel in the

Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton ( né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and agai ...

administration (1993) * William J. Haynes, II, General Counsel,

U.S. Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secur ...

* Karen S. Marston, Assistant US Attorney * Boyce Ficklen Martin, Jr., Chief Judge Emeritus of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit * Harry Martin,

justice * John L. Napier, United States Congressman; Judge, U.S. Court of Federal Claims * Frank I. Osborne, North Carolina Attorney General * James Dickson Phillips, Jr., Judge of the

(1978–94) *

Sanford L. Steelman, Jr. Sanford L. Steelman Jr. (born September 11, 1951) is an American judge, who served on the North Carolina Court of Appeals from January 2003 until his retirement in June 2015. Steelman attended Davidson College, graduating with a degree in politic ...

North Carolina Court of Appeals The North Carolina Court of Appeals (in case citation, N.C. Ct. App.) is the only intermediate appellate court in the state of North Carolina. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating panels of three. The Court of Appeals was created ...

judge * Taylor Hudnall Stukes,

South Carolina Supreme Court The South Carolina Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices.

chief justice * Alan Z. Thornburg,

judge * William Byrd Traxler, Jr., Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1998–present) * Richard Lesley Voorhees,

William Walter Wilkins William Walter "Billy" Wilkins (born 1942) is a former United States federal judge, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Co ...

, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit (1986–2007)

Medicine

* Burkey Belser, graphic designer and creator of the

nutrition facts label The nutrition facts label (also known as the nutrition information panel, and other slight variations) is a label required on most packaged food in many countries, showing what nutrients and other ingredients (to limit and get enough of) are in t ...

* Ketan Ramanlal Bulsara, surgeon * James E. Crowe, immunologist and pediatrician * Glenn A. Fry,

optometrist Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive primary eye care. In the Uni ...

* Mark S. George, medical professor * Richard L. Guerrant, physician * D. Neil Hayes,

oncologist Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the study, treatment, diagnosis and prevention of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an ''oncologist''. The name's etymological origin is the Greek word ὄγκος (''ó ...

Wayne Jonas Wayne B. Jonas is an American family physician, retired army medical officer, and alternative medicine researcher. He is the former president and CEO of the Samueli Institute. The institute does research into the efficacy of alternative medicine, ...

, director, NIH Office of Alternative Medicine *

Benjamin Lahey Benjamin Bernard Lahey is an American psychologist and developmental epidemiologist. He is the Irving B. Harris Professor in the Departments of Health Studies and Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. He has conducte ...

, epidemiologist * Beaufort Longest, medical professional * Sallie Permar, pediatrician * David Resnik, bioethicist *

William Cumming Rose William Cumming Rose (April 4, 1887 – September 25, 1985) was an American biochemist and nutritionist. He discovered the amino acid threonine, and his research determined the necessity for essential amino acids in diet and the minimum daily re ...

, determined

essential amino acids An essential amino acid, or indispensable amino acid, is an amino acid that cannot be synthesized from scratch by the organism fast enough to supply its demand, and must therefore come from the diet. Of the 21 amino acids common to all life form ...

for human nutrition * Mary T. Martin Sloop, healthcare advocate *

David Talmage David Wilson Talmage (September 15, 1919 – March 6, 2014) was an Americans, American immunology, immunologist. He made significant contributions to the clonal selection theory. Career Talmage was born to American Presbyterian missionaries in Kor ...

, immunologist
James Trussell, PhD
creator of Plan-B Emergency Contraception (

Levonorgestrel Levonorgestrel is a hormonal medication which is used in a number of birth control methods. It is combined with an estrogen to make combination birth control pills. As an emergency birth control, sold under the brand name Plan B One-Step among ...

), emeritus professor of Public and International Affairs at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

* Porter Paisley Vinson, surgeon at the

Mayo Clinic The Mayo Clinic () is a nonprofit American academic medical center focused on integrated health care, education, and research. It employs over 4,500 physicians and scientists, along with another 58,400 administrative and allied health staff, ...

* Staff Warren, cardiologist

Military

* Fred Borch, United States Army attorney * William D. Halyburton, Jr., World War II

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor. ...

recipient * Rufus G. Herring, World War II Medal of Honor recipient * Samuel Reeves Keesler, World War I pilot * William Lee J. Lowrance, Confederate Army Colonel, businessman and pastor * Tom Marshburn, NASA astronaut *

Prescott Prince Prescott Prince (born November 15, 1954) is an American lawyer and officer in the United States Navy Reserve. Prince is notable for being assigned to represent Guantanamo captive Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Education Member of Kappa ...

, Navy captain, rule of law officer who defended

Khalid Sheik Mohammed Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (sometimes also spelled Shaikh; also known by at least 50 pseudonyms; born March 1, 1964 or April 14, 1965) is a Pakistani Islamist militant held by the United States at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp under terrorism-re ...

Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of a ...

Stephen Dodson Ramseur Stephen Dodson Ramseur (May 31, 1837 – October 20, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War, at one point the youngest in the army. He impressed Lee by his actions at Malvern Hill and Chancellorsville, where his brigade led S ...

, Confederate Army *

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Jack C. Stultz Lieutenant General Jack C. Stultz, Jr. (born June 11, 1952) is a retired United States Army general who served as the commanding general of the United States Army Reserve. Biography Jack Calvin Stultz, Jr. was born in Leaksville North Carolina. ...

, Commanding General, United States Army Reserve

Politics (elected office)

James McNair Baker James McNair Baker (July 20, 1821 – June 20, 1892) was a lawyer, politician, and Senator from Florida in the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Baker was born in Robeson County, North Carolina, a son of Archiba ...

, Confederate Senator * Bruce W. Bannister,

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

legislator *

Mayor of Charlotte The office of the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 a ...

(1969–77) *

Risden Tyler Bennett Risden Tyler Bennett (June 18, 1840 – July 21, 1913) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1883 and 1887. He was also an attorney and judge. Early life Bennett was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina. He was the tw ...

, United States Congressman from North Carolina *

John Dillard Bellamy John Dillard Bellamy Jr. (March 24, 1854 – September 25, 1942) was a United States Democratic Party, Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. Congressman from North Carolina between 1899 and 1903. Born in Wilmington, North Car ...

, United States Congressman from North Carolina (1899–1903) *

Kurt Biedenkopf Kurt Hans Biedenkopf (; 28 January 1930 – 12 August 2021) was a German jurist, academic teacher and politician of the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU). He was rector of the Ruhr University Bochum. Biedenkopf made a political career firs ...

Minister-President A minister-president or minister president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments with a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government where they preside over the council of ministers. It ...

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

(1990–2002) and

President of the German Bundesrat In Germany, the President of the Bundesrat or President of the Federal Council (German: ''Bundesratspräsident'') is the chairperson (Speaker (politics), speaker) of the Bundesrat of Germany, Bundesrat (Federal Council). The president is elected ...

(1999–2000); studied at Davidson 1949–50 *

David Blount David Blount (born July 19, 1967) is a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 29th District since 2008. His present term of office will end in 2028. He is Vice Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus. Prior to being a ...

, Member of the

Mississippi Senate The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate, along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol ...

(2008–present) * Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell,

Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...

politician *

Jay Chaudhuri Jay Chaudhuri (born August 6, 1969) is an American attorney, professor, politician and a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate. First appointed to fill a vacancy in April 2016 caused by the resignation of Josh Stein (to run for North ...

, member of the

North Carolina General Assembly The North Carolina General Assembly is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Government of North Carolina, State government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers: the North Carolina Senate, Senate and the North Ca ...

J. Bayard Clark Jerome Bayard Clark (April 5, 1882 – August 26, 1959) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Early life Born on Phoebus Plantation near Elizabethtown, North Carolina, Clark attended Davidson College, where he was a member of the Pi Ka ...

, United States Congressman from North Carolina *

Dan Clodfelter Daniel G. Clodfelter (born June 2, 1950) is an American politician and attorney from North Carolina. He served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the State's thirty-seventh Senate district, which includes ...

, Mayor of Charlotte (2014–2015), Member of the

North Carolina Senate The North Carolina Senate is the upper chamber of the North Carolina General Assembly, which along with the North Carolina House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the state legislature of North Carolina. The term of office for e ...

(1999–2014) *

George Cretekos George N. Cretekos (born January 26, 1947) is an American politician from the state of Florida. A member of the Republican Party, Cretekos is the former mayor of Clearwater, Florida. Prior to his election as mayor, he served as a congressional a ...

, Mayor of Clearwater, Florida * E. McA. Currie, mayor of

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

* Howard Dyer,

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

state senator * John M. Faison, United States Congressman from North Carolina (1911–15) * Bill Ferguson, member of the

Maryland Senate The Maryland Senate, sometimes referred to as the Maryland State Senate, is the upper house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland. Composed of 47 senators elected from an equal number of constituent single- ...

* Virgil Fludd, member of the

Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia. There are currently 180 elected members. Republicans have had a majority in the chamber since 2005. T ...

Wyche Fowler William Wyche Fowler Jr. (born October 6, 1940) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1987 to 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House of ...

, U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia (1977-1986), United States Senator from Georgia (1986-1992), and United States Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1996-2000) *

Stanley H. Fox Stanley Harold Fox (January 7, 1929 – April 11, 2019) was a United States Democratic Party, Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-seventh House district, including constituents in Granville Co ...

, North Carolina Assembly member *

Anthony Foxx Anthony Renard Foxx (born April 30, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of Transportation from 2013 to 2017. President Barack Obama nominated him in April 2013, and he was confirmed by a 100–0 ...

, Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina (2009–13) and

United States Secretary of Transportation The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secre ...

(2013–17) *

David H. Gambrell David Henry Gambrell (December 20, 1929 – May 6, 2021) was an American attorney who represented Georgia in the United States Senate from 1971 through 1972. Education and legal career Gambrell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on December 20, 192 ...

, United States Senator from Georgia (1971–72) (appointed) * Robert Broadnax Glenn, Governor of North Carolina * George W. Gregory, Jr., member of the

South Carolina House of Representatives The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly. It consists of 124 representatives elected to two-year terms at the same time as U.S. congressional elections. Unlike many legislatures, seati ...

Fletcher L. Hartsell, Jr. Fletcher L. Hartsell Jr. (born February 15, 1947) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly until he admitted to misappropriating over $200,000 in campaign donations. On May 16, 2017, he was sentenced in Federal Court in Win ...

, member of the

David N. Henderson David Newton Henderson (April 16, 1921 – January 13, 2004) was a U.S. Representative from North Carolina. Born on a farm near Hubert, North Carolina, Henderson attended Wallace High School, Wallace, North Carolina, graduating in 1938. He ear ...

, United States Congressman from North Carolina (1961–77) *

Jim Hodges James Hovis Hodges (born November 19, 1956) is an American businessman, attorney, and politician who served as the 114th governor of South Carolina from 1999 to 2003. Since his victory in 1998, Hodges has remained the only Democrat elected to ...

, Governor of South Carolina (1999–2003) *

James Holshouser James Eubert Holshouser Jr. (October 8, 1934 – June 17, 2013) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 68th Governor of North Carolina from 1973 to 1977. He was the first Republican candidate to be elected as governor of the s ...

, Governor of North Carolina (1973–77) * Max Hyde Jr., member of the

Hinton James Hinton James is the name of: * the first student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill * Hinton James (representative) ''Note: This article is about the U.S. Congressman from Laurinburg, not the first student at the University of N ...

, United States Congressman from North Carolina (1930–31) *

Craig Leonard Craig Leonard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Fredericton-Lincoln as a member of the Progressive Conservatives

, Canadian politician *

Ed Lindsey Edward Harman "Ed" Lindsey, Jr. (born December 5, 1958) is an attorney and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives. He represented the 54th district which covered parts of Fulton County, and the Republican Party. Lindsey served a ...

, member of the

Grier Martin David Grier Martin III (born October 21, 1968) is an American politician and attorney serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the state's 34th district. His district includes the northern part of Ral ...

, Member of the

North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Ca ...

(2005–present) *

James G. Martin James Grubbs Martin (born December 11, 1935) is an American organic chemist and politician who served as the List of Governors of North Carolina, 70th governor of North Carolina from 1985 to 1993. He was the third Republican elected to the of ...

, Governor of North Carolina (1985–93) *

Julie Mayfield Julie Virginia Mayfield (born April 5, 1967) is an American attorney and politician serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina Senate from the 49th district. Early life and education Mayfield was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated ...

, North Carolina state senator *

Larry McDonald Lawrence Patton McDonald (April 1, 1935 – September 1, 1983) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Democrat from 1975 until he was killed ...

, United States Congressman from Georgia (1975–83); died 1983 when the Soviet Union shot down

Korean Air Flight 007 Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007)The flight number KAL 007 was used by air traffic control, while the public flight booking system used KE 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alas ...

* James Dalrymple McIver, member of the North Carolina General Assembly * E. Blackburn Moore, Speaker of the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-numbe ...

(1950–67) *

Greg Murphy Gregory Murphy (born 23 August 1972) is a New Zealand professional racing driver, best known as a four-time winner of the Bathurst 1000. Greg Murphy joined Jeremy Clarkson and James May presenting Top Gear Live, when it had its first internati ...

, North Carolina Assembly member * Maston E. O'Neal, Jr., United States Congressman from Georgia (1965–71) *

George Osborne George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born Gideon Oliver Osborne; 23 May 1971) is a former British politician and newspaper editor who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2016 and as First Secretary of State from 2015 to 2016 in the ...

, Member of Parliament (2001–17) and

Chancellor of the Exchequer The chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Chancellor is ...

of the United Kingdom (2010–16); studied at Davidson as a Dean Rusk Scholar * Carl C. Perkins, United States Congressman from Kentucky (1984–93) *

DuBose Porter DuBose Porter (born October 2, 1953) is an American attorney, politician, businessman, and former newspaper publisher who served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia and served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from ...

, chair of the Georgia Democratic Party; former member of the Georgia House of Representatives *

William R. Purcell William Robert Purcell (born February 12, 1931 in Laurinburg, North Carolina) is a Democratic politician. He was a member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-fifth Senate district, including constituents in Ans ...

, member of the North Carolina Assembly *

James Graham Ramsay James Graham Ramsay (March 1, 1823 – January 10, 1903) was a North Carolina physician and politician who served in the North Carolina Senate and Confederate States Congress during the American Civil War. Biography Ramsay was born on his pa ...

, Confederate politician *

Paul Renner Paul Friedrich August Renner (9 August 1878 – 25 April 1956) was a German typeface designer, author, and founder of the Master School for Germany's Printers in Munich. In 1927, he designed the Futura typeface, which became one of the most ...

, member of Florida House of Representatives *

Charlie Rose Charles Peete Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American former television journalist and talk show host. From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show '' Charlie Rose'' on PBS and Bloomberg LP. Rose also co-an ...

, United States Congressman from North Carolina (1973–97) * John Shott, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates * Jasper K. Smith, member of the

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(1944–48; 1952–64) *

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(2007–2012) * Page Walley, Tennessee State Senator *

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Public and private service

* Yaroslav Brisiuck, Ukrainian diplomat * Kenneth L. Brown, US Ambassador to Ghana (1992–95) * Giorgio Rosso Cicogna, Italian diplomat * James F. Entwistle, US Ambassador to Nigeria *

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administrator * Vincent W. Foster, Jr., Deputy White House Counsel (1993) * Wyche Fowler, Jr., United States Senator and Representative from Georgia (1977–93); US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1996–2001) *

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* Lenny McAllister, conservative activist * John L. McLucas, United States Secretary of the Air Force (1973–75); CEO of MITRE Corporation * Leonidas L. Polk, agrarian leader * Eric Rosenbach, United States Department of Defense official * Dean Rusk, United States Secretary of State (1961–69) * Stephen Salyer, President and CEO of Salzburg Global Seminar; former CEO of Public Radio International * Mark Sandy, former director of the Office of Management and Budget * Buie Seawell, chief of staff to Gary Hart * Tony Snow, White House Press Secretary (2006–07), syndicated talk radio host and Fox News Channel pundit * Michael R. Taylor, FDA administrator * Ann Tutwiler, agricultural administrator * William Winkenwerder, Jr., Defense Department official

Religion

* G. Thompson Brown (1921–2014), professor; founder of Honam Theological University and Seminary; missionary * Charles Cousar, New Testament scholar, author, Professor Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary * Donald A. Crosby, philosopher * Frances Taylor Gench, Presbyterian minister, New Testament scholar * Douglas Oldenburg, President Emeritus at Columbia Theological Seminary; moderator of the 210th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA), Presbyterian Church * Francis Wilson Price, missionary * Edward V. Ramage, Presbyterian minister from Alabama * Holmes Rolston III, professor, theologian, philosopher; 2003 Templeton Prize recipient * Herbert Spaugh, bishop of the Moravian Church * J. Rodman Williams, theologian and father of modern Renewal Theology

Writers, journalists, and publishers

* Vereen Bell, journalist and author * Martin Clark (author), Martin Clark, author * Patricia Cornwell, author * William Emerson (journalist), William Emerson, civil rights journalist for ''Newsweek''; editor in chief of ''The Saturday Evening Post''; left Davidson early to serve in World War II * R. S. Gwynn, poet * Sarah Frances Hardy, artist and author/illustrator, best known for her picture books * John Hart (author), John Hart, Edgar Award-winning author * Alamgir Hashmi, poet, scholar * Rebecca Hazelton, poet * McKendree Long, artist, poet, known as "picture painter of the apocalypse" * Charlie Lovett, best-selling author * Hilary Masters, novelist * Jason McManus, Editor-in-Chief of Time Inc. (1988–94) * Robert Olmstead, novelist and educator * Sheri Reynolds, author, playwrightCharlotte Observer , Entertainment
/ref> * Steph Post, author * Sudeep Sen, author * Clint Smith (writer), Clint Smith (Writer), author * Frank Soos, author, Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, Alaska State Writer Laureate * W. Dabney Stuart, poet * William Styron, author; attended in 1942, left to join the Marines * Chuck Sudetic, journalist * Josh Voorhees, reporter for ''Slate (magazine), Slate'' * Charles Wright (poet), Charles Wright, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Pulitzer Prize; Bobbitt National Prize for Poetry recipient; chancellor of The Academy of American Poets; American United States Poet Laureate

Current and former faculty

* Frank Albinder * Dorothy Allison * Pinckney Benedict * Jonathan Berkey * John M. Bevan * William Bodiford * James Bumgardner * George Arthur Buttrick * Katie Cannon * Tim Chartier * Henri Cole * Maurice Garland Fulton * Douglas Glover (writer), Douglas Glover * Karmella Haynes * Daniel Harvey Hill * Laurie Heyer * David Kaylor * John Lycan Kirkpatrick * Arturo Lindsay * Robert Maier * Jagoda Marinić *

* Leemon McHenry * S. Brooks McLane * Alfred Mele * Kenneth Menkhaus * Mark R. Nemec * Guy Owen (novelist), Guy Owen * Julio Ramirez (academic), Julio Ramirez * Wilson Gaines Richardson * Elijah Frink Rockwell * Lewis Bevens Schenck * Nirmal Selvamony * John Bunyan Shearer * Henry Louis Smith * Wendy Raymond * Sheri Reynolds * Patrick J. Sparrow * Terese Svoboda * Rosemarie Tong * Ken Urban * Clare Venables * Russ Warren * George H. Weems * Al Young

Presidents of the college

Presidents of Davidson College

* Rev. Robert Hall Morrison (1836–40) * Rev. Samuel Williamson (academic), Samuel Williamson (1841–54) * Rev. Drury Lacy, Jr. (1855–60) * Rev. John Lycan Kirkpatrick (1860–66) * Rev. George Wilson McPhail (1866–71) * Prof. John Rennie Blake, Chairman (1871–77) * Rev. Andrew Dousa Hepburn (1877–85) * Rev. Luther McKinnon (1885–88) * Col. William Joseph Martin, acting (1887–88) * Rev. John Bunyan Shearer (1888–1901) * Dr. Henry Louis Smith (1901–12) * Dr. William Joseph Martin, Jr. (1912–29) * Rev. Walter Lee Lingle (1929–41) * Dr. John Rood Cunningham (1941–57) * Prof. Clarence John Pietenpol, acting (1957–58) * David Grier Martin (1958–68) * Prof. Frontis W. Johnston, acting (1968) * Dr. Samuel Reid Spencer, Jr. (1968–83) * Prof. Frontis W. Johnston, acting (1983–84) * Dr. John Kuykendall (1984–97) * Robert F. Vagt (1997–2007) * Thomas W. Ross, Thomas Warren Ross (2007–10) * Dr. John Kuykendall, acting (2010–11) * Dr. Carol Quillen (2011–2022) * Dr. Douglas A. Hicks (2022-present)

References

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