Walter Taylor Reveley IV (born August 16, 1974) is a

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educator and lawyer who became the 26th president of

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, a public

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, in 2013. A scholar of the U.S. presidency, Reveley was previously the managing director of the University of Virginia's

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, and as the coordinating attorney for the National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by U.S. Secretaries of State James Baker and

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Early life and education

Reveley is a native of

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, and graduated from St. Christopher's School there. He graduated with an A.B. in

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from

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in 1996 after completing an 82-page-long senior thesis, titled "The Classical Influence on

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's Political Thought up to and through the Ratification of the

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", under the supervision of Donna Hurley. While a student at Princeton, Reveley was a member of the football team. He also holds a master's degree from Union Presbyterian Seminary, and a J.D. from the

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. Reveley's grandfather, W. Taylor Reveley II was president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1963-1977, and his father W. Taylor Reveley III was president of the

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from 2008-2018.

Career

Reveley began his career as an attorney with

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, with a practice focused on corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as matters of state and federal public policy. Reveley's scholarly expertise is the modern U.S. presidency in particular, the major focus of U.Va.’s Miller Center, which he helped lead under former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles. Previously, Reveley was on the Princeton Alumni Council's executive committee and was chairman of the trustees of Virginia Intermont College. He is also an executive producer of the 2015 dark comedy ''Doomsdays'', written and directed by his childhood friend Eddie Mullins, which receives 86% positive reviews on

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Longwood

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selected Longwood to host the October 2016 U.S. Vice-Presidential Debate. Reveley led a campus plan with the firm

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, which aims to improve the university's residential campus and connection to the town of Farmville.

References

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