Randolph–Macon College is a private liberal arts college in Ashland, Virginia. Following is a partial list of its notable alumni.
Academics Benjamin Lee Arnold (1862), academic and the second president of Oregon State University George E. Barnett, professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University William Malone Baskervill, writer and professor of the English language and literature at Vanderbilt University Lambuth McGeehee Clarke, second president of Virginia Wesleyan College John W. Craine Jr., president of SUNY Maritime College Richard Beale Davis, academic who specialised in the history of the Southern United States James F. Dowdell (1840), second president of the East Alabama College, now known as Auburn University, and representative from Alabama to the United States Congress Mary Virginia Gaver, librarian William Conrad Gibbons (1949), American historian and foreign policy expert Meta Glass, president of Sweet Briar College John Lesslie Hall, literary scholar at the College of William & Mary from 1888 to 1928 M. Thomas Inge, Robert Emory Blackwell Professor of Humanities at Randolph–Macon College Samuel Lander, Methodist minister who founded what later became Lander University Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1844), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; a co-founder of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee Henry Ludwell Moore, economist at Columbia University Christopher Morse, Christian theologian and professor of theology and ethics at Union Theological Seminary Thomas G. Pullen, fifth president of the University of Baltimore James I. Robertson Jr., historian on the American Civil War and professor at Virginia Tech Andrew Sledd, first president of the University of Florida Wilbur Fisk Tillett, professor of systematic theology and dean of the theological faculty at Vanderbilt University
Art
Worden Day, painter, printmaker, and sculptor Thomas Downing, painter, associated with the Washington Color Field Movement Mitchell Johnson, contemporary artist Jim Sanborn (1968), sculptor, created the unsolved sculpture Kryptos in 1990
Entertainment
Marty Brennaman, broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds Dorian Leigh, model, one of the earliest icons of the fashion industry Nader Talebzadeh, film director
Law
William H. Hodges, Virginia Court of Appeals judge, Virginia Senate, and Virginia House of Delegates E. Barrett Prettyman (1910), United States federal judge after whom the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., is named Lemuel F. Smith, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and Virginia House of Delegates
Literature and journalism Ted Bell, author of suspense novels, president and chief creative officer of the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago; and worldwide creative director of Young & Rubicam Seth Clabough, novelist, English professor Edwin L. James (1909), journalist and war correspondent who covered World War I for The New York Times Iris Kelso, journalist
Military
Claude A. Swanson, U.S. secretary of the Navy, U.S. senator, and governor of Virginia David W. Taylor (1881), rear admiral, U.S. Navy, and chief constructor of the Navy during World War I.
Politics
E. Almer Ames Jr., member of the Virginia Senate Larry Preston Bryant Jr. (1986), member of the Virginia House of Delegates who served as Secretary of Natural Resources under Governor Tim Kaine William Duval Cardwell, Virginia politician; represented Hanover County in the Virginia House of Delegates, and served as that body's speaker from 1906 until 1908 Mildred Stafford Cherry, First Lady of North Carolina James Rives Childs (1912), consular and diplomatic official for over thirty years David Clopton (1840), U.S. congressman from Alabama, and associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court Michael G. Comeau, former member of the Maryland House of Delegates James F. Dowdell (1840), second president of the East Alabama College, now known as Auburn University, from 1868 to 1870, and a representative from Alabama to the United States Congress Patrick H. Drewry (1896), U.S. representative and state legislator from Virginia Randy Forbes (1974) U.S. congressman from Virginia Porter Hardy Jr. (1922), U.S. representative from Virginia William H. Hodges, Virginia Court of Appeals judge, Virginia Senate, and Virginia House of Delegates Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Sr. (1861), Texas politician and a Democratic member of the Texas House of Representatives and the United States House of Representatives Thomas Jordan Jarvis (1861), 44th governor of North Carolina from 1879 to 1885; later a U.S. senator Chris Jones (1980), member of the Virginia House of Delegates; in 2014, he was named chair of the House Appropriations Committee James A. Jones, Virginia Senate John J. Kindred, served five terms as U.S. representative from New York Ira M. Lechner, Virginia House of Delegates John Letcher, representative in the United States Congress, was the 34th governor of Virginia during the American Civil War, and later served in the Virginia General Assembly Blanche Lincoln, United States senator from Arkansas Drew Maloney, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Legislative Affairs David W. Marsden (1970), member of the Virginia Senate Walter Hines Page, journalist, U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom Margaret Ransone (1992), elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2011 James Williams Riddleberger (1924), U.S. ambassador to Greece William McKendree Robbins (1850), U.S. representative from North Carolina William M. Robbins, U.S. representative from North Carolina Hugh Scott, Republican U.S. congressman, U.S. senator from Pennsylvania Matt Shaheen, Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Plano, Texas Lemuel F. Smith, justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and Virginia House of Delegates Walter Leak Steele, U.S. congressman Claude A. Swanson, U.S. senator, governor of Virginia, and U.S. secretary of the Navy Joshua Soule Zimmerman (1892), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Religion
James Cannon Jr., bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South Collins Denny, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South John Stanley Grauel, Methodist minister and American Christian Zionist leader Carter Heyward, feminist theologian and priest in the Episcopal Church Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1844), bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; co-founder of Vanderbilt University Paul Reeves, seventh bishop of Georgia in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Science
Jacquelin Smith Cooley, botanist and pathologist in the Bureau of Plant Industry with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Lemuel Whitley Diggs, pathologist who specialized in sickle cell anemia and hematology John H. Gibbons (1949), scientist and nuclear physicist, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Bill Clinton Erica Glasper, behavioral neuroscientist Mary Stuart MacDougall, biologist and instructor and researcher at the Marine Biological Laboratory William Alphonso Murrill (1889), mycologist and assistant Curator at the New York Botanical Garden William Carter Stubbs, chemist and sugar industry researcher George D. Watkins, solid-state physicist at the General Electric Research Laboratory
Sports
Jay Bateman, college football player and coach Michael Breed, professional golf instructor and host of The Golf Fix Christopher Chenery, owner/breeder of record for Thoroughbred horse racing's U.S. Triple Crown champion Secretariat Mike DeLotto, college football coach Milt Drewer, college football coach and athletic administrator Beth Dunkenberger (1988), head coach of the Virginia Tech women's basketball team Chris Gerlufsen, college basketball coach Paul Gilliford, Major League Baseball player Tim Landis, college football coach George Preston Marshall, founder and first owner of the NFL Washington Redskins Gregg Marshall (1985), head men's former basketball coach at Wichita State Brian Partlow, head coach of the Arena Football League's Austin Wranglers Colin Selby, Major League Baseball player Chris Snyder, college football coach and athletics administrator Howard Stevens, professional football player Gary Strickler, athletic director at Boston University Syd Thrift, Major League Baseball player, scout, and general manager Frank Walker, Major League Baseball player
References
External links Official website of Randolph-Macon College