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Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
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Presidents
- Samuel Wait (1834–1845)
- William Hooper (1845–1848)
- John B. White (1848–1853)
- Washington M. Wingate (acting 1854–1856, president 1856–1862, 1866–1879)
- Thomas H. Pritchard (1879–1882)
- Charles E. Taylor (1884–1905)
- William L. Poteat (1905–1927)
- Francis Pendleton Gaines (1927–1930)
- Thurman D. Kitchin (1930–1950)
- Harold W. Tribble (1950–1967)
- James R. ScalesJames R. ScalesDr. James Ralph Scales was president of Oklahoma Baptist University , 1961–1965, and eleventh president of Wake Forest University, from 1968 to 1983. Scales was born in Delaware County, Oklahoma...
(1967–1983) - Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. (1983–2005)
- Nathan O. HatchNathan O. HatchNathan O. Hatch is president of Wake Forest University, USA, having been officially installed on October 20, 2005.-Biography:Born and raised in Columbia, South Carolina, Hatch graduated summa cum laude from Wheaton College in Illinois and earned his master's and doctoral degrees from Washington...
(2005–present)
Notable faculty
- Maya AngelouMaya AngelouMaya Angelou is an American author and poet who has been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton. She is best known for her series of six autobiographical volumes, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first and most highly...
, English - Anthony AtalaAnthony AtalaAnthony Atala, M.D., is the W.H. Boyce Professor and Director of the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and Chair of the Department of Urology at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina...
, Urology (chair) - Rhoda BillingsRhoda BillingsRhoda Bryan Billings is an American lawyer and a former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.Billings earned her law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1966. She served four years as a state District Court judge . Governor James G...
, Law (Emerita) - Coy Cornelius CarpenterCoy Cornelius CarpenterCoy Cornelius Carpenter M.D., born April 24, 1900, died November 7, 1971, was dean of the School of Medicine of Wake Forest University from 1936–67 and vice president for health affairs from 1963-67. He guided the school through the transition from a two-year to a four-year program and the move...
, M.D., was dean of the School of Medicine of Wake Forest University from 1936–67 and vice president for health affairs from 1963–67. - David Carroll (physicist)David Carroll (physicist)David Carroll is a U.S. physicist and nanotechnologist, Fellow of the Society of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and director of the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials at Wake Forest University...
, Physics, Director: Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials - David FaberDavid Faber (printmaker)David L. Faber is an American master printer, and is Professor of Art and Head of Printmaking at Wake Forest University.Some of his most notable works include: Aberdeen Headlands, a monotype print, Holstein Poetry-Cantenary Curve, an intaglio print, Three Dances of the Poet, an intaglio print,...
, art/printmaking - Matt KendrickMatt KendrickMatt Kendrick is a double bassist and composer. Born in Greenville, North Carolina, U.S., he currently lives in Winston-Salem...
, Electric Bass and Jazz improvisation - Dan LocklairDan LocklairDan Locklair is an American composer. He holds the position of Composer-in-Residence at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he is also a Professor of Music...
, Music and Composer-in-Residence - Allen MandelbaumAllen MandelbaumAllen Mandelbaum was a American professor of Italian literature, poet, and translator. He was the W. R...
, English and Humanities - Suzanne ReynoldsSuzanne ReynoldsSuzanne Reynolds is a law professor at Wake Forest University. In 2007, she announced her intention to run for the North Carolina Supreme Court seat held by incumbent Robert H. Edmunds, Jr. in the 2008 election. Reynolds lost to Edmunds by a narrow margin.Reynolds graduated with a bachelor's...
, Law - Sarah WattsSarah WattsSarah Lyons Watts is a history professor at Wake Forest University and author of Rough Rider in the White House: Theodore Roosevelt and the Politics of Desire, University of Chicago Press, 2003, and other publications....
, History
Arts and letters
- A.R. Ammons, noted poet and scholar
- James Archibald CampbellJames Archibald CampbellJames Archibald Campbell founded Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina in 1887. Campbell was the father of Dr. Leslie Campbell, who would succeed him as president of Campbell College and Arthur Carlyle Campbell, who would become president of Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina...
, president of Campbell CollegeCampbell UniversityCampbell University is a coeducational, church-related university in rural North Carolina, USA. Its main campus is located in the community of Buies Creek; its law school moved from Buies Creek to a new campus in the state capital of Raleigh in 2009. Campbell has an approximately equal number of... - Leslie H. CampbellLeslie H. CampbellLeslie Hartwell Campbell was the 2nd president of Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina.-Biography:...
, president of Campbell CollegeCampbell UniversityCampbell University is a coeducational, church-related university in rural North Carolina, USA. Its main campus is located in the community of Buies Creek; its law school moved from Buies Creek to a new campus in the state capital of Raleigh in 2009. Campbell has an approximately equal number of... - W.J. Cash, author and journalist
- Thomas DixonThomas Dixon, Jr.Thomas F. Dixon, Jr. was an American Baptist minister, playwright, lecturer, North Carolina state legislator, lawyer, and author, perhaps best known for writing The Clansman — which was to become the inspiration for D. W...
, minister and author - L.M. ElliottL.M. ElliottL. M. Elliott is the award-winning author of young adult novels, including Under a War-Torn Sky , Flying South , Annie Between the States , Give Me Liberty , and A Troubled Peace , the sequel to Under a War-Torn Sky.The author, who lives in Virginia, appears frequently at middle schools and high...
, author Under a War-Torn SkyUnder a War-Torn SkyUnder a War-Torn Sky is a young adult war novel about a young man flying a B-24 in World War II. When his plane is shot down and he is trapped behind enemy lines, he is helped by kind French citizens to escape and get back to his home. Written by American author L.M. Elliott, the novel was first... - Becky GarrisonBecky Garrison-Education:Garrison earned a bachelor's degree in theater arts at Wake Forest University.She received an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School and an M.S.W. from Columbia University.-External links:...
, religious satirist & columnist for The Wittenburg Door - Justin GuarigliaJustin GuarigliaJustin Guariglia is a photographer and contributing editor to National Geographic Traveler Magazine, and a regular contributor to Smithsonian Magazine, specializing in Asia....
, artist & documentary photographer for the National Geographic SocietyNational Geographic SocietyThe National Geographic Society , headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions in the world. Its interests include geography, archaeology and natural science, the promotion of environmental and historical... - Samuel Johnson HowardSamuel Johnson HowardThe Right Reverend Samuel Johnson Howard is the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Florida in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Howard was elected bishop Coadjutor on May 16, 2003 and entered office on January 29, 2004....
, 8th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of FloridaEpiscopal Diocese of FloridaThe Episcopal Diocese of Florida is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America . It originally comprised the whole state of Florida, but is now bounded on the west by the Apalachicola River, on the north by the Georgia state line, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and on the... - Al HuntAl HuntAlbert R. Hunt Jr. is the executive Washington editor for Bloomberg News, a subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P. Hunt hosts the Sunday morning talk show Political Capital on Bloomberg Television, which airs on Friday night.-Personal life:...
, Journalist - William Louis PoteatWilliam Louis PoteatWilliam Louis Poteat , also known as "Doctor Billy", was a professor and then the seventh president of Wake Forest College . Poteat was conspicuous in many civic roles becoming a leader of the Progressive Movement in the South, and a champion of higher education...
, Educator and President of Wake Forest (1905–1927) - Emily GiffinEmily GiffinEmily Giffin is an American author of several novels commonly categorized as chick lit.- Early life :Emily Giffin was born in Baltimore, Maryland on March 20, 1972. She attended high school in Naperville, Illinois , where she was a member of a creative writing club and served as editor-in-chief...
/ Author of 'Something Borrowed' (recently adapted into a film)
Science
- Phillip GriffithsPhillip GriffithsPhillip Griffiths is an American mathematician, known for his work in the field of geometry, and in particular for the complex manifold approach to algebraic geometry. He was a major developer in particular of the theory of variation of Hodge structure in Hodge theory and moduli theory.He received...
, mathematician, professor at the Institute for Advanced StudyInstitute for Advanced StudyThe Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner...
Politics, law, and government
- Josiah W. Bailey, U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1931–46); co-author of the Conservative ManifestoConservative ManifestoThe Conservative Manifesto was a position statement drafted in 1937 by a bipartisan coalition of conservative politicians...
criticizing the New DealNew DealThe New Deal was a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. They were passed by the U.S. Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The programs were Roosevelt's responses to the Great Depression, and focused on what historians call... - C. Dan Barrett, Republican candidate for Governor of NC in 2004
- Philip E. BergerPhilip E. BergerPhilip Edward Berger is a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's twenty-sixth Senate district, including constituents in Guilford and Rockingham counties....
, Republican Leader in the North Carolina State Senate - Rhoda BillingsRhoda BillingsRhoda Bryan Billings is an American lawyer and a former justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.Billings earned her law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1966. She served four years as a state District Court judge . Governor James G...
, Professor and former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme CourtNorth Carolina Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state'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 of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices... - J. Melville BroughtonJ. Melville BroughtonJoseph Melville Broughton was the 60th Governor of North Carolina from 1941 to 1945.-Biography:He was born on November 17, 1888 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Harvard Law School then worked as a school principal and journalist before actively entering the legal profession...
, Governor of North Carolina (D) (1941–45) and U.S. Senator - Richard BurrRichard BurrRichard Mauze Burr is the senior United States Senator from North Carolina and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Burr represented North Carolina's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives....
, U.S. Senator (R-NC) - James P. CainJames P. CainJames P. "Jim" Cain is a former United States Ambassador to Denmark from July 2005 to January 2009. He was appointed by President George W. Bush on June 30, 2005. He was replaced by Laurie S. Fulton. Cain is a member of the North Carolina Republican Party-Early Life:Jim Cain is a native of High...
, U.S. Ambassador to DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark... - Creigh DeedsCreigh DeedsRobert Creigh Deeds is an American politician who was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Virginia in 2009. He also ran in the 2005 race for Attorney General of Virginia. He was defeated in both of the above races by Bob McDonnell. Deeds lost by just 323 votes in 2005, but was defeated by a...
, 2009 Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Virginia - Rusty DukeRusty DukeRussell "Rusty" Duke is a judge of the North Carolina Superior Court in Pitt County, North Carolina for the past fourteen years, who unsuccessfully ran for the office of Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court in November 2006...
, Judge - Mary EasleyMary EasleyMary L. Easley is the Oklahoma Senator representing District 18, which includes Mayes, Tulsa and Wagoner counties, since she won a special election in 2004...
, First Lady of North Carolina - Donna EdwardsDonna EdwardsDonna F. Edwards is the U.S. Representative for , serving since a special election in 2008. She is a member of the Democratic Party...
, Democratic Representative of Maryland's 4th Congressional District - Robert L. Ehrlich, Governor of Maryland (R) and former Congressman
- Louise W. FlanaganLouise W. FlanaganLouise Wood Flanagan is a District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. She joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W...
(born 1962) is a District Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North CarolinaUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of North CarolinaThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is the United States District Court that serves the eastern 44 counties in North Carolina. Appeals from the Eastern District of North Carolina are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The... - Brigadier General Pat FootePat FootePat Foote is a retired US Army Brigadier General. She served from 1959 to 1989, rising to the rank of brigadier general in 1986, and holds many firsts for women in the U.S. Army.-Early life and education:...
(Retired – US Army), First Female to be given Brigade Command, First Female Instructor at the Army War College - James ForresterJames Forrester (politician)James S. Forrester was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's forty-first senate district, including constituents in Iredell, Gaston and Lincoln counties...
, North Carolina State Senator - David FunderburkDavid FunderburkDavid Britton Funderburk was the ambassador of the United States to Romania from 1981 to 1985, and a U.S. Representative from North Carolina, serving as a Republican between 1995 and 1997....
, former Congressman (R-NC) (1995–97) and U.S. Ambassador to RomaniaRomaniaRomania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
(1981–85) - Kay Hagan, US Senator (D-NC)
- Major B. HardingMajor B. HardingMajor B. Harding is an attorney and former justice of the Florida Supreme Court. He was appointed to the court by Governor Lawton Chiles in 1991 and served until 2002. His tenure as chief justice lasted from 1998 to June 2000...
, Attorney and former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme CourtFlorida Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of the State of Florida is the highest court in the U.S. state of Florida. The Supreme Court consists of seven judges: the Chief Justice and six Justices who are appointed by the Governor to 6-year terms and remain in office if retained in a general election near the end of each... - Jesse HelmsJesse HelmsJesse Alexander Helms, Jr. was a five-term Republican United States Senator from North Carolina who served as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1995 to 2001...
, former U.S. Senator (R-NC) (1973–2003) - Jerome HolmesJerome HolmesJerome A. Holmes is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. He is the first African American to serve on the Tenth Circuit.- Background :...
, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit - Jeanette W. HydeJeanette W. HydeJeanette W. Hyde is an American diplomat. She was Ambassador of the United States to Barbados, Dominica, St Lucia from 1994 to 1998, and to Antigua, Grenada, St. Vincent, and St. Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla from 1995 to 1998, under Bill Clinton.-Biography:...
– ambassador. - Larry KissellLarry KissellLawrence Webb "Larry" Kissell is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2009. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district stretches from Charlotte to Fayetteville.-Early life, education, and early career:...
- US Congressman (D-NC) - William W. Kitchin, Governor of North Carolina (D) (1909–13)
- I. Beverly LakeI. Beverly LakeI. Beverly Lake, Jr. is an American jurist and public official, who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court....
, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme CourtNorth Carolina Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state'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 of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices... - Alton A. Lennon, U.S. Senator and later Congressman (D-NC)
- Ambassador Graham MartinGraham MartinGraham Anderson Martin succeeded Ellsworth Bunker as United States Ambassador to South Vietnam in 1973. He would be the last person to hold that position. Martin previously served as ambassador to Thailand and as U.S. representative to SEATO....
, former U.S. ambassador to Italy, Thailand and South Vietnam - John C. MartinJohn C. MartinJohn Charles Martin is an American judge, currently Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals.Born in Durham, North Carolina, Martin earned an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University in 1965 and his law degree from Wake Forest University School of Law in 1967...
, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of AppealsNorth Carolina Court of AppealsThe North Carolina Court of Appeals is the only intermediate appellate court in the state of North Carolina. It is composed of fifteen members who sit in rotating groups of three... - Robert Burren MorganRobert Burren MorganRobert Burren Morgan was a Democratic U.S. Senator from the state of North Carolina from 1975 until 1981. Born in Lillington, N.C., Morgan attended...
, former U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1977–81) - Richard H. MooreRichard H. MooreRichard Hancock Moore was the North Carolina State Treasurer from 2001–2009. He first elected to that post in 2000 and re-elected in 2004.-Career:...
, North Carolina Treasurer - Eric Miller ReevesEric Miller ReevesEric Miller Reeves is an attorney and a North Carolina state Senator.-Early life and education:Reeves graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1982 where he was a member of the wrestling team and won the Texas State Championship....
, North Carolina State Senator - Furnifold M. SimmonsFurnifold McLendel SimmonsFurnifold McLendel Simmons was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1887 to 1889 and U.S. senator from the state of North Carolina between 1901 and 1931. He served as chairman of the powerful Committee on Finance from 1913 - 1919...
, U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1901–31) - Emory M. SneedenEmory M. SneedenEmory Marlin Sneeden was a U.S. lawyer and federal judge. From 1984 to 1986, he served as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit....
, former Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - Charles H. TaylorCharles H. TaylorCharles Hart Taylor is an American politician; a Republican, he represented North Carolina's 11th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. He began serving in 1991 and continued through January 3, 2007....
, former Congressman (R-NC) - George L. Wainwright, Jr.George L. Wainwright, Jr.George L. Wainwright, Jr. is an American judge, who recently retired as an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court....
, former Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme CourtNorth Carolina Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of North Carolina is the state'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 of six associate justices and one chief justice, although the number of justices... - Charlie CristCharlie CristCharles Joseph "Charlie" Crist, Jr. is an American politician who was the 44th Governor of Florida. Prior to his election as governor, Crist previously served as Florida State Senator, Education Commissioner, and Attorney General...
, Florida Governor (R) (2006–2010) - Davis R. RuarkDavis R. RuarkDavis R. Ruark was the State's Attorney for Wicomico County, Maryland in the United States until January 3, 2011.-Education:...
, former State's Attorney for Wicomico County, Maryland - Robert L. Wilkie, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Sports and entertainment
- Carter MacIntyreCarter MacIntyreCarter MacIntyre is an American actor, best known for television roles on the series, Undercovers and American Heiress. His previous acting credits have included guest appearances on Smith and ER...
, Television Actor (American Heiress, Undercovers (TV series)Undercovers (TV series)Undercovers is an American action spy television series created by J. J. Abrams and Josh Reims for NBC. They were executive producers of the pilot along with Abrams' frequent collaborator Bryan Burk....
) - Fred RobbinsFred Robbins-Minnesota Vikings:Robbins was drafted on the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. He signed a four-year $5.5 million deal with the Vikings. As a rookie in 2000, played in 8 games as a reserve and had 5 tackles and one sack. In 2001, played in 16 games with 12 starts and had...
, NFL Defensive Tackle for the New York Football Giants - Dave BuddDave BuddDavid L. "Dave" Budd is a retired American basketball player who used to play for the National Basketball Association's New York Knicks.-Woodbury High School:...
, center for the New York KnicksNew York KnicksThe New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association... - Ovie MughelliOvie MughelliOvie Phillip Mughelli is an American football fullback for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. He signed a 6-year, $18 million contract with a $5 million signing bonus on March 2, 2007 with the Falcons...
, Full back for the Atlanta FalconsAtlanta FalconsThe Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Billy AndradeBilly AndradeWilliam Thomas Andrade is an American professional golfer.Andrade was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. He attended Wake Forest University where he helped lead the Demon Deacons to the 1986 NCAA Championship. He played on the U.S. team in the 1987 Walker Cup, and turned professional in the same year...
, Professional PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
golfer - Stephanie BirkittStephanie BirkittStephanie Anne Birkitt was an assistant to David Letterman on Late Show with David Letterman.Although Birkitt was usually treated as a character named Vicki, in some of her appearances, Letterman referred to her by various other surreal nicknames such as Smitty, Kitty, Monty, Gunter, and Dutch...
, Assistant to David LettermanDavid LettermanDavid Michael Letterman is an American television host and comedian. He hosts the late night television talk show, Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the 1982 debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC...
on The Late Show with David Letterman - Andy BloomAndy Bloom (athlete)Andrew "Andy" Bloom is an American former Olympic shot putter, two-time national indoor shot put champion, World University Games shot put champion, and NCAA champion in both discus and shot put.-Early and personal life:...
, Olympic shot putter - Marc BlucasMarc BlucasMarcus Paul "Marc" Blucas is an American actor, known for playing Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.-Early life:...
, Professional Actor - Bill HaasBill HaasWilliam Harlan Haas is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and won the 2011 FedEx Cup. He is the son of former PGA Tour player Jay Haas.-Early life:...
, Pro Golfer - Lee NorrisLee NorrisLee Michael Norris is an American actor, best known for his roles as Stuart Minkus on Boy Meets World and Marvin "Mouth" McFadden on One Tree Hill.-Early life:...
, Film and Television actor (Boy Meets World (Minkus)Boy Meets WorldBoy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...
, The Torkelsons, One Tree HillOne Tree Hill (TV series)One Tree Hill is an American television drama created by Mark Schwahn, which premiered on September 23, 2003, on The WB Television Network. After its third season, The WB merged with UPN to form The CW Television Network, and, since September 27, 2006, the network has been the official broadcaster...
) - Muggsy BoguesMuggsy BoguesTyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues is a retired American professional basketball player and former head coach of the now-defunct Charlotte Sting of the Women's National Basketball Association . The shortest player ever to play in the NBA, the Bogues played point guard for four teams during his...
, Shortest NBA player of all-time, standing 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) - Brian CarrollBrian CarrollBrian Carroll is an American soccer player who currently plays for Philadelphia Union in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
, Major League Soccer, Philadelphia Union - Jim ClackJim ClackJames Thomas Clack was an American football guard in the National Football League. He played for 11 seasons between 1971 and 1981. He died of heart failure in 2006, after a four-year battle with cancer....
, NFL Guard - Desmond ClarkDesmond ClarkDesmond Darice Clark is an American football Tight End who is currently a free agent in the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Denver Broncos in the sixth round of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played college football at Wake Forest...
, Tight end for the Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
NFL football team - Aaron CurryAaron Curry (American football)-Seattle Seahawks:On August 8, 2009, Curry signed a six-year, $60 million contract including $34 million guaranteed, the most money ever guaranteed to a non-quarterback rookie in NFL history....
, Linebacker for the Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team... - Tim DuncanTim DuncanTimothy Theodore "Tim" Duncan is an American professional basketball player for the San Antonio Spurs of the National Basketball Association . The 6-foot 11-inch , 255-pound power forward/center is a four-time NBA champion, two-time NBA MVP, three-time NBA Finals MVP, and NBA Rookie of the Year...
, Forward-Center for the San Antonio SpursSan Antonio SpursThe San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. They are part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association ....
NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball team, 2 time NBA MVP - Jay HaasJay HaasJay Dean Haas is an American professional golfer.Haas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Belleville, Illinois. He attended Wake Forest University and was a member of the NCAA Championship team of the middle 1970s with Curtis Strange and Bob Byman that Golf World has called "the...
, Professional PGA Tour golfer - Josh HowardJosh HowardJoshua Jay Howard is an American professional basketball player who most recently played for the NBA's Washington Wizards. At and , he plays as a small forward.-High school:...
, Forward-Guard for the Washington WizardsWashington WizardsThe Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball team - Bill GeorgeBill GeorgeWilliam J. George was a professional football player, playing linebacker, for the Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams....
, NFL Linebacker - Jeff LandauJeff LandauJeff Landau is a former American professional tennis player from Ridgefield, Connecticut. He was a four year starter on the Wake Forest University tennis team, where he won the 1994 United States Amateur Championships...
, Professional Tennis Player, 1994 US Amateur Champion - Rusty LaRueRusty LaRueRusty LaRue is an American former multi-sport athlete who played basketball, baseball, and football at Wake Forest University. He later played for the Chicago Bulls team that won the 1998 National Basketball Association Championship...
, Former NBA Player - Carol BarbeeCarol BarbeeCarol Denise Barbee is an American television writer, actress and producer.-Biography:Barbee graduated from Central Cabarrus High School in Concord, North Carolina and attended Wake Forest University for Undergraduate School. She graduated from UCLA for Graduate School.She is married to actor...
, television producer/writer - Joe Lawson, co-creator of GEICO CavemenGEICO CavemenThe GEICO Cavemen are trademarked characters of GEICO in a series of television advertisements for the auto insurance company GEICO, that have aired from 2004 to present. The campaign was created by Joe Lawson of The Martin Agency. In 2004, GEICO began an advertising campaign featuring...
commercials and ABC'sAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
Cavemen TV seriesCavemen (TV series)Cavemen is an American comedy-drama show which ran on ABC from October 2, 2007 to November 13, 2007. The show was created by Joe Lawson and set in San Diego, California... - Len MattiaceLen MattiaceLeonard Earl "Len" Mattiace is an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour.Mattiace was born in Mineola, New York. He attended Nease High School in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. He graduated from Wake Forest University in 1990 with a degree in Sociology. While at Wake Forest, he played on the...
, PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
, Golfer - David MaraghyDavid MaraghyDavid Maraghy, is an American CEO, Sports Agent and Attorney. He is a member of the Virginia and North Carolina Bar associations. He is the CEO of the Richmond based Sports Management International, LC and Adjunct Professor of Sports Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University...
, CEO of Sports Management International - Justin MooseJustin MooseJustin Moose is an American soccer player currently playing for Sriracha F.C. of the Thai Premier League.-College and Amateur:...
, Major League SoccerMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
, D.C. UnitedD.C. UnitedD.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996.Over the... - Billy PackerBilly PackerAnthony William "Billy" Packer is a former American sportscaster for CBS Sports and a published author.-Early life:Packer is a graduate of Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania...
, CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
college basketball analyst - Arnold PalmerArnold PalmerArnold Daniel Palmer is an American professional golfer, who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955...
, PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
legend, champion of The Masters - James ParkerJames ParkerJames Parker may refer to:*Jim Parker , founder of Parker College of Chiropractic and Parker Seminars*Jim Parker , British composer*Jim Parker , American professional football player...
, Canadian Football Hall of FameCanadian Football Hall of FameThe Canadian Football Hall of Fame is a not-for-profit corporation, located in Hamilton, Ontario, that celebrates great achievements in Canadian football. It is an open to the public institution. It includes displays about the Canadian Football League, Canadian university football and Canadian... - Michael ParkhurstMichael ParkhurstMichael Parkhurst is an American soccer player. He plays primarily as center back for F.C. Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga...
, 2005 Major League SoccerMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
Rookie of the Year, New England RevolutionNew England RevolutionThe New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada... - James Riley, Major League SoccerMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
player for the New England RevolutionNew England RevolutionThe New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada... - Wells ThompsonWells ThompsonThomas Wells Thompson is an American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.-High school and College:...
http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/thompson_wells00.html, Colorado RapidsColorado RapidsThe Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league... - Steven CurfmanSteven CurfmanSteven Curfman is an American soccer player who currently plays for USASA amateur team CASL Elite.-College and Amateur:...
http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/curfman_steven00.html, Real Salt Lake - Carroll O'ConnorCarroll O'ConnorJohn Carroll O'Connor best known as Carroll O'Connor, was an American actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades...
, Actor (best known as Archie BunkerArchie BunkerArchibald "Archie" Bunker is a fictional New Yorker in the 1970s top-rated American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place, played to acclaim by Carroll O'Connor. Bunker is a veteran of World War II, reactionary, bigoted, conservative, blue-collar worker, and...
on the TV series All in the FamilyAll in the FamilyAll in the Family is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. In September 1979, a new show, Archie Bunker's Place, picked up where All in the Family had ended...
) - Chris PaulChris PaulChristopher Emmanuel Paul is an American professional basketball point guard for the New Orleans Hornets.Paul was born and raised in North Carolina. Despite only playing two varsity basketball seasons in high school, he was a McDonald's All-American and accepted a scholarship with nearby Wake...
, Guard for the New Orleans Hornets NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball team, 2005–2006 NBA Rookie of the Year - Brian Piccolo, Fullback for the Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
, died of embryonal cell carcinoma, portrayed by James Caan in the television movie Brian's SongBrian's SongBrian's Song is a 1971 ABC Movie of the Week that recounts the details of the life of Brian Piccolo , a Wake Forest University football player stricken with terminal cancer after turning pro, told through his friendship with Chicago Bears running back teammate and Pro Football Hall of Famer Gale... - Ryan PlackemeierRyan PlackemeierRyan Steven Plackemeier is an American football punter who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2006 NFL Draft...
, Punter for the Seattle SeahawksSeattle SeahawksThe Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...
NFL football team - Ricky ProehlRicky ProehlRichard Scott Proehl is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League. Proehl played 17 seasons with the Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals, Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears, St. Louis Rams, Carolina Panthers, and Indianapolis Colts...
, NFL Wide Receiver - Dr. Jerry Punch
- Randolph ChildressRandolph ChildressRandolph Childress is an American former professional basketball player who last played in Italy for Cestistica San Severo...
- Scott SealyScott SealyScott Ryan Sealy is a Trinidadian footballer who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.-College:Sealy played college soccer at Wake Forest from 2001 to 2004, where he played in 83 games, starting 73...
, Major League SoccerMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
player for the Kansas City WizardsKansas City WizardsSporting Kansas City is an American professional soccer club based in Kansas City, Kansas that competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States of America and Canada... - Webb SimpsonWebb SimpsonJames Frederick "Webb" Simpson is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.-Amateur career:Simpson was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. He played high school golf at Broughton High before his collegiate golf career at Wake Forest University. He was a three-time All-American and...
, PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
golfer - Darius SongailaDarius SongailaDarius Songaila is a Lithuanian professional basketball player. He is also a member of the Lithuania national team. He can play power forward and center positions. He currently plays for Galatasaray Medical Park in Turkey....
-basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player for Washington WizardsWashington WizardsThe Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
, previously Sacramento KingsSacramento KingsThe Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California, United States. They are currently members of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
and Chicago BullsChicago BullsThe Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center... - Curtis StrangeCurtis StrangeCurtis Northrup Strange is an American professional golfer. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame and Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. He spent over 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between their debut in 1986 and 1990.-Early years through college:Strange and his...
-American golfer - Eddie TimanusEddie TimanusEddie Timanus is a Jeopardy! champion and USA Today sportswriter who grew up in Reston, Virginia, then graduated from Wake Forest University. He met his wife through a Yahoo! Groups discussion group on game shows; the couple now has a son...
, USA TodayUSA TodayUSA Today is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003...
sportswriter and Jeopardy!Jeopardy!Griffin's first conception of the game used a board comprising ten categories with ten clues each, but after finding that this board could not be shown on camera easily, he reduced it to two rounds of thirty clues each, with five clues in each of six categories...
champion. - Lanny WadkinsLanny WadkinsJerry Lanston "Lanny" Wadkins, Jr. is an American professional golfer. He ranked in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings for 86 weeks from their debut in 1986 to 1988....
, professional golfer - Rodney RogersRodney RogersRodney Ray Rogers is a retired American basketball player who last played power forward for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.-Early life:...
, professional basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player in NBA - Bill Herring, professional baseball player-manager
- Skip ProsserSkip ProsserGeorge Edward "Skip" Prosser was an American college basketball coach who was head men's basketball coach at Wake Forest University at the time of his death. He was the only coach in NCAA history to take three separate schools to the NCAA Tournament in his first year coaching the teams...
, Wake Forest men's basketball coach - Dave WillisDave WillisDavid "Dave" Willis is an American voice actor, writer, and producer mostly known as one of the creators, writers, directors, and actors of the adult humored animated series Aqua Teen Hunger Force....
, Co-Creator of the animated television shows Aqua Teen Hunger ForceAqua Teen Hunger ForceAqua Teen Hunger Force , retitled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 in 2011, is an American animated television series on Cartoon Network late night programing block, Adult Swim, as well as Teletoon's Teletoon at Night block and later G4 Canada's ADd block in Canada...
and SquidbilliesSquidbilliesSquidbillies is an animated television series about the Cuylers, an impoverished family of anthropomorphic hillbilly squids living in the Appalachian region of North Carolina's mountains. The show is produced by Williams Street Studios for the Adult Swim programming block of Cartoon Network and...
; writer and voice actor for animated television show Space Ghost: Coast to Coast - Cory SullivanCory SullivanCory Sullivan is an American professional baseball outfielder who is a free agent. He has previously played for the Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Houston Astros, and Philadelphia Phillies organizations.-Personal life:...
, MLB - Kevin JarvisKevin JarvisKevin Thomas Jarvis is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently a scout for the San Diego Padres....
, MLB - Mike McDougal, MLB
- Dave Bush, MLB
- Billy ArdBilly ArdWilliam Donovan "Billy" Ard is a former American football guard in the National Football League for the New York Giants and Green Bay Packers...
, New York Football Giants - Lou TilleyLou TilleyLou Tilley is a freelance anchor, reporter, and producer in multi-media.He recently partnered with Martin E Judge to form "Lou Tilley Media Enterprises" based in Conshohoken, Pa. "LTM" develops original visual content onall media platforms including traditional TV, internet, and digital display...
, Anchor and Reporter - Pat Phelan, Major League SoccerMajor League SoccerMajor League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
player for Toronto FCToronto FCToronto FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.... - Ricky Van VeenRicky Van VeenRicky Van Veen is the co-founder of CollegeHumor, a popular comedy brand/website, and CEO of Notional, a television production company born out of CollegeHumor. Van Veen created the site as a student at Wake Forest and it quickly became a mainstay. Van Veen's site was earning between $5–10 million...
, Co-Creator of the website CollegeHumorCollegeHumorCollegeHumor is a comedy website owned by InterActiveCorp and based in New York City. The site features daily original comedy videos and articles created by its in-house writing and production team, in addition to user-submitted videos, pictures, articles and links. In early 2009, CollegeHumor's...
and entrepreneur - Ronnie BurgessRonnie BurgessRonnie Burgess is a former defensive back in the National Football League.-Career:Burgess was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the tenth round of the 1985 NFL Draft and played that season with the team. He played at the collegiate level at Wake Forest University.-References:...
, NFL Defensive Back - John RussellJohn Russell (American football)John Russell is a member of the practice squad of the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He plays in the linebacker position.Previously, he was signed by the Green Bay Packers, but was released before the season began.-References:...
, NFL Linebacker - Al-Farouq AminuAl-Farouq AminuAl-Farouq Ajiede Aminu is an American basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers. His parents are Aboubakar Aminu and Anjirlic Aminu. A descendant from a line of Nigerian kings, his name Al-Farouq means "the chief has arrived." His brother is former Georgia Tech forward Alade Aminu...
, small forward for the Los Angeles ClippersLos Angeles ClippersThe Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball team - James JohnsonJames Johnson (basketball)James Patrick Johnson is an American basketball player for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Association. He was drafted 16th overall in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls. Johnson was the starting power forward for the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest University from 2007-2009...
, small forward for the Chicago BullsChicago BullsThe Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois, playing in the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1966. They play their home games at the United Center...
NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
basketball team - Jeff TeagueJeff Teague (basketball)Jeffrey Demarco Teague is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. He was selected 19th overall in the 2009 NBA Draft by the Hawks. Teague played college basketball for Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina...
, point guard for the Atlanta HawksAtlanta HawksThe Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are part of the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association .-The first years:...
NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
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- Justin W. Lee, founder of The Gay Christian Network (GCN)
- Michael DeBattMichael DeBattMichael "Mickey" DeBatt was a reputed Gambino crime family mob associate who was involved in the gangland slaying of drug trafficker Frank Fiala.-Biography:...
, Gambino crime familyGambino crime familyThe Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...
mob associate - Jabez A. BostwickJabez A. BostwickJabez Abel Bostwick was an American businessman who was a founding partner of Standard Oil.-Biography:...
, American businessman and founding partner of Standard OilStandard OilStandard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational... - Charlie ErgenCharlie ErgenCharles William Ergen better known as Charlie Ergen is the former co-founder, and Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of the Dish Network, formerly known as the EchoStar Communications Corporation. He stepped down in May 2011.-Biography:...
, co-founder Dish NetworkDish NetworkDish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish... - Pat Williams, senior vice-president of the Orlando MagicOrlando MagicThe Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy...
- Joseph W. Luter IIIJoseph W. Luter IIIJoseph W. Luter III is chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc. , the world's largest hog producer and pork processor. Under Luter's leadership, Smithfield Foods has grown to over $11 billion in annual revenues and has successfully integrated more than 53 acquisitions over the last 24 years to expand...
, chairman of Smithfield Foods, Inc.