W. Taylor Reveley IV | |
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26th President of Longwood University | |
Assumed office June 1, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Patrick Finnegan |
Personal details | |
Born | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | August 16, 1974
Spouse | Marlo Reveley [1] |
Alma mater |
Princeton University (A.B.) Union Presbyterian Seminary (M.Div.) University of Virginia (J.D.) |
Profession | Educator, Attorney |
Walter Taylor Reveley IV (born August 16, 1974) is a Virginia educator and lawyer who became the 26th president of Longwood University, a public liberal arts college in Farmville, Virginia, in 2013. [2] A scholar of the U.S. presidency, Reveley was previously the managing director of the University of Virginia's Miller Center, and as the coordinating attorney for the National War Powers Commission, co-chaired by U.S. Secretaries of State James Baker and Warren Christopher. [3]
Reveley is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from St. Christopher's School there. [2] He graduated with an A.B. in classics from Princeton University in 1996 after completing an 82-page-long senior thesis, titled "The Classical Influence on James Madison's Political Thought up to and through the Ratification of the United States Constitution", under the supervision of Donna Hurley. [4] [1] While a student at Princeton, Reveley was a member of the football team. [2] He also holds a master's degree from Union Presbyterian Seminary, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law. [5]
Reveley's grandfather, W. Taylor Reveley II was president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1963-1977, [6] and his father W. Taylor Reveley III was president of the College of William & Mary from 2008-2018. [1] [7]
Reveley began his career as an attorney with Hunton & Williams, with a practice focused on corporate governance, securities, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as matters of state and federal public policy. [1]
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. [1]
Previously, Reveley was on the Princeton Alumni Council's executive committee and was chairman of the trustees of Virginia Intermont College. [1]
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 Rotten Tomatoes. [8]
The Commission on Presidential Debates selected Longwood to host the October 2016 U.S. Vice-Presidential Debate. [9]
Reveley led a campus plan with the firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners, which aims to improve the university's residential campus and connection to the town of Farmville. [10]
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