List of Wake Forest University people

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. Scales (1967-1983)
*Thomas K. Hearn, Jr. (1983-2005)
*Nathan O. Hatch (2005-present)

Notable faculty

*Maya Angelou, English
*Anthony Atala, Urology (chair)
*Rhoda Billings, Law (Emeritus)
*David Carroll (physicist), Physics, Director: Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials
*David Faber, art/printmaking
*Matt Kendrick, Electric Bass and Jazz improvisation
*Dan Locklair, Music and Composer-in-Residence
*Allen Mandelbaum, English and Humanities
*Suzanne Reynolds, Law
*Sarah Watts, History

Notable alumni or attendees

Arts and letters

*A.R. Ammons, noted poet and scholar
*Carol Barbee, television producer/writer
*James Archibald Campbell, president of Campbell College
*Leslie H. Campbell, president of Campbell College
*W.J. Cash, author and journalist
*Thomas Dixon, minister and author
*Becky Garrison, religious satirist & columnist for The Wittenburg Door
*Justin Guariglia, artist & documentary photographer for the National Geographic Society
*Samuel Johnson Howard, 8th Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida
*Al Hunt, Journalist
*William Louis Poteat, Educator and President of Wake Forest (1905-1927)

Politics, law, and government

*Josiah W. Bailey, U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1931-46); co-author of the Conservative Manifesto criticizing the New Deal
*C. Dan Barrett, Republican candidate for Governor of NC in 2004
*Philip E. Berger, Republican Leader in the North Carolina State Senate
*Rhoda Billings, Professor and former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
*J. Melville Broughton, Governor of North Carolina (D) (1941-45) and U.S. Senator
*Richard Burr, U.S. Senator (R-NC)
*James P. Cain, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark
*Rusty Duke, Judge
*Mary Easley, First Lady of North Carolina
*Robert L. Ehrlich, Governor of Maryland (R) and former Congressman
*Brigadier General Pat Foote (Retired - US Army), First Female to be given Brigade Command, First Female Instructor at the Army War College
*James Forrester, North Carolina State Senator
*David Funderburk, former Congressman (R-NC) (1995-97) and U.S. Ambassador to Romania (1981-85)
*Major B. Harding, Attorney and former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
*Jesse Helms, former U.S. Senator (R-NC) (1973-2003)
*Jerome Holmes, Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
*William W. Kitchin, Governor of North Carolina (D) (1909-13)
*I. Beverly Lake, former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
*Alton A. Lennon, U.S. Senator and later Congressman (D-NC)
*John C. Martin, Chief Judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals
*Robert Burren Morgan, former U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1977-81)
*Richard H. Moore, North Carolina Treasurer
*Eric Miller Reeves, North Carolina State Senator
*Furnifold M. Simmons, U.S. Senator (D-NC) (1901-31)
*Emory M. Sneeden, former Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
*Charles H. Taylor, former Congressman (R-NC)
*George L. Wainwright, Jr., former Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court
*Charlie Crist, Florida Governor (R) (2006-Present)

ports and entertainment

*Dave Budd, center for the New York Knicks
*Ovie Mughelli, Full back for the Atlanta Falcons
*Billy Andrade, Professional PGA Tour golfer
*Stephanie Birkitt, Assistant to David Letterman on The Late Show with David Letterman
*Marc Blucas, Professional Actor
*Bill Haas, Pro Golfer
*Lee Norris, Television star (Boy Meets World (Minkus), The Torkelsons, One Tree Hill)
*Muggsy Bogues, Shortest NBA player of all-time, standing 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
*Brian Carroll, Major League Soccer, D.C. United
*Jim Clack
*Desmond Clark, Tight end for the Chicago Bears NFL football team
*Tim Duncan, Forward-Center for the San Antonio Spurs NBA basketball team, 2 time NBA MVP
*Jay Haas, Professional PGA Tour golfer
*Josh Howard, Forward-Guard for the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team
*Bill George
*Jeff Landau, Professional Tennis Player, 1994 US Amateur Champion
*Rusty LaRue, Former NBA Player
*Joe Lawson, co-creator of GEICO Cavemen commercials and ABC's Cavemen TV series
*Justin Moose, Major League Soccer, D.C. United
*Billy Packer, CBS college basketball analyst
*Arnold Palmer, PGA TourlLegend, did not graduate four-time champion of The Masters
*James Parker, Canadian Football Hall of Fame
*Michael Parkhurst, 2005 Major League Soccer Rookie of the Year, New England Revolution
*James Riley, Major League Soccer player for the New England Revolution
*Wells Thompson [http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/thompson_wells00.html] , New England Revolution
*Steven Curfman [http://wakeforestsports.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/curfman_steven00.html] , Real Salt Lake
*Carroll O'Connor, Actor (All in the Family's Archie Bunker)
*Chris Paul, Guard for the New Orleans Hornets NBA basketball team, 2005-2006 NBA Rookie of the Year
*Brian Piccolo, Fullback for the Chicago Bears, died of embryonal cell carcinoma, portrayed by James Caan in the television movie "Brian's Song"
*Ryan Plackemeier, Punter for the Seattle Seahawks NFL football team
*Ricky Proehl
*Dr. Jerry Punch
*Randolph Childress
*Scott Sealy, Major League Soccer player for the Kansas City Wizards
*Darius Songaila-basketball player for Washington Wizards, previously Sacramento Kings and Chicago Bulls
*Curtis Strange-American golfer
*Eddie Timanus, "USA Today" sportswriter and Jeopardy! champion.
*Lanny Wadkins, professional golfer
*Rodney Rogers, professional basketball player in NBA
*Bill Herring, professional baseball player-manager
*Skip Prosser, Wake Forest men's basketball coach
*Dave Willis, Co-Creator of the animated television shows Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Squidbillies; writer and voice actor for animated television show
*Cory Sullivan, MLB
*Kevin Jarvis, MLB
*Mike McDougal, MLB
*Dave Bush, MLB
*Billy Ard, New York Football Giants
*Lou Tilley, Anchor and Reporter
*Pat Phelan, Major League Soccer player for Toronto FC

Other

*Justin W. Lee, founder of [http://www.gaychristian.net The Gay Christian Network] (GCN)