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  • Paul Littreal

    Paul Littreal was a member of the staff at William & Mary at VIMS and a member of the class of 2007. Obituary Announcement From a Faculty and Staff Announcement Email from Vice President for Administration Anna B. Martin:
  • Peyton Randolph (c. 1721-1775)

    Born as the third child of (Sir) John Randolph and (Lady) Susannah Beverly Randolph, Peyton Randolph attended William & Mary Grammar School c. 1739. He also was elected to the W&M Board of Visitors c. 1758.
  • Philip Pendleton Barbour

    Philip Pendleton Barbour attended William & Mary in 1801-1802 according to The Provisional List of Alumni.1 Sources also indicate Barbour attended in 1799; this fact should be verified. He was an U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice in 1836-1841 and United States Speaker of the House of…
  • Randall S. Hawthorne

    Randall S. (Randy) Hawthorne was a student at William & Mary from 1963 to 1967, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He went on to obtain his J.D. in 1970 and a M.L.T. in 1971, both from William & Mary. In 1970, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Reserve. After…
  • Rene A. Henry

    Rene Henry was born in Charleston, West Virginia in 1933 and his family moved to the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area in 1948. He graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk in 1951 and received an A.B. in economics from William & Mary in 1954. During his time at William & Mary, Henry…
  • Richard H. Yancey

    Richard H. Yancey was a student at William & Mary attending in 1790 according to the Provisional List of Alumni. References The Provisional List of Alumni External Links Rootsweb  
  • Robert C. Nicholas

    Robert Carter Nicholas (1793 - December 24, 1857) was a United States Senator from Louisiana. Born in Hanover, Virginia, he served in the War of 1812 as a captain and major. He attended William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and moved to Louisiana, where he became a sugar planter in…
  • Robert H. Tucker

    Robert Henry Tucker was a member of the Tucker-Coleman family and a member of the class of 1893 at the College of William & Mary. He also received a master's degree from the College in 1897. While at the College, he received the Brafferton Prize in 1892 and the Ewell Award in 1894. He was…
  • Robert M. Garrett

    This collection contains material that starts with the marriage of Dr. Robert Major Garrett (1807-1885), to Susan Comfort Winder (1812-1878) and expands to include their families and their children.
  • Robert M. Gates

    Robert M. Gates was the first alumnus of William & Mary to serve as chancellor in the modern era. "Robert M. Gates '65, L.H.D. '98, was named twenty-fourth Chancellor of the College by the College of William & Mary Board of Visitors at his investiture on February 3, 2012. He succeeded…
  • Robert Morton Hughes

    Robert Morton Hughes was an alumnus of  William & Mary (1870-1873) and also attended the University of Virginia Law School. He was the son of Robert William and Eliza M. (Johnston) Hughes. He practiced law in Norfolk, Virginia. Hughes was the president of the Virginia Bar Association;…
  • Robert Ould

    Robert Ould, chief of the bureau of exchange, was born January 31, 1820, at Georgetown, D.C. After a course of study in Jefferson college, Pennsylvania, he was graduated in letters at Columbia college, Washington, D.C., in 1837, and in law at William & Mary, in 1842. Subsequently he practiced…
  • Roy R. Charles

    Roy R. Charles, College of William & Mary class of 1932, was a member of the Board of Visitors, and member of the Endowment Association, chairman of the Campaign for William & Mary, and the principal donor behind the Roy R. Charles Center. References Alumni Gazette
  • Schuyler Otis Bland (1872 - 1950)

    Schuyler Otis Bland (1872-1950) was a "representative from Virginia; born near Gloucester, Gloucester County, Va., May 4, 1872; attended the Gloucester Academy, Gloucester, Va.; attended William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va...
  • Sewell Hepburn Hopkins

    Sewell Hepburn Hopkins (1906-1984), a marine biologist best known for his research into the effects of oil spills on marine life in the Gulf of Mexico, was born 24 March 1906 in Nuttall, Va., the son of Nicholas Snowden Hopkins and Selina Lloyd Hepburn Hopkins. He received a B.S. in 1927 from…
  • St. George Tucker (1752-1827)

    St. George Tucker (1752 - 1827) was born near Port Royal, Bermuda on July 10, 1752, the youngest of six children of Colonel Henry Tucker, a prosperous merchant, and Anne Butterfield, daughter of Bermuda's Chief Justice.
  • Thomas G. Pullen, Jr.

    Thomas G. Pullen, Jr. (1898-1979) was an alumnus of William & Mary. He graduated in 1917. He was married to Louise Rowe Pullen. Pullen served as superintendent of Public Education in Maryland, from 1942 to 1964, and as president of the University of Baltimore, from 1964 to 1969. He was in…
  • Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)

    Thomas Jefferson first came to Williamsburg to attend William & Mary in March 1760. Until April 1762, Jefferson lodged and boarded in the building known today as the Sir Christopher Wren Building. He remained in Williamsburg to read law for the next five years under George Wythe, the…
  • Thomas Tully Lynch Snead

    Thomas Tully Lynch Snead attended the William & Mary from 1852 through 1856 and served as a professor from 1856 until the early 1870s.
  • Viola Osborne Baskerville

    Viola Osborne Baskerville, class of 1973, recalled that there were only "about 12 undergraduate African-American students and three or four graduate students on campus" when she came to William & Mary in 1969. She was one of six African-American students to enter the College for the fall term.
  • Wayne Curtis

    Biography provided by Wayne Curtis, March 2016 Wayne N. Curtis b. April 29, 1960 Fredericksburg, Virginia William & Mary, Class of 1982
  • Wilford Kale

    Wilford Kale (1944- ) attended William & Mary from 1962 until 1967, and graduated in 1971 from Park College, Kansas City, MO. He is the author and co-author of several books, including: Goal to Goal: 100 Seasons of Football at William & Mary; Hark Upon the Gale: An Illustrated History of…
  • William Barton Rogers

    William Barton Rogers (1804-1882), founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was educated at William & Mary in 1819-1821. Rogers Hall at William & Mary is named for him.
  • William Booth Taliaferro (1822-1898)

    William Booth Taliaferro attended William & Mary and studied law at Harvard. He fought in the Mexican War in the 9th United States Infantry. After the war, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates.
  • William D. Yancey

    William David Yancey was a student at William & Mary attending in 1894-1897. he was a resident of Clarksville, Mecklenburg County according to the Catalogue of the Alumni and Alumnae For the Years 1866-1932.  

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