List of Randolph–Macon College alumni

Randolph–Macon College is a private liberal arts college in Ashland, Virginia. Following is a partial list of its notable alumni.

Academic

• Benjamin Lee Arnold (1862), American 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
• Henry Ludwell Moore, economist at Columbia University
• Christopher Morse, Christian theologian and professor of theology and ethics at Union Theological Seminary
• Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1844), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and a co-founder of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee
• 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
• Holland Nimmons McTyeire, bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and a co-founder of Vanderbilt University
• 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), painter, associated with the Washington Color Field Movement
• Jim Sanborn (1968), an American sculptor, created the unsolved sculpture Kryptos in 1990

Entertainment

• Marty Brennaman, broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds
• Dorian Leigh, model and 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, American 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, American novelist, English professor
• Edwin L. James (1909), journalist and war correspondent who covered World War I for The New York Times^[1]
• 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. He 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) was an American consular and diplomatic official for over thirty year
• 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. Jarvis later served as a U.S. Senator
• James A. Jones, Virginia Senate
• Chris Jones (1980), member of the Virginia House of Delegates. In 2014, he was named chair of the House Appropriations Committee
• 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 Bevans Ransone (1992), American politician 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
• Margaret Ransonem, Virginia House of Delegates
• 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^[2]
• 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
• Walter Leak Steele, U.S. Congressman
• 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), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and a 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), American 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