W. Taylor Reveley IV

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]

W. Taylor Reveley IV
26th President of Longwood University
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1, 2013
Preceded by	Patrick Finnegan
Personal details
Born	(1974-08-16) August 16, 1974 (age 50) Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Spouse	Marlo Reveley[1]
Alma mater	Princeton University (A.B.) Union Presbyterian Seminary (M.Div.) University of Virginia (J.D.)
Profession	Educator, Attorney

Early life and education

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]

Career

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 2013 dark comedy Doomsdays, written and directed by his childhood friend Eddie Mullins, which receives 86% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.^[8]

Longwood

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]