
Emeritus Trustees
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Messages from the Board 2
- Preserving and Teaching Washington and Lee's History
- Fall 2022 Update
- Formation of the Residential and Social Life Working Group
- Update on the Board's Work
- Mid-Summer Update
- The Future of Washington and Lee University
- Board of Trustees' Update
- Update on the Board's Work
- Board of Trustees’ Update
- Community Outreach from the Special Committee of the Board of Trustees
- Update on the Work of the Special Committee of the Board of Trustees
- Board of Trustees' Plan to Address Issues of Racial Justice and University History
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Members
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- Past Rectors
- Charter
Chronological Listing of Emeritus Trustees
(P) = president (R) = rector (AP) = acting president * = W&L alumnus/alumna
Alexander, Robert (R)(P) | 1749-1762 |
Brown, John * (R)(P) | 1762-1782 |
Bowyer, John * | 1776-1784 |
Campbell, Charles * | 1776-1782, 1784-1807 |
Christian, William, Col. | 1776-1784 |
Cummings, Charles, Rev. * | 1776-1782 |
Fleming, William, Col. * | 1776-1782 |
Graham, William, Rev * (R)(P) | 1776-1796 |
Grattan, John | 1776-1782 |
Houston, John * | 1776-1782, 1784-1791 |
Irvin, William, Rev. * | 1776-1782 |
Lewis, Andrew, Gen. * | 1776-1782 |
Lewis, John * | 1776-1782 |
Lewis, Thomas * | 1776-1782 |
Lyle, Samuel * | 1776-1782, 1782- |
Matthews, Sampson * | 1776-1782 |
McDowell, Samuel | 1776-1784 |
McKee, William * | 1776-1782, 1782- |
McPheeters, William * | 1776-1782 |
Moffett, George * | 1776-1784 |
Preston, William *, Col. | 1776-1782 |
Stuart, Alexander *, Captain | 1776-1782 |
Stuart, Thomas * | 1776-1782 |
Waddell, James * | 1776-1782 |
Ward, William * | 1776-1782 |
Alexander, William * | 1782-1797 |
Campbell, Alexander * | 1782-1807 |
Campbell, Arthur *, Col. | 1782-? |
Crawford, Edward *, Rev. | 1782-? , 1791-1795 |
Doak, Samuel * | 1782-? |
Erwin, Benjamin | 1782-? |
Hays, John, Maj. * | 1782-1809 |
Lyle, John * | 1782-1784, 1784- |
McConnell, James * | 1782-? |
McCorkle, James * | 1782-1784 |
Montgomery, John *, Rev. | 1782-1784 |
Moore, Andrew *, Gen. | 1782-1826 |
Scott, Archibald *, Rev. | 1782-1799 |
Stuart, Archibald * | 1782-1796, 1807-1819 |
Trimble, John * | 1782-1784 |
Trotter, James | 1782-? |
Walker, Joseph * | 1782-1815 |
Wallace, Caleb | 1782-1784 |
Wilson, John * | 1782-? |
Wilson, William *, Rev. | 1782-1807 |
Carrick, Samuel *, Rev. | 1784-1791 |
Edgar, Thomas | 1784-1791 |
Ramsey, James * | 1784-1807 |
Hoge, Moses * | 1791-? |
Houston, Samuel, Rev. | 1791-1826 |
Lacy, Drury * | 1791-? |
LeGrand, Nathaniel | 1791-? |
Mitchell, James * | 1791-1807 |
Campbell, John Poage *, Rev. | 1793-1795 |
Johnston, Zechariah * | 1793-1800 |
Turner, James * | 1793-? |
Campbell, Samuel Legrande * (R)(P) | 1794-1812 |
Alexander, Andrew * | 1796-1844 |
Brown, Samuel *, Rev. | 1796-1819 |
Grigsby, Benjamin *, Rev. | 1796-1807 |
Lyle, William * | 1796-1835 |
McDowell, James *, Col. | 1796-1835 |
Blackburn, Samuel *, Gen. | 1797-1830 |
Coalter, John * | 1798-1830 |
Baxter, George Addison *, Rev. (R)(P) | 1799-1832 |
Brown, John *, Gen. | 1807-1817 |
Graham, Edward * | 1807-1841 |
Mayers, James J. * | 1807-1819 |
McPheeters, William *, Rev. | 1807-1812 |
Alexander, John *, Major | 1812-1854 |
McClung, Henry * | 1812-1830 |
Moore, John * | 1812-1815 |
White, Robert * | 1812-1852 |
Bowyer, Henry *, Col. | 1815-1830 |
Davidson, Andrew B. *, Rev. | 1815-1857 |
McCue, William * | 1815-1819 |
Taylor, William * | 1815-1846 |
Herron, Andrew, Rev. | 1819-1832 |
Reid, Samuel McDowell *, Col. | 1819-1869 |
Robinson, John * | 1819-1826 |
Morrison, James *, Rev. | 1820-1865 |
Taylor, Allen * | 1820-1836 |
Massie, Thomas * | 1826-1842 |
McDowell, James * | 1826-1852 |
Baxter, Sidney S. * | 1830-1856 |
Ewing, John D. *, Rev. | 1830-1856 |
Grigsby, Reuben * | 1830-1843 |
Marshall, Louis (R)(P) | 1830-1834 |
Watts, Edward, Gen. | 1830-1835 |
McFarland, Francis, Rev. | 1832-1836, 1843-1865 |
Peyton, John Howe | 1832-1846 |
Vethake, Henry (R)(P) | 1834-1836 |
Barclay, Alexander T. *, Col. | 1835-1848 |
Barton, Robert R. | 1835-1858 |
Caruthers, John F. * | 1835-1840 |
Franciso, Charles L. * | 1836-1844 |
Steele, Joseph * | 1836-1865 |
Leyburn, Alfred * (R) | 1841-1878 |
Thompson, Horatio *, Rev. | 1841-1882 |
Smith, Benjamin M. *, Rev. | 1842-1893 |
Barclay, Hugh * | 1843-1870 |
Anderson, John T. * | 1845-1853 |
Moore, David E. *, Capt. | 1845-1875 |
Mosby, Charles L. | 1846-1852 |
White, William S. *, Rev. | 1849-1852 |
Brockenbrough, John W., Judge | 1852-1872 |
Chevalier, Nicholas, Rev. | 1852-1857 |
Houston, Samuel Rutherford *, Rev. | 1852-1865 |
Anderson, Francis T. *, Judge (R) | 1853-1887 |
Brown, William *, Rev. | 1853-1894 |
Grattan, Robert, Major | 1854-1856 |
Johnson, James Foote | 1856-1869 |
Tate, William M. *, Major | 1856-1890 |
Lacy, Beverly T. *, Rev. | 1857-1858 |
Moore, Thomas V. *, Rev. | 1857-1859 |
Alexander, John McDowell * | 1858-1885 |
Christian, Bolivar *, Col. | 1858-1891 |
Davidson, James D. * | 1858-1883 |
Kirkpatrick, Thomas J. *, Major | 1860-1898 |
Glasgow, William A. * | 1865-1908 |
Lee, Robert Edward (P) | 1865-1870 |
McLaughlin, William *, Judge (R) | 1865-1898 |
Poague, William T. *, Col. | 1865-1885 |
Ruffner, William Henry * (P) | 1865-1876, 1896-99 |
Echols, John *, Gen. | 1869-1896 |
McCormick, Cyrus H. | 1869-1884 |
Edmondson, James K. *, Judge | 1870-1898 |
Lee, George Washington Custis (P) | 1871-1897 |
Allan, William *, Col. | 1873-1890 |
Corcoran, William W. | 1875-1888 |
Anderson, William Alexander * (R) | 1885-1930 |
Barclay, Alexander T. * | 1885-1915 |
Houston, H. H. | 1886-1896 |
Gordon, E. C. *, Rev. | 1888-1922 |
Lee, W. H. F. *, Gen. | 1888-1891 |
Tucker, Henry St. George * (AP) | 1889-1898 |
Junkin, George G. *, Judge (P) | 1890-1895 |
Ranson, Thomas D. *, Capt. | 1891-1898 |
Dennis, Robert F. * | 1893-1897 |
Preston, William C. * | 1893-1901 |
Strickler, Givens Brown *, Rev. (R) | 1894-1913 |
Helm, Bruce | 1895-1898 |
Fishburne, Clement Daniel * | 1896-1907 |
Wilson, William Lyne * (P) | 1897-1900 |
Cocke, Lucian Howard * (R) | 1898-1927 |
Fleming, Robert Hanson *, Rev. | 1898-1919 |
Houston, William Paxton *, Judge | 1898-1910 |
Preston, John Alfred * | 1898-1917 |
Hamilton, Augustus Houston *, Rev. | 1899-1915 |
Ingles, William * | 1899-1920 |
Denny, George Hutcheson * (P) | 1901-1911 |
Gaines, Albert Winston * | 1901-1916 |
Munce, John Sinclair | 1901-1929 |
St. Clair, George Walker * (R) | 1901-1939 |
Glasgow, Frank T. * | 1907-1927 |
Lewis, William D. * | 1907-1928 |
Penick, Paul McNeel * | 1910-1913 |
Campbell, Henry Donald * (AP) | 1911-1912 |
Campbell, John Lyle * (AP) | 1911-1912 |
Smith, Henry Louis (P) | 1912-1929 |
Lee, Robert Edward, III * | 1915-1922 |
Waddell, Harrington * | 1915-1940 |
White, William McClanahan *, Rev. | 1915-1934 |
Noble, Harry G. S. | 1916-1918 |
Wisdom, Mortimer N. * | 1916-1919 |
Fraser, Abel McI., Rev. | 1918-1924 |
MacCorkle, William Alexander * | 1918-1930 |
Kirkpatrick, Fortunatus S. * | 1919-1921 |
Davis, John William * | 1921-1949 |
Bell, William Alexander *, Judge | 1922-1925 |
McDermott, Charles J., Judge | 1922-1941 |
Sproul, Hugh Bell * | 1922-1929 |
Caskie, James Randolph * (R) | 1924-1967 |
Lee, George Bolling * | 1924-1948 |
Carson, Walter Lapsley * | 1926-1959 |
Baker, Newton D. * | 1928-1937 |
Martin, William McChesney | 1928-1949 |
Epes, Louis Spencer *, Judge | 1929-1935 |
Peery, George Campbell *, Gov. (R) | 1929-1952 |
Gaines, Francis Pendleton (P) | 1930-1959 |
Tucker, Robert Henry (AP) | 1930-1930 |
Fitzpatrick, Herbert * (R) | 1931-1957 |
McCormick, Fowler | 1933-1944 |
Hutcheson, James Morrison *, Dr. (R) | 1935-1965 |
Carmichael, Harry St. George * T. | 1938-1949 |
Huffman, Oscar Caperton * | 1938-1941 |
Thomas, John Newton *, Dr. (R) | 1938-1973 |
Holt, Homer Adams * | 1940-1969 |
Avery, Clarence R. * | 1941-1953 |
Lykes, Joseph Taliaferro * | 1941-1964 |
St. Clair, Huston *, Dr. (R) | 1943-1971 |
McDonald, Walter Andrew * | 1945-1961 |
Chenery, Christopher T. * | 1950-1970 |
Tucker, John Randolph * | 1950-1954 |
Byrd, Harry Flood | 1951-1959 |
Whittle, Kennon Caithness * | 1952-1964 |
Buxton, James Stewart * | 1953-1978 |
Lanier, Joseph Lamar * | 1953-1976 |
Wisdom, John Minor *, Judge | 1957-1975 |
Cole, Fred Carrington (P) | 1959-1967 |
Hendon, John F. * | 1959-1972 |
duPont, Jessie Dew Ball | 1960-1970 |
Birnie, Joseph Earle * | 1961-1973 |
Powell, Lewis Franklin., Jr. *, Justice | 1961-1978 |
Lykes, Joseph Taliaferro, Jr. * | 1964-1979 |
Stemmons, John Millard * | 1965-1977 |
Malone, Rosser Lynn, Jr. * (R) | 1967-1974 |
Pusey, William Webb, III (AP) | 1967-1968 |
Huntley, Robert Edward Royall * (P) | 1968-1983 |
Warner, John William * | 1969-1980 |
Nuckols, Edgar Marshall, Jr. * (R) | 1969-1981 |
Warner, Jonathan Westervelt * | 1969-1980, 1983 |
Crist, John L., Jr. * | 1970-1978 |
Frost, Thomas Clayborne, Jr. * | 1971-1982 |
Scott, Isadore Meyer * | 1971-1983 |
Brooks, Frank Crouch * | 1972-1983 |
Dudley, Eastham Waller * | 1972-1983 |
Lewis, Sydney * | 1972-1983 |
Anderson, Thomas Dunaway * | 1973-1983 |
Leggett, Harold Gordon, Jr. * | 1973-1984 |
Philpott, James Alvin * | 1973-1985 |
Shannon, Edgar Finley, Jr. * | 1974-1986 |
Clarke, Thomas Hal * | 1975-1984 |
Thomas, Calvert * | 1975-1987 |
Kopald, S L, Jr. * | 1976-1988 |
Ballengee, James McMorrow * (R) | 1978-1990 |
Benton, Fred Fox, Jr. * | 1978-1989 |
Branch, Thomas Broughton, III * | 1978-1990 |
Compton, Asbury Christian * | 1978-1989 |
Martin, Christine Hale | 1978-1981 |
South, Jerry Glover * | 1979-1990 |
Swinarton, Robert Waller * | 1979-1981 |
Smith, Isaac Noyes, Jr. * | 1980-1991 |
Harte, Houston Harriman * | 1981-1992 |
Keller, Christoph, Jr. * | 1981-1987 |
Millhiser, Ross Randolph | 1981-1990 |
Hough, Charles Royce, III * | 1982-1992 |
Touchton, John Thomas * | 1982-1992 |
Keelty, Joseph Sheridan * | 1983-1988 |
Steuart, Guy Thomas, II * | 1983-1993 |
Wilson, John Delane (P) | 1983-1995 |
Young, Frank Graves * | 1983-1988 |
Gallivan, James Francis * | 1984-1994 |
Lewis, Frances Aaronson | 1984-1989 |
Rowe, Charles Spurgeon * | 1984-1994 |
Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly, Jr. * | 1984-1994 |
DuBose, Beverly Means, III * | 1985-1995 |
Hipp, William Hayne * | 1985-1995 |
Holton, Virginia Rogers | 1986-1995 |
Ogilvie, William Buckner, Jr.* | 1986-1996 |
Gottwald, William Michael * | 1987-1996 |
Haynes, Richard Duval * | 1987-1991 |
Leggett, Patricia Webb | 1987-1996 |
Morrissette, Vaughan Inge | 1987-1996 |
Lemon, William Jacob * | 1988-1997 |
McClintock, James William, III * | 1988-1994 |
Miles, Algene Stevens, Jr. * (R) | 1988-1997 |
Castle, Gray Charles * | 1989-1998 |
Lenfest, Harold FitzGerald * | 1989-1998 |
Van Leer, Maurice Theodore * | 1989-1998 |
Birney, Arthur Alexis * | 1990-1997 |
Broadus, Thomas Harris, Jr. * | 1990-1998 |
Marks, Julius Stephen, III * | 1990-1999 |
Banse, Robert Lee * | 1991-1995 |
Brock, William Emerson, III * | 1991-1993 |
Marion, John Hardin * | 1991-2001 |
Mullin, John Hatchman, III * | 1991-1995 |
Clements, William Nelson * | 1992-1995 |
Thomas, Suzanne Foster | 1992-2002 |
Ausley, Charles DuBose * | 1993-2003 |
Boardman, William Penniman * | 1993-2002 |
Hollis, Samuel Brinson * | 1993-1999 |
Johnson, Rupert Harris, Jr. * | 1993-2002 |
Bishop, Edward Leonard, III * | 1994-2003 |
Holleman, Vernon Wilson, Jr. * | 1995-1999 |
Elrod, John William (P) | 1995-2001 |
Johnston, William Reed * | 1995-1999 |
Robinson, John William, IV * | 1995-2004 |
Childress, Jack Donald * | 1995-1995, 2002-2020 |
White, Pamela Janice * | 1995-2004 |
New, Mason Taylor * | 1995-1996 |
Thornhill, Glenn Oswald * | 1996-2005 |
Steuart, Margaret Jones | 1996-2005 |
Shepherd, Thomas Ringgold * | 1996-1999, 2000-2001 |
Surface, James Frank * (R) | 1996-2005 |
Farmer, John Rowland * | 1997-2006 |
McFall, Donald Beury * | 1997-2006 |
Norwood, Philip Weltner * (R) | 1997-2008 |
Stephens, Warren Amerine * | 1997-1997 |
Armstrong, Michael David * | 1998-2007 |
Butler, Susan Lewis | 1998-2003 |
Dudley, Waller Trollinger * | 1998-2006 |
Staniar, Burton Barringer * | 1998-2007 |
Thompson, Matthew Gilmour * | 1998-2002 |
Davenport, Joseph Howard, III * | 1999-2008 |
Folsom, John William * | 1999-2007 |
Hill, William Bradley, Jr. * | 1999-2008 |
Hubbard, Albert Crawford, Jr. * | 1999-2008 |
Smith, Hatton Coulbourne Valentine * | 1999-2009 |
Goodell, William Rice * | 1999-2009 |
Hartwell, Ray Vinton III * | 2000-2009 |
Tomm, Charles Baily * | 2000-2009 |
Fishback, William Hunter, Jr. * | 2000-2010 |
Boetsch, Howard Laurent, Jr. * (AP) | 2001-2002 |
Ball, Chris Butler | 2001-2006 |
Kimmel, William Joseph, III * | 2001-2006 |
Monier, Michael Harrison * | 2001-2009 |
Klinedinst, John David * | 2001-2010 |
Burish, Thomas Gerard (P) | 2002-2005 |
McJunkin, Thomas Needles * | 2002-2011 |
Watt, Alston Parker* | 2003-2011 |
Wolf, John Anthony* | 2003-2012 |
Estrada Mora, Jorge Eliecer* | 2003-2012 |
Ellison, James Hagood, Jr. * | 2004-2011 |
Phillips, Harry Johnson, Jr. * | 2004-2013 |
Beckley, Harlan Ray (AP) | 2005-2006 |
Baur, Andrew Noland * | 2005-2009 |
Fechnay, John Scott* | 2005-2012 |
Grigsby, Bernard Candler, II * | 2005-2014 |
Nash, Sarah Elizabeth | 2005-2014 |
Vardaman, John W. “Jack” * | 2005-2014 |
Wilt, Dallas Hagewood * | 2006-2014 |
Balentine, Robert McGee * | 2006-2015 |
Gambill, Benjamin Drake Smith, Jr. * | 2006-2015 |
Ruscio, Kenneth Patrick *(P) | 2006-2016 |
Duchossois, Kimberly Thrall | 2006-2010 |
Eaker, Mark Robbe * | 2006-2010 |
Stein, Martin Edward, Jr. * | 2006-2011 |
Grey, Robert James, Jr. * | 2006-2014 |
Keefe, Peter Creighton * | 2007-2013 |
Stephens, Warren Amerine * | 2007-2015 |
Fuge, C Douglas * | 2007-2015 |
Monaghan, Jessine Adrienne * | 2007-2016 |
McCardell, John Malcolm, Jr. * | 2008-2010 |
Wall, Thomas Robert, IV * | 2008-2016 |
Cooper, Frederick Eansor * | 2008-2017 |
Sadler, Robert Emmett, Jr. * | 2008-2017 |
Webster, William Mendenhall, IV * | 2008-2017 |
Gentry, John Baker, Jr. * | 2009-2017 |
Lawrence, Sally Peterson | 2009-2017 |
Haight, Richard Allen * | 2009-2018 |
Ross, Bennett Leonard * | 2009-2018 |
Crawford, Edwin M. “Mac" | 2010-2014 |
Emanuelson, Dwight Hillis, Jr. * | 2010-2018 |
Davis, Blair Hixson * | 2010-2020 |
Jackson, Clay Tillman * | 2011-2020 |
Missal, Michael Joseph * | 2011-2016 |
Pritchard, William England, III * | 2012-2017 |
Miller, Marshall Burns, Jr. * | 2012-2018 |
Dunn, James Edwin, Jr. * | 2012-2021 |
Choksi, Mary Claire | 2012-2022 |
Crain, Rogers Lacy * | 2012-2022 |
Owens, Boyce Craig * | 2013-2023 |
Taylor, Rowan Gregory Paxton * | 2013-2022 |
Luter, Joseph Williamson, IV * | 2014-2022 |
Bolden, Dana Jon* | 2014-2023 |
Sutherland, Todd Latta* | 2014-2023 |
Rachford, Laurie Ann* | 2014-2024 |
Thomas, Lizanne* | 2014-2024 |
Connolly, John Lawrence * | 2015-2022 |
Small, James Robert* | 2015-2024 |
Williams, Christopher Hale* | 2015-2024 |
Brown, Andrea Wahlquist * | 2016-2021 |