Preceded by Patrick Finnegan Profession Educator, Attorney | Spouse(s) Marlo Reveley | |
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Full Name Walter Taylor Reveley IV Born August 16, 1974 (age 42)
Richmond, Virginia, United States ( 1974-08-16 ) Alma mater Princeton University
Union Presbyterian Seminary
University of Virginia School of Law Education Princeton University, Union Presbyterian Seminary, University of Virginia School of Law | ||
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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. 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.
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Early life and education
Reveley is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from St. Christopher’s School there. He holds an undergraduate degree in classics from Princeton University (1996), where he was a member of the football team. He also holds a master’s degree from Union Presbyterian Seminary, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia.
Reveley's grandfather, W. Taylor Reveley II was president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1963-1977, and his father W. Taylor Reveley III has been president of the College of William & Mary since 2008.
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.
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.
Previously, Reveley was on the Princeton Alumni Council's executive committee and was chairman of the trustees of Virginia Intermont College.
He is also an executive producer of the 2015 dark comedy Doomsdays, written and directed by his childhood friend Eddie Mullins, which receives 86% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.
Longwood
The Commission on Presidential Debates selected Longwood to host the October 2016 U.S. Vice-Presidential Debate.
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.