72 Notable alumni of
University of the South
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The University of the South is 1166th in the world, 419th in North America, and 392nd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 72 notable alumni from the University of the South sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Anson Mount
- Occupations
- television actorfilm actoractorfilm producer
- Biography
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Anson Adams Mount IV is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as Cullen Bohannon in the AMC western drama series Hell on Wheels, as Jim Steele on the NBC series Conviction (2006), as the Marvel Comics superhero Black Bolt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise (appearing in Inhumans and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), and as Captain Christopher "Chris" Pike in the Star Trek television series Discovery, Short Treks (2019), and Strange New Worlds (2022–present). He also starred opposite Britney Spears in the coming-of-age film Crossroads (2002). He is a member of the board of directors of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
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Jon Meacham
- Occupations
- writerbiographerhistorianjournalisteditor
- Biography
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Jon Ellis Meacham is an American writer, reviewer, historian and presidential biographer who is serving as the Canon Historian of the Washington National Cathedral since November 7, 2021. A former executive editor and executive vice president at Random House, he is a contributing writer to The New York Times Book Review, a contributing editor to Time magazine, and a former editor-in-chief of Newsweek. He is the author of several books. He won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography for American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House. He holds the Carolyn T. and Robert M. Rogers Endowed Chair in American Presidency at Vanderbilt University.
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Howard Baker
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianlawyer
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Howard Henry Baker Jr. was an American politician, diplomat and photographer who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1967 to 1985. During his tenure, he rose to the rank of Senate Minority Leader and then Senate Majority Leader. A member of the Republican Party, Baker was the first Republican to be elected to the US Senate in Tennessee since the Reconstruction era.
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Edmund Kirby Smith
- Occupations
- military officerbotanist
- Biography
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General Edmund Kirby Smith was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded the Trans-Mississippi Department (comprising Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, western Louisiana, Arizona Territory and the Indian Territory) from 1863 to 1865. Before the American Civil War, Smith served as an officer of the United States Army.
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Archibald Butt
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Archibald Willingham DeGraffenreid Clarendon Butt was an American Army officer and aide to presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. After a few years as a newspaper reporter, he served two years as the First Secretary of the American embassy in Mexico. He was commissioned in the United States Volunteers in 1898 and served in the Quartermaster Corps during the Spanish–American War. After brief postings in Washington, D.C., and Cuba, he was appointed military aide to Republican presidents Roosevelt and Taft. He was a highly influential advisor on a wide range of topics to both men, and his writings are a major source of historical information on the presidencies. He died in the sinking of the British liner Titanic in 1912.
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Gene Robinson
- Occupations
- Anglican priestpriest
- Biography
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Vicky Gene Robinson is a retired bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire. Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as bishop diocesan in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he served as Canon to the Ordinary for the Diocese of New Hampshire.
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Joe B. Hall
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Joe Beasman Hall was an American college basketball coach. He was the head coach at the University of Kentucky from 1972 to 1985, leading the Wildcats to a national championship in 1978.
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Radney Foster
- Occupations
- recording artistsinger-songwritercountry musicianrecord producer
- Biography
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Radney Muckleroy Foster is an American country music singer-songwriter, musician and music producer. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his recording debut as part of the Foster & Lloyd duo, recording three studio albums and with nine singles on the country charts.
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Mallory Ervin
- Occupations
- television producerbeauty pageant contestantYouTuber
- Biography
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Mallory Christina Ervin is an American YouTube personality, former entertainer and former beauty pageant titleholder from Morganfield, Kentucky. She held the title of Miss Kentucky 2009 and was 4th runner-up to Miss America 2010. In September 2010, it was announced that she competed on The Amazing Race 17 with her father Gary Ervin. The Amazing Race was filmed in May and June 2010 and premiered on September 26, 2010. Gary and Mallory were also one of the teams to return for The Amazing Race 18, which premiered on February 20, 2011. Ervin returned to the race to join Mark Jackson in The Amazing Race 24: All Stars, after Jackson's teammate William "Bopper" Minton was deemed unfit to race due to health reasons.
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William Crawford Gorgas
- Occupations
- medical officerphysician
- Biography
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William Crawford Gorgas KCMG was a United States Army physician and 22nd Surgeon General of the U.S. Army (1914–1918). He is best known for his work in Florida, Havana and at the Panama Canal in abating the transmission of yellow fever and malaria by controlling the mosquitoes that carry these diseases, for which he used the discoverments made by the cuban doctor Carlos J. Finlay. At first, Finlay's strategy was greeted with considerable skepticism and opposition to such hygiene measures. However, the measures Gorgas put into practice as the head of the Panama Canal Zone Sanitation Commission saved thousands of lives and contributed to the success of the Canal's construction.
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Brian Reynolds
- Occupations
- game designer
- Biography
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Brian Reynolds is an American videogame designer. Reynolds has designed at SecretNewCo, Zynga, Big Huge Games, and MicroProse and has been chairman of the International Game Developers Association. He has played a major part in designing a number of multi-million selling games including Civilization II, Rise of Nations, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, and FrontierVille. He has also founded or co-founded three game companies, SecretNewCo, Big Huge Games, and Firaxis Games.
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Frank Kelso
- Occupations
- military officersubmariner
- Biography
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Frank Benton Kelso II was an admiral of the United States Navy, who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1990 to 1994.
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Samuel F. Pickering, Jr
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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Samuel F. "Sam" Pickering Jr. is a writer and professor emeritus of English at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. His unconventional teaching style was an inspiration for the character of Mr. Keating, played by Robin Williams in the film Dead Poets Society. Pickering specializes in the familiar essay, children's literature, nature writers, and 18th and 19th century English literature. Pickering has published many collections of non-fiction personal essays as well as over 200 articles.
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Hudson Stuck
- Occupations
- mountaineer
- Biography
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Hudson Stuck was a British native who became an Episcopal priest, social reformer and mountain climber in the United States. With Harry P. Karstens, he co-led the first expedition to successfully climb Denali (Mount McKinley) in June 1913, via the South Summit. He published five books about his years in Alaska. Two memoirs were issued in new editions in 1988, including his account of the ascent of Denali.
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William Alexander Percy
- Occupations
- writerpoet
- Biography
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William Alexander Percy was a lawyer, planter, and poet from Greenville, Mississippi. His autobiography Lanterns on the Levee (Knopf 1941) became a bestseller. His father LeRoy Percy was the last United States Senator from Mississippi elected by the legislature. In a largely Protestant state, the younger Percy championed the Roman Catholicism of his French mother.
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Foley Beach
- Occupations
- bishop
- Biography
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Foley Thomas Beach is an American bishop. He is the second primate and archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America, a church associated with the Anglican realignment movement. Foley was elected as the church's primate on June 21, 2014. His enthronement took place on October 9, 2014. He is married to Alison and they have two adult children.
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John Jeremiah Sullivan
- Occupations
- journalistwritereditor
- Biography
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John Jeremiah Sullivan is an American writer, musician, teacher, and editor. He is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine, and the southern editor of The Paris Review. In 2014, he edited The Best American Essays, a collection in which his work has been featured in previous years. He has also served on the faculty of Columbia University, Sewanee: The University of the South, and other institutions.
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John Jay Hooker
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
- Biography
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John Jay Hooker, Jr. was an American attorney, entrepreneur, political gadfly and perennial candidate from Nashville, Tennessee, who was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998.
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Bill Studeman
- Enrolled in the University of the South
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in history
- Occupations
- military officerintelligence officer
- Biography
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William Oliver Studeman is a retired admiral of the United States Navy and former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, with two extended periods as acting Director of Central Intelligence. As deputy director of Central Intelligence, he served in the administrations of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton under three directors of Central Intelligence, Robert Gates, R. James Woolsey Jr., and John M. Deutch. Studeman retired from the navy in 1995 after almost 35 years of service. Between 1988 and 1992 he was director of the National Security Agency; he was the Director of Naval Intelligence, from September 1985 to July 1988.
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Lee M. Thomas
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Lee Muller Thomas was Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency from 1985 to 1989 under President Ronald Reagan. He succeeded William Ruckelshaus. He is a Republican.
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Jim Fleming
- Occupations
- head coach
- Biography
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Jim Fleming is an American college football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University of Rhode Island (URI), a position he assumed in December 2013. Fleming served in the same capacity at Sacred Heart University (SHU) from 2000 to 2001 where he compiled a record of 21 wins and one loss. Prior to his appointment at URI, he was the defensive coordinator at the University of Central Florida (UCF) from 2012 to 2013.
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Luke Lea
- Occupations
- politicianbusinesspersonlawyer
- Biography
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Luke Lea was an American attorney, politician and newspaper publisher. A Democrat, he was most notable for his service as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1911 to 1917. Lea was the longtime publisher of The Tennessean newspaper in Nashville, and a United States Army veteran of World War I. In 1919 he led an unauthorized and unsuccessful attempt to kidnap the recently exiled German Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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Becca Stevens
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- chaplain
- Biography
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The Rev. Becca Stevens is an author, speaker, Episcopal priest, social entrepreneur, founder and president of Thistle Farms in Nashville, Tennessee. She is notable for founding Magdalene in 1997, now called Thistle Farms, to heal, empower, and employ female survivors of human trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. She was the 2000 Nashvillian of the Year and in 2013 was inducted into the Tennessee Women's Hall of Fame.
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Harry P. Cain
- Enrolled in the University of the South
- Studied in 1929
- Occupations
- bankerjournalistpolitician
- Biography
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Harry Pulliam Cain was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Washington who served as a Republican from 1946 to 1953. Cain is mainly remembered for his conservative and often highly-controversial views as a member of the Senate and as a friend and supporter of Senator Joseph McCarthy. Prior to his term in the Senate, he had served as the 23rd mayor of Tacoma, Washington. Following his Senate term he was widely recognized as a defender of the civil liberties of individuals accused of being security risks during the Eisenhower Administration and as a community activist and moderate Republican until his death in 1979.
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Cary Travers Grayson
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Cary Travers Grayson was a surgeon in the United States Navy who served a variety of roles from personal aide to President Woodrow Wilson to chairman of the American Red Cross.
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Joe Wiegand
- Occupations
- politicianwriterimpersonator
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Joe Wiegand is an impersonator who has portrayed U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in all fifty U.S. states, after a career as a political consultant. Wiegand performed at the White House on October 27, 2008, as part of the celebration of the 150th anniversary of Roosevelt's birth. He also modeled for a new Theodore Roosevelt sculpture commissioned the American Museum of Natural History. Wiegand is also a member and contributor to Theodore Roosevelt Association.
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Marcel Lettre
- Enrolled in the University of the South
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in political science
- Biography
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Marcel Lettre is a former United States federal government official. He served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence from December 2015 to January 2017. He now works for Lockheed Martin.
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Stuart Bowen
- Occupations
- military officerlawyer
- Biography
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Stuart W. Bowen Jr., is an American lawyer who served as the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) from October 2004 to October 2013. He previously served as the Inspector General for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA-IG), a position to which he was appointed in January 2004. Mr. Bowen's mission includes ensuring effective oversight of the $63 billion appropriated for Iraq's relief and reconstruction.
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John V. Fleming
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 88)
- Occupations
- academic
- Biography
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John Vincent Fleming is an American literary scholar and the Louis W. Fairchild '24 Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Emeritus, at Princeton University.
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Smith Hempstone
- Years
- 1929-2006 (aged 77)
- Occupations
- columnistdiplomatjournalisteditormilitary officer
- Biography
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Smith Hempstone was a journalist, author, and the United States ambassador to Kenya in 1989–93. He was a vocal proponent of democracy, advocating free elections for Kenya.
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Tucker Eskew
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- political adviser
- Biography
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Tucker Eskew is a political and communications strategist in the United States who served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Media Affairs and Global Communications under President George W. Bush. He joined Senator John McCain's presidential campaign in August 2008 as senior advisor and counselor to Sarah Palin. He was the founder of Eskew Strategy Group, an Alexandria-based communications firm. In 2005, he merged the Eskew Group into a new bipartisan communications firm called Vianovo.
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Douglas Porch
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Douglas Porch is an American military historian and academic. He currently serves as a Professor of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School, and is the former Chair of the Department of National Security Affairs for the Naval Postgraduate School at Monterey, California.
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Roger Hodge
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Roger D. Hodge is Deputy Editor at The Intercept. He was the editor of Harper's Magazine from March 2006 through January 2010. He was the editor of the Oxford American from 2012–2015.
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Benjamin Hutto
- Occupations
- conductor
- Biography
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W. Benjamin Hutto was an American musician who specialized in writing, producing, and directing choral music. He served as Director of Choral Activities and Director of Performing Arts at St. Albans School for Boys and the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington D.C. He was also Director of Music and Organist at St. John's Episcopal Church, Lafayette Square.
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Alexander Campbell King
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Alexander Campbell King was the 16th Solicitor General of the United States and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. King was a founding partner of the international law firm of King & Spalding.
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Terrell James
- Occupations
- painter
- Biography
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Terrell James is an American artist who makes abstract paintings, prints and sculptures. She is best known for large scale work with paint on stretched fabric, and for parallel small scale explorations such as the Field Studies series, ongoing since 1997. She lives and works in Houston, Texas.
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John Thompson Whitaker
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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John Thompson Whitaker was an American writer and journalist who served as a correspondent for several prominent newspapers in different parts of the world.
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Reginald Heber Weller
- Occupations
- Anglican bishopdiocesan bishop
- Biography
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Reginald Heber Weller, Jr. was an Episcopal priest and bishop active in the ecumenical movement, establishing a dialogue among Protestant, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox Christians.
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Patrick Henry Nelson II
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- politicianlawyer
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Patrick Henry Nelson II was born in Camden, South Carolina to General Patrick Henry Nelson, of the Confederate States Army, and Emma Sarah Cantey. After attending The University of the South, Nelson went to study law with Judge Joseph B. Kershaw in Camden, S.C. in 1875. In 1877 he was admitted to the bar and went to practice with General John D. Kennedy of Camden. He then moved his practice to Columbia, South Carolina, and in 1885 he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives and served until 1887. Nelson became the Fifth Circuit Solicitor and the President of the South Carolina Bar Association (1911-1912). After the growth of his own firm, Nelson's son, William Shannon Nelson (1881-1939) joined the firm with his father. Ultimately William's son, Patrick Henry Nelson III (1910-1964), would come to run the law firm and continue its tremendous growth.
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Charlie Dexter
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Charles Dana Dexter was a Major League Baseball outfielder from 1896 to 1903.
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Armistead I. Selden, Jr
- Occupations
- lawyerpoliticianmilitary officerdiplomat
- Biography
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Armistead Inge Selden Jr. was a segregationist U.S. Representative from Alabama.
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Henry Seibels
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Henry Goldthwaite "Ditty" Seibels was a prominent American athlete, playing football, baseball, and golfer for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, a small Episcopal school in the Tennessee mountain town of Sewanee.
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Lydia Fenet
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Lydia Fenet is an American auctioneer, author, podcast host and globally recognized speaker. As Christie’s Ambassador, she has raised over a billion dollars for non-profits globally as the lead benefit auctioneer for the firm. In addition, she serves as the Principal Auctioneer for Broad Arrow Group Auctions.
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Mary Adelia McLeod
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Mary Adelia Rosamond McLeod was the first woman diocesan bishop in the Episcopal Church. She was elected bishop of the Diocese of Vermont on June 5, 1993, at a special convention held at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Burlington. Clergy and lay delegates selected her from among five nominees.
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Shannon R. Valentine
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shannon Rutter Valentine served as the Secretary of Transportation for Virginia from 2018 to 2022. She was appointed Secretary of Transportation by Governor Ralph Northam in January 2018, and oversaw a $5 billion multimodal transportation system crossing seven agencies with more than 10,000 employees. As Secretary, she also serves as Chair of the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB). Valentine served previously in the Virginia House of Delegates 2006–2010, representing the 23rd district, made up of the city of Lynchburg, Virginia and part of Amherst County, serving on the House Transportation and Courts of Justice Committees. Following an assignment as a Director of the Transportation Policy Council in 2013 for then Governor-elect Terry McAuliffe's transition team, Valentine was appointed as the Lynchburg District representative to the CTB in May 2014. During this time, she created the first Regional Connectivity Study in Virginia that correlated transportation decisions with workforce, business expansion and recruitment and investment, covering eight modes of transportation. Her legislative priorities focused on transportation, economic development, education, and ethics. She led bipartisan efforts to create transparent government, expand clean energy production, and invest in intercity passenger rail service for the first time in Virginia's history. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Ormond Simkins
- Occupations
- player of American footballbaseball player
- Biography
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Ormond Simkins was an American football and baseball player for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South. He was the son of William Stewart Simkins, who may have fired the first shot of the American Civil War.
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Shannon Sherwood Johnston
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Shannon Sherwood Johnston is a bishop of The Episcopal Church who was the 13th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.
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Frank Juhan
- Occupations
- priestplayer of American footballathletics competitor
- Biography
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Francis Alexander "June" Juhan was an American football player and coach as well as an Episcopal bishop.
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Wyman Duggan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Wyman Duggan is a Republican member of the Florida Legislature representing the state's 12th House district which includes parts of Duval County.
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Chigger Browne
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Alvin Lowell "Chigger" Browne was a college football player and track coach.
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Douglas Hahn
- Biography
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Douglas Hahn is an American prelate who served as the seventh Episcopal Bishop of Lexington. He was elected on August 18, 2012, and consecrated on December 15, 2012, in Lexington, Kentucky. He served until March 9, 2016, when he was suspended for one year for lying during the bishop interview process about past adultery with a parishioner. In October of that year, the Standing Committee of the diocese asked that Hahn resign as head of the diocese. In December, Hahn agreed to resign as of the end of his suspension, on March 10, 2017.
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G. Porter Taylor
- Occupations
- theologianpriest
- Biography
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Granville Porter Taylor is the sixth and immediate past Episcopal Bishop of Western North Carolina. In March 2015 he announced his intent to retire. He was succeeded as bishop by the Rt. Rev. José Antonio McLoughlin. Taylor was appointed for a two-year term as Assisting Bishop in 2020 for the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.
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Harris G. Cope
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Harris Goodwin Cope was an American football and baseball player and football coach. He served as the head football coach at Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee from 1909 to 1916 and Howard College—now known as Samford University—in Marion, Alabama from 1922 to 1923, compiling a career [[college football coaching record of 48–28–12. Cope was a member of the National Football Rules Committee in 1914–15.
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Henry D. Phillips
- Occupations
- player of American footballpriest
- Biography
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Henry Disbrow Phillips was an American Episcopal bishop (1938–1955) and college American football player and coach (1900–1909). Sportswriter Fuzzy Woodruff called him "the greatest football player who ever sank cleated shoes into a chalk line south of the Mason-Dixon line."
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Jennings Frederick Gillem
- Occupations
- player of American footballhead coach
- Biography
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Jennings Frederick "Sam" "Jenks" Gillem was an American football player and coach. Gillem played for the Sewanee Tigers of Sewanee: The University of the South, and was selected All-Southern in 1910, 1911, and 1912. His ability punting the football netted him a spot on an Associated Press All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. He served as the head football coach at Howard College—now known as Samford University (1924–1926), Birmingham–Southern College (1928–1939), and Sewanee (1940–1941), compiling a career college football record of 73–65–10. Gillem died on November 11, 1951, at a hospital in Gadsden, Alabama, after a long illness. He was 5'9" and 150 pounds.
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David Cadman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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David Cadman is a former Canadian politician, who served on Vancouver City Council from 2002 to 2011. A social and environmental activist, Cadman served as a member of the Coalition of Progressive Electors.
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Vail M. Pittman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Vail Montgomery Pittman was an American businessman and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 19th governor of Nevada.
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Wild Bill Claiborne
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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William Stirling "Wild Bill" Claiborne was a college football player and Episcopal archdeacon of Sewanee and East Tennessee. Before he was archdeacon, he was rector of Otey Memorial parish.
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H. T. Kirby-Smith
- Years
- 1938-.. (age 86)
- Occupations
- poet
- Biography
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H.T. or Tom Kirby-Smith is an American author and poet.
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Richard Walker Bolling
- Enrolled in the University of the South
- In 1937 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- In 1939 graduated with Master of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianacademic administratorteacher
- Biography
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Richard Walker Bolling was a prominent American Democratic Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, and Missouri's 5th congressional district from 1949 to 1983. He retired after serving for four years as the chairman of the powerful United States House Committee on Rules.
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James S. Johnston
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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James Steptoe Johnston was an American Confederate veteran, preacher and educator. He served as a bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. He was the last bishop of the missionary district of west Texas and the first bishop of the Diocese of West Texas. He was also the founder of TMI — The Episcopal School of Texas, a private school in San Antonio, Texas.
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Edwin M. Leidel, Jr
- Occupations
- military officerpriest
- Biography
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Edwin Max "Ed" Leidel Jr. was a bishop of the Episcopal Church who served as Bishop of Eastern Michigan from 1996 to 2006 and as the Provisional Bishop of Eau Claire from 2010 to 2013.
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Theodore DuBose Bratton
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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Theodore DuBose Bratton was a bishop of Mississippi in The Episcopal Church and the chaplain general of the United Confederate Veterans.
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Travis Randall McDonough
- Occupations
- judgelawyer
- Biography
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Travis Randall McDonough is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee and former chief of staff and counselor to the mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
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Lee Tolley
- Occupations
- player of American footballAmerican football official
- Biography
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Robert Lee Tolley was a college football player and Southeastern Conference official.
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Neil Edmond
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Neil Smith "Chicot" Edmond was a college football player and lieutenant colonel.
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C. Wallis Ohl, Jr
- Occupations
- Anglican priestpriest
- Biography
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Charles Wallis Ohl Jr. was the Provisional Bishop of Fort Worth in The Episcopal Church. Jack Iker had been the Bishop of Fort Worth in the Episcopal Church until a super-majority of the diocese voted to dissolve its union with the General Convention at the 2007 and 2008 diocesan conventions. Those members of the diocese who wished to remain in the Episcopal Church met in a special convention on February 7, 2009. Edwin F. Gulick Jr., the Bishop of Kentucky who was planning to retire soon, was appointed as Provisional Bishop. In November 2009, the Annual Convention of that diocese elected Ohl as their new provisional bishop.
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Thomas Lakeman
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- novelist
- Biography
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Thomas Lakeman is the author of three mystery novels published by St. Martin's Minotaur. These include The Shadow Catchers (2006), Chillwater Cove (2007) and Broken Wing (2009).
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Cleland Kinloch Nelson
- Years
- 1852-1917 (aged 65)
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Cleland Kinloch Nelson was the Third Bishop of the U.S. state of Georgia and the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta. Nelson was the 160th bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA).
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Albion W. Knight
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Albion Williamson Knight was a bishop in the Episcopal Church, serving in Cuba and the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey.
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William Henry Poole
- Occupations
- player of American footballpriest
- Biography
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William Henry Poole was a college football player while a divinity student, and later a minister.
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R. N. MacCallum
- Occupations
- player of American football
- Biography
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Robert Nelson MacCallum was a college football player and reverend.
