List of Southern Virginia University people
The following is a partial list of notable Southern Virginia University people. It includes alumni, professors, and others associated with Southern Virginia University.
Presidents[edit]
- Robert Lee Durham, 1919-1942
- Margaret Durham Robey, 1942-1967[1]
- Roy Kinneer Patteson, Jr., 1970–1972, Ancient language scholar; Ph.D. Duke University; Th.M. Duke University; B.D. Union Theological Seminary; B.A. University of Richmond.
- John Ripley, 1992-1997, U.S. Marine Colonel, Vietnam War combat veteran, war hero
Designated Southern Virginia University in 2001.
- E. Curtis Fawson, 1999-2003[2]
- Monte S. Nyman, 2003-2004
- Rodney K. Smith, 2004-2011
- Paul K. Sybrowsky, 2012-2014[3]
- Reed N Wilcox, 2014–2023[4]
- Bonnie H. Cordon 2023-Present
Faculty[edit]
- Jeff Benedict, investigative reporter/author
- Orson Scott Card, author of novel Ender's Game
- Paul S. Edwards
- Daniel J. Fairbanks
- Ed Mulitalo, former American football player who played 10 years in the NFL and earned a Super Bowl ring with the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV
- Debra H. Sowell, former secretary and board member of the Society of Dance History Scholars
Board of trustees[edit]
- Kent Colton, senior scholar, Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies;[5] BYU Romney Institute Advisory Board[6]
- Ron Jones, chairman and CEO of Sealy Corporation[7]
- Ardeth Kapp, former general president of the Young Women Organization
- Chieko Okazaki, former member of the Relief Society General Presidency
- Dave Ulrich, a writer, speaker, management consultant and university professor who in 2001 was ranked the #1 Management Educator and Guru by BusinessWeek[8]
Alumni[edit]
- Beezie Madden, an American show jumping competitor and Olympic medalist[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Margaret Durham Robey Horatio Alger Award Recipient (2024) - Alexandria, VA - Horatio Alger Association". horatioalger.org.
- ^ "E. Fawson Obituary (2003) - Salt Lake City, UT - Deseret News". Legacy.com.
- ^ "Elder Sybrowsky tapped as new Southern Virginia president". Deseret News. 2 March 2012.
- ^ "Reed N. Wilcox Named President of Southern Virginia University | Southern Virginia University".
- ^ Harvard University Press: Housing in the Twenty-First Century : Achieving Common Ground by Kent W. Colton
- ^ Advisory Board
- ^ "A new leader at Sealy: retailers see Jones rebuilding ties.(Sealy Corp. CEO and President Ron Jones) | HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network | Find Articles at BNET.com". [dead link]
- ^ Schneider, Mica (October 15, 2001). "Rating the Management Gurus". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2008.
- ^ "Elizabeth Madden ('84) Sets Sight on Fourth Olympic Medal". Southern Virginia University. Retrieved 2012-05-16.