W. Taylor Reveley IV | |
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26th President of Longwood University | |
Assumed office June 1, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Patrick Finnegan |
Personal details | |
Born |
Walter Taylor Reveley IV August 16, 1974 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse(s) | Marlo Reveley |
Alma mater |
Princeton University (A.B.) Union Presbyterian Seminary (M.Div.) University of Virginia (J.D.) |
Profession | Educator, Attorney |
Salary | $325,000 |
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.
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.
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.