chapter 4:
More Growth and progress
On Saturday, March 23, 2013, the Board of Visitors unanimously chose W. Taylor Reveley IV as Longwood’s president. Reveley’s appointment was scheduled to begin June 1, 2013 and continue through at least 2018. He came to Longwood with a substantial list of accomplishments and experiences. He has some close connections to the college, beginning more than a century ago with his greatgrandmother Carrie Rennie Eason ’10, his grandmother Marie Eason Reveley-Harris ’40, and her sisters, Caroline Eason Roberts ’42 and Julia Eason Mercer ’44. Additionally, his great-grandfather Thomas D. Eason taught biology at the college. Reveley also hails from an impressive line of college presidents. His father, W. Taylor Reveley III, is president of the College of William and Mary, and his grandfather Walter Taylor Reveley II was Hampden-Sydney’s president from 1963 to 1977.
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1-“Longwood’s New President,” Public Relations Office Press Release, October 12, 1967. Longwood University Archives. 2-Richard Couture, unpublished manuscript, Longwood University Archives, 267. 3-Public Relations Department, Campus Guide, 1983. 4-Couture, 272. 5-Couture, 282. 6 -”Ex-Longwood President Joins Staff at ODU,” Richmond News-Leader, September 1, 1981. 7-Couture, 342. 8-Janet Greenwood to all faculty members and staff, memo dated November 16, 1981. Copy in Longwood University Archives. 9-Visit by Presidents of French Universities to Longwood College, April, 19-21, 1983, copy, Longwood University Archives. 10-“Longwood President Inaugurated,” The Rotunda, September 12, 1989. 11-“The Changing Campus: Blackwell Mall,” The Rotunda, September 13, 1988. longwood university
Reveley IV with painting of his great-grandfather Eason
12-“Dr. Cormier Conducts Open Forum with Students,” The Rotunda, September 25, 1996. 13-“Freshman Family Day,” The Rotunda, September 15, 1996. 14-“Dr. Cormier to Throw Out First Pitch for Longwood’s Opening Game,” The Rotunda, February 17, 1997. 15-Melanie Barker, “Cormier Stresses Connections Between Community and Longwood,” The Rotunda, April 15, 1997. 16-Stephanie Riggsby and Danuelle Pezold, “Millenium (sic) Fire Tears Longwood College Down But Not Asunder,” The Rotunda, April 26, 2001. 17-“Tribute,” The Rotunda, April 26, 2001. 18-Stephanie Riggsby and Danuelle Pezold, “Millenium (sic) Fire Tears Longwood College Down But Not Asunder,” The Rotunda, April 26, 2001. 19-“Revamped Science Building to Debut Spring 2006,” The Rotunda, October 13, 2006.
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