List of Davidson College people

Davidson is a highly selective independent liberal arts college for 1,900 students located 20 minutes north of Charlotte in Davidson, N.C. Since its establishment in 1837 by Presbyterians, the college has graduated 23 Rhodes Scholars and is consistently regarded as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. Through The Davidson Trust, the college became the first liberal arts institution in the nation to replace loans with grants in all financial aid packages, giving all students the opportunity to graduate debt-free. Davidson competes in NCAA athletics at the Division I level, and a longstanding Honor Code is central to student life at the college.

The following is a list of notable people associated with Davidson College, located in the American city of Davidson, North Carolina.

Notable alumni

Arts, film, theatre, and broadcasting

Athletics

Business

Education

Law

Medicine

Military

Politics (elected office)

Public and private service

Religion

Writers, journalists, and publishers

Faculty

Presidents of the college

Presidents of Davidson College

  • Rev. Robert Hall Morrison (1836–40)
  • Rev. Samuel Williamson (1841–54)
  • Rev. Drury Lacy (1855–60)
  • Rev. John Lycan Kirkpatrick (1860–66)
  • Rev. George Wilson McPhail (1866–71)
  • Prof. John Rennie Blake, Chairman (1871–77)
  • Rev. Andrew Dousa Hepburn (1877–85)
  • Rev. Luther McKinnon (1885–88)
  • Col. William Joseph Martin, Acting (1887–88)
  • Rev. John Bunyan Shearer (1888–1901)
  • Dr. Henry Louis Smith (1901–12)
  • Dr. William Joseph Martin, Jr. (1912–29)
  • Rev. Walter Lee Lingle (1929–41)
  • Dr. John Rood Cunningham (1941–57)
  • Prof. Clarence John Pietenpol, Acting (1957–58)
  • David Grier Martin (1958–68)
  • Prof. Frontis W. Johnston, Acting (1968)
  • Dr. Samuel Reid Spencer (1968–83)
  • Prof. Frontis W. Johnston, Acting (1983–84)
  • Dr. John Wells Kuykendall (1984–97)
  • Robert F. Vagt (1997–2007)
  • Thomas Warren Ross (2007–10)
  • Dr. John Wells Kuykendall, Acting (2010–11)
  • Dr. Carol Quillen (2011–present)

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