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While at West Virginia Wesleyan, Battles won 15 letters in five sports – four each in football and track, three each in baseball and basketball, and one in tennis. [2] While there, he was a Phi Beta Kappa scholar and Rhodes Scholarship candidate. [1] He was named to the West Virginia Hall of Fame in 1950 and the College Football Hall of Fame ...
Steve Owens (J.D. 1981) – chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board [254] Jerry Parr (B.A. 1962) – United States Secret Service agent, credited with helping to save President Reagan's life on the day of his assassination attempt [255] [256] Stephen D. Potts (B.A. 1952, LL.B 1954) – 4th director of the United States Office of Government ...
This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021. [1] [2]
Kathryn Elizabeth "Kathy" Harvey (née Grabinsky; November 28, 1966 – January 1, 2006), aged 39, was the co-owner of a popular local toy store called World of Mirth in Richmond's Carytown district and was the half-sister of actor Steven Culp.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a type of brain damage that has been found in 345 of 376 deceased former National Football League (NFL) players, according to a 2023 report by the Boston University CTE Center, which has led the effort to diagnose CTE cases.
Pro-segregationist lawyer in Virginia [32] Thomas Watt Gregory: 1884 Law Attorney General of the United States: Mark Herring: 1986 Graduate Attorney General of Virginia, member of the Senate of Virginia [33] Howell Edmunds Jackson: 1854 Graduate Justice, United States Supreme Court; U.S. Senator of Tennessee [34] Robert F. Kennedy: 1951 Law
Joby Harold (director/screenplay); Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Terrence Howard, Lena Olin, Nathalie Efron, Fisher Stevens, Arliss Howard, Christopher McDonald, Georgina Chapman, Sam Robards, Steven Hinkle The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: Miramax Films / Pathé / Canal+ / The Kennedy/Marshall Company / France 3 Cinéma
The Downtown Club of Richmond, Virginia has sponsored the Bill Dudley Award since 1990, awarded each year to the state's top college football player. [4] Dudley is an unlockable free agent running back in the videogame Madden NFL 08. Dudley served four terms in the Virginia House of Delegates. [6] Dudley suffered a massive stroke on January 30 ...