This list of Wake Forest University people includes notable alumni, faculty and staff of Wake Forest University, a private research university located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
President | Tenure |
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Samuel Wait | 1834–1845 |
William Hooper | 1845–1848 |
John B. White | 1848–1853 |
Washington Manly Wingate | acting 1854–1856, president 1856–1862, 1866–1879 |
Thomas H. Pritchard | 1879–1882 |
Charles Taylor | 1884–1905 |
William L. Poteat | 1905–1927 |
Francis Pendleton Gaines | 1927–1930 |
Thurman D. Kitchin | 1930–1950 |
Harold W. Tribble | 1950–1967 |
James R. Scales | 1967–1983 |
Thomas K. Hearn | 1983–2005 |
Nathan O. Hatch | 2005–2021 |
Susan Wente | 2021–present |
Andy Rosenband, professional soccer player for Chicago Storm.
Wake Forest University (WFU) is a private research university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1834, the university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, has been located north of downtown Winston-Salem since the university moved there in 1956. The Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist medical campus has two locations, the older one located near the Ardmore neighborhood in central Winston-Salem, and the newer campus at Wake Forest Innovation Quarter downtown. The university also occupies laboratory space at Biotech Plaza at Innovation Quarter, and at the Center for Nanotechnology and Molecular Materials. The university's Graduate School of Management maintains a presence on the main campus in Winston-Salem and in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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