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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[1]
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.[1]
Previously, Reveley was on the Princeton Alumni Council's executive committee and was chairman of the trustees of Virginia Intermont College.[1]
He is also an executive producer of the 2013 dark comedy Doomsdays, written and directed by his childhood friend Eddie Mullins, which receives 86% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes.[8]
Reveley led a campus plan with the firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners, which aims to improve the university's residential campus and connection to the town of Farmville.[10]
