W. Taylor Reveley IV

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. 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.

Early life and education Reveley is a native of Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from St. Christopher's School there.

Reveley's grandfather, W. Taylor Reveley II was president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1963-1977, and his father W. Taylor Reveley III was president of the College of William & Mary from 2008-2018.

Career 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.

Longwood The Commission on Presidential Debates selected Longwood to host the October 2016 U.S. Vice-Presidential Debate.

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.