List of Washington and Lee University people

Below is a list of notable associated people of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, United States. The year after each name designates the graduation year, if the person is an alumnus.

Law and politics

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Business

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Academia

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Literature and journalism

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Science and technology

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  • Jennifer Dowd 1996 - social scientist and public health researcher
  • Joseph L. Goldstein 1962 - won Nobel Prize for Medicine for research in cholesterol metabolism and discovery that human cells have low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that extract cholesterol from the bloodstream
  • William Wilson Morgan 1924–26 undergraduate classes (graduated from University of Chicago 1927) - astronomer; co-developed the MK system for the classification of stars, and classification systems for galaxies and clusters; Director of Yerkes Observatory

Art, entertainment, and athletics

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Religion

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Faculty

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Trustees and benefactors

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Presidents

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See List of presidents of Washington and Lee University.

References

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