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'''Walter Taylor Reveley, III''' is the [[List of presidents of the College of William and Mary|twenty-seventh president]] of [[The College of William & Mary]].<ref name=WTR>[http://www.wm.edu/law/faculty/reveley-18.shtml W. Taylor Reveley, III, Interim President and John Stewart Bryan Professorship of Jurisprudence, W&M School of Law]. Accessed [[March 23]], [[2008]].</ref> Formerly Dean of the [[William and Mary Law School]], Reveley took over as interim president of the College on February 12, 2008 following [[Gene Nichol]]'s resignation earlier that day<ref name=WM>[http://www.wm.edu/president/ WM.edu: W. Taylor Reveley | Interim President] Accessed [[March 23]], [[2008]]</ref> and was officially appointed the College's 27th president for a full, three-year term by the Board of Visitors on September 5, 2008. Reveley had been a finalist for the presidency of William & Mary in 2005, during the candidate search that ended with Nichol's hiring. With his appointment, now made permanent, Reveley holds two positions at the College, as he is also the John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence at the law school.<ref name=WTR/>
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Reveley's areas of academic specialty include [[administrative law]], citizen lawyers, commercial nuclear power, and [[Constitutional Law]] - war powers.<ref name=WTR/> He is the author of the 1981 book ''War Powers of the President and Congress: Who Holds the Arrows and the Olive Branch?'', and was a co-director of the [[National War Powers Commission]]. Reveley received his [[A.B.]] from [[Princeton University]] in 1965 while earning a [[Phi Beta Kappa]] distinction for academic excellence. He then received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from the [[University of Virginia]] in 1968 while earning the [[Order of the Coif]] distinction.<ref name=WTR/><ref name=PRZ>[http://www.wm.edu/presidentialsearch/reveley.php WM.edu: Presidential search]. Accessed [[March 23]], [[2008]].</ref>

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==External links==
*[http://www.wm.edu/about/administration/president/biography/index.php Full biography]
*[http://www.wm.edu/law/faculty/images/reveley-18.jpg Picture of W. Taylor Reveley, III]
*[http://millercenter.org/policy/commissions/warpowers National War Powers Commission]


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Revision as of 21:58, 8 April 2009

Walter Taylor Reveley, III is the twenty-seventh president of The College of William & Mary.[1] Formerly Dean of the William and Mary Law School, Reveley took over as interim president of the College on February 12, 2008 following Gene Nichol's resignation earlier that day[2] and was officially appointed the College's 27th president for a full, three-year term by the Board of Visitors on September 5, 2008. Reveley had been a finalist for the presidency of William & Mary in 2005, during the candidate search that ended with Nichol's hiring. With his appointment, now made permanent, Reveley holds two positions at the College, as he is also the John Stewart Bryan Professor of Jurisprudence at the law school.[1]

Reveley's areas of academic specialty include administrative law, citizen lawyers, commercial nuclear power, and Constitutional Law - war powers.[1] He is the author of the 1981 book War Powers of the President and Congress: Who Holds the Arrows and the Olive Branch?, and was a co-director of the National War Powers Commission. Reveley received his A.B. from Princeton University in 1965 while earning a Phi Beta Kappa distinction for academic excellence. He then received his J.D. from the University of Virginia in 1968 while earning the Order of the Coif distinction.[1][3]

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Academic offices
Preceded by President of the College of William & Mary
2008 — present
Succeeded by
(incumbent)
Preceded by
(predecessor)
Dean of the the College of William & Mary Law School
1998 — 2008
Succeeded by
Davison M. Douglas