Editing College of William & Mary (section)

==Notable people==
===Faculty===
[[File:John Marshall by Henry Inman, 1832.jpg|thumb|Fourth [[Chief Justice of the United States]] [[John Marshall]], who graduated from William & Mary under the tutelage of [[George Wythe]]]]
Since the 17th century, many prominent academics have chosen to teach at William & Mary. Distinguished faculty include the first professor of law in the United States, [[George Wythe]] (who taught [[Henry Clay]], [[John Marshall]], and Thomas Jefferson, among others); [[William Small]] (Thomas Jefferson's cherished mentor); [[William Dawson (college president)|William]] and [[Thomas Dawson (college president)|Thomas Dawson]], who were also presidents of William & Mary. Also, the founder and first president of the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] – [[William Barton Rogers]] – taught chemistry at William & Mary (which was also Professor Barton's ''alma mater''). Several members of the socially elite and politically influential Tucker family, including [[Nathaniel Beverley Tucker|Nathaniel Beverley]], [[St. George Tucker|St. George]], and [[Henry St. George Tucker Sr.]] (who penned the original [[academic honor code|honor code]] pledge for the [[University of Virginia]] that remains in use there today), taught at William & Mary.

William & Mary recruited the constitutional scholar [[William Van Alstyne]] from [[Duke Law School]]. [[Lawrence Wilkerson]], current Harriman Visiting Professor of Government and Public Policy, was chief of staff for [[Colin Powell]]. [[Susan Wise Bauer]] is an author and founder of [[Peace Hill Press]], who teaches writing and American literature at the college. [[James Axtell]], who teaches history, was inducted into the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] as a Fellow in 2004. [[Iyabo Obasanjo]], a previous senator of Nigeria and daughter of former President [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] of Nigeria, also serves as faculty in Kinesiology & Health Sciences.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wm.edu/as/kinesiology/faculty/obasanjo-i.php|title=Iyabo Obasanjo|work=wm.edu|access-date=September 5, 2021|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028172401/https://www.wm.edu/as/kinesiology/faculty/obasanjo-i.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Professor [[Benjamin Bolger]], the second-most credentialed person in modern history behind [[Michael Nicholson (academic)|Michael Nicholson]], taught at W&M.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/01/twentyseven_degrees_and_counti.html|title=Twenty-seven degrees and counting: Kalamazoo man enjoys the 'freedom' of intellectual pursuits|work=MLive.com|date=January 19, 2009|access-date=December 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820044525/https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2009/01/twentyseven_degrees_and_counti.html|archive-date=August 20, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Alumni===
{{main|List of College of William & Mary alumni}}
Although a historically small college, alumni of William & Mary include influential and historically significant people, including four of the first ten presidents of the United States,<ref>{{cite web|title=Incredible Alumni|url=https://www.wm.edu/about/wmdifference/incrediblealumni/|access-date=January 25, 2022|website=William & Mary|language=en}}</ref> four [[United States Supreme Court]] justices, dozens of U.S. senators, members of government, six [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholars]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Senior named Rhodes Scholar, sixth in College's history|url=https://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2009/senior-named-rhodes-scholar,-sixth-in-colleges-history-123.php|access-date=January 23, 2022|publisher=The College of William & Mary in Virginia|location=Williamsburg, VA}}</ref> and three [[Marshall Scholarship|Marshall Scholars]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Student awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship: Third in College's history|url=https://www.wm.edu/news/announcements/archive/2007/student-awarded-prestigious-marshall-scholarship-third-in-colleges-history.php|access-date=January 23, 2022|website=William & Mary|language=en}}</ref>
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File:Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800).jpg|Third U.S. President, [[Thomas Jefferson]] (1762, attended)
File:John B. Neagle - Henry Clay - Google Art Project crop 2.jpg|9th U.S. Secretary of State, statesman, abolitionist, and Founder of the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]], [[Henry Clay]] (class of 1797)
File:General Winfield Scott MET ap10.54.jpg|[[Commanding General of the United States Army|Commanding General of the U.S. Army]], [[Winfield Scott]] (1805, attended)
File:John Tyler (cropped 3x4).png|10th U.S. President, [[John Tyler]] (class of 1807)
File:Robert Gates, official DoD photo portrait, 2006.jpg|22nd [[United States secretary of defense|United States Secretary of Defense]] and 24th Chancellor, [[Robert Gates]] (class of 1965)
File:Glenn Close - Guardians of the Galaxy premiere - July 2014 (cropped).jpg|American actress, [[Glenn Close]] (class of 1974)
File:James Comey official portrait.jpg|7th [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]], [[James Comey]] (class of 1982)
File:Jon Stewart at USO Metro 35th Annual Awards Dinner (Cropped).jpg|American comedian, [[Jon Stewart]] (class of 1984)
File:Jen Psaki 2022.jpg|34th [[White House Press Secretary]] under [[Joe Biden]], [[Jen Psaki]] (class of 2000)
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