User:Tjarrett/Seven Society Research

One current research project: assembling a list of notable known members of the Seven Society. List in progress is below; article will include the notable subset. Members marked with a strikethrough have been added to the article.

1900s

• John Lloyd Newcomb
• William Halsey, Jr. (http://www.smokershistory.com/Liggett.html)

1910s

• James Rogers McConnell (http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Albemarle/002-5073_Aviator_NR_final_2006.pdf)
• John H. "Jack" Bocock, lawyer
• Harrison M. Robertson ('16), lawyer

1920s

• Edward Stettinius, Jr. (no degree 1924)
• Henry B. Mulholland (d.1967) - on med school faculty for over 40 years (Dabney, Virginius (1981). Mr. Jefferson's University: A History. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. p. 585. ISBN 081390904X.

1930s

• John Segar Gravatt (Law 1933), lawyer who helped implement Massive Resistance in state of Virginia in 1956
• A. Vincent Shea (1934) (http://www.virginia.edu/bov/meetings/02mayjune/'02%20MAY-JUNE%20%20DOCKET.pdf);
• Frank Wisner (CLAS, Law 1934), head of the Office of Policy Coordination and deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency
• Harold C. Stuart (http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.1601199/apps/s/content.asp?ct=4248371)
• "Garland Pollard Cox (Col 1938 L/M) of Charlottesville died March 6, 2009. He was a member of the Seven Society, Delta Tau Delta fraternity, Eli Banana and the IMP Society. Mr. Cox had a 30-year career in banking." (http://www.uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1930s/)
• Mary Proffitt (before UVA admitted women), who was a secretary to several deans (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/exhibits/women/university_life4.html)
• James Easly Edmunds III (Col 1938) (http://www.halifaxva.net/county/WoodbourneJamesEdmunds.htm)
• John Jerauld “Jack” Owen (Engr 1939) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1930s15#.Uht_i2Rgafs)
• John Carlyle Herbert Hooff (late 1930s), real estate developer in Northern Virginia "John Hooff, Builder and Developer, Dies at 80". Washington Post. 1999-04-02. Retrieved 2020-03-18.

1940s

• Ernest Mead (Col 1940) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s19)
• William B. Harman (1941) (http://archives.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.3508785/k.9072/In_Memoriam.htm)
• Mosby Gooding Cardozo (Com ’41 L/M) of Virginia Beach died Dec. 1, 2009. At the University, he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, the IMP Society and the Seven Society. He was also quarterback of the football team and played varsity baseball. Mr. Cardozo served as a pilot in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II and continued as a pilot with Pan American Grace Airways (Panagra) and Braniff International until his retirement in 1980. (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s4/#.UKJ1oYV8yAc)
• Henry L. Kinnier (1942) (http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article/HKOB12_20090511-223031/267223/)
• Benjamin Weems Dulany (1943) (fall alumni magazine)
• Francis N. Crenshaw (Col 1943, Law 1948) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s12/)
• Richard W. "Dick" Wiltshire (Col 1943) " of Richmond, Va., died on May 29, 2012. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II and was a member of the honor guard at the funeral of Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the University, he was a member of the Fraternity of Delta Psi (St. Anthony Hall), the Seven Society, IMP Society, T.I.L.K.A. and the Judiciary Committee and served as president of the College of Arts & Sciences and chair of the Honor Committee. Mr. Wiltshire began his career in the agency department of Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co. and became its first director of training. He later became the president, then CEO, and retired as chairman of the board in 1997. He served on the boards of the University of Richmond and Richmond Memorial Hospital, among others. He was a life trustee of Collegiate School and honorary life trustee of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges. In 1998, he was awarded the Distinguished Citizen Award by the Boy Scouts of America." ([1])
• Frank Hereford
• H. Lockwood Frizzell (http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.1601199/apps/s/content.asp?ct=3839049)
• Zach Toms (http://www.smokershistory.com/Liggett.html)
• Samuel H. Carter (http://archives.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.1601199/apps/s/content.asp?ct=2346191)
• George A. Stewart Jr. (1943) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s3/)
• Grant Lester Blankin Jr. (1945) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s3/)
• Richard B. Buck (1946) (http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.1601199/apps/s/content.asp?ct=3839049)
• Charles Henry Sackett (Col ’47, Med ’51 L/M) of Lynchburg, Va., died Aug. 13, 2010. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of the Seven Society. When he graduated from medical school, he was the valedictorian of his class. Dr. Sackett practiced internal medicine and cardiology in Lynchburg from 1956 to 1996. He was instrumental in establishing coronary care units at Lynchburg General and Virginia Baptist hospitals. Dr. Sackett developed Lynchburg’s Cardiac Rehabilitation Center in 1977. He was instrumental in the opening of cardiac catheterization laboratories in 1987 and the cardiac surgical program in 1989. He played a leadership role in the merger in 1987 of Virginia Baptist and Lynchburg General hospitals to create Centra Health. Dr. Sackett was honored in 1998 with the creation of the Sackett Heart Fund and biannual Sackett Heart Ball. Throughout his career, he held numerous leadership positions in the medical community. In 1991, he was honored by his peers for his numerous accomplishments by being named Laureate of the 1,500-member Virginia Chapter of the American College of Physicians. (http://w.uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s7/#.UKKtcoV8znw)
• John David Varner (1949) (http://www.uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s5/)
• John Rixey (Col ’49, Law ’51 L/M) of Virginia Beach died May 31, 2008. He was a member of the Seven Society. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve, then practiced law in Norfolk and Virginia Beach for more than 50 years. Mr. Rixey was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates and served from 1954 to 1959. He was president of the Norfolk Chamber of Commerce and a former vice president of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of and held positions on many boards. A seven-time Norfolk city tennis champion and former Virginia tennis doubles champion, Mr. Rixey was also instrumental in the organization of the Norfolk Neptunes professional football team and Virginia Squires professional basketball team of the former ABA. (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade//1940s1#.UKJ1poV8yAc)
• Joe Edwin McCary (Col '49, Med '54) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1940s19)

1950s

• Van Dyke Jones (Com ’50 L/M) of Harrisburg, Pa., died Nov. 23, 2011. He served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. At the University, he participated in varsity football, where he achieved All-State and All-America honors. He was a member of the Raven Scholastic Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, St. Anthony Hall, the IMP Society and the Seven Society. He worked for Hershey Creamery Co. for 27 years, retiring as the vice president of sales in 1978. He later worked for Daily Express, and on his retirement from that company, established Jones Business Forms. (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s11/#.UKJ1ooV8yAc)
• Gardner R. Hathaway (Col '50) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s20) - CIA, IMP, Beta Theta Phi, US Army
• Harold M. "Hal" Burrows (Col '50) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s23) - captain of the men’s tennis team and was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the Seven Society, IMP Society, T.I.L.K.A., the V Club, 13 Society, 3-3-3 Athletic Council, and German Club
• J. Shelton Horsley III (Col '50) (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_fall_2020) - St. Anthony Hall, T.I.L.K.A., the IMP Society, ODK, the Thirteen Society and the Seven Society
• Henry Lee Valentine II (Col ‘50), of Richmond, Virginia, died Sept. 21, 2023. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1945 and served as World War II concluded. At UVA, he was elected Student Council president and was a member of St. Anthony Hall, the IMP Society, the Raven Society, Eli Banana and Omicron Delta Kappa. He was a member of the men’s tennis team and won championships in both singles and doubles at the Richmond City Tennis Tournament. (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_winter_2023)
• William A. "Skip" Forrest Jr. (Col '51) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s_spring_2018) - DKE, Cavalier Daily, Raven, Skull & Keys, ODK; established Jefferson Scholars
• Charles Sackett (1951) (undergrad, med) (http://www.cavalierdaily.com/2010/10/08/member-of-sevens-passes/)
• Henry N. Taylor (1951) (undergrad) "Henry N. Taylor". Congressional Record. 109: 1629. 1963. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
• J. Stewart Walker III (Col ’51 L/M) of Charleston, South Carolina, died June 9, 2019. (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_winter_2019)
• Paul B. Barringer II (1952) of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, died May 30, 2016. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. At the University, he was a member of the Honor Committee, T.I.L.K.A., IMP Society, P.K. Society, Skull and Keys, Naval ROTC, V Club and Zeta Psi fraternity. He was also a member of the football, wrestling, and track and field teams. In 1955, he joined his father’s company, Coastal Lumber Co., in Weldon, North Carolina. He purchased the company from his father in 1959, and the firm grew significantly under his leadership. He loved to play tennis, bird hunt and repeat stories that never got old. (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s_fall_2016)
• H. Mebane “Meb” Turner (Educ 1953) died Nov. 19, 2023. While earning his bachelor’s degree at UVA, he was a member of the men’s football and wrestling teams. He was also a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the IMP Society, Eli Banana, the P.K. Society, the Raven Society, and the Omicron Delta Kappa honor society. (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_spring_2024)
• "Frederic S. Bocock (Col 1954 L/M) of Richmond, Va., died Nov. 24, 2008. He served in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the University’s Seven Society. His career was with the brokerage and investment banking firm of Scott and Stringfellow, where he was a partner and served as vice president from 1971 to 2001. He was president of the Richmond Memorial Hospital board and the men’s advisory board of the Virginia Home, a nonprofit facility serving adults with disabilities. Survivors include sons John Holmes Bocock (GSBA ’95) and Alexander Hamilton Bocock (GSBA ’98), and a granddaughter, Nora Brookfield Bocock (Educ ’95, ’08)." (http://www.uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s/)
• William C. Sinclair (Engr ’54 L/M) of Virginia Beach, Virginia, died Feb. 1, 2019. He served in the U.S. Army. At UVA, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, the IMP Society, T.I.L.K.A. and the Seven Society, he lettered in football, boxing and lacrosse. He was second team All-American for lacrosse and played on the 1952 national championship team. After graduation, Mr. Sinclair worked for the Virginia Department of Highways, McLean Contracting Co. and Waterfront Marine. He was known at McLean as the person who could solve almost any construction issue and the one to send to any emergency situation. He mentored many in the marine construction industry. In 1977, he designed and helped build his dream home in Sandbridge, Virginia, where he lived until October 2018. Mr. Sinclair was known for his practical jokes, acrobatic dives, tricks and drawings. He pushed those around him to be better people. Survivors include four children, seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_fall_2019)
• Gordon Woody Jr. (Col ‘54 L/M) of Danville, Va., died Jan. 6, 2010. He served in the U.S. Navy. At the University, he was a member of the Seven Society and the staff of Corks & Curls. He started his orthodontist practice in Danville in 1961 and retired in 1996. (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s8/#.UKJ1roV8yAc)
• William Derwart Stallings (Col '54, Med '58) -- IMP, TILKA (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s14)
• Alexander Gilliam (Col ‘55) -- Beta Theta Pi, Raven Society, IMP Society, Seven Society "Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam Jr". Hill and Wood Funeral Service. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
• R. Rives Bailey (Col '56, Med '60) --Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Eli Banana, quarterback, third base (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_summer_fall_2022)
• Joseph Stettinius (Engr' 56) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s_spring_2016) of Charlottesville, died January 16, 2016, football team, V Club, P.K. Society, Delta Psi.
• E. Massie "Skeeter" Valentine (Col '56) of Richmond, Virginia, died August 3, 2017. At the University, he was a member of Delta Psi fraternity (St. Anthony Hall), the IMP Society, the Raven Society and Eli Banana. He also played on the tennis team.
• Martin A. Purcell (Col '57, Law '60) of Greenwich, CT, died February 12, 2015. At the University he was Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, President of the IMP Society and President of St. Elmo Hall, and also a member of Eli Banana, the Raven Society and ODK. "Martin A. Purcell, 80". Greenwich Free Press. 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2020-03-18.
• Marion Jack Rinehart (Col '57, Arch '65 CM) of Charlottesville, died March 7, 2023. After earning his bachelor’s from the McIntire School of Commerce, he was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve in 1957 and resigned in 1965 as a captain. He returned to Grounds to earn a bachelor’s in architecture. At UVA he was a member of the golf team, Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the T.I.L.K.A. Society and the IMP Society. He started his own architectural practice in 1969 and became known for designing custom homes and renovating golf club houses. One of his proudest accomplishments included creating the vision for the restoration and design of several buildings at Caves Valley Golf Club in Baltimore County. He enjoyed cheering on the ’Hoos at football, basketball, lacrosse, track and baseball games, wearing his latest orange-and-blue polo shirts and bow ties. Survivors include three children; three siblings, including Bruce H. Rinehart (Com ’63) and the Rev. Caroline R. Stewart (Educ ’71); and five grandchildren."In Memoriam". UVA Magazine. Fall 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
• Keith Wood (Col '57) (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_summer_2020) - Honor chair, Beta Theta Pi,
• Joshua Pretlow Darden Jr. (Col '58) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1950s20) - Delta Psi/St. Anthony Hall, Cavalier Daily, Corks and Curls, TILKA, IMP, Student Council, board of visitors, rector
• Nathaniel Holmes Morison III (Col' 58) (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_spring_2020) - soccer, boxing, TILKA, IMP, Delta Kappa Epsilon
• N. Thomas Connolly Jr. (Col '58, Med '62, Res '68) (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1950s_summer_2020) - StudCo pres, Eli Banana, Zeta Psi pres, Grand Banana of Eli Banana, Raven, IMP, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Lambda Pi, PK Society
• John Latane Lewis III (Col '59, Law '62): "of Powhatan, Va., died May 8, 2012. At the University, he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, the Seven Society, Eli Banana, the IMP Society, the 13 Society, the 3-3-3 Committee and the Corks & Curls staff. Mr. Lewis twice served as president of the Student Council, once as a college student and again as a law student. He practiced law in Powhatan County and later served as commonwealth’s attorney for 23 years. A member of the Virginia State Bar and the Virginia Bar Association, he also served on the boards of the Elizabeth Randolph Lewis Powhatan YMCA, Southside Electric Cooperative and Huguenot Academy." ([2])

1960s

• Alexander "Sandy" Dempsey (Col '61) (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1960s_fall_2023)
• Charles Armstrong Sinclair (Col 1962) (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1960s_summer_2019)
• James Riley Ayers IV (Col 1963) (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade/1960s20)
• Alexander Hoke Slaughter (Law '63) (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1960s_spring_2021)
• John B. "Jack" Davies (Col '64, Darden '70) (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1960s_fall_2021)
• James Hargroves (Col 1965) (Amerigroup) (http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.2180657/k.9059/IN_MEMORIAM.htm)
• Arthur Powell "Pete" Gray, Edward Codrington Carrington, Jr. (Ryan, Luke (2000-11-14). "Offering Awe for Award Winners". Cavalier Daily. Retrieved 2009-05-11.)
• Robert "Bobby" Patrick Green (Col '69) Delta Kappa Epsilon, IMP Society, Eli Banana, and Skull and Keys, class president, Corks and Curls editor (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/1960s_summer_fall_2022)
• William Lasley Montague Jr. (1969) (http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.1601199/apps/s/content.asp?ct=3839049)

1970s

• Shearer Davis Bowman (Col ’71 L/M) of Lexington, Ky., died Dec. 4, 2009. At the University, he was a member of the Seven Society, T.I.L.K.A. and IMP Society; president of Zeta Psi fraternity; vice president of the Student Council for the College of Arts & Sciences; vice chair of the Honor Committee and captain of the men’s soccer team. Mr. Bowman taught briefly at St. Anne’s-Belfield School in Charlottesville. He began his college teaching career at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, where he taught history. Mr. Bowman taught at the University of Texas at Austin for 15 years, and at Berea College and the University of Kentucky. He wrote Masters & Lords and At the Precipice, which will be published in 2010, as well as numerous articles and reviews. (http://uvamagazine.org/inmemoriam/decade//1970s4#.UKKtcIV8znw)
• James M. Rinaca (1973) (http://www.uvamagazine.org/site/c.esJNK1PIJrH/b.1601199/apps/s/content.asp?ct=3529587)
• Thomas F. Farrell II (Col '76, Law '79) rector (https://uvamagazine.org/in_memoriam/listing/thomas_f_farrell_ii)
• Jerry Vincent Glover (1979) (http://www.virginia.edu/bov/meetings/02jan/'02%20JAN%20BOARD%20MINUTES.pdf)

1980s

• Ricky Keller (http://hoosonline.virginia.edu/site/c.ikIXLcMPJtE/b.2832781/k.6629/Ravenell_Ricky_Keller_III_Memorial_Scholarship.htm)
• Glynn Key (Col '86, Law '89) (http://www.cavalierdaily.com/m/article/2014/12/glynn-key-alumna-seven-and-former-bov-member-dies-suddenly)

other

• Henry N. Taylor (http://www.smokershistory.com/Liggett.html)
• Noble C. Powell, Episcopal church leader and rector of St. Paul's Memorial Church in Charlottesville (Hein, David (2007). Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century. p. 45. Retrieved 2018-03-07.)
• B.F.D. Runk, UVA biology professor and dean (Hein, David (2007). Noble Powell and the Episcopal Establishment in the Twentieth Century. p. 137. Retrieved 2018-03-07.)
• John L. Colley Jr., Darden professor - "John L. Colley Jr". UVA Magazine. Fall 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-13.

Contributions of the Seven Society

• 2003-10-02: $10,777.77 to Student Council for re-institution of Homecoming
• 2003-12-02: $777.77 to cancer center
• A "metric ton" of candy for trick & treating on the Lawn