Bennett, comic book writer Jesse Benton, conservative political activist and consultant Marion Blakey, CEO of Rolls-Royce and former Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Matt Bradshaw, musician Mark Cole, Virginia politician Frances D. Cook, former U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, former U.S. Ambassador to Cameroon, former U.S. Ambassador to Oman Teresa A. H. Djuric, U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Jean Donovan, relief worker martyred in El Salvador Elizabeth Edwards, activist and wife of John Edwards Janet Doub Erickson, artist and author, founder of the Blockhouse of Boston Shin Fujiyama, co-founder of Students Helping Honduras Barbara Halliday, Mayor of Hayward, California Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet Laureate of Virginia, 2006–2008 Rose M. Likins, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, former U.S. Ambassador to Peru Michèle McQuigg, Virginia politician Judy Muller, journalist Nan Grogan Orrock, Georgia politician Toddy Puller, Virginia politician Joey Peppersack, Paralympic swimmer, represented United States at 2020 Paralympic Games Judge Reinhold, actor Anne Rudloe, marine biologist, environmentalist Maggie Stiefvater, writer Desiree Marie Velez, actress David Whitaker, Arkansas politician Christopher C. Rogers, co-creator of Halt and Catch Fire Current, former, and emeritus faculty Bulent Atalay, physicist and author Julien Binford, artist David Cain, theologian Claudia Emerson, poet James Farmer (1985–1999), a leader of the Civil Rights Movement Ron Smith, poet Frank M. Snowden, Jr., scholar Gregory Stanton, founder and president of Genocide Watch Laura Sumner, numismatist References Further reading Alvey, Edward (1974). History of Mary Washington College 1908–1972. University of Virginia Press. Crawley, William Bryan (2008). University of Mary Washington: A Centennial History, 1908–2008. University of Mary Washington. External links Official website Official athletics website Former women's universities and colleges in the United States University of Mary Washington University of Mary Washington Educational institutions established in 1908 Education in Fredericksburg, Virginia Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Buildings and structures in Fredericksburg, Virginia Tourist attractions in Fredericksburg, Virginia 1908 establishments in Virginia Public liberal arts colleges in the United States