This page is a partial list of notable alumni and faculty of the University of Virginia. Rectors and members of the Board of Visitors Thomas Jefferson – 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809); founder, Rector (1819–1826) James Madison – 4th President of the United States (1809–1817); Rector (1826–1836) James Monroe – 5th President of the United States (1817–1825) Joseph C. Cabell – Rector (1834–1836 & 1845–1856) Chapman Johnson – Rector (1836–1845) Andrew Stevenson – 15th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1827–1833); Rector (1856–1857) Thomas Jefferson Randolph – Rector (1857–1864) T. L. Preston – Rector (1864–1865) Alexander Rives – Rector (1865–1866) B. Johnson Barbour – Rector (1866–1872) R. G. H. Kean – Rector (1872–1876) Alexander H. H. Stewart – Rector (1886–1887) John L. Marye – Rector (1888–1890) W. C. N. Randolph – Rector (1890–1897) Armistead C. Gordon – Rector (1897–1898 & 1906–1918) Charles P. Jones – Rector (1898–1906) R. Tate Irvine – Rector (1918–1920) John Stewart Bryan — Rector and board member (1918–1922) C. Harding Walker – Rector (1922–1930) Fredric W. Scott – Rector (1930–1939) Robert Gray Williams – Rector (1939–1946) Edward R. Stettinius Jr. – Rector (1946–1949) Baron Foster Black – Rector (1949–1956) Frank Talbott, Jr – Rector (1956–1960) Albert Vickers Bryan – Rector (1960–1964) Charles Rogers Fenwick – Rector (1964–1966) Frank W. Rogers – Rector (1966–1970) Joseph H. McConnell – Rector (1970–1976) William L. Zimmer, III – Rector (1976–1980) D. French Slaughter Jr. – Rector (1980–1982) Fred G. Pollard – Rector (1982–1987) Joshua Darden Jr. – Rector (1987–1990) Edward Elliott Elson – Rector (1990–1992) Hovey S. Dabney – Rector (1992–1998) John P. Ackerly, III – Rector (1998–2003) Gordon F. Rainey Jr. – Rector (2003–2005) Thomas F. Farrell, II – Rector (2005–2007) H. Haywood Fralin – Rector (2007–2009) John O. Wynne – Rector (2009–2011) Helen Dragas – Rector (2011–2013) George Keith Martin – Rector (2013–2015) William H. Goodwin – Rector (2015–2017) Frank M. "Rusty" Conner – Rector (2017–present) Notable faculty Faculty members who are alumni of the University of Virginia are marked in italics. American Studies Athletics Classics Economics Education English Engineering History Law Mathematics Media Studies Medicine {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ |- ! Name ! Position ! class="unsortable"| Notability ! class="unsortable"| |- | style="text-align:center"| (1941-2015) | | 1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology laureate for discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells | style="text-align:center"| |- | style="text-align:center"| (1951-) |