Korea at the Paris peace conference at the end of World War I James W. Marshall – United States Representative, Virginia's 9th congressional district, 1893–95 George Warwick McClintic – Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, 1921–42 Park Hee Byung – Korean independence leader; worked to end the Japanese annexation of Korea E. J. Pipkin – member, Maryland State Senate, 2003–13; candidate for United States Senate, 2004 Richard Harding Poff – United States Representative, Virginia's 6th congressional district, 1953–72; Justice, Supreme Court of Virginia, 1972–88 Sam Rasoul - member, Virginia House of Delegates, 2014–present Anthony D. Sayre - Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1909-31 Robert Spellane – member, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 2001–11 Frank S. Tavenner Jr. – United States Attorney, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1940–45 James C. Turk – Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia, 1972-2014 James P. Woods – United States Representative, Virginia's 6th congressional district, 1918–23 Other Walter Compton – radio and television broadcaster and executive Kristen Wiig actress, known for roles on Saturday Night Live and various comedic blockbusters W. A. R. Goodwin – rector of Bruton Parish Church who assisted John D. Rockefeller Jr. with the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg; known as the "Father of Colonial Williamsburg" Thomas David Gordon - Reformed theologian, writer, and professor at Grove City College Tom T. Hall - country music artist, attended Roanoke following military service via the G.I. Bill. John Pirro - lacrosse player and coach Ruth Randall - Biographer of Mary Todd Lincoln Theodore Schneider – Bishop of the Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 1995–2007 David C. Shanks, US Army major general Roanoke and the railway The Norfolk and Western Railway, now Norfolk Southern Corporation, has provided career opportunities for many Roanoke alumni; the NWR was headquartered in Roanoke until 1982 and is a major employer in western Virginia. Roanoke graduates who have advanced to leadership positions include Stuart T. Saunders and John Fishwick, former presidents of the NWR; John R. Turbyfill, retired vice-chairman, NSC; John S. Shannon, retired executive vice president, NSC; and William T. Ross Sr., retired assistant vice president, NWR. Roanoke has strong historic ties to the railway due in part to its alumni connections. The NWR named a Pullman car "Roanoke College" in honor of the college and Fishwick's Salem residence is now