List of Southern Virginia University people

The following is a partial list of notable Southern Virginia University people. It includes alumni, professors, and others associated with Southern Virginia University.

Presidents
Designated Southern Virginia University in 2001.
 * Robert Lee Durham, 1919-1942
 * Margaret Durham Robey, 1942-1967
 * Roy Kinneer Patteson, Jr., 1970–1972, Ancient language scholar; Ph.D. Duke University; Th.M. Duke University; B.D. Union Theological Seminary; B.A. University of Richmond.
 * John Ripley, 1992-1997, U.S. Marine Colonel, Vietnam War combat veteran, war hero
 * E. Curtis Fawson, 1999-2003
 * Monte S. Nyman, 2003-2004
 * Rodney K. Smith, 2004-2011
 * Paul K. Sybrowsky, 2012-2014
 * Reed N Wilcox, 2014–2023
 * Bonnie H. Cordon 2023-Present

Faculty

 * Jeff Benedict, investigative reporter/author
 * Orson Scott Card, author of novel Ender's Game
 * Paul S. Edwards
 * Daniel J. Fairbanks
 * Ed Mulitalo, former American football player who played 10 years in the NFL and earned a Super Bowl ring with the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XXXV
 * Debra H. Sowell, former secretary and board member of the Society of Dance History Scholars

Board of trustees

 * Kent Colton, senior scholar, Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies; BYU Romney Institute Advisory Board
 * Ron Jones, chairman and CEO of Sealy Corporation
 * Ardeth Kapp, former general president of the Young Women Organization
 * Chieko Okazaki, former member of the Relief Society General Presidency
 * Dave Ulrich, a writer, speaker, management consultant and university professor who in 2001 was ranked the #1 Management Educator and Guru by BusinessWeek

Alumni

 * Beezie Madden, an American show jumping competitor and Olympic medalist