U.S. Senator Advisor
Sullivan became closely associated with the Dean of the Law School, William Spong, a highly–respected former U.S. Senator from Virginia. In 1972, Spong was defeated by a well–funded Republican candidate after word leaked out that Spong supported the Democratic nominee and peace candidate, George McGovern, for president rather than the Republican candidate Richard Nixon. Nixon had carried Virginia in every election in which he was on the ballot. Spong then became dean of William & Mary's Marshall-Wythe School of Law and presided over its major expansion.
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