Virginia State University - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

This list includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of Virginia State University.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
Name Class year Notability References
Gaye Adegbalola 1978 Blues singer and civil rights activist
Al Bumbry Major League Baseball
Reginald Lewis Businessman; owner of TLC Beatrice International
William H. Lewis c. 1890 former United States Assistant Attorney General
Joe Bonner jazz pianist
Herman Branson 1936 African American physicist, best known for his research on the alpha helix protein structure
Dr.Rovenia M. Brock Bnutritionist, lecturer, health reporter, entrepreneur, and author
James Avery Actor
Roger L. Gregory 1975 Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Camilla Williams 1941 First African-American to receive a contract from a major American opera company
Larry Brooks 1971 former NFL defensive lineman for the Los Angeles Rams and current assistant coach of the Virginia State Trojans football team
James Brown former NFL player
Pamela E. Bridgewater former U.S. Ambassador to Ghana and current U.S. ambassador to Jamaica
Silas DeMary 1993 Arena Football League player
Thomas Miller prolific graphic designer and visual artist, whose best known publicly accessible work is the collection of mosaics of the founders of DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois.
Willie Harris Lt. Col., Chief of Command Information U.S.A. Reserve
Wale Folarin DC Rapper (transferred to Bowie State University)
Aaron Hall attended member of the Music Group Guy
Damion Hall attended member of the Music Group Guy
Das EFX attended rap group
Myles "Ray" Cunningham 2006 one of eight cast members on season 3 of BET's College Hill reality series
Rosalyn Dance 1986 politician, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates

from the 63rd district

Héctor Martínez Muñoz first member of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
Delores G. Kelley 1956 member of Maryland State Senate, representing Maryland's District 10 in Baltimore County, Maryland
Naomi Long Madgett 1945 teacher and an award winning poet, she is also the senior editor of Lotus Press, which is a publisher of poetry books by African-American poets
Dr.James H. Stith 1963 African-American physicist and current professor of Physics at Ohio State University
Roslyn Tyler politician, Member of the Virginia House of Delegates

from the 75th district

Billy Taylor Jazz musician
Avis Wyatt 2007? Professional basketball player
Ronica Wynder 2004 Television Producer & Fiction Author
Anthony L. Burfoot 1991? Vice Mayor, City of Norfolk http://anthonyburfoot.com/?page_id=5


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