University Registrar's Office

May 2008 Commencement Speaker

Thomas Warren Ross

Thomas Warren Ross began his post as president of Davidson College in August of last year. A Davidson College graduate of the class of 1972, Ross attended law school at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with honors. For seventeen years, he served as a North Carolina Superior Court judge. For his dedicated service in that position, he received the William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence. Prior to accepting the presidency of Davidson, Ross served for seven years as the executive director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation in Winston-Salem, N.C.