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Kerry M. King (’85)

Senior Editor Kerry M. King (’85) retired in June 2025. He got his start writing about Wake Forest as sports editor and editor of the Old Gold & Black. After returning to Wake Forest in 1989, he wrote stories on hundreds of alumni. He received Wake Forest’s Employee of the Year Award in 2004 when he worked in the Public Affairs office. His wife, Heather Barnes King (MA ’97), received the Marcellus E. Waddill Excellence in Teaching Award for Wake Forest alumni in 2011. They have two furry children, Shetland sheepdogs Brady and Dexter.

Stories by Kerry M. King ('85)


In Memoriam: Chaplain Emeritus Edgar D. Christman (’50, JD ’53)

A Life of Faith, Love and Service
In Memoriam: Chaplain Emeritus Edgar D. Christman (’50, JD ’53)

Remember When: The 1957 Dancing Ban

Baptist convention vote incites a campus to rock and roll.
Remember When: The 1957 Dancing Ban

Cinderella Deacs '79

Jay Venuto ('81) remembers Wake's magical run to the Tangerine Bowl.
Cinderella Deacs '79

Rick Gentry's ('70) Long Road to Service

San Diego housing leader has spent his career fighting for affordable housing.
Rick Gentry's ('70) Long Road to Service

Gooey butter cake and more

Ryan Nusbickel ('96) leaves TV behind for a new career writing children's books.
Gooey butter cake and more

More reasons to give thanks

More reasons to give thanks

The bonds of Casa Artom

Sally Hurd Smith ('75) reflects on the friendships that still unite these alumni
The bonds of Casa Artom

@War: The battlefield of the future

Author Shane Harris ('98) takes readers into America's new cyberwar
@War: The battlefield of the future

Our man in Bahrain

Our man in Bahrain

It's alive! A puppet horror show

Craig Joseph's ('97) scary creation: You've never seen Frankenstein like this
It's alive! A puppet horror show

Shahedah Fornah (’12): Fighting Ebola

Alumna founds nonprofit to stop the deadly disease in Sierra Leone
Shahedah Fornah (’12): Fighting Ebola

The penguin that's proud to be a Deacon

The penguin that's proud to be a Deacon