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Kerry M. King (’85)

Senior Editor Kerry M. King (’85) got his start writing about Wake Forest as sports editor and editor of the Old Gold & Black. Since returning to Wake Forest in 1989, he’s written 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), is a high school math teacher. She 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)


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

The father of Wake Forest ROTC

The father of Wake Forest ROTC

Two Ed Wilsons for Homecoming

Class of 1964 presents bronze sculpture to Mr. Wake Forest.
Two Ed Wilsons for Homecoming

The hitchhiker's 76th reunion

Fred Williams ('38, JD '40) took the long road to Wake Forest.
The hitchhiker's 76th reunion