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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)


Audrey Bridger ('52): Sweet memories

Audrey Bridger ('52): Sweet memories

Hale/Orser Fund honors associate deans' commitment to students

Hale/Orser Fund honors associate deans' commitment to students

Ifill to graduates: 'Care about something'

Ifill to graduates: 'Care about something'

Into Africa: Katherine Wycisk ('12)

Into Africa: Katherine Wycisk ('12)

Taylor Field ('76): Serving the 'unserved'

Taylor Field ('76): Serving the 'unserved'

Celebrating a milestone: Professor Emeritus Herman Preseren turns 100

Celebrating a milestone: Professor Emeritus Herman Preseren turns 100

Assessing the Boston Marathon bombings

Assessing the Boston Marathon bombings

Manju Seal (MA '90): A 'greater profit'

Manju Seal (MA '90): A 'greater profit'

Tim Persons investigates weapons systems, homeland security and more

Tim Persons investigates weapons systems, homeland security and more

Second verse for ‘Poetry Man’ Dave Johnson ('90)

Second verse for ‘Poetry Man’ Dave Johnson ('90)

When Archie Bunker was a Deacon

When Archie Bunker was a Deacon

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross ('98): Why we're still losing the war on terrorism

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross ('98): Why we're still losing the war on terrorism