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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)

The Great American Road Trip

Retired Army Col. Jay Waters ('87) bikes from coast-to-coast to honor veterans.
The Great American Road Trip

Philanthropy

These alumni never forgot professors who took them under their wings.
Philanthropy

The Comic Scientist

Journalist Kasha Patel (‘12) finds the serious and the humorous in science.
The Comic Scientist

The 1960 Winston-Salem Sit-in

Wayland Johnson ('61) remembers the day Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State students changed history.
The 1960 Winston-Salem Sit-in

Summer's Hottest Books 2021

Six alumni writers share their picks for top books of the COVID era.
Summer's Hottest Books 2021

Remember When: WFDD Turns 75

Two guys string some wire, and a rockin’ radio station is born.
Remember When: WFDD Turns 75

Philanthropy: A summer anthropology course inspires a historic gift

Philanthropy: A summer anthropology course inspires a historic gift

'Fight Songs'

Author Ed Southern ('94) explores why sports mean so much to us.
'Fight Songs'

Path to Hospitality

Brothers Tim ('93) and Marcus ('98) Lam build a new kind of school in Las Vegas for careers in hotel management, event planning and more.
Path to Hospitality

Treasures of the Archives

Artifacts offer a fascinating look at Wake Forest’s history.
Treasures of the Archives

'Compassion is Our Currency'

Holly Welch Stubbing (’93) leads a nonprofit that guides companies in supporting employees through disasters, pandemic and more.
'Compassion is Our Currency'

Lessons From a Time of Upheaval

Six alumni reflect on life in the 1960s and early ’70s and how 2020 echoes those times.
Lessons From a Time of Upheaval