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)

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

Philanthropy: Creating a Hub for Leadership and Character

'Songs of Wake Forest'

Ed Wilson ('43) celebrates those we've lost who made Wake Forest 'Mother so Dear.'

'Songs of Wake Forest'

Still Working From Home?

Perri Helms Kersh (’92, MAEd ’94) can bring order into the messiest WFH spaces.

Still Working From Home?

Remembering K. Wayne Smith ('60)

Life trustee had a distinguished career in government, business and education.

Remembering K. Wayne Smith ('60)

Saving the 'Impossible City'

As the waters rose in Venice and a pandemic followed, Melissa Conn (’87, P ’22) went to work to preserve the past and ensure the future of her adopted Italian home.

Saving the 'Impossible City'