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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)

Philanthropy: Creating a Hub for Leadership and Character

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'

Crisis Response Fund keeps students and workers afloat

In a time of COVID-19, Wake Forest's Crisis Response Fund is providing help to those who 'have nowhere else to turn.'
Crisis Response Fund keeps students and workers afloat

Murder, Mystery, Memory

Author Deb Richardson-Moore ('76) 'wanders' into a different world.
Murder, Mystery, Memory

Tales from India

Not to be overlooked in Wake Forest’s history of global studies was one semester that changed lives and a campus.
Tales from India

Front-line Warrior

An alumnus seeks to feed the hungry in two states as demand for food skyrockets.
Front-line Warrior

Summer's Hottest Books

The newest members of the Writers Hall of Fame — plus one — offer their top picks.
Summer's Hottest Books

Philanthropy: 'Sending the Ladder Back Down'

A scholarship winner himself, Bill Wells (’74) is retiring as Wake Forest's longtime director of financial aid, having put philanthropic dollars to work for worthy students.
Philanthropy: 'Sending the Ladder Back Down'

From Lilting Banshees to Crisis Intervention

Kristen Eppley England (’98) uses her improv skills to teach law enforcement officers.
From Lilting Banshees to Crisis Intervention