Tag: Old Campus
The Candlemaker
With her thousands of handmade candles, Mary Dull ensures a magical lovefeast.
Read More2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards
Don Flow (MBA ’83), Elizabeth Watson (’74) and Dr. Jim Jones (’55, MD ’59) honored.
Read More2017 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient: Dr. Jim Jones (’55, MD ’59)
First native American graduate became a pioneering doctor, advocate and teacher.
Read MoreAn Unforgettable Character
Peahead Walker — part coach, part comedian — lifted Wake Forest's football fortunes while doing it his way.
Read MoreJackie Murdock (’57): The Deacon in his Den
Former basketball star and coach relishes his black and gold memories.
Read MoreThe Music Man
'Neither of us realized it at the time,' writes a former student, 'but Dr. Mac that semester opened up a real new world for me.'
Read MoreThe Little Chicken Coop in the Woods
Jack Wilson ('50) had nowhere to live when he arrived on the Old Campus, so he turned to the Sears Roebuck catalog.
Read MoreBlack and gold tradition
Clayton family honors patriarch with scholarship created to benefit alumni children
Read MoreThe father of Wake Forest ROTC
You probably remember Robert Helm (’39) as a philosophy professor; it’s what you don’t know about him that you might find surprising.
Read MoreThe hitchhiker’s 76th reunion
Fred Williams ('38, JD '40) took the long road to Wake Forest.
Read MoreHarold Hayes: ‘Smiling through the apocalypse’
Tom Hayes (’79) explores the magical world of his father, famed Esquire editor Harold Hayes (’48).
Read MoreThe house the Boodlers built
In 1947 industrious students came up with a solution to the Old Campus housing shortage — they built the Boodle Inn.
Read More‘The rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air’
Provost Emeritus Edwin G. Wilson (’43) can still recall the fear he felt as a young ensign aboard a destroyer escort off Iwo Jima.
Read MoreFilm critic Iris Barry a ‘Lady in the Dark’
Drawing on letters, memorabilia and historical documentaries, author Bob Sitton (’59) reconstructs the life and work of pioneering film critic Iris Barry.
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