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Professor and Researcher
Elliott Associate Professor of Biology Kristian M. Hargadon ’01 had two goals as a child: to cure cancer and to play professional basketball. Both dreams brought him to Hampden-Sydney College, where he played two years of varsity basketball, earned a national Goldwater Scholarship, and graduated first in his class.
First Sergeant Matt Eversmann ’88 (U.S. Army-Ret.)
Soldier and Consultant
On October 3, 1993, as a staff sergeant in the 3rd Ranger Regiment, Matt Eversmann '88 found himself in the thick of the historic Battle of Mogadishu, responsible not only for himself but also for the men he served with.
Walter Randolph “Ranny” Chitwood, Jr. ’68
Surgeon
Dr. Walter Randolph “Ranny” Chitwood, Jr. ’68 is truly a jack of all trades, and he has mastered quite a few. A pioneering heart surgeon, talented photographer, master angler, antiquarian bibliophile, and ham radio operator, Dr. Chitwood finds insight and inspiration from myriad places and experiences.
Entrepreneur
Founder and president of award-winning Reston-based Thompson Hospitality—the largest minority-owned food service company in the country, Warren Thompson '81 has become an agent for change in the food service industry.
Pediatrician
Pediatrician Jeff Mapp '01 leads Extra Mile Pediatrics, the medical nonprofit he founded because of his passion for the people he met on his first mission trip to Guatemala while he was a Hampden-Sydney College student.
Virologist
From HIV to Ebola and now to COVID-19, Dr. Brian Taylor ’95 has combatted some of humanity’s most virulent global threats in his work as a virologist, a career that often puts him at the intersection of science, politics, and national security.