8 Notable alumni of University of Lynchburg
Updated: June 12, 2026 EliteDegrees
University of Lynchburg is ranked #2,990 in the world and #776 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 8 notable alumni from University of Lynchburg sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Lynchburg won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Lefty Thomas
1903-1952 (aged 49)
baseball player
Clarence Fletcher "Lefty" Thomas was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Washington Senators in 1925 and 1926.
2. William A. Beeton Jr
1943-2002 (aged 59)
politician
William Arthur Beeton, Jr. was an American attorney and Republican politician. In 1981, he was elected alongside Charles R. Hawkins and Kenneth E. Calvert to the Virginia House of Delegates, but a three-judge panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia found the state's multi-member districts to violated the Equal Protection Clause and ordered that...
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3. William J. Hadden
1921-1995 (aged 74)
politician
William James Hadden Jr. was a Protestant minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and a priest of the Episcopal Church (United States) He was also at different times both a military chaplain (both in the US Navy and the US Army), and a university Chaplain. He also served as a politician and community leader in Pitt County, North...
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4. Franklin P. Hall
1937-2015 (aged 78)
lawyer
politician
Franklin Perkins Hall was an American politician. A Democrat, he was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates 1976–2009, serving as minority leader 2002–07.
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5. David M. Mason
1957-. (aged 69)
politician
David M. Mason was nominated to the Federal Election Commission by President Bill Clinton on March 4, 1998 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 30, 1998. He was nominated for a second term by President George W. Bush on December 19, 2005. Mason served as a member of the Commission’s Finance Committee. In 2008, President Bush removed Mason...
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6. Bob Duff
1971-. (aged 55)
politician
Robert Bruce Duff is an American politician, currently serving as a member of the Connecticut State Senate, where he represents Norwalk and part of Darien in Connecticut's 25th District. He previously served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, representing the 137th District. He is currently Majority Leader of the Connecticut Senate, and serves as chair of the...
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7. Jim Bibby
1944-2010 (aged 66)
baseball player
James Blair Bibby was an American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 12-year baseball career, he pitched from 1972 to 1984 with the St. Louis Cardinals, Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians, and Pittsburgh Pirates, with whom he was a member of its 1979 World Series champions. In 1973, Bibby pitched a no-hitter against the Oakland Athletics. In 1981, as a...
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8. Setsuko Thurlow
1932-. (aged 94)
social worker
anti–nuclear weapons activist
Setsuko Thurlow, born Setsuko Nakamura (中村 節子, Nakamura Setsuko), is a Japanese–Canadian nuclear disarmament campaigner and Hibakusha who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. She is mostly known throughout the world for being a leading figure of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) and to have given the acceptance speech for its reception of...
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