 Over the years the group has counted various famous UVA students among its alumni, including Woodrow Wilson, who joined the Glee Club while attending the University of Virginia School of Law, Harrison Randolph, who went on to serve as the president of the College of Charleston for nearly 50 years, Frank Hereford, who served as president of the University from 1974 to 1985, and Edward A. Craighill, author of The Good Old Song.Other notable alumni include Elbert Lee Trinkle, governor of Virginia from 1922 to 1926; Fulton Lewis, Jr., radio personality and author of the UVa fight song, "The Cavalier Song;" Ernest Mead, chair emeritus of the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia; Charles S. Russell, justice on the Supreme Court of Virginia; John Entenza, architect and editor of "Arts & Architecture Magazine"; Frederick Nolting, ambassador to Vietnam; Prince Alexis Obolensky, socialite and the "father of modern backgammon"; Hollis B. Chenery, noted economist; James F. Jones, president of Trinity College (Connecticut); musicologist Charles Hamm, John Edgar Park, host of ; and Michael Butterman, Music Director of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra.In the early years of the Glee Club, the group's director was often a student.