G. William Whitehurst | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 2nd district | |
| In office January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Porter Hardy Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Owen B. Pickett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 12, 1925 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Washington and Lee University (B.A.) University of Virginia (M.A.) West Virginia University (Ph.D.) |
| Profession | Journalist, Professor |
George William Whitehurst (born March 12, 1925) is an American retired journalist and politician from Virginia who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to 1987. He began his career as a professor at the Norfolk campus of the College of William and Mary, which became Old Dominion University in 1962. After serving as Dean of Students from 1963 to 1968, Whitehurst left academia for a nineteen-year stay in Congress. Upon retiring from politics, he returned to what was by then Old Dominion University, where he currently holds the chair of Kaufman Lecturer in Public Affairs.[1]