Office of the President


	Graham Walker, Ph.D. President Professor of Government
	Dr. Graham Walker is President of Patrick Henry College. Dr. Walker formerly served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Oklahoma Wesleyan University (OWU) in Bartlesville, OK. He brings to his role extensive academic and teaching credentials, a history of Christian leadership, and broad experience in university administration. He earned his Ph.D. in political philosophy from Notre Dame in 1988, the same year he received the Edward S. Corwin Award from the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the nation in the field of public law. His first book, The Ethics of F.A. Hayek, was published in 1986. His second book, Moral Foundations of Constitutional Thought, was published in 1990 by Princeton University Press. He has also published a variety of essays and chapters in academic journals and books, along with essays in publications including The American Spectator, the Los Angeles Times and National Review Online. His other academic positions have included an eight-year span as Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution (1988-1996), two years as a Member and Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, a tenured, seven-year term as Associate Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America (1996-2003), and a position as Visiting Scholar in Religion and Philosophy at the American Enterprise Institute (1998-2002).

Meredith Schultz
Executive Assistant to the President and Provost

As the Executive Assistant to the President and the Provost, Meredith serves as the primary point of contact between the busy executive offices, faculty, students, and external constituencies on a range of day-to-day issues. She also coordinates academic events, chapel speakers, and special lectures, and assists Dr. Veith on various research projects and publications.

Meredith graduated from Patrick Henry’s political theory track in May of 2009. During her four years at PHC, she served as an RA and Senate Secretary, was a founding member of the Student Ambassadors program, and chaired numerous social events. She has also interned for the U.S. House of Representatives, where she coordinated Capitol tours for Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (MN-06), and she has spent extensive time working as an interpreter on medical relief teams in rural Guatemala.