Washington and Lee University president salary and executive pay
Washington and Lee University paid its president, William C Dudley, $760,715 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $23,194 (3.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. Total revenue on that return was $436,455,053, up 53.3% from $284,783,302 for the fiscal year ending June 2024. Washington and Lee University ranks 120th of 137 universities on this site by president's pay. Washington and Lee University has 4 Form 990 returns on record, for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025.
Last updated from IRS e-file data. EIN 54-0505977, Lexington, VA.
President, fiscal year ending June 2025
$760,715
- Total revenue
- $436,455,053
- Pay vs. peers
- Higher than 58%
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349305818.View the filing
Peers: the 131 other universities on this site. Ranked 56th of 132 by top pay as a share of revenue. Pay is 0.17% of revenue, our calculation from the same return. Revenue is Part I, line 12; peers are compared on their latest full-year returns.
Highest-paid people on the latest return
On the latest return, 2 people were paid more than $500,000, none of them more than $1 million.
| Name and title | Total |
|---|---|
| William C Dudley President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $760,715 |
| Thomas JenningsVICE PRESIDENT - Former | $507,561 |
| Steven G McAllisterTREASURER | $461,210 |
| Melanie WilsonDEAN | $447,468 |
| Lena HillPROVOST | $425,641 |
Also paid on the latest return: Jessica Willett (SECRETARY), $423,626; Brian Murchison (PROFESSOR), $368,236; Maria Feeley (CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND GENERAL COUNSEL), $366,053; Robert D Straughan (DEAN), $363,936; Susan Wood (VICE PRESIDENT), $344,491; Scott Hoover (Professor), $334,236; Mark Drumbl (PROFESSOR), $334,126; Elizabeth Oliver (PROFESSOR), $324,044; Chawne Kimber (DEAN), $311,601.
Also listed in Part VII of the latest return, with no pay reported: Brodie G Riordan (TRUSTEE), Charles H Prioleau (TRUSTEE), Christopher C Dyson (TRUSTEE), Christopher H Williams (TRUSTEE), Cindy D Hauser (TRUSTEE), Clifford K Holekamp (TRUSTEE), Courtney C Enloe (TRUSTEE), Cynthia T Cheatham (TRUSTEE), David A Lehman (TRUSTEE), Elizabeth B Pakenas (TRUSTEE), George D Johnson III (TRUSTEE), Helen H Sanders (TRUSTEE), Jackson R Sharman III (TRUSTEE), James L Baldwin (TRUSTEE), James R Small (TRUSTEE), Jason W Aiken (TRUSTEE), Joelle N Phillips (TRUSTEE), John C Huffard Jr (TRUSTEE), John P Case III (TRUSTEE), John W Robinson III (TRUSTEE), Jonathan M Wortham (TRUSTEE), Josephine S Covington (TRUSTEE), L James Lawson III (TRUSTEE), Lee M Hollis (TRUSTEE), Michael H Spencer (TRUSTEE), and 6 more.
President's pay by year
Each row is the president on that year's return.
| Fiscal year ending | Name and title | Total | Revenue | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2025 | William C Dudley President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $760,715 | $436,455,053 | Filing |
| Jun 2024 | William C Dudley President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $737,521 | $284,783,302 | Filing |
| Jun 2023 | William C Dudley President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $756,296 | $276,609,869 | Filing |
| Jun 2022 | William C Dudley President PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $1,077,471 | $248,819,904 | Filing |
How this pay was reported
The parts of each total, as reported on the return for the fiscal year ending June 2025.
Source: Form 990, fiscal year ending June 2025, IRS object ID 202631349349305818.View the filing
| Part VII | Schedule J | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name and title | From org | Other | Base | Bonus | Other | Deferred | Nontaxable | Total |
| William C DudleyPRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE | $650,844 | $109,871 | $650,844 | $0 | $0 | $34,500 | $75,371 | $760,715 |
| Thomas JenningsVICE PRESIDENT - Former | $474,693 | $32,868 | $252,943 | $0 | $221,750 | $22,175 | $10,693 | $507,561 |
| Steven G McAllisterTREASURER | $406,185 | $55,025 | $406,185 | $0 | $0 | $34,500 | $20,525 | $461,210 |
| Melanie WilsonDEAN | $393,933 | $53,535 | $393,933 | $0 | $0 | $34,500 | $19,035 | $447,468 |
| Lena HillPROVOST | $358,770 | $66,871 | $358,770 | $0 | $0 | $34,500 | $32,371 | $425,641 |
These figures come from Washington and Lee University's Form 990 returns, as the IRS publishes them. The methodology page explains how they're chosen. To report an error, email corrections@ceopaycheck.com.
How Washington and Lee University compares
Ranked 120th of 137 universities by president's pay.
- Previous in this ranking: 119th, The New School, $766,385
- Next in this ranking: 121st, Samford University, $750,671
Closest in revenue among the universities on this site:
Elon University$889,064 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Saint Joseph's University$807,197 (President), fiscal year ending May 2025
Wesleyan University$1,374,453 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Yeshiva University$1,186,985 (President), fiscal year ending Jun 2025
Catholic University of America$681,341 (President), fiscal year ending Apr 2025
Common questions
William C Dudley (PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE) was paid $760,715 for the fiscal year ending June 2025: $650,844 from Washington and Lee University and $109,871 in other compensation (Part VII columns D and F).
The president, William C Dudley, was the highest-paid person on the latest return, at $760,715.
Washington and Lee University paid its president, William C Dudley, $760,715 for the fiscal year ending June 2025. That is up $23,194 (3.1%) from the fiscal year ending June 2024. The earliest return on record is for the fiscal year ending June 2022, when the president was William C Dudley, paid $1,077,471. By fiscal year end: June 2022, $1,077,471 (William C Dudley); June 2023, $756,296; June 2024, $737,521; June 2025, $760,715.
Washington and Lee University's return for the fiscal year ending June 2025 reports total expenses of $313,000,417 and total revenue of $436,455,053 (Part I, lines 18 and 12), so revenue exceeded expenses by $123,454,636. Expenses were $296,996,460 for the fiscal year ending June 2024, so they rose 5.4%. The president's pay of $760,715 equals 0.24% of expenses, our calculation.
From the 4 Form 990 returns Washington and Lee University filed with the IRS for fiscal years ending 2022 to 2025. The latest full-year return was filed on May 14, 2026. Schedule J of the fiscal year ending June 2025 return breaks down pay for all 5 people in the pay breakdown above.