Published on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 5:00am
When Chris Washnock ’12 arrived on the Washington and Lee University campus, he was a little nervous about how he would be received. Drawn to the school by stories from alumni in his hometown of Greenville, South Carolina, he relished the opportunity to compete on the swim team and the promise of the Honor System and the liberal arts tradition. W&L, he knew, held enormous potential to shape his character. But it was 2008 and he was openly gay, and finding acceptance of that fact could be difficult.