In Memoriam: Faculty & Friends

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Alec Horniman of Charlottesville died Nov. 9, 2025. He retired in 2021 as the Killgallon Ohio Art Professor of Business Administration after a 54-year career at Darden. He earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Middlebury College. After graduation, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and spent much of his service with a Fort Irwin armored division in the Mojave Desert. After being honorably discharged, he earned his MBA from UCLA and his doctorate in business administration from the Harvard Business School. At UVA, he was known as a joyful and enthusiastic teacher who had a transformative impact on thousands of students. He was a founder and the first executive director of Darden’s Olsson Center for Applied Ethics. In 2014, he received the Thomas Jefferson Award, the highest award for faculty at UVA. Survivors include his wife, E. Clorisa “Clo” Phillips (Educ ’78, ’97 CM); three children; and two grandchildren.