James McNab '66

James McNab graduated cum laude from Davidson in 1966 (history/economics) and received his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1968. After service in the U.S. Army, he spent 25 years in the oil and gas industry and then 25 years in biotechnology, focusing most recently on drug discovery in the field of oncology.

He served on the Davidson College Board of Trustees, 1988-2004 and continues to serve on the Davidson Board of Visitors. He was a director of Coastal Conservation League and the Preservation Society of Charleston, SC, and is on the board of Ashley Hall.