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Woodberry Forest Welcomes Dr. Byron C. Hulsey
The Woodberry Forest community welcomes the return of Byron C. Hulsey ’86 as the school’s ninth headmaster, on July 1, 2014. Byron is an experienced educator and leader who possesses a love of learning, a passion for excellence, and a deep and abiding respect for the culture and traditions of Woodberry Forest School. Before returning to Woodberry, he served as head of school at Randolph School in Huntsville, Alabama, for eight years.
As a Woodberry student, Byron was senior prefect; he received the Archer Christian Memorial Medal, the school’s highest student honor. He was a Jefferson Scholar at the University of Virginia, where he earned his undergraduate history degree in 1990. Following graduation, he taught for two years at Bryanston School, a boarding school in Blandford, England, before returning to his native Texas to earn MA and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin as a Patterson-Banister Fellow in American History.
Byron joined the Woodberry faculty in 1998. He served as assistant director of college counseling, taught history, coached basketball and baseball, and lived on dorm. He returned to the University of Virginia in 2000 as associate director of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. Three years later, his deep interest in secondary education called him to Norfolk Academy, where he served as assistant headmaster. He moved to Randolph School in 2006.
Byron met his wife, Jennifer, in graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin. Jennifer earned BA and MA degrees in American history there, later working for the National Endowment for the Humanities and for Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home. Byron and Jennifer and their children, Ben and Claire, live in The Residence.
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As a Woodberry student, Byron was senior prefect; he received the Archer Christian Memorial Medal, the school’s highest student honor. He was a Jefferson Scholar at the University of Virginia, where he earned his undergraduate history degree in 1990. Following graduation, he taught for two years at Bryanston School, a boarding school in Blandford, England, before returning to his native Texas to earn MA and PhD degrees from the University of Texas at Austin as a Patterson-Banister Fellow in American History.
Byron joined the Woodberry faculty in 1998. He served as assistant director of college counseling, taught history, coached basketball and baseball, and lived on dorm. He returned to the University of Virginia in 2000 as associate director of the Jefferson Scholars Foundation. Three years later, his deep interest in secondary education called him to Norfolk Academy, where he served as assistant headmaster. He moved to Randolph School in 2006.
Byron met his wife, Jennifer, in graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin. Jennifer earned BA and MA degrees in American history there, later working for the National Endowment for the Humanities and for Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home. Byron and Jennifer and their children, Ben and Claire, live in The Residence.
Woodberry Forest School is an exceptional private school community for high school boys in grades nine through twelve. It is one of the top boarding schools in the United States and one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country.
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