All boys. All boarding. Grades 9-12.
William M. Ragland ’41
Lieutenant (JG), United States
Bill Ragland served in the U.S. Navy, Pacific Theater, during World War II. He was on active duty from 1943 to 1946, and served in the Reserves for many years thereafter. He was commissioned as an ensign and was promoted to lieutenant, junior grade, during his wartime service.
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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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Woodberry Forest admits students of any race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, and national or ethnic origin to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sexual orientation, disability, religious belief, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic or other school-administered programs. The school is authorized under federal law to enroll nonimmigrant students.