Notable Alumni
Notable alumni of Woodberry Forest School include:
- Marvin P. Bush, youngest son of George H. W. Bush and brother of George W. Bush
- Charles W. Coker, former Chairman/CEO of Sonoco Products
- Bosley Crowther, film critic for The New York Times
- Gordon Gray, National Security Advisor
- David Ho, Vancouver entrepreneur
- William States Lee III, former Chairman/CEO Duke Power
- Julius Curtis Lewis, Jr., automotive and broadcasting magnate, former Mayor of Savannah, GA
- James McMurtry, singer-songwriter
- Paul C. P. McIlhenny, CEO of McIlhenny Co., producers of "Tabasco sauce"
- Johnny Mercer, songwriter
- Halsey Minor, CNET Networks founder
- Rogers Morton, United States cabinet member
- Thruston Morton, United States Senate
- Heinz Pagels, particle physicist and executive director of the New York Academy of Sciences
- J. Sargeant Reynolds, executive vice president of Reynolds Aluminum Credit Corp., Virginia General Assemblyman, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
- James D. Robinson III, former CEO of American Express
- Randolph Scott, actor
- Roger Wilson, actor Porky's
- Frank Wisner, OSS/CIA official
- Paul Ilyinsky, mayor of Palm Beach and claimant to the Russian Throne.
- Will Strickler, class of 2004, professional golfer on PGA Tour
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