All boys. All boarding. Grades 9-12.
1960-1969
Peter Lyon ’63
Lieutenant (JG), United States Naval Reserve
Active duty service, 1968–1970
Navigator and gunnery officer on USS Mattaponi AO-41, 1969–70
Deployed to Western Pacific (Vietnam), 1969 and 1970
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal (2)
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Meritorious Unit Commendation Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (Korea)
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.