Virgil L. Hill Jr.
Rear Admiral Virgil L. Hill Jr. | |
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Born | Cleveland County, North Carolina | April 2, 1938
Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1961–1993 |
Rank | Rear admiral |
Commands held | Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy, others below |
Alma mater | United States Naval Academy (BS) |
Virgil Lusk Hill Jr. (born April 2, 1938) is a retired rear admiral in the United States Navy. He was Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland from August 18, 1988 to June 15, 1991. Hill attended Iowa State University for one year on a Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps Scholarship prior to his four years at the United States Naval Academy, where he graduated with distinction in 1961, receiving his diploma from President John F. Kennedy. There he was a candidate for a Rhodes scholarship. Following graduation he went directly into the Nuclear Submarine Service. After retiring from the U.S. Navy in 1993, he was president of Valley Forge Military Academy and Collegein Wayne, Pennsylvania, before retiring seven years later. He was then asked to teach Leadership and Ethics in the Business School at Villanova University, where he taught for two years.[1]
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- Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy
- People from High Point, North Carolina
- 1938 births
- Living people
- United States Navy personnel stubs