He grew up in Norfolk and graduated from high school at Norfolk Academy.

Norfolk Academy web site, Board of Trustees', retrieved December 7, 2011.

He attended public schools and Norfolk Academy in Norfolk from 1907 to 1911.

She attended Norfolk Academy and graduated in 1999.

Norfolk Academy is an independent co-educational day school in Norfolk, Virginia.

Norfolk Academy conducts a comprehensive athletic program featuring 74 interscholastic competition for grades 7 - 12.

Norfolk Academy offers private lessons in piano, guitar, harp, violin, and several other instruments for all grade levels.

Evening classes in modern, ballet, and African dance are also offered at Norfolk Academy.

There are also a number of private schools located in the city, the oldest of which, Norfolk Academy, was founded in 1728.

He and his brother both did their preparatory education at Norfolk Academy.