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Greenbrier Military School

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The Greenbrier Military School was a boys-only, private, military, boarding high school and Junior College, located in Lewisburg, West Virginia. It was founded in 1812.

It closed in 1972. The campus was then converted into the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

The school's alumni fund a scholarship at the osteopathic college.

The Greenbrier Military School Alumni Association directs and funds the Greenbrier Leadership Institute, delivering principle based leadership programs to high schools throughout West Virginia.

Notable alumni

  • Sheriff Blake, Major League Baseball pitcher
  • Homer A. Holt, 20th Governor of West Virginia
  • Alan Mollohan, former U.S. Representative for West Virginia's 1st congressional district
  • Bob Evans, Restaurateur
  • Lee Webb, Journalist
  • Joe Palumbo, All American football player, University of Virginia
  • José Armando Bermúdez Pippa (Don Poppy), Former CEO of Ron Bermudez
  • Lester W. "Cappy" Burnside, Jr., Prominent West Virginia Business and Community Leader
  • Winston L. Shelton, Engineer and Inventor

    • References

    Greenbrier Military School Wikipedia
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