Distinguished Naval Officers - Alumni of Kavanaugh
Class of
- ADMIRAL Edmund Tyler Wooldridge - 1920
- VICE ADM Charles K. Duncan - 1933
- REAR ADM (Ret) John Huston Brady - 1923
- REAR ADM (Ret) Rhodam Yarrott McElroy - 1935
- REAR ADM (Ret) Andrew Irwin McKee - 1917
- REAR ADM (Ret) Logan McKee - 1921
- REAR ADM (Ret) Elliott West Shanklin - 1924
- CAPT J. Wade Adams, Jr. - 1924
- CAPT (Ret) Warfield Clay Bennett, Jr. - 1936
- CAPT Fred "Buzz" Borries, Jr. - 1935
- CAPT (Ret) James Beattie Denny - 1933
- CAPT (Ret) Hugh Murrey Durham - 1942
- CAPT (Ret) James Gilbert Franklin - 1933
- CAPT (Ret) Joseph Howard Gibbons, Jr. - 1924
- CAPT (Ret) George Russell Lee - 1935
- CAPT (Ret) Percy Anthony Lilly, Jr. - 1941
- CAPT (Ret) Malcolm Wood Pemberton - 1922
- CAPT (Ret) Hugh Trent MacKay - 1930
- CAPT (Ret) William S. Manning - 1939
- CAPT (Ret) Frank Smith - 1935
- CAPT (Ret) Ronald Francis Stultz - 1939
Reverse
Distinguished Army Officers - Alumni of Kavanaugh Graduates of U.S. Military Academy, West Point Class of
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| Class of
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|---|---|
| MAJ GEN William Mattingly Breckinridge | 1928 |
| BRIG GEN William Robards Buster | 1939 |
| COL (Ret) Robert Pepper Clay | 1925 |
| COL John Hiley Cobb, Jr. | 1943 |
| COL (Ret) John Richard Knight | 1940 |
| COL (Ret) Thomas Washington Woodyard | 1935 |
(Graduates of Kavanaugh often remarked that the academic courses and the physical discipline at this school were more strenuous than at the service academies.)
Kavanaugh School
Rhoda C. Kavanaugh founded school on Woodford Street which became known as "Little Annapolis." First boarding student came to prepare for Naval Academy in 1914. From then until 1945, Mrs. Kavanaugh launched 150 future Navy officers from her "dry-land harbor." She also instructed students for West Point. Fifteen later became Army officers. Success of the school was due to her superior teaching methods. Students also received rigorous physical training coupled with stern but impartial discipline. Kavanaugh School merged with city schools in 1949.