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{{not to be confused with|Virgil Lusk}}
{{Short description|American naval admiral (1938–2024)}}
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| birth_place   = [[Cleveland County, North Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2024|9|6|1938|4|2}}
| death_place   = [[Willow Street, Pennsylvania]], U.S.
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'''Virgil Lusk Hill Jr.''' (April 2, 1938 – September 6, 2024) was a [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]]. He served as [[Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy|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. He was a candidate for a [[Rhodes Scholarship]]. Following graduation he went directly into the Nuclear Submarine Service.<ref name=":0" />

After retiring from the U.S. Navy in 1993, he served as president of [[Valley Forge Military Academy and College]] in [[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.<ref name=":0">{{cite news | url=http://articles.philly.com/1993-09-01/news/25987717_1_virgil-l-hill-naval-academy-submarine | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316213901/http://articles.philly.com/1993-09-01/news/25987717_1_virgil-l-hill-naval-academy-submarine | archive-date=2014-03-16 | title=Navy Veteran Takes Helm At Academy Rear Adm. Virgil L. Hill Is The New President Of The Valley Forge Military Academy And College | date=1993-09-01}}</ref>

Hill died from complications of dementia at his home in [[Willow Street, Pennsylvania]], on September 6, 2024. He was 86.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Miles |first1=Gary |title=Virgil L. Hill Jr., former superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy and past president of Valley Forge Military Academy and College, has died at 86 |url=https://www.inquirer.com/obituaries/virgil-hill-obituary-valley-forge-navy-admiral-academy-20241004.html |access-date=October 4, 2024 |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=October 4, 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

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{{Succession box |before=[[Ronald F. Marryott]] |title=[[List of Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy|Superintendent of United States Naval Academy]] |years=1988–1991 |after=[[Thomas Lynch (admiral)|Thomas C. Lynch]]}}
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[[Category:People from High Point, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Superintendents of the United States Naval Academy]]
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[[Category:United States Navy rear admirals (upper half)]]
[[Category:Valley Forge Military Academy and College faculty]]
[[Category:Villanova University faculty]]


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