FMS Heads of School

PROFESSOR JAMES ABBOTT FISHBURNE
Principal 1879-1913

COLONEL MORGAN H. HUDGINS
Superintendent 1913-1952

COLONEL JOHN C. MOORE
Superintendent 1952-1955

COLONEL EDWARD P. CHILDS
Superintendent 1955-1964

COLONEL EDWARD B. YOUNG, JR.
Superintendent 1964-1973

COLONEL FRANK J. STONE, USA (RET)
Superintendent 1973-1977

From 1977 through 1986 Colonel Robert C. Miller, Headmaster; Colonel Stanley A. Harris, Commandant, who retired in 1982; and Robert B. Kerby, Business Manager and later Vice President and General manager, shared the school administration.

COLONEL ROBERT C. MILLER
Superintendent 1986-1996

MAJOR GENERAL JAMES M. LYLE, USA (RET)
Superintendent 1996-1997

COLONEL OSCAR H. BEASLEY, III
Superintendent 1997-2001

From 2001 to 2004 Colonel William Sedr, Headmaster, was acting head of school reporting to a special Operating Committee of the Board of Trustees consisting of Mr. Edward C. Moroney, III ’73 (Chairman), Mr. Carl W. Kerby ’55, and Mr. Eugene M. LeFloch, Esq. ’60.

BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM W. ALEXANDER, Jr., VA
Superintendent and President 2004-2008

From June 2008 through January 2009 Mrs. Susan J. Johnson, Assistant Superintendent, was acting head of school

COLONEL ROY F. ZINSER, USA (RET)
Superintendent and President 2009-2012

COLONEL GARY MORRISON, VA
Superintendent 2012-2016

CAPTAIN MARK E. BLACK, USN (RET)
Superintendent 2016-2021

COLONEL RANDAL E. BROWN, VA
President 2022-present