Henry Cumming

Henry Cumming ran for the University of Virginia and Newark AC. He prepped at Woodberry Forest Academy, where he became student body President before entering Virginia. After college graduation Cumming taught for several years at Woodberry Forest before returning to U Va for graduate school. He then stayed on staff in Charlottesville as a professor political science.

In 1941 Cumming joined the Army as a major in the military intelligence section. He served in Morocco and Italy and was eventually promoted to colonel. While in Italy he contracted polio and died in a military hospital. His name is often listed as Cummings in newspapers, but all official documents, including his obituary, have Cumming.

Personal Bests: 100 – 10.4 (1928); 200 – 21.8 (1928); 220y – 21.1s (1927).