Wilbert Tucker Woodson was born in Crozet, Virginia on November 12, 1893. He was a graduate of William and Mary and served in World War I. He became superintendent in 1929 and under his leadership, helped modernize Fairfax County Public Schools and allowed it to thrive as Fairfax County began to experience significant growth. Small one-room schoolhouses were consolidated into larger schools which required an increase in school budget but was able to provide more students with educational opportunities. Woodson however did not come without his controversies. He was an advocate of keeping segregation during a time period where integration of schools took off and after segregation was declared unconstitutional, offered a slow plan that slowed full integration until the early 1970s. He resigned on November 1st 1960 likely as a result of the desegregation of Fairfax schools. He died in 1983.
Information in bio is summarized using:
Fairfax County Public Schools biography of WT Woodson [Link] [Link]
Fairfax County Public Schools source about desegregation. [Link]