In Popular Culture
- Ernest Hemingway's protagonist in his novel Across the River and Into the Trees was Army Colonel Richard Cantwell, a fictional graduate of VMI. Though not one of Hemingway's best known works, some critics have said that Cantwell was a very autobiographical character.
- Ronald Reagan starred in the films Brother Rat and Brother Rat and a Baby, which were both filmed at VMI. Originally a Broadway hit, the play was written by John Monks Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoffe, both 1932 graduates of VMI.
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