Thursday, July 23, 2026

Question: Why did actor Dabney Coleman wear his uncle’s VMI class ring?

Answer: Dabney Coleman left VMI before the school’s ring figure dance, during which cadets receive their class ring. So he never actually had a ring from his own Class of 1953. Instead, he wore the ring of his uncle, Claude D. Johns Jr., VMI Class of 1915, as a way of carrying on his family’s VMI legacy on screen.