Colonel Lester Bascom Wikoff (1893–1978) served as the fifth Superintendent of Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, Missouri from 1960 to 1971. Lester B. Wikoff was born in West Union, Ohio on December 9, 1893. From 1911 to 1915, he attended the University of Missouri, where he lettered in football for the Tigers, and earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science in education. He arrived at Wentworth fresh out of college, teaching Latin and English and coaching football, basketball and baseball. Over the next 56 years, he would occupy almost every position and play a key role in catapulting the Academy to national prominence. He became Athletic Director in 1917, and added the duties of Director of Enrollment and Quartermaster in 1928. He served as Business Manager, Secretary and