Ricardo Ratti graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, Class of 1944. His son, Steven Ratti, graduated from the Coast Guard Academy in 1978. Ricardo Ratti retired in 1976 as a U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral, and Steven Ratti retired as a Coast Guard Rear Admiral in 2014. They are the only Coast Guard Academy graduate father and son pair to reach the rank of rear admiral in the Coast Guard.