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Famous Boarding School Alumni
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Famous Boarding School Alumni:
Admiral Farragut Academy
  • Alan Shephard - Lunar Astronaunt
  • Charles Duke - Lunar Astronaunt
  • Stephen Stills - Rock Musician
  • Lorenzo Lamas - Actor
Asheville School
  • Sam Johnson - The founder of S.C. Johnson Wax. The Johnson family of companies also owns Saran, Ziploc, Raid, OFF, Glade, Pledge, Drano, Shout and Windex, among others.
  • Reg Garner - The creator of Texas Pete Hot Sauce.
  • Richard Kimberly - Kimberly-Clarke
  • Harvey, Roger and Russell Firestone - Firestone Tires
Baylor School
  • Stephanie Allen '92 - Visual Effects and Animation Executive, Deals include
  • Arthur Golden '74 - Author, Memoirs of a Geisha
  • William Duff '45 - FBI Counterintelligence Specialist and Author of
  • Tene Hamilton Franklin '91 - Facilitator, Human Genome Project
  • Thomas Jolly '73 - Editor, New York Times
  • Sandlin Mattice, Jr. '72 - Federal Judge
  • James Wheless '82 - Designer and Animator for George Lucas
  • David Lowance '53 - Professor, Emory University, Transplant Specialist
  • John Johnson '57 - Senior VP, Oceaneering International
  • Laurel Creech '92 - Environmental Activist, Nashville Disc Jockey
Brentwood College School
  • Wade Davis - National Geographic Explorer and Writer
  • Ben Butterfield - World renowned tenor
  • David Wilkinson - Fuel Cell Technology
  • Alistair Gillespie - Federal Politician, Businessman
  • H. Roche Robertson - Surgeon and Principal of McGill University
  • Pip Holmes - War Hero and Businessman
  • John H. Stubbs - War Hero
Buxton School
  • Peter Shumlin - President Pro Tempore of Vermont Senate; Director - Putney Student Travel
  • Christian Parenti - Journalist and writer
  • Philip Rickey - Sculptor
  • Justin Theroux - Actor
  • Frank Wood - Actor
  • Marco Williams - Documentary Film Maker
Chatham Hall
  • Georgia O'Keefe - Artist
  • Claudia Emerson - Poet
Cheshire Academy
  • Fred Friendly - Former president, CBS News
  • Roberto C. Goizueta - Former chairman & CEO, Coca-Cola
  • Joseph W. Hasel - Voice of the New York Giants
  • Rockwell Kent - Artist
  • Robert Ludlum - Author
  • J.P. Morgan - Industrialist
  • Angela Robinson - State Superior Court judge
  • James Van Der Beek - Actor
  • Gideon Welles - Secretary of the Navy (Lincoln)
  • Patrick McCaskey - Director, board member, Chicago Bears
Choate Rosemary Hall
  • Adlai Stevenson ’18 - former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
  • John F. Kennedy ’35 - 35th President of the United States
  • Edward Albee ’46 - Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
  • Robert D. McCallum Jr. ’64 - U.S. Ambassador to Australia
  • Glenn Close '65 - Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe Award-winning film and stage actress
  • Victoria J. Nuland ’79 - permanent U.S. Representative to NATO
  • Paul Giamatti '85 - Emmy Award-winning broadway and film actor
  • Angela Ruggiero ’98 - three-time Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey Champion
  • Chris Denorfia '98 - left fielder for the Oakland A's
  • Hilary Knight '07 - youngest member of the 2006-07 U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Team
Christchurch School
  • William Styron - Pulitzer Prize Winner
  • Lewis B. Puller, Jr. - Pulitzer Prize Winner
  • Crombie Garrett - Deputy Chief Clerk of the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Vincent Canby - Chief Film Critic, New York Times
  • Bill Broaddus - Former Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • John Craine, Jr. - President, SUNY Maritime College
  • Malcolm Campbell - Publisher, SPIN Magazine
  • Henry Fawell - Press Secretary, MD Governor Robert Ehrlich
  • Andrew Rice - Oklahoma State Senator
Colorado Rocky Mountain School
  • Oliver Platt '78 - attended CRMS for three years. After graduating, he majored in drama at Tufts University where he made his professional debut on stage. His credits include: “Flatliners” (1990) as Randal Steckle; “Indecent Proposal” (1993) with Robert Redford/
  • Conrad Anker ’82 - is a leading figure in climbing. He is a professional mountaineer who has made breakthrough first ascents throughout the world, from the Himalayans to Antarctica, and Patagonia. He co-authored the book “Lost Explorer.”
  • Susan Meiselas ’66 - is an internationally acclaimed photojournalist. She has been published in Time, the New York Times, Life, and Paris Match. She earned a B.A. from Sarah Lawrence College and an M.A. in visual education from Harvard University.
Concord Academy
  • Tom First '85 - co-founder, Nantucket Nectars
  • Peter Fisher '74 - former US Undersecretary of the Treasury
  • Tom Forman '91 - executive producer,
  • Julia Glass '74 - novelist,
  • Sebastian Junger '80 - novelist,
  • David Lewis '76 - investigative journalist, CNN
  • Her Majesty Queen Noor '69 -
  • Hilary Price '87 - syndicated cartoonist,
  • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg '75 - lawyer, writer, philanthropist
  • Drew Gilpin Faust - President of Harvard University
Cotter Schools
  • Donal "Mike" O'Callaghan - Governor, State of Nevada, 1971-1979
  • Bob Kierlan - Founder and Chairman of Fastenal Company
Culver Academies
  • K.S. - Tennessee Titans owner
  • Hal Holbrook - Actor
  • Frank Batten - Weather Channel founder
  • George Steinbrenner - New York Yankees owner
  • Alberto Bailleres - Corporate mogul
  • Gene Siskel - Film Critic
  • Roscoe C. Howard - US Attorney
  • Jon Scieszka - Children's Book Author
  • Dr. Sally Hodder - HIV/AIDS researcher
  • Gary Suter - NHL defenseman
Darlington School
  • Gov. S. Ernest Vandiver Jr. ('36) - Former Gov. of Georgia
  • Cy Twombly ('47) - Contemporary artist whose work can be found in the Guggenheim, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art.
  • Dr. John Ochsner ('44) - International medical leader, who has served in many prominent roles including President of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and President of The International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery.
  • Stephen D. Potts ('34) - Served as Director of the Office of Government Ethics under President George H.W. Bush and President William Jefferson Clinton.
  • Tom Cousins ('48) - Founder of Cousins Properties Inc.
  • Jodi Marks ('86) - Host of
  • Will Muschamp ('90) - Defensive Coordinator, University of Texas
  • James L. Dickey III ('42) - American poet, novelist, critic, athlete, and hunter with bow and arrow; best-known from his novel
  • Jennifer Wysocki ('90) - Emmy award-winning producer, creator and current host of television's
  • Elson Floyd ('74) - Dr. Floyd current serves as the President of Washington State University
Darrow School
  • Charles - Apollo 12 Commander, third man to walk on the moon
  • Chris - Radio Sportscaster, Author
  • Sam Harper, '79 - Screenplay writer of Cheaper by the Dozen & Cheaper by the Dozen II
  • Bill Hudnut - Former mayor of Indianapolis & Congressman, author
Deerfield Academy
  • King Abdullah - King of Jordan
  • John McPhee - Author
  • Buddy Teevens - Collegiate football coach
  • Matthew Fox - Actor
EduKick Academic Soccer (Sports) Boarding School Academies
  • Davide Somma - Currently playing for the MSL San Jose Earthquakes
  • Mason Hampel - Currently playing for AS Cannes (U-18 Squad)
  • Penku Tresor - Currrently playing for AD Colmenar (Spain 3rd Division)
  • Chris Musto - Currently on trial in Norway (pro soccer try out)
  • The Makin Twins - Currently playing 4th Division in Belguim
  • Gian Carlo Di Sanio - Currently teaching and coaching youth soccer in Montreal, Canada
  • Hunter Metcalf - Currently playing Collegiate soccer
  • Mariela Benitez - Captain of Womens' Phillipines National Team
Emma Willard School
  • Jane Fonda - Actress
  • Kirsten Gillibrand '84 - Junior Senator for NY State
Episcopal High School
  • Senator John McCain '54 - Senator of Arizona, 2008 Presidential Candidate
  • Julian Robertson '51 - Financier, former CEO of Tiger Management
  • Todd Gray '82 - Chef and Owner of DC's Equinox Restaurant
  • T. Berry Brazelton '36 - Renowned Pediatrican and Author
  • Paul de Podesta '91 - Former GM, Los Angeles Dodgers
  • Gaston Caperton '59 - President of The College Board, former Governor of West Virginia
  • Lee D. Ainslie '82 - Managing Partner, Maverick Capital
Florida Air Academy
  • Prince Fielder - Major League Baseball Player
  • Sasha Kaun - Professional Basketball Player (Russia)
  • Andy Gonzalez - Major League Baseball Player
  • Leevan Sands - Bronze Medalist in Track and Field's Triple Jump
Fork Union Military Academy
  • Sonny Randle, '54 - Sportscaster, former NFL wide receiver
  • Plaxico Burress, '96 - NFL football player, wide receiver for New York Giants
  • Gen. John T. Chain, Jr., '52 - Former Commander In Chief of the Strategic Air Command
  • Robert S. Bloxom, '55 - Virginia's Secretary of Agriculture
  • Charles Edwin Estes, '43 - CEO of Great Coastal, a nationwide trucking company
  • John Bassett Vaughan, '48 - Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company
  • Edward Telling, '38 - Former Chairman & CEO of Sears
  • Kevin Plank, '91 - President & Founder of Under Armour
  • Billy Campbell, '76 - Actor
  • Lloyd Dobyns, '53 - Fomer NBC News Reporter/Correspondent
Fryeburg Academy
  • David Rohde - New York Times investigative journalist
  • Rufus Porter - painter and founder of Scientific American
  • Spaulding Gray - actor and playwright
  • Marcus Nash - U.S. olympic nordic ski racer
  • James Farrington - US representative from New Hampshire (1828-1831)
George School
  • Blythe Danner - Actress
  • George Segal - Actor
  • Stephen Sondheim - Composer
  • Julian Bond - Civil Rights Leader
  • Mario Capecchi - Nobel Laureate (medicine)
  • Barbara Dodd Anderson - Philanthropist
Georgetown Preparatory School
  • Brian Cashman '85 - General Manager - New York Yankees
  • Christopher Dodd '62 - United States Senator
  • A.J. Wood '91 - U.S. National Soccer Player
  • Mo Rocca '87 - Comedian
  • William Bidwill '49 - Owner - Arizona Cardinals (NFL)
  • Roy Hibbert '04 - Indiana Pacers Basketball
Grier School
  • Camila Sodi - Mexican TV star and pop singer - attended Grier as a 9th grader.
  • Marcy Rylan - Soap Opera actress
  • Veronica Velasco - Mexican Green Party Official
Hargrave Military Academy
  • Ward Burton '82 - 2002 Daytona 500 Champion; NASCAR Winston Cup Driver
  • Walter B. Jones '61 - Congressman (R), 3rd District North Carolina
  • Dr. Art Chandler, Jr. '49 - Ophthalmologist; Voice of Duke Basketball
  • MG William Caldwell, IV '72 - Major General, USA - As seen commanding in Iraq
  • Larry Brown '59 - Former NBA Detroit Pistons Head Coach
  • Torry Holt '95 - NFL Player - St. Louis Rams
  • R. Kirk Landon '46 - Former CEO American Bankers Insurance Corp.
  • David West '98 - NBA Player - New Orleans Jazz
  • Scott Street '61 - Attorney - Former president of the Virginia Bar Assosciation
  • Joshua Howard '99 - NBA Player -Dallas Mavericks
Hebron Academy
  • Michael Zane ' 66 - Founder Kryptonite Lock Corporation
  • Sean Morey ' 95 - Wide Receiver Pittsburgh Steelers
  • Ed Stebbins ' 81 - Co-Founder/Owner Gritty McDuffs Brewery
  • Richard Brass ' 69 - Retired Senior VP, Oracle and Microsoft. (first electronic thesaurus and first dictionary-based spelling checker software)
  • Kelso Sutton ' 57 - General Manager of Time, Inc.
  • C. Amy Ehrlich (Skelton) ' 83 - Merchandising Manager, Phish (amoung the highest-grossing touring acts of all time)
  • Robert Curtis ' 91 - Photojournalist, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq
  • Irakly Areshidze ' 96 - Political analyst specializing in relations between the U.S. and the Republic of Georgia
  • Ryan E Vachon ' 97 - Forensic Scientist, The Armed Forces DNA Identification Lab
  • John T. Iveson ' 87 - Executive Chef, The Manta Ray Restaurant, Sydney Australia
Hill School
  • James Baker III '48 - Former Secretary of State
  • Norman Pearlstine '60 - Editor-in-chief of Time, Inc
  • Tobias Wolff '64 - Stanford University professor and critically acclaimed author of Old School
  • Oliver Stone '64 - Academy Award-winning producer/director
  • Peter S. Rummell '63 - Chairman and CEO of the Florida real estate and development firm the St. Joe Co.
  • Clark Hoyt '60 - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington editor of Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
  • Lamar Hunt '51 - Businessman, owner and founder of the Kansas City Chiefs and a creator of the American Football League
Idyllwild Arts Academy
  • Shepard Fairy - Graphic Artist and Designer
  • Neal Beasley - Princess Grace Award Winner - Modern Dance, Trisha Brown Dance Company
  • Liang Wang - Principal Oboe - New York Philharmonic
  • Yao Zhao - Principal Cello - San Diego Symphony
  • Trevor Hall - Recording Artist
  • Marin Ireland - Tony Award Nominated Actress
  • Elora Hardy - Sole Print Designer for Donna Karan
  • Cristy Candler - Broadway Musical Theater Actress
  • Vesselin Gelev - Associate Concertmaster - London Philharmonic
  • Bei Zhu - Co-Concertmistress - Hong Kong Philharmonic
Indian Springs School
  • Preston Haskell '56 - Part-owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars
  • John Badham '57 - Director - 16 movies including Saturday Night Fever
  • Neely Bruce '60 - Acclaimed pianist
  • Charles Plosser '66 - President - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
  • Russell Williams '73 - Adobe Photoshop chief architect
  • Sally Nemeth '77 - Author, actress
  • Mike McCullers '89 - Director / writer of the movie Baby Momma
  • SeMe Sung '93 - Designer for Pottery Barn, San Francisco
  • John Green '95 - Award-winning author
  • Barry Tobias '98 - NASA Mission Controller
Interlochen Arts Academy
  • Felicity Huffman - Actor
  • Josh Groban - Singer
  • Jewel - Singer
  • Robert Snyder - Artist and faculty member - Chicago Arts Institute
  • Anthony Rapp - Actor
  • Lorin Maazel - Music Director/Conductor, New York Philharmonic
  • Peter Erskine - Jazz drummer
  • David Blum - Journalist Wall Street Journal; Esquire magazine; New York magazine; The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Vanity Fair
  • Daniel Zwerdling - Senior Correspondent, National Public Radio
  • Tovah Feldshuh - Actor
La Lumiere School
  • Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. - Chief Justice, United States Supreme Court
  • Andrew J. McKenna, Jr. - President, Republican Party of Illinois
  • Jim Gaffigan - Actor and Comedian
  • John Hiler - Former Congressman, State of Indiana
Lake Forest Academy
  • Jean Harlow - Actress
  • Bix Biederbecke - Jazz cornet player
  • Bradley Russell Weinberger, - Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice
  • Bill Ayers - Political activist and professor at the University of Chicago
  • David Bradley - Film director
  • Bill Schulz - Panelist, writer, and producer on Fox News Channel's late night show, Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld
  • Judy Baar Topinka - Former Illinois State Treasurer
  • Frances Perkins - First female Secretary of Labor
Lawrence Academy
  • Tim Armstrong - AOL Chairman and CEO
  • Dana Messina - CEO and owner of Steinway Piano
  • Audrey McNiff - Managing Director at Goldman Sachs
  • Page McConnell - Keyboard player for Phish
  • Steve Heinze - '88 Olympian in men's hockey and former NHL player for Boston Bruins and LA Kings
  • Laurie Baker - Three time Olympian in women's hockey
  • Antoine Wright - NBA player for Dallas Mavericks
Lowell Whiteman School
  • Travis Mayer - Olympic Silver Medalist at Salt Lake Olympics, Student Harvard Business School
  • Susan Walsh - AP photographer. Pulitzer Prize recipient
  • John Milius - Movie producer, Director of Apocaplyse Now
McCallie School
  • Ted Turner '56 - CNN Founder
  • Howard Baker '43 - Former Senate Majority Leader, White House Chief of Staff, and Ambassador to Japan
  • Jon Meacham '87 - Editor of Newsweek and best-selling author
  • Bill Brock '49 - Former Senator and Secretary of Labor
  • James Killian '21 - Former President of MIT
  • Ralph McGill '17 - Pulitzer Prize winning editor of the Atlanta Constitution
  • Zach Wamp '76 - Current member of the House of Representatives
  • Carroll Campbell '58 - Former Governor of South Carolina
  • John M. Belk '39 - President of Belk Department Stores Inc
  • Olin Mills II '48 - Chairman of the Board, Olan Mills Inc.
Mercersburg Academy
  • Jimmy Stewart '28 - Actor, Academy Award winner
  • Benicio Del Toro '85 - Actor, Academy Award and Golden Globe winner
  • Melvin Stewart, Jr. '88 - Olympic Gold Medalist, 200-meter Butterfly (Olympic Record), Barcelona, 1992; Olympic Gold Medalist, 400-meter Medley Relay and 800-meter Freestyle Relay, Barcelona, 1992
  • Michael Davies '85 - Emmy Winning Producer, ABC's Who wants to be a Millionaire?
  • Mark Talbott '78 - Top-ranked professional squash player in the world from 1983-1995; one of the 15 inaugural inductees into the U.S. Squash Hall of Fame.
  • Dr. Lucian Leape '48 - Harvard professor and father of the modern patient safety movement in the United States
Middlesex School
  • Steve Carell - Actor
  • William Weld - Former Governor of Massachusetts
  • Bill Richardson - Governor of New Mexico
  • William Hurt - Academy Award Winning Actor
  • Anthony Lake - National Security Advisor in Clinton Administration
  • Li Chung Pei - Architect
  • Cass Sunstein - Head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Millbrook School
  • William F. Buckley - author
  • Thomas Lovejoy - environmentalist
  • Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - environmental lawyer and activist
  • Serena Altschul - CBS News correspondent
  • Whit Stillman - film director
  • Rufus Wainwright - musician
  • Alistair Horne - author
  • James L. Buckley - former U.S. Senator and federal judge
  • Robert W. Johnson IV - philanthropist and owner of NY Jets
  • Schuyler Chapin - arts administrator
Milton Academy
  • T.S. Eliot - Poet, dramatist and literary critic
  • Buckminster Fuller - American architect, author, designer, futurist, inventor and visionary
  • Robert F. Kennedy - Former United States Attorney General, former US Senator from New York and one of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy's younger brothers
  • Ted Kennedy - Former Massachusetts State Senator and one of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy's younger brothers
  • Deval Patrick - Current Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the first African American to hold that office
  • James Taylor - American singer and songwriter
  • Touré - American novelist, music journalist, cultural critic and television personality
  • Charles Codman Cabot - Former Justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts and former Chief of the Secretariat of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey during World War II
  • David Lindsay-Abaire - Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright
  • Hanford MacNider - Former United States diplomat and United States Army General, serving in both World War I and World War II
Miss Hall's School
  • Lucy Adams Billings '66 - New York State Supreme Court Justice
  • Barbara Cooperman '73 - Executive VP, Market Communications and Corporate Relations, Elsevier
  • Jean Erdman '34 - An influential figure in the world of modern dance and part of the Martha Graham Dance Company; was on the faculty of Columbia University and New York University; was the wife of mythologist Joseph Campbell until his death in 1987.
  • Paula Leuchs Moats '72 - Senior VP, Laconia Capital Corporation
  • Susan O'Day '77 - Chief Information Officer and VP, Global Shared Services, Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Molly Shepard '64 - President and CEO, The Leader's Edge
  • Stacey Sotirhos '89 - Instructional Support Specialist, New York City Board of Education
  • Kari Steinert '85 - Big Foote Music, composer and musician for commercials and films
  • Dian Adams Toland '72 - Project Director of Construction and Restoration, The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
  • Catherine Foster '95 - Architect, Pei Cobb Freed + Partners
Miss Porter's School
  • Notable Alumnae - www.porters.org/alumnae
Missouri Military Academy
  • Mr. Dale Dye, 1962 - Author, Actor and Military advisor to many Hollywood movies
  • Judge William Berry, 1930 - Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
  • Dr. Lloyd Worner, 1936 - Former President of Colorado College
  • LT. General Jack Fuson, 1939 - Deputy Chief of Staff, US Army
  • Mr. Cody Fowler, 1908 - Former President of the American Bar Association
  • General Clifton Cates, 1910 - 19th Commandant of the US Marine Corp
  • Mr. Joaquin Dabdoub, 1981 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan
  • Bridgadier General Carl Tegtmeier, 1962 - Former Deputy Commanding General, 102nd Army Reserve Command
New Mexico Military Institute
  • Conrad Hilton - Founder Hilton Hotels
  • Roger Staubach - US Naval Academy Graduate, NFL Football Hall of Fame, Heisman Trophy Winner
  • Victor Lowndes - Co-founder Playboy Enterprises
  • Anthony Principi - former Secretary of Veterans Affairs, US Naval Academy Graduate
  • Honorable Frank White - former governor of Arkansas
  • Bill Daniels - Daniels Foundation, father of cable TV in America
  • Austin Cushman - former CEO Sears
  • Owen Wilson - Writer/Producer/Actor, Academy Award Nominee
  • Norm Brinker - former CEO Pillsbury, CEO/Owner Chili's
  • LTG Gordon Sumner, USA Ret - Presidential Advisor, US Army General Officer
New York Military Academy
  • Craig C. Harnett '70 - EVP & CFO NHL
  • Matt Joyce '90 - NFL - Tackle, Detroit Lions
  • Robert Stiller '61 - CEO Green Mountain Coffee
  • Donald Trump '64 - Pres. & CEO Trump International
  • James E. Brown '84 - CEO Invisible Hand Network
Northfield Mount Hermon School
  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti '37 - Beat-generation poet; co-owner of City Lights Bookstore and publishing house
  • Laura Linney ’82 - Academy Award-nominated actress; films include The Savages, The Nanny Diaries, Kinsey, You Can Count on Me
  • Uma Thurman ’88 - Academy Award-nominated actress; films include The Producers, Pulp Fiction, Dangerous Liaisons
  • S. Prestley Blake ’34 - Cofounder, Friendly Ice Cream
  • Amy Domini ’68 - Founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments; creator of the Domini 400 Social Index; author of Socially Responsible Investing and The Challenges of Wealth
  • William Rhodes ’53 - President, chairman, and CEO of Citibank, NA; senior vice chairman of Citigroup
  • Arn Chorn-Pond ’86 - Founder of Children of War, Peacemakers, and Cambodia Master performers Program; winner of Reebok Human Rights Award
  • Kimmie Weeks ’01 - Liberian child rights activist, UN advisor, director of Youth Action International/Peace for Kids
  • Dallas Baker ’02 - Wide receiver for University of Florida Gators (winner 2006–07 college football national championship)
  • Frank Shorter ’65 - Founding chairman of US Anti-Doping Agency; TV sports commentator; earned gold medal in 1972 Olympic marathon and silver in 1976
Oakwood Friends School
  • Juan Williams - Political Commentator, Journalist, Author
  • Hugo Sonnenschein - President Emeritus, University of Chicago
  • Mark Strand - Pulitzer Prize winning poet and former Poet Laureate of the United States
  • Bonnie Raitt - Musician, Political Activist
  • Jarvis, Thomas and Peter Rockwell - Sons of painter Norman Rockwell
  • Robert Turner - Internationally known ceramist
Perkiomen School
  • Al Dubin - Composer (42nd Street, Song Writers Hall of Fame)
  • General Carl Spatz - Pioneer of Military Aviation and a Founding Father of the US Air Force
  • John Cecil Holm - Playwright (Best Foot Forward, Three Men on a Horse, etc.)
  • Harold Schaffer - Medical Pioneer in the area of Immune Deficiency
  • Wallace Reid - Silent Film Starr (The Roaring Road, Double Speed, Excuse My Dust)
Phillips Academy Andover
  • President George Bush - 41st President of the United States
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes - Poet, literary leader and doctor
  • Benjamin Spock - Author; authority on child-rearing; anti-war activist
  • Jack Lemmon - Academy Award-winning actor
  • President George W. Bush - 43rd President of the United States
  • Julia Alvarez - Poet, novelist, and author
  • Frederick Law Olmstead - designed NYC's Central Park
  • Christopher Hughes - co-founded Facebook and served as online strategist for Obama campaign
  • Rebecca Dowling Adams - US's first female Top Gun pilot
Portsmouth Abbey School
  • Christopher Buckley - writer and political satirist; former Managing Editor of Esquire Magazine; chief speech writer for Vice President George H. W. Bush; author of Thank You for Smoking
  • John E. Pepper, Jr. - Chairman of the Walt Disney Company
  • Robert F. Kennedy - U.S. Senator from New York; U.S. Attorney General
  • Edward M. Kennedy - U.S. Senator from Massachusetts
  • Peter M. Flanigan - Assistant to President Richard Nixon
  • Benedict Fitzgerald - American screenwriter - In Cold Blood, Wise Blood; co-wrote Aramaic, Hebrew, and Latin screenplay for The Passion of the Christ
  • Charlie Day - actor, writer, executive producter - It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  • William Ruckelshaus - first Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; former FBI director and U.S. Deputy Attorney General
Proctor Academy
  • Matt Nathanson - Musician
  • Travis Warren - Founder and President, Whipple Hill Communications
  • Robert Richardson - Oscar Winning Cinematographer (Platoon, JFK, The Aviator, Kill Bill)
  • Jerome Dyson - UCONN basketball player
  • John McVey - Nationally acclaimed singer/songwriter
  • Josh Walden - Broadway Actor
  • Bob Beattie - Former US Alpine Ski Team Head Coach and Television Commentator
  • Alan Shepard - Astronaut
  • Cole Williams - Television Actor (Entourage, Scrubs, 8 Simple Rules)
  • Carl Van Loan, Jed Hinkley - US Olympians, US Ski Team Nordic Combined
Ridley College
  • David Dodge - Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
  • Colm Feore - Actor
  • Sam McGlone - Canadian Triathlete
  • Michael Sabia - Former CEO and President of Bell Canada (BCE)
  • Peter Gzowski - Journalist
Riverside Military Academy
  • John Bassett - Bassett Furniture
  • Ira Middleberg (1966) - Attorney, Middleberg, Riddle & Gianna - New Orleans
  • Luis Proenza (1962) - President, University of Akron
  • Governor Felix Gonzales Canto - State of Quintana Roo, Mexico
  • Tommy Prothro (1938) - former coach with the LA Rams and San Diego Chargers
  • ADM. David McDonald (1924) - former U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (1963-1967)
  • Judge E.J. Salcines - Retired Judge, Florida Appellate Court
  • Mike Neveaux - Retired Chief Pilot, Los Angeles Police Dept. Air Support Division
  • Jeffrey Weiner - Criminal Trial Lawyer-Miami, FL
Saint James School
  • James Holloway - Former Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Saint John's Preparatory School
  • Senator Eugene McCarthy - 1932 -
  • Senator David Durenberger - 1951 -
Salem Academy
  • Elizabeth Pfohl Campbell - A'19, founded WETA, Washington, D.C's first public television station
  • Tillie Kidd Fowler - A'60, served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, retiring in 2000 as the highest -ranking woman in the House.
  • Marshall Chapman - A'68, is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter whose songs have been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Joe Cocker, and Jimmy Buffett
  • Kathyrn Harrold - A'68, is a television actress who played Dr. Karen Wilder on Chicago Hope and has guest starred recently on CSI: New York and Desperate Housewives
  • Rolanda Watts - A'77, hosted the syndicated television talk shows Rolanda and Lie Detector, and has appreared on The West Wing, 7th Heaven and The Bold and the Beautiful.
Shattuck-Saint Mary's School
  • Marlon Brando - Brando began his acting career on the Shattuck stage, and his signature can still be seen scrawled on the green room wall.
  • Sidney Crosby -
Saint Andrew's College
  • Kiefer Sutherland - Actor
  • Lawren Harris - Famous Canadian Landscape Artist, Group of Seven
  • Timothy Findley - Author
  • Vincent Massey - First Canadian-born Governor General of Canada
  • John Crosbie - Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
Saint Andrew's-Sewanee School
  • James Agee - Pulitzer-prize winning writer
  • Kix Brooks '73 - Grammy-award winning singer, host of American Country Countdown
  • Elisabeth Rohm - Television and movie actress
  • Robert Temple '61 - Author and documentary film maker
  • Dr. George P. Garrett, Jr. '46 - Poet Laureate of Virginia
Saint George's School
  • Howard Dean - Class of 1966 - Former Vermont Governor & DNC Chairman
  • Prescott Bush - Class of 1912 - U.S. Senator from Connecticut
  • Claiborne Pell - Class of 1936 - U.S. Senator from Rhode Island
  • Tucker Carlson - Class of 1987 - Correspondent MSNBC
  • William Vanderbilt - Class of 1919 - Governor of Rhode Island
Saint Johnsbury Academy
  • Calvin Coolidge - President of the United States
Saint John's Northwestern Military Academy
  • 1916 Daniel Gerber - Founder and president of Gerber Baby Foods
  • 1918 Howard Woodin - Member of Marquette University Hall of Fame and Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame for football
  • 1919 Spencer Tracy - Distinguished actor; Academy Award winner; appeared in over 70 films
  • 1932 Arthur Wermuth - Major, U.S. Army; World War II hero known as
  • 1946 Edward Noble - Entrepreneur; developer; and manufacturer; served as a member of President Regan's staff
  • 1948 C. Roosevelt Boettiger - Grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. delegate to the United Nations
  • 1954 William J. Janklow - Governor of South Dakota for four terms, longer than anyone in state history
  • 1962 Ty Warner - Founder and C.E.O. of Beanie Babies, Inc., a leader in the toy industry
  • 1966 Jay Graf - Founder and C.E.O. of Guidant Corp., a leader in the heart monitoring field
  • 1981 Martin Torrijos Espino - President of Panama, inaugurated in September of 2004.
Saint Michaels University School
  • Steve Nash '92 - Two-time NBA MVP, founder and president of the Steve Nash Foundation for growing health in kids
Saint Paul's School
  • John Kerry - U.S. Senator, Massachusetts
  • Garry Trudeau - Cartoonist, Doonesbury
  • Robert Mueller - Director, FBI
  • Lorene Cary - Author/Speaker
  • Jeff Halpern - NHL All-Star
  • Hobey Baker - Renowned hockey star and World War I war hero
  • Edward Harkness - Philanthropist
  • William Randolph Hearst - Newspaper publisher
  • Nick Stoller - Filmmaker and Producer
Saint Stanislaus College
  • Felix "Doc" Blanchard - Graduated from St. Stanislaus in 1942. Won the 1945 Heisman Trophy, Sullivan Trophy, and Maxwell Award. Doc donated all three awards to St. Stanislaus in 1989.
  • Marmont "Marchy" Schwartz - Graduated in 1927. Marchy is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
Stevenson School
  • Paul Saffo '72 - Forecaster and Essayist, Institute for the Future, Menlo Park, CA
  • Chris Flavin '73 - President, World Watch Inc., Washington, D.C.
  • Carie Crandall '79 - Managing Director, New York Stock Exchange, Palo Alto, CA
  • David Drummond '81 - Chief Counsel, Google Inc., Mountain View, CA
  • Cynthia Chapman '83 - Attorney/Partner, Caddell & Chapman, Houston, TX
  • Ms. Shea Pepper '90 - Creative Director, BBC America, New York, NY
  • Emily Chan '92 - Director, Doctors Without Borders, Hong Kong, HK
  • Sylvain White '93 - Film Director,
  • Jonathan Ferrantelli '97 - Post Production Film,
  • Robert Grube '04 - Member, 2007 NCAA Golf Championship Team, Stanford University
Stuart Hall School
  • Juliette Gordon Low - Founder of the Girl Scouts of America
  • Denise Wooldridge - Executive at Kraft Foods
  • Annette Smith Parker - Vice President, Dickinson College
  • Kelly Driscoll - Alum & Faculty Member of Rhode Island School of Design
  • Dejon Mayberry - Speech writer for President gerald Ford
  • Marijane Meeker - Publishes as M.E. Kerr, ALA Margaret Edwards Award
  • Anne McCaffrey - Winner of Hugo Award and Nebula Award
Subiaco Academy
  • Henry Wheeler - Harvard, Harvard Professor, Author "Fail Safe"
Suffield Academy
  • Leigh Perkins - President and CEO, Orvis
  • James Tisch - CEO, Loews Corporation
  • Roger Faxon - COO, EMI Music
  • Barry Scherr - Provost, Dartmouth College
  • Archer Mayor - Best-selling mystery writer
  • Vinnie Del Negro - Former NBA basketball player
Tabor Academy
  • Paul Fireman - Founder and President of Reebok
  • John Fish - President of Suffolk Construction Company
  • George Graboys - CEO, Citizens Bank
  • Robert I. Dodge III - senior official at US Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Lewis Lipsett - Professor at Brown University, expert on childhood development and psychology
  • Thomas Graboys - Harvard professor, author
  • Bruce Sundlin - Governor of Rhode Island, 1991 to 1995
  • Kevin White - mayor of Boston from 1968 to 1984
  • Travis Roy - Author
Athenian School
  • Phillip Bennett - Geology Professor, Univ. of Texas, Austin
  • Benjamin Brandzel - MoveOn.org Student Action Founder
  • Greg Sherwood Cohalen - Emmy Award-Winning Public Broadcasting Anchor
  • Craig Debro - KTVU 2, Oakland, Television News Reporter
  • Joan Haratani - Attorney, San Francisco Bar Association President
  • Carol Moldaw - Noted Poet, Winner of the Field Prize
  • Douglas Perednia - Physician, Business Executive, Entrepreneur
  • Korshied Samad - Journalist, Bureau Chief, Afghan Nonprofit Org. Founder
  • Jackie Thomas - Nike Executive, Athenian School Trustee
  • Andrew Wistrich - United States District Magistrate Judge
Brook Hill School
  • Sang Joon Lee - One of first boarders in our program now attends Lehigh University
  • Brittany Sherman - First Valedictorian graduated Wellesley 2006
  • So Hyun Park - Valedictorian 2007, attending Wellesley
  • Kira Langsjoen - National Merit Scholar,, Salutatorian 2007, attending Texas A & M
  • Sang Jun Lee - College of William and Mary
  • Aaron Swink - Charter student, Pre-Law at Dedman School of Law, Sounthern Methodist University
  • Aaron Clements - Honor student, Texas Tech University
  • Roger Blissette - Full Sail
Governor's Academy
(formerly Governor Dummer Academy)
  • Booker T. Washington Jr. - son of famous abolitionist, statesman and author
  • Yu Kil Chun - first Korean to study in West; essayist and social reformer
  • Theophilus Parsons - helped draft Bill of Rights and developed US judiciary system
  • Edward Preble - Commodore of the USS Constitution
  • Dan Gadzuric - NBA basketball player
  • Jeb Bradley - Congressman - New Hampshire
  • Samuel Phillips - Founder of Phillips Academy, Andover
Gunnery
  • Dr. David Abala '73 - Dr. Abala works for Duke University Medical Center where he specializes with prostate cancer. He works with the di Vinci Surgical Robot which is minimally invasive and offers patients an alternative to major surgery. For more visit our website!
  • James Perse '91 - After graduating James persued fashion design, manufacturing, and merchandising and is known as a rising star in the world of designer clothing. In '96 he started his own buisness, James Perse Enterprises, Inc. For more visit our website!
  • Sarah Scheel Cook '82 - Sarah is the Director of Quality Assurance for the Schwans Food Company, Bakery Division. Sarah and her staff ensure the food products meet all safety standards on both the state and national level. For more visit our website!
  • George Grande '64 - A 35 year old veteran of the broadcasting business, George has been the sports announcer for the Cincinnati Reds on Fox Sports Net Ohio since '93. He has covered MLB since '65 and has been broadcasting MLB since '89. For more visit our website!
  • Jesse Soffer '02 - Jesse Soffer graduated from The Gunnery in 2002 and went on to act on the popular day time show, As The World Turns.
MacDuffie School
  • Betsy Bernard - former President of AT & T
Madeira School
  • Katherine Graham - Publisher, Washington Post
  • Francis Sternhagen - Actress
  • Alice Rivlin - Former director, Office of Management and Budget
  • Stockard Channing - Actress
  • Brooke Astor -
Putney School
  • Tim Daly - film, television, and theater actor
  • Wally Shawn - writer, actor, director
  • Jonathan Schell - author, The Fate of the Earth
  • Izumi Mori - Japanese fashion model
  • Kerry Kennedy Cuomo - Director Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Hum. Rights
  • Tea Leoni - actress
  • Tim Weiner - Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Webb School
  • Vermont Royster - Editor of The Wall Street Journal, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Charles Alexander - International Editor for TIME Magazine
  • Fielding Lewis Wright - Governor of Mississippi
  • Lewis Branscomb - President of Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
  • Ingram Macklin Stainback - First Governor of Hawaii
  • Prentice Cooper - Governor of Tennessee
  • Frank Constatine - Chief of Opthamalic surgery at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital
  • Edwin Davis - Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission
  • Edward W. Carmack - U.S. Senator
  • Wayne Rogers - Movie and Television actor, portrayed Trapper John on M*A*S*H TV series; investment analyst for FOX News network
Winchendon School
  • Beuhl Ford -
  • J.J. Newberry -
  • Sterling Hayden -
  • Scott Bartlett -
  • Jon Rotenberg -
TMI -Episcopal School of Texas
  • General Douglas MacArthur - 1897
  • Julian Onderdonk - 1900 Father of Texas Painting
  • Frank A. Juhan - 1906 Bishop/Football Hall of Fame
  • Rafaelo Diaz - 1912 Metropolitan Opera Star
  • Edgar Tobin - 1914 World War I Ace
  • Ross Youngs - 1916 Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Tom C. Forst, Jr. - 1946 Frost Bank Chairman
  • Dan Blocker - 1946 TV Star(Bonanza)
  • Lewis Sorley III - 1951 Pulitzer Prize Nominee
  • Lamar Smith - 1965 US Congressman
Valley Forge Military Academy
  • General H. Norman Schwarzkopf '52 - Commander, Operation Desert Storm
  • Gary Roughead '69, Admiral USN - Chief of Naval Operations
  • Simeon Rylski - Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria
  • J.D. Salinger - Author, The Catcher in the Rye
  • Westley Moore - Rhodes Scholar & White House Fellowship
  • Julian Peterson - Linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks
  • Jeff Otah - New player for the Carolina Panthers
  • Larry Fitzgerald - Wide-receiver for the Arizona Cardinals
  • Rafael Hernández Colón - Former Governor of Puerto Rico
  • Brigadier General Michael Linnington, USA - Commandant of Cadets, USMA, West Point
Verde Valley School
  • David Calley '81 - David Calley is the co-founder of Southwest Windpower of Flagstaff, a company designed to produce energy at a reasonable cost and to make the knowledge and the equipment available globally.
  • Celia Lowenstein ’71 - Celia Lowenstein is an awarding-winning producer/director whose films are regularly shown at international film festivals and screened on television channels around the world. She has lectured in film studies at Oxford University.
  • Jean Strouse '63 - Jean Strouse is the author of Morgan, American Financier (1999) and Alice James, A Biography (1980), which won the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy.
Vermont Academy
  • JOE PERRY - guitarist with the band Aerosmith
  • RUSSELL PORTER - founder of Stellaphane and designer of Mt. Palomar Observatory
  • PAUL PERCY HARRIS - founder of Rotary Club
  • JIM MCCLAREN - recipient of ESPY award
  • FLORENCE SABIN - medical pioneer and first female student at Johns Hopkins medical school
  • BRUCE LAWLOR - Major General with the U.S. Army
  • MIKE MORIN - U.S. ski team coach; coached Bodi Miller
  • LEE STANLEY - Film producer and works with troubled juveniles
Virginia Episcopal School
  • Stewart Roddey '82 - sroddey@investdavenport.com
  • Johnny Alford ’79 - jalfordjr@caskiefrost.com
  • Stan Archibald ’73 - staniii@archibaldbrokers.com
  • Dill Battle ’84 - hdbattle@spilmanlaw.com
  • Nick Costas ’79 - nccostas@BBandTCM.com
  • Travis Eckley ’00 - teckley@gmail.com
  • Neil Hammerstrom ’73 - Neil.hammerstrom@usdoj.gov
  • Theo Highsmith ’96 - theohighsmith@ysuhomes.com
  • Andrew Wagoner ‘96 - Andrew.wagoner@gmail.com
  • Bill Overman ‘82 - boverman@gvaadvantis.com
Wayland Academy
  • Addie Joss - 1898. Pitcher; Cleveland (AL); Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Raymond Patterson - 1940. Retired President/G.M., Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks (NBA), and Wayland Academy.
  • JoAnn Wilson - 1946. Producer, Masterpiece Theatre.
  • Tom Nissalke - 1951. Businessman, former coach, Utah Jazz (NBA)
  • Susan Peterson - 1963. Chair, Wayland Academy Board of Trustees. Former CBS News White House Correspondent; Businesswoman.
  • Rick Fliehr - 1968. Professional wrestler.
  • Stephen Patterson - 1975. President, Portland Trail Blazers (NBA)
  • Mikki Hebl, PhD - 1987. Professor, Rice University; Motivational Speaker.
  • Uzma Samadani, MD, PhD - 1988. Neurosurgeon, researcher, Manhattan Veterans' Hospital
  • Kira Salak - 1989. Traveler, author, contributing editor to National Geographic
Wentworth Military Academy & College
  • Ike Skelton - U.S. Congressman, 4th District of Missouri and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee
  • William Adams - Recipient, Medal of Honor, Vietnam
  • John Groendyke - Chairman and CEO, Groendyke Trucking
  • Bud Walton - Co-Founder, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  • Marlin Perkins - Eminent Zoologist and Host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
West Nottingham Academy
  • Samuel Finley - Founder of WNA and 5th president of Princeton University
  • Benjamin Rush - Signer of the Declaration of Independence and prominent early physician
  • Richard Stockton - Signer of the Declaration of Independence
  • Ebenezer Hazzard - 1st United States Postmaster General
  • William Shippen & John Morgan - Founders of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School
  • Alexander Martin - Former governor of North Carolina
  • Josh Boone - UCONN NCAA CHAMPION, NBA PLAYER
  • Ross Cameron - President of Charms Candy
  • Eric Fischl - World renowned artist and sculptor
  • Taylor Crothers - Professional photographer, famous for working with the Dave Matthews Band and Phish
Western Reserve Academy
  • Ian Frazier - best-seller author
  • Ted Gup - journalist, best-seller author
  • Lee M. Morin - NASA Astronaut
  • Daniel Christman - Lt. General Army (retired)
  • Jeff Schaeffer - TV and movie screen writer (e.g. Seinfeld, Cat in the Hat, etc.)
  • Matt Rego - Broadway show producer (e.g. Urinetown, Vagina Monologues, etc.)
  • Oliver Everett - Archivist to Queen of England
  • Kathryn Clark - Former Chief Scientist, NASA
  • William D. Perez - President & CEO, Wrigley Company
  • Neel Kashkari - Interim Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability
Wilbraham & Monson Academy
  • Mark Shenkman - Director of Shenkman Capital Management
  • Nitya Pibulsonggram - Thai Foreign Minister, Former Thai Ambassador to the United Nations
  • Bill James - Rockport Capital Partners
  • Bill Guerin - NHL hockey player
  • Bob Lappin - Conductor, Palm Beach Orchestra
  • Olaf Halvorrsen - Received Royal Norwegian Order of Merit
  • Galway Kinnel - Author/Poet
Woodside Priory School (Priory)
  • Taylor Eigsti - Grammy nominated jazz pianist
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