Famous Boarding School Alumni

Use the table below to browse notable alumni from boarding schools around the world.

Famous Boarding School Alumni:

School Name
Notable School Alumni (Sample)
  • RADM Alan Shepard, Jr., USN (Ret.) '41N - Moonwalking NASA astronaut: First American in space in 1961 and a member of the Apollo 14 mission in 1971
  • Brig Gen Charles Duke, USAF (Ret.) '53S - Moonwalking NASA astronaut: member of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972
  • Lorenzo Lamas '75 - Actor whose notable works include the role of Tom in Grease and the role of Lance in Falcon Crest, for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film
  • RADM Mark H. Buzby, USN (ret) '75N - Former United States Navy Rear Admiral and Administrator of the United States Maritime Administration
  • Maj. Megan M. McClung '91N - The first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War
  • Rayshawn Jenkins '12 - Safety for the Los Angeles Chargers
  • Joseph Zolfo '86N - Film and television producer of the most notable shows God Friended Me and NCIS New Orleans
  • Casper Van Dien '88S - Actor on the most notable movies Starship Troopers and as Tarzan in Tarzan and the Lost City
  • John Hodges '85N - Started his career on Capitol Hill in 1992 and is currently the Director of Office Supply Services under the Chief Administrative Officer of the House. He has served the US House of Representatives for a total of 27 years
  • Betty Garrett-Parks, '36 - Actress, comedian, singer & dancer
  • Mary McCarthy - Author
  • Eloise Mumford - Actress
  • Sally (Peterson) Atherton, '66 - ED, Assoc for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology
  • Diane (Dapper) Freeman, '59 - NASA aerospace ops dev, integration & support
  • Damani Leech, '90 (Middle School) - President, Denver Broncos
  • Amy Paulose, '95 - President, AMES International, Inc
  • Guy Simonds (1921) - Lieutenant General. Commanded the II Canadian Corps during World War II. Appointed Chief of the General Staff.
  • Douglass North (1938) - Nobel Prize winner for Economics.
  • John Turner '46 - Prim Minister of Canada, Rhodes Scholar.
  • Stockwell Day '68 - Leader of the Canadian Alliance Party. Federal Minster for: Public Safety; International Trade. President of the Treasury Board.
  • Arthur Fogel ' 71 - Entertainment promoter, President of Global Touring and Chairman at Live Nation.
  • Mathhew Perry '87 - Actor best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the popular NBC sitcom "Friends"
  • Ben Berry '01 - Founder and CEO of the Ben Barry Agency, a modelling agency known for its use of diverse models. High-profile author and women's health advocate.
  • Amy "Bellamy" Young 1987 - Amy "Bellamy" Young is an actress best known for her role as First Lady Mellie Grant on ABC’s political drama series Scandal.
  • Pete Dye, Jr. 1944 - Dye designed world-renowned golf courses, including Oak Tree in Oklahoma City, The Johns Island Club in Vero Beach, the Harbortown Golf Course in Hilton Head, The Saw Grass Course in Ponte Vedra and the Ocean Course in Kiawah.
  • Jose Gonzalez 1985 - In 2017, Gonzalez was appointed as Mexico's Minister of Finance under President Peña Nieto. He previously served as the CEO of Petróleos Mexicanos, more commonly known as PEMEX.
  • Charles Ries 1968 - Charles Ries was the U.S. Ambassador to Greece from 2004-2007. He served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 2000-2004, overseeing U.S.-European Union economics, energy, and public diplomacy.
  • Frederick F. Wherry 1990 - Wherry is a professor of sociology at Princeton University. He serves as the department representative for the Department of Sociology, and he has served as vice-president and president of the Social Science History Association.
  • Jennifer Pharr-Davis 2001 - In 2011, Jennifer Pharr-Davis set the record for the fastest thru hike of the Appalachian Trail with a time of 46 days, 11 hours, and 20 minutes. She has written two memoirs: Becoming Odyssa and Called Again.
  • James Hormel 1950 - James Hormel was the first openly gay person to serve as a United States Ambassador. He was appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1999 to be the Ambassador to Luxembourg. He is the grandson of George A. Hormel, founder of Hormel Foods.
  • Levin H. Campbell 1944 - Honorable Judge Levin H. Campbell was confirmed to serve on the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in 1972. He served as Chief Judge from 1983 to 1990 and assumed senior status in 1992.
  • Perla Haney-Jardine 2015 - Perla Haney-Jardine is an actress best known for her roles in Steve Jobs (2015), Future Weather (2012), Spider-Man 3 (2007) and Kill Bill: Vol 2 (2004).
  • o William (Bill) Hunter - Founder of Edmonton Oiler (NHL), Order of Canada member, inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and the World Association Hall of Fame
  • o Dr Olive Dickason, B.A., M.A., PhD - author, researcher, Canada's leading authority on aboriginal history, Order of Canada Member
  • o Dr Ray Rajotte, PhD - key contributor in the development of the Edmonton protocol, a cure for diabetes, Order of Canada Member
  • o Gerald Maier, O.C., C.D. - Chairman Emeritus TransCanada Pipelines, Order of Canada Member
  • o Rod Brind’Amour - Current coach of Carolina Hurricanes (NHL), Stanley Cup winner, Jack Adams Award winner
  • o Hon. Jason Kenney - Premier of Alberta, Canada, Fmr. Member of Parliament, Canada
  • o Paul J. Chinook - Award winning film writer, director and actor.
  • o Jon Cooper - current Coach of Tampa Bay Lightning (NHL), Stanley Cup Winner
  • o Barry Trotz - Former Coach of New York Islanders (NHL), Stanley Cup winner, Jack Adams Award winner
  • o ND Alumni in NHL - Wendell Clark, Russ Courtnall, Curtis Joseph, Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards, Braydon Coburn, Jordan Eberle, Tyler Myers, Morgan Reilly, Jaden Schwartz, Hayden Fleury, Sean Couturier, Dillon Dube’, Stefan Matteau, Dryden Hunt, Cale Fleury, Brayden McNa
  • Pete Seeger '36 - Award-winning musician/songwriter, environmentalist
  • David Bigelow '44 - Co-Chairman and Co-CEO R.C. Bigelow Tea Company
  • Richard Yates '44 - Novelist (Revolutionary Road), short story writer
  • Stephen Lash '58 - Chairman of Christie's, North and South America
  • Michael Nouri '64 - Broadway, film, television actor
  • John Garvey '78 - Garvey Spacecraft; former NASA rocket scientist
  • George Springer '08 - 2017 World Series Most Valuable Player MLB Multi-year All Star
  • Brian Leetch '86 - Hockey Hall of Fame, World Cup, Olympics; NY Rangers;
  • Kristian Bush ’88 - Musician -grammy award winning country music duo- Sugarland
  • Kevin McKernan ’91 - Scientist, Agencourt;Whitehead Institute-Genome Research;
  • Keith Mitchell '10 - One of four Baylor alumni on the PGA Tour, winner of the 2019 Honda Classic
  • Natalie Bracket '09 - Coordinator, Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)
  • Tiffany Williams '07 - Founder, TILA Studios, a visual arts incubator for black women
  • Michelle Songy '04 - Tech entrepreneur, Director of Global Dining with Amex
  • Laurie Speed-Dalton '92 - Trial attorney and founder of The Speed Firm, PC
  • Tene Hamilton Franklin '91 - Facilitator with the Human Genome Project
  • Geoff Gaberino '84 - U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist in swimming
  • Jamey Wheless '82 - Designer and Animator for George Lucas Entertainment
  • Bill Dedman '78 - Pulitzer Prize winning journalist; NYT bestselling author of Hidden Mansions
  • Arthur Golden '74 - Author of the New York Times bestselling novel, Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Lincoln Kierstein '26 - Co-founder of the New York City Ballet
  • William Knowles '34 - Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
  • Calvin Tomkins '43 - Author and Art Critic for "The New Yorker"
  • Stephen Malawista '50 - Lyme disease co-discoverer
  • Jeff McLaughlin '84 - Olympic Bronze and Silver Medalist in Rowing
  • E.V. Day '86 - Multi-disciplinary Artist and Sculptor
  • Kacey Bellamy '05 - Olympic Gold and Silver (2) Medalist in Women's Ice Hockey
  • Kendall Coyne Schofield '11 - Olympic Gold & Silver (2) Medalist in Women's Ice Hockey
  • Kevin Rooney '12 - NHL Calgary Flames
  • Jack Harrison '15 - Leeds United Premier League, professional soccer
  • David Atkinson - Canadian baritone and New York Broadway actor/singer
  • John Bland - Emeritus Professor of Architecture at McGill University
  • Selwyn G. Blaylock - President of the Canadian Institute of Mining; established the Selwyn G. Blaylock Medal.
  • Major-General Sir Henry Edward Burstall - of the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery; G.O.C. of 2nd Canadian Division
  • Charles Sandwith Campbell - lawyer & Governor of McGill; established the Campbell Concerts & Parks at Montreal
  • Jake Eberts - award-winning film producer of Chariots of Fire, Gandhi, Dances with Wolves & Chicken Run
  • Reginald Fessenden - Inventor, possibly the first to have transmitted voice and music by radio
  • Senator Hartland de Montarville Molson - of the Molson Brewery and former owner of the Montreal Canadiens
  • George Hurst - Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic; visiting professor at the Royal Academy of Music in London
  • Noah Dobson - Professional Ice Hockey Defenceman for the New York Islanders.
  • Mamadi Diakite '15 - 2021 NBA Champion with the Milwaukee Bucks.
  • 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
  • Michelle MacLaren - Film and TV Director - Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones
  • Clifton Murray - Member of The Tenors singing group
  • Victor Cruz '05 - Super Bowl champion, eight-year NFL player. NFL Analyst w/ESPN.
  • Brigadier General David Brigham '84 - Executive Officer, NATO Allied Land Command at US Army.
  • Steven Brooks '03 - Two-time NCAA DI Lacrosse Champion (Syracuse University), MLL Champion (Chesapeake Bayhawks)
  • Jermaine Wiggins - Super Bowl champion with New England in 2001. Sports radio host WEEI Boston.
  • Carlos Canino '84 - ATF Special Agent In Charge-Miami Field Division
  • Isabella Bannerman - Syndicated cartoonist
  • Lauren Belfer - NYT bestselling author of City of Light, A Fierce Radiance, And After the Fire
  • Mara Hoffman - Fashion designer
  • Amy Holden Jones - Screenwriter, film producer and director
  • Tara Vanderveer - Record-breaking Stanford Women's & US Olympic Women's Basketball Coach
  • Susan Hunt - Host on HGTV and former ESPN correspondent
  • Mary Hochreiter Janney - Former mayor of Burlingame, California
  • Amy C. Williams, Ph.D. - Composer, pianist and music professor
  • Amy Beth Taublieb, Ph.D. - Clinical psychologist and author
  • Tara VanDerveer - 1996 U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball coach, Head Coach of Stanford Cardinal, 2011 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee
  • Peter Shumlin - Governor of Vermont
  • Christian Parenti - Journalist and writer
  • Philip Rickey - Sculptor
  • Justin Theroux - Actor
  • Frank Wood - Actor
  • Marco Williams - Documentary Film Maker
  • Jack Arute '68 - ESPN sports announcer
  • William Randolph Hearst III '67 - venture capitalist and trustee of Hearst Trust
  • Sargent Shriver '34 - diplomat, Peace Corps organizer, Vice-presidential candidate
  • John Hemingway '79 - author (grandson of Ernest)
  • Cofer Black '68 - former Assistant Secretary of State for counter-terrorism
  • James B. Lee '71 - vice-chairman J.P. Morgan Chase
  • Peter Kiernan '71 - partner Goldman Sachs, author
  • Tom Gerety '64 - educator, NYU professor, former president Trinity College and Amherst College
  • Mike Dunham '91 - NHL goaltender
  • Dominick Dunne '44 - writer, producer, TV personality
  • Samuel S. Adams - president of the American Geological Institute, geology professor at the Colorado School of Mines, and president of Loon Mountain
  • Franklin S. Billings, Jr. - American politician and judge from Woodstock, Vermont
  • Ben Lovejoy - Professional ice hockey player and first New Hampshire native to win the Stanley Cup
  • Gavin Bayreuther - Professional ice hockey player
  • Mo Bamba - Professional basketball player
  • David Crosby - Singer/songwirter
  • Garrett Lisi - Noted physicist
  • Billy Steinberg - Musician/Songwriter
  • Warren Breidenbach III - Pioneering surgeon
  • Sir John R.H. Bond - Financier
  • Mona Khalil - United Nations
  • Dr. William New - Inventor and physician
  • Joshua Yaro - Professional soccer (MLS)
  • Ema Boateng - Professional soccer (MLS)
  • Daniel Cherry - Senior VP, General Manager at ADIDAS
  • Jayson Tatum '16 - NBA Basketball Player with Boston Celtics
  • Bradley Beal '11 - NBA Basketball Player with Washington Wizards
  • Ben Bishop '05 - NHL Hockey Player with Tampa Bay Lightning
  • Minkyu Lee '04 - Academy Award Winner
  • J. Eric Skelton '83 - Deputy Director U.S. Secret Service
  • Mike Kehoe '79 - Lieutenant Governor of Missouri
  • Georgia O'Keefe 1905 - Artist
  • Claudia Emerson '75 - Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet
  • Jennifer Quainton '96 - Vice President of Content Programming, Audible
  • JP Morgan - American financier, banker and art collector.
  • Roberto C. Goizueta - Former chairman & CEO, Coca-Cola
  • Joseph W. Hasel - Voice of the New York Giants
  • Rockwell Kent - American artist
  • Robert Ludlum - Author best know for The Bourne trilogy.
  • Patrick McCaskey - Director, board member, Chicago Bears
  • Angela Robinson - State Superior Court judge
  • James Van Der Beek - Actor
  • Gideon Welles - Secretary of the Navy (Lincoln)
  • Talib Kweli - American hip-hop artist
  • 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 - former U.S. Ambassador to Australia
  • Glenn Close '65 - Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe Award-winning film and stage actress
  • Victoria J. Nuland ’79 - former U.S. Representative to NATO
  • Paul Giamatti '85 - Emmy Award-winning broadway and film actor
  • Angela Ruggiero ’98 - four-time Women’s Olympic Ice Hockey Champion
  • Chris Denorfia '98 - center fielder for the San Diego Padres
  • Hilary Knight '07 - 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Champion, youngest member of Team USA
  • Charles Wright '53 - Poet Laureate of the United States (2014-15)
  • William Styron - Pulitzer Prize Winner
  • Lewis B. Puller, Jr. - Pulitzer Prize Winner
  • Malcolm Campbell - Former Publisher, SPIN Magazine
  • Vincent Canby - Chief Film Critic, New York Times
  • Bill Broaddus - Former Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • John Craine, Jr. - President, SUNY Maritime College
  • Alec Faulkner - Player, Valentine FC (pro soccer)
  • Devin Robinson - Player, Washington Wizards (NBA)
  • Pat Young - Player, Charlotte Hounds (pro lacrosse)
  • 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.
  • Zere '23 - Zere has consistently demonstrated exceptional academic achievements and remarkable leadership abilities, paving the way for her to secure acceptance from many prestigious universities and close to $300k in scholarships!✅University College London (Economics) ✅York University - Schulich School of Business (Business Administration) ✅University of Toronto, Rotman Commerce (Commerce) ✅University of Toronto, Mississauga (Commerce) ✅University of Warwick (Economics) ✅Queen Mary University of London (Economics) ✅IE University (Economics) ✅Total Scholarships: $299,500
  • Daniella '23 - ✅CIC Model United Nations team ✅Best Delegate at Kings MUN 2023 ✅Director of Delegate Relations at Global Summit 2023 ✅Top Subject Prize in Canadian and International Law ✅Bronze medal in Badminton Intramurals: Team Captain✅Queen Mary University of London (Law) ✅University of Aberdeen (law) ✅The University of Law (Law) ✅Total Scholarships: $7,000
  • Emmanuella '23 - ✅University of Toronto, Mississauga (Commerce) ✅University of Toronto, Scarborough (Management) ✅McMaster University (Business) ✅McMaster University (Integrated Business & Humanities) ✅Brock University (Business Administration) ✅Carleton University (Commerce) ✅University Of Ottawa (Management Studies) ✅York University (Commerce) ✅University of Miami (Economics) ✅University of Alberta (Bachelor of Commerce) ✅Minnesota State University (Business) ✅Grinnell College (Business) ✅Western University (Social Sciences) ✅University Of Guelph (Economics) ✅Wooster College (Business) ✅Total Scholarships: $374,297
  • Kath Lingenfelter - Television writer and producer (Westworld, Caprica, The Leftovers, House M.D.)
  • Hal Holbrook - Oscar-Nominated Actor
  • Frank Batten - Weather Channel founder
  • George Steinbrenner - New York Yankees owner
  • Bernardo Quintana - Chairman and CEO, ICA Corporation
  • Mitchell Henderson - Head Basketball Coach, Princeton University
  • Molly Engstrom - Two-time Olympian
  • Jon Scieszka - Children's Book Author
  • Dr. Sally Hodder - HIV/AIDS researcher
  • Miles White - Chairman, Former CEO, Abbott Laboratories
  • Bette Davis '26 - American actress of film, television, and theater
  • Nate Berkus '90 - American interior designer, author, and television personality
  • John Lilley '91 - Retired American professional ice hockey player and member of 1994 men's U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
  • His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck '99 - King of Bhutan
  • John Cena '95 - American professional wrestler, actor, rapper, and television presenter
  • Tom Poti '96 - American former professional ice hockey player and member of the 2002 silver-medalist men's U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
  • Chris Bourque '04 - American professional ice hockey forward
  • Erika Lawlor '05 - Member of the silver-medalist 2010 women's U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
  • Meghan Duggan '06 - American ice hockey forward and member of the 2010 and 2014 women's U.S. Olympic ice hockey teams (two silver medals) and captain of the 2018 U.S. women's gold-medal Olympic ice hockey team
  • Broc Little '07 - American professional ice hockey forward in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and member of the 2018 men's U.S. Olympic ice hockey team
  • Margaret Wise Brown, 1928 - Author of children's books
  • Ginny Gilder, 1976 - Olympic Medalist, Philanthropist, Co-owner of the WNBA Seattle Storm
  • Latanya Arvette Sweeney, 1977 - Computer scientist, 2010 Dana Hall Distinguished Alumna Award recipient
  • Cynthia (Irving) Voigt, 1959 - Author of young adult books
  • 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.
  • Will Muschamp ('90) - Head Football Coach, University of Florida
  • 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) - President of Washington State University
  • King Abdullah - King of Jordan
  • John McPhee - Author
  • Buddy Teevens - Collegiate football coach
  • Matthew Fox - Actor
  • Sky Dayton - Founder of EarthLink and founder and chairman of Boingo Wireless, and a technology investor/entrepreneur.
  • Thad Corea - Drummer (Wild Colonials; Blue Man Group); Jaguar Recording Studio
  • Arwen Dayton - Author
  • Natasha Gray - Artist/sculptor
  • Vivian Gray - Actress (Dread)
  • Sylvan Lionni - Artist
  • Melissa McPhail - Author
  • David O'Donnell - Actor/producer/writer: Air Force One; NCIS; Days of Our Lives
  • Eduardo Olmos - Mayor of Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico
  • Doug Rappoport - Lead guitarist (Edgar Winter)
  • Mike Boone - Inventor of Boone Boards and highly successful serial entrepreneur.
  • Justin Ching '07 - Film maker, professor at USC, and Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient.
  • Nyuol Tong '10 - Founder/Publisher of The Bare Life Review and Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient.
  • Yoky Matsuoka - Co-founder of Google X, CTO of Google Nest.
  • Abu Danladi '19 - MLS recruit and Gatorade National Player of the Year. Currently playing for Nashville Soccer Club.
  • Aiden Terry - Oscar-winning animater who worked with Kobe Bryant.
  • Frank P. Cochrane ‘70 - President, Investment Timing Consultants, Inc.
  • Gurdon (Stan) Wattles '75 - Former Formula 1, Indy Car and International Sports Cars Driver Founder of Metro Racing Systems and GSW Enterprises, LLC Current Board Member: National Center for Learning Disabilities
  • Patrick Taylor McQuown '89 - Inventor, Entrepreneur and Co-founder and President, Proteus Director of Entrepreneurship, James Madison University Two-time Technology and Engineering Emmy Award winner MIT TR 100; granted 2004; MIT Technology Review Magazine's Top 100 people under 35
  • Max Silver '06 - Entrepreneur and Founder, Vertical Groove Golf
  • Hans ZImmer - Film score composer
  • Sarah Gorham - Renowned writer and publisher
  • Leda Luss Luyken - Artist
  • Stephan Eicher - Singer
  • Giorgio Gomelsky - Filmmaker and music producer
  • Luca Giuliani - Professor of Archeology
  • Rajiv Gandhi - Former Prime Minster of India
  • 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
  • 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
  • J Seward Johnson II - Bronze Sculptor
  • David Rublin - Member of the band American Authors
  • Richard Henkels - Award-winning cinematographer
  • Eli Gesner - One of the founding members of ZooYork.
  • Mitchell Block - Academy Award winning producer and Academy Award nominated filmmaker
  • Toni Fishman - Owner of Telefunken
  • Shawn Lerner - Owner of Zip-Flyer, LLC, creator of the largest zipline in the world, Las Vegas Slotzilla
  • Blake Miller - Professional lacrosse player
  • Nicholas Kraus - Founder of Wounded Warrior project
  • Leigh H. Perkins - Purchased The Orvis Co., Inc. in 1965 and built it into a significant presence.
  • Anne Legendre Armstrong ’45 - First woman appointed the U. S. Ambassador to Great Britain, counselor to Presidents Nixon and Ford, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  • Frances Fitzgerald ’58 - Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction author and journalist
  • Sophy Doub Burnham ’54 - Award-winning author
  • Keziah Knight-Pulliam ‘97 - Actress
  • Alison Firestone ’95 - Equestrian
  • Nina Fout '77 - Equestrian and Olympic Bronze Medalist
  • Millicent Fenwick - U.S. Congresswoman (1975-1983)
  • Meri Danquah - Author and NPR commentator
  • 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)
  • Elizabeth Littlefield '78 - President and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
  • Lara Schwartz '85 - Vice President of External Affairs for The American Association of People with Disabilities
  • Helen Whitney '61 - Oscar nominated producer, director, and documentary writer
  • Nicole Hansen '12 - Nationally ranked climber
  • Rachel Pohl '74 - Help found ArtCorps, a health and human rights nonprofit
  • Tiffany Thomas '85 - Set Director for HBO's Game Change
  • Learic Cramer '96 - Northrup Grumman engineer and race car driver
  • Julie Bowen '87 - Emmy Award-winning actress
  • Beth Botsford '99 - Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Adele Smith Simmons '59 - President of the Global Philanthropy Partnership, senior advisor to the World Economic Forum, first female dean at Princeton
  • Blythe Danner - Actress
  • George Segal - Actor
  • Stephen Sondheim - Composer
  • Julian Bond - Civil Rights Leader
  • Mario Capecchi - Nobel Laureate (medicine)
  • Barbara Dodd Anderson - Philanthropist
  • Brian Cashman '85 - General Manager - New York Yankees
  • Christopher Dodd '62 - United States Senator
  • A.J. Wood '91 - U.S. National Soccer Player
  • Michael Bidwill '83 - Owner - Arizona Cardinals (NFL)
  • Roy Hibbert '04 - Indiana Pacers Basketball
  • Neil Gorsuch '85 - Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
  • Brett Kavanaugh '83 - Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
  • Jerome Powell '71 - Chair of the Federal Reserve
  • Anthony Shriver '84 - Activist, founder of Best Buddies International
  • Lauren Jacobs ’03, PhD - Outdoor educator. Read more at https://www.gouldacademy.org/alumni/connect/an-outside-chance
  • Phil Coupe ’86 - Business owner. Read more at https://www.gouldacademy.org/alumni/connect/a-revolution-around-the-sun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Terance Mann '12 - American Professional Basketball Player for the Los Angeles Clippers
  • Burgess Meredith '26 - Starred as the trainer in the "Rocky" movies as well as the Penguin in "Batman".
  • Shepard Fairey - Graphic Artist and Designer
  • Neal Beasley - Princess Grace Award Winner - Modern Dance, Trisha Brown Dance Company
  • Orpheo McChord - Percussionist, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros
  • Casey Abrams - American Idol 2011 Finalist
  • Trevor Hall - Recording Artist
  • Marin Ireland - Tony Award Nominated Actress
  • Elora Hardy - Founder of IBUKU in Bali, Indonesia
  • Cristy Candler - Broadway Musical Theater Actress
  • Vesselin Gelev - Associate Concertmaster - London Philharmonic
  • Liang Wang - Principal Oboe - New York Philharmonic
  • John Avildsen - Director of the Karate Kid and Rocky.
  • Dr. Sun Yat-sen (1882) - Chinese philosopher, physician, politician, served as first president of the Republic of China
  • Guy Kawasaki '72 - Venture Capitalist, Author, Former Chief Evangelist of Apple
  • Angela Aki '96 - Singer/Songwriter
  • Bobby Webster '02 - General Manager for the Toronto Raptors
  • Kawika Shoji '06 - Team USA Olympic Volleyball Medalist
  • Shenan Brown '99 - Lead vocalist of pop band 'Def Tech"
  • Aaron Kandell '01 - Screenwriter and producer
  • Jordan Kandell '01 - Screenwriter and producer
  • Leon Leonwood Bean - Founder of L.L. Bean, Freeport, Maine
  • Alden J. Blethen - Publisher of The Seattle Daily Times
  • Ernest Everett Just - African American biologist
  • Dana Stone - Vietnam War photographer
  • Chester Bradley Jordan - Governor of New Hampshire
  • Kathryn Woodman Leighton - artist
  • Augustus Washington - African American photographer
  • Andrew Wheating - Olympian
  • F. Lee Bailey - defense attorney
  • Kasim Edebali - NFL football player
  • Steven Sotloff - journalist
  • Richard Aitson - Native American poet
  • John Roberts '73 - The Chief Justice of the United States of America
  • Jim Gaffigan '84 - Actor, Comedian
  • Paris Barclay '74 - Television Director and Producer
  • Jaren Jackson Jr. '17 - NBA Player
  • Jordan Poole - NBA Player
  • 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
  • Christopher Harlem - VOSS WATER ASA Founder CEO, HARLEM FOODS AG
  • Martin Rasinger - CEO, BagJump Action Sports
  • 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
  • Tyler Beede - Player for the San Francisco Giants
  • Michael Eisner 1960 - Former CEO, The Walt Disney Company
  • Huey Lewis 1967 - Musician/singer
  • Horace Porter 1854 - Brigadier General in Civil War, Medal of Honor Winner, Grant's White House Secretary
  • Jay Carney 1983 - White House Press Secretary
  • Fox Butterfield 1957 - Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, The New York Times
  • Joakim Noah 2004 - NBA player, Chicago Bull
  • James Merrill 1943 - Author, The Changing Light at Sandover
  • Bobby Sanguinetti 2006 - NHL player, New York Rangers
  • George P. Shultz '38 - Former Secretary of State
  • Ella T. Grasso '36 - Former Governor of Connecticut
  • Diana Farrell '83 - Founding president and chief executive officer of the JPMorgan Chase Institute
  • Henry R. Kravis '63 - Co-founder, co-chairman, co-CEO KKR
  • James Widdoes '72 - Actor, writer, director, and producer
  • Betty Gilpin '04 - Emmy-nominated television (GLOW), film, and stage acctress.
  • Nana Mensah '01 - actress, writer, singer, and director
  • David Edelstein '77 - Film critic for New York magazine and for National Public Radio’s Fresh Air
  • Jason Wu '01 - Fashion designer (designed First Lady Michelle Obama's inaugural ball gowns and other pieces for the first lady)
  • Frank Bruni ’82 - Author, journalist, The New York Times and the New York Times Magazine
  • Dr. Henry Taube (HS'32, HSU'33) - In 1983, in honour of his work in the study of mechanisms of electron transfer reactions in metal complexes, Dr. Henry Taube (HS'32, HSU'33) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  • Greg Brandt (HS’55) - Greg Brandt is a recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship.
  • Robert Condon McKenzie (HS’66) - Robert Condon McKenzie is a recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship.
  • Jonathan Pedde (HS’10) - Jonathan Pedde is a recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship.
  • Chan Min Roh (HS'19 - Chan Min Roh was a named a Loran Scholar.
  • Dr. Lloyd Barber (HS’49, HSU’50), - Luther College graduate, Dr. Lloyd Barber is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
  • Dr. Robert Steadward (HS’64) - Luther College graduate, Dr. Robert Steadward is an Officer of the Order of Canada.
  • Rachel Mielke (HS’98) - Rachel Mielke is CEO and Founder of Hillberg & Berk, a successful luxury jewelry line. Hillberg & Berk continues to garner attention and recognition, from a commission by the Lieutenant-Governor’s Office for a piece for Queen Elizabeth II, to being invited to participate in star-studded award ceremonies including the Oscars.Rachel has also been the recipient of multiple awards, including being named the Regina Chamber of Commerce’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015.Rachel and Hillberg & Berk also run campaigns and collaborate with various organizations, including Look Good Feel Better, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, and the YWCA, to create equal opportunities for women and highlight their many accomplishments.
  • Makenzie Morgan (HS'02, U'06) - Makenzie Morgan is the Director of Community Partnerships and Programs at the Canadian Opera Company and is fully committed to serving as a change agent – to not only connect and expose the Operatic artform within diverse communities, but to build strong creative roots for future generations and deeper, more impactful connections between the opera house and the communities that surround it.Her portfolio of leadership experience has led her to hold former Headship positions in the private sector, various positions with the Regina Public School Board, York Region District School Board and the Toronto District School Board.After graduating from Luther College High School, Makenzie’s academic perusal includes a Master of Music in Literature and Performance degree (voice); alongside an Artist Diploma degree from the University of Western Ontario. Makenzie also holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree with a minor in Drama from the University of Regina and has completed A.R.C.T diploma`s in both flute, voice, and Gr.10 piano from the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto).
  • Wendy Cox (HS’84, U’88) - After Wendy graduated from Luther back in 1984, she attended the U of Regin’s School of Journalism and worked two summers at the Leader-Post before being hired by the Canadian Press in Winnipeg. She spent time as a political reporter in both the Ontario and B.C. Legislatures, as well as on Parliament Hill.Wendy soon became the B.C. and Yukon Bureau Chief for the Canadian Press before she landed her current role as The Globe and Mail’s B.C. Bureau Chief in 2013.
  • Judi St. Hilaire - Olympic Athlete
  • Andrew Johnson - Olympic Athlete
  • Moses Pendleton - Founder of dance company MOMIX
  • Walter H. Cleary - Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court
  • Heather Hartnett - CEO, Founding Partner: Human Ventures
  • Ari Berman - Author of Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America and Herding Donkeys. Writer for The Nation magazine
  • Jennie Rothenberg Gritz - Senior Editor of Smithsonian Magazine
  • Wells Butler - co-founder of Ice Cream Castles (children's contemporary clothing)
  • Jonathan Jarvis - Co-Founder & CEO at Token
  • Zachary Sluser - director/filmmaker of short films and music videos featured worldwide
  • Jonathan Sherr - actor; star of My Darling is a Foreigner, Love in Tokyo, and the web series English Teachers.
  • Heather Chase - author; founder of Models with Conscience, an international group promoting cruelty-free, eco-conscious causes
  • Geoff Boothby - award-winning director/filmmaker (Wormtooth Nation 2008)
  • Cullen Thomas - award-winning film editor and lighting designer (Wormtooth Nation, 2008)
  • Sam Cassell - Post Graduate Basketball
  • Caron Butlet - Post Graduate Basketball
  • Lori Celeste - Bossov Ballet Theatre
  • Johanna Reuter - Bossov Ballet Theatre
  • Jake Burton Carpenter '71 - Jake Burton Carpenter, also known as Jake Burton, is an American snowboarder and founder of Burton Snowboards and one of the inventors of the modern day snowboard.
  • Blair Patterson '98 - Blair's work for Estée Lauder has been featured on The View, The Today Show and TLC's iVillage, as well as in Nylon and O Magazines and on the covers of Time Out New York and Harper's Bazaar.
  • Nicholas Benson '83 - Nick was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship, and in 2010, he was named a MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
  • Lufti Firdaus '88 - Minister of Trade - Indonesia
  • Steve Bartulica '88 - Croatian Parliament. Professor at Catholic University of Croatia in Zagreb
  • Jon Meacham ‘87 - Editor of Newsweek and best-selling author
  • Zach Wamp ‘76 - Current member of the House of Representatives
  • Carroll Campbell ‘58 - Former Governor of South Carolina
  • Ted Turner ‘56 - CNN Founder
  • Billy Dunavant ‘50 - Chairman of the Board of Dunavant Enterprises, Inc.
  • Bill Brock ‘49 - Former Senator and Secretary of Labor
  • Pat Robertson ‘46 - Founder and Chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) and host of The 700 Club
  • Olan Mills, II ‘48 - Chairman of the Board of Olan Mills, Inc.
  • Howard Baker ‘43 - Former Senate Majority Leader, White House Chief of Staff, and Ambassador to Japan
  • John M. Belk ‘39 - President of Belk Department Stores, Inc.
  • Jimmy Stewart '28 - Academy Award-winning actor
  • Benicio Del Toro '85 - Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning actor
  • Melvin Stewart '88 - Olympic Gold Medal swimmer
  • Michael Davies '85 - Emmy Award-winning producer, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  • Rebecca Lowe '99 - NBC sportscaster; former ESPN UK and BBC sports journalist
  • Steve Carell - Actor
  • Kevin Systrom - Co-founder of Instagram
  • Sarah Leary - Cofounder of Nextdoor
  • William Hurt - Academy Award Winning Actor
  • Anthony Lake - Executive Director, Unicef
  • Li Chung Pei - Architect
  • Cass Sunstein - Head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
  • Sarah Leary - Co-Founder of Nextdoor
  • Martin Hoffman - US Secretary of the Army
  • Joseph Kahn - Managing Editor, The New York Times
  • 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 - Exec VP: Enterprise Technology/CIO, Walt Disney Co
  • 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
  • Notable Alumnae - www.porters.org/alumnae
  • Mr. Dale Dye, 1962 - Author, Actor and Military advisor to many Hollywood movies
  • Tony Gervino, 1984 - Senior vice president of culture and content at TIDAL, a global music entertainment platform. Co-founder of two leading media brand magazines: SLAM, a basketball magazine, and XXL, a hip-hop magazine.
  • Michael Aubuchon, 1994 - Leading game designer who has contributed to the creation of some of the most well-known games in the industry, including “Doom,” “Rage,” and the “America’s Army” saga
  • Venustiano Reyes, 1988 - World-renown composer and musician and composer
  • Dr. William Burch, 1989 - Medical director of Methodist North Hospital in Tennessee and program medical director of the Sound Emergency Medicine Fellowship in Texas and Louisiana
  • 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
  • Mark Ledford, 1978 - Famous jazz trumpeter, vocalist and guitarist
  • Jesús Guzmán, 1985 - Stand up comedian, late night talk show host
  • Zach Nelson - CEO of NetSuite, Inc.
  • Mike McCarthy - Chairman and Co-Founder of McCarthy Group, LLC
  • Kevin Kennedy - Screenwriter/Producer- The Assassination of Richard Nixon, The Defenders
  • Most Reverend William Dendinger - Bishop of the Grand Island, NE Diocese
  • Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, S.J., Ph.D. - President of Creighton University
  • Dr. Lita Cameron MD - Dr. Lita Cameron helping St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton in the fight against coronavirus Written by: Mike Pearson As millions of Canadians retreat to their homes for social and physical distancing in the fight against coronavirus, Dr. Lita Camer
  • Marjan Alison - Attorney at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago one of the worlds leading law firms.
  • Dr. Alex Miloff - PHD, Research in Clinical Psychology, Technology-based Interventions, & Global Health
  • Cayla Barnes '17 - Member of the United States Women's Hockey Team and Olympic Gold Medalist at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
  • Dempsey Arsenault '15 - Member of Brave, one of the three teams associated with the Women's Professional Lacrosse League.
  • Ed Cooley '88 - Head coach of Mens basketball at Providence College.
  • Wes Miller '01 - Head coach of Mens basketball at UNC Greensboro.
  • 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
  • Eileen Rockefeller Growald - Author and philanthropist
  • Richard Rockefeller - Physician and philanthropist
  • Robel Teklemariam - Olympian (cross-country skiing)
  • David Loud - Musician and conductor
  • Matt Salinger - Actor, son of author JD Salinger
  • David Sloan Wilson - Evolutionary biologist
  • Yasmin Aga Khan - Philanthropist
  • Adam Guettel - Composer and lyricist; Tony award winner
  • Jessica Tuck - Actress
  • Guillaume de Ramel - Philanthropist
  • Will Dichtel ’96 - MacArthur Fellow, Guggenheim Fellow, Northwestern University chemist who helped pioneer the development of porous polymers known as covalent organic frameworks.
  • Liza Mundy ’78 - New York Times Best selling biographer of Michelle Obama, her most recent book "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II is a national best-seller.
  • 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
  • Eleanor Powell '80 - Executive Director, Investor Relations at The Estee Lauder Companies Inc
  • Theodore Davidge Lockwood ‘42 - Former President of Trinity College, 1968-1981
  • Mike Richter '85 - 1988, 1998, 2002 Olympics, Ice Hockey
  • Dr. Amanda Donohue ‘94 - Cardiologist with Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center
  • Darcy Prime ‘73 Owner - Darcy Prime Consulting, Former Assistant Director of Admissions, Stanford University
  • Thomas Vonn '94 - 2002 Olympics, Alpine Skiing
  • Nancy Kirhoffer ‘82 - Post Production Supervisor, Hollywood Film Industry
  • Andrew Weibrecht '03 - 2010, 2014 Olympics, Alpine Skiing
  • Craig Randall '61 - Mayor Lake Placid, NY
  • Brad Olch '69 - Former Mayor, Park City, Utah
  • Carmelo Anthony - NBA Player
  • Rajon Rondo - NBA Player
  • Quinn Cook - NBA Player
  • Jordan Adams - NBA Player
  • Cory Alexander - NBA Player
  • Keldon Johnson - 2021 US Olympian
  • 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 - GRAMMY Acclaimed American Musician, 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, Political Activist
  • Jarvis, Thomas and Peter Rockwell - Sons of painter Norman Rockwell
  • Robert Turner - Internationally known ceramist
  • Lucretia Mott - Quaker, abolitionist, women's rights activist, and social reformer who helped launch the women's rights movement, the 1st Women's Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, NY, which ignited the fight for women suffrage, earning women the right to vote in the USA
  • Jonathan Talbot - An American collage artist, painter, and printmaker. He also is the creator of an innovative collage technique that eliminates liquid adhesives from the collage-assembly process.
  • Keith Bunin - Keith Bunin is an American dramatist and screenwriter. More recently known for writing "Onward", the computer-animated urban fantasy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures.
  • Jennifer Yee - Discovered a planet. Awarded a Carl Sagan Exoplanet Postdoctoral Fellowship by NASA, and currently based at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  • Barbara B. Smith (L35) - Ethnomusicologist, Professor Emeritus of Music, University of Hawaii
  • Robert Erburu (L46) - Former Chairman of the Board and CEO, Times Mirror
  • Michael Mondavi (L58) - Founder, Folio Wine Partners
  • Jeffrey Hyland (L63) - President, Hilton & Hyland, architectural historian and author
  • John Slavik (L66, U69) - Owner, Pinnacle Holdings, Inc.
  • Keith Carradine (U67) - Actor, composer, musician
  • David Lazarus (L74, U78) - American business and consumer columnist for the Los Angeles Times
  • Bruce Sommers (L79) - President of Sincbox Media
  • Mari Holden (L84, U88) - 2000 Olympic silver medalist, cycling
  • Tiana Coudray (L02,U06) - 2010 winner, USEA Gold Cup Series CIC3* division, Galway Downs International Horse Trials
  • Virginia Euwer Wolff '55 - Writer
  • John Robinson '05 - Actor
  • Ben Westlund '67 - Public servant
  • Tianhui Michael Li '03 - Data scientist/tech entrepreneur
  • Clara Munson, 1880 - First Oregon woman mayor
  • Vivian Marshall '09 - Vaudeville and film actress
  • Peter Holstrom '87 - Musician, The Dandy Warhols
  • Betsy Johnson '69 - Public servant
  • Marion Eugenie Bauer, 1898 - Composer
  • Al Dubin - Composer (42nd Street, Song Writers Hall of Fame)
  • General Carl Spaatz - 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 Schaeffer - Medical Pioneer in the area of Immune Deficiency
  • Wallace Reid - Silent Film Starr (The Roaring Road, Double Speed, Excuse My Dust)
  • David Orenstein - Former CEO of Aero Bed
  • David Sabin - CEO of Salton Products
  • Richard Kosron - Former producer of
  • Jose Morales - Major League Baseball Player
  • Dustin Wimmer - Cahmpion AMA ATV Pro Motorcross Champion
  • 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
  • Mark Zuckerberg - Founder and CEO, Facebook
  • Dan Brown - Bestselling Author, The Da Vinci Code
  • Pauline Chiou - Award-winning Anchor and Correspondent, CNN Hong Kong
  • Win Butler - Lead Vocalist and Songwriter of Grammy Award-winning band Arcade Fire
  • John Knowles - Author, A Separate Peace
  • John Irving - Bestselling Author and Academy Award-winning Screenwriter, The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules
  • Suzy Welch - Bestselling Author, Television Commentator and Noted Business Journalist
  • Pierre S. Du Pont - President, Du Pont; Chair and President, General Motors Corporation
  • Robert Todd Lincoln - Son of President Abraham Lincoln, US Secretary of War
  • Daniel Webster - US Senator from Massachusetts
  • Dr. James Rothman ’67 - Sterling Professor of Cell Biology at Yale University Director and founder of the Yale Nanobiology Institute Nobel Prize winner for key molecular machinery discoveries
  • Felice Mueller ’08 - Won a gold medal in the coxless four at the 2013 World Rowing Championships Finished fourth at the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro Took bronze in the 2019 World Rowing Cup in Bulgaria
  • Malik Ducard ’91 - Chief content officer of Pinterest Spent more than 10 years in leadership roles at YouTube Author of "Henry's Big Win," winner of the Jessie Redmon Fauset Award for best children's book
  • Chelsea Cutler ’15 - Singer, songwriter, and producer Sold-out nationwide tour for 2020 album “How to Be Human” Over two billion cumulative streams
  • Thomas Garrison ’96 - National Geographic Explorer Maya archeologist Known for work using LiDAR technology
  • Sarah Vaillancourt ’04 - Two-time Olympic gold medalist in ice hockey and a member of the Canadian national team and the Montreal Stars Named Ivy League and Eastern College Athletic Conference hockey player of the year while playing at Harvard Led Harvard in scoring and was ranked fourth overall in the NCAA in 2007–08 Won the coveted Patty Kazmaier Award in 2008
  • Alex Gibney ’71 - President of Jigsaw Productions Documentary filmmaker and producer
  • Perla Farias ’80 - Executive of Telemundo Venezuelan-born American television director, producer, and screenwriter Creator of “Juana La Virgen,” redeveloped as “Jane the Virgin” for an American audience
  • Zenab Keita ’10 - Played basketball for four years at Yale University, earned an M.A. in management at Wake Forest University, and worked for the Miami Dolphins. She is now the manager of partnerships at The Athletic, a subscription-based sports website. She was recently recognized as part of the Sports Business Journal’s “New Voices Under 30.”
  • Matt Scanlon ’07 - Co-founder and chief executive officer of Naadam Cashmere
  • 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
  • Matt Nathanson - Musician and Performer
  • Travis Warren - Founder and President, Whipple Hill Communications
  • Robert Richardson - Oscar Winning Cinematographer (Platoon, JFK, The Aviator, Kill Bill)
  • Jerome Dyson - Former UCONN pro basketball player
  • Heather Moore - Jewelry Designer/Marketer
  • 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
  • David Dodge - Former Governor of the Bank of Canada
  • Colm Feore - Actor
  • Sam McGlone - Canadian Triathlete
  • Raine Maida - Musician
  • Peter Gzowski - Journalist
  • Michael Sabia - Former CEO and President of Bell Canada (BCE)
  • John Crossingham - Musician
  • Sophie & Katherine Kallinis - Owners and reality TV stars of DC Cupcakes
  • Bruce Croxon - 'Dragon' on CBC's Dragons' Den - Co-founder of Lavalife
  • Nicholas Paine - Co-founder of Lavalife
  • 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
  • Cee Lo Green - Singer and Actor
  • Peter Lyons - Retired Lawyer, California; Author
  • James Graham - CEO and Founder of Community Phone
  • Jo Dee Messina - Country Singer, winner of Academy of Country Music's Top Female Artist of the year, and the CMA's Horizon Award.
  • Pamela Rae Schuller - Internationally known disability and mental health advocate and professional stand-up comedian.
  • Morgan Pressel - LPGA Tour member
  • Vincent Spadea - Former professional tennis player
  • Corina Maorairu - Former professional tennis player
  • Tinsley Ellis - Blues artist
  • Kevin Steele - District Attorney, Pennsylvania
  • Ross Kenseth, '11 - Professional NASCAR Driver
  • JA Happ, '01 - MLB Pitcher
  • Kathleen McCullough, '99 - Producer at MSNBC
  • John Levisay, '85 - Founder and Co: Craftsy
  • Jennifer Narog Sucher, '81 - Executive Counsel, GE Corporation
  • Angelo Perino, '80 - Vice President, IBM North America Enterprise
  • Dr. Michael Stuart, '75 - Director Sports Medicine, Mayo Clinic Men's Olympic Team Chief Medical Officer, USA Hockey
  • Dr. Lyle Micheli, '58 - Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School
  • Admiral James L. Holloway, III '39 - Former Chair, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Alfred T. Mahan - 19th century naval strategist, author of The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660–1783
  • John Metchie, III '18 - Played football at the University of Alabama and drafted into the NFL by the Houston Texans
  • Bevin Prince '00 - Actress, known for "One Tree Hill"
  • Alex Marshall-Brown '03 - Actress, stunt woman
  • Sara Rose Nordgren '00 - Writer, Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize-winner
  • Anne Russell '43 - Broadway star, "Hello, Dolly!"
  • Betty Ray McCain '50 - First female to lead the NC Democratic Party
  • Mary Dana Hinton '88 - Hollins University President
  • Betty Debnam Hunt '49 - Founder and creator of the Mini Pages
  • Cara Bayley Bosca '41 - Women’s Airforce Service Pilot, WWII
  • Raven McDonald '96 - Women's professional soccer player, New York Power
  • Marjorie Buckley Bryant '60 - Founder, NC Outward Bound
  • Felix Blanchard '42 - 1945 Heisman Trophy Recipient
  • Cynara Coomer, M.D. ’87 - General surgeon at Staten Island University Hospital and a a medical contributor at Fox News
  • Monica C. Lozano ’74 - Publisher and CEO of the Spanish language newspaper, La Opinión, in Los Angeles
  • Kate Dentoni Mitchell ’76 - CEO and co-founder of Scale Venture Partners and chairman of the National Venture Capital Association
  • Leslie Redlich Cockburn ’70 - Award-winning investigative journalist and filmmaker
  • Jessica Koehne ’96 - Physical scientist, NASA Ames Center for Nanotechnology
  • Angelique Cabral ’97 - Actress, best known for her role on "Life in Pieces"
  • Brita Sigourney ’08 - Olympic bronze medalist, freestyle skiing
  • Teresa Barger ’73 - CEO, Cartica Capital
  • David McCullough '51 - Pulitzer Prize winning author
  • Bentley Weiner '92 - VP and Senior Producer, HBO Sports
  • Christian Borle '91 - Broadway actor, Tony Award recipient
  • Courtney Hershey Bress '92 - Principal Harpist, Colorado Symphony Orchestra
  • Jonathan Zittrain '87 - Professor of Law, Harvard University, Former Chair of FCC Open Internet Advisory Committee
  • Nia Phillips '08 - Producer Good Morning America, Emmy Award recipient
  • Chris Meyer '84 - Research Zoologist, Smithsonian Institute
  • Marisa Muscari '01 - Senior Manager, Activision
  • Peter Ackerman '88 - Actor, writer, producer. Ice Age films and the Amazon series, The Americans
  • Bucky Heard - The Righteous Brothers
  • Jeremy Farber - CEO of Securis Technologies
  • Mario Camara - Head of Saxo Bank
  • Ed Strong - Broadway producer
  • Dennis Blair - Former Director of National Intelligence and former United States Navy four-star admiral
  • Michael Whalen - Winner of 2 Emmy Awards, composer of over 650 television and film scores
  • Maggie Rogers - Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter.
  • Erin Burnett - News anchor for CNN
  • Hume Horan - American diplomat and ambassador to five countries
  • Loundon Wainwright III - American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor
  • Kirk Varnedoe - American art historian and writer
  • Dominic Seiterle - Canadian rower, Olympic gold medalist
  • John Seabrook - Author and writer for The New Yorker
  • James Agee - Pulitzer-prize winning writer
  • Kix Brooks '73 - Grammy-award winning singer, host of American Country Countdown
  • Elisabeth Rohm '91 - Television and movie actress
  • Rachel Bonds '01 - Playwright
  • Dr. George P. Garrett, Jr. '46 - Poet Laureate of Virginia
  • Stephen Alvarez '83 - National Geographic Photographer
  • Sean Bridgers '86 - Television and movie actor
  • Eban Goodstein '78 - Economist, author, and environmental educator
  • Mike deGruy '69 - Documentary Film Maker
  • Brian Jordan Alvarez '05 - Actor, Writer, Filmmaker
  • Jacob '08 - Johns Hopkins Medical School Graduate and Multiple Awards as a Concert Vocalist
  • Thao '10 - Scholarship covering 87% of university costs and 100% of medical costs. Multiple awards in service, Vietnam.
  • Daniel '99 - Valedictorian, Cornell University, Senior Business Executive at Capital One
  • Megan '09 - Chulalongkorn University, Multiple awards in art and photography.
  • Dan '05 - Speaker, Presenter and Analyst at JP Morgan Financial.
  • Daniel Gerber 1916 - Founder and president of Gerber Baby Foods
  • Howard Woodin 1918 - Member of Marquette University Hall of Fame and Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame for football
  • Spencer Tracy 1919 - Distinguished actor; Academy Award winner; appeared in over 70 films
  • Arthur Wermuth 1932 - Major, U.S. Army; World War II hero
  • Edward Noble 1946 - Entrepreneur; developer; and manufacturer; served as a member of President Ronald Regan's staff
  • C. Roosevelt Boettiger 1948 - Grandson of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; U.S. delegate to the United Nations
  • William J. Janklow 1954 - Governor of South Dakota for four terms, longer than anyone in state history
  • Ty Warner 1962 - Founder and C.E.O. of Beanie Babies, Inc., a leader in the toy industry
  • Jay Graf 1966 - Founder and C.E.O. of Guidant Corp., a leader in the heart monitoring field
  • Martin Torrijos Espino 1981 - Former President of Panama from 2004 to 2009
  • Calvin Coolidge - President of the United States
  • Ben Bradlee - Former editor, The Washington Post
  • Tarah Donoghue - Former Deputy Press Secretary to Laura Bush, First Lady of the United States from May 2006 to August 2007; worked for former Vice President Dick Cheney
  • Thomas Kean - Former New Jersey governor; former chairman of the 9/11 Commission; former president of Drew University
  • Julie Kennedy - Founder and leader of AMERICA SCORES; President of the Mycelium Group
  • Suzanne P. King - US Olympic cross country skier, 1994 and 1998 Olympic games
  • Robert Lowell - Former sixth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress; Pulitzer Prize recipient; National Book Award recipient; National Book Critics Circle Award recipient
  • Ashley Merriman - Premier Chef at Branzino in Seattle, WA; former contestant on Top Chef Season 6
  • Storey Musgrave - Astronaut
  • Georgia Chaffee Nassikas - Artist
  • Scott Young - Retired American professional ice hockey right winger; First round draft pick, 11th overall in 1986 by Hartford Whalers; played on the U.S. National Team; played on three Winter Olympic teams 1988, 1992, and 2002; won 2 Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1996
  • Steve Nash '92 - Two-time NBA MVP, founder and president of the Steve Nash Foundation for growing health in kids
  • Stewart Butterfield '91 - Co-founder of Flickr and Slack
  • Kenneth Oppel '85 - Award-winning author
  • Manoj Sood '81 - Star of CBC's hit show Little Mosque on the Prairie
  • Bryce Soderberg '98 - Musician and member of band "Lifehouse"
  • 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
  • Jarrett Allen '16 - In 2017 Jarrett was recruited by the Brooklyn Nets in the National Basketball Association after his freshman year at the University of Texas at Austin. He currently plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  • Simi Olabisi '07 - As an undergraduate at Santa Clara University studying bioengineering, Simi created solar neonatal incubators to save the lives of babies born in locales with no or limited electricity as was the case at her own birth in Nigeria.
  • Ross Ohlendorf '01 - Ross is an former professional baseball pitcher. After graduating from Princeton University, he played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals, Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds.
  • Anna Murphy '01 - Anna graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in Aerospace Engineering. She worked with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and specialized in fault management on the Orion Spacecraft.
  • Terrence Mallick '66 - Mr. Malick is a writer, producer and director of films including Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World and To the Wonder. In 2011 his film Tree of Life won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
  • Andre Drummond - NBA All-Star Cleveland Cavaliers
  • Yuta Watanabe - NBA Toronto Raptors
  • Eric Paschall - NBA Golden State Warriors
  • Liz Claiborne - fashion designer
  • Edie Sedgwick - Socialite, actress, model, and 'It' girl of 1965
  • Mary Pillsbury Lord - Former U.S. delegate to the United Nations General Assembly
  • Mark Jankowski - Class of 2012, Nashville Predators
  • Kevin O'Leary - Canadian businessman
  • Juliette Gordon Low (Class of 1879) - Founder of the Girl Scouts
  • Marijane Meeker (Class of 1945) - Publishes as M.E. Kerr, winner of the ALA Margaret Edwards Award
  • Annette Smith Parker (Class of 1969) - Vice President, Dickinson College
  • Anne McCaffrey (Class of 1944) - Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards
  • Dejon Mayberry (Class of 1947) - Speech writer for Pres. Gerald Ford
  • Kelly Driscoll (Class of 1996) - Alum of and Faculty of Rhode Island School of Design
  • Denise Wooldridge (Class of 1976) - An executive at Kraft Foods
  • Henry Wheeler - Harvard, Harvard Professor, Author
  • Jennifer Song - Professional Golfer with the LPGA Tour
  • Irene Kim - International fashion designer and model
  • Jack Savoretti - Italian-English musician
  • Billy Zane - American actor and producer
  • Laura Wasser - American divorce attorney for Angelina Jolie
  • Ferit Sahenk - Turkish businessman
  • Jeanie Cunningham - American performer, composer, songwriter, producer, and writer
  • test2 - description2 ( ) : " ; ' ? / | ] [ { } | ! @ # $ % ^ & * ` ~ - _ = +
  • test3 - description3 LeBron James ?
  • test3 - description
  • test4 - testing.......1
  • test5 - description5
  • test6 - description6
  • asdadasd - description 7
  • 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
  • Caroline Barlow '07 - 2010 Rhodes Scholar and US Naval Academy Brigade Commander
  • Joseph Kittinger '46 - US Air Force pilot, performed highest and fastest skydive over 100,000 feet as key member of Project Excelsior
  • Ryan Murphy '13 - 6-time Olympic gold medal swimmer
  • Travis Tygart '89 - CEO, United States Anti-Doping Agency
  • Chipper Jones '90 - 7-time Major League Baseball All-Star with the Atlanta Braves, 1999 MVP, 1995 World Champion
  • Jackie Crosby '79 - 1985 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism
  • Kevin Sack '77 - 2003 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Journalism
  • George Scribner '70 - Artist, Director and Imagineer with Disney
  • Anthony Nesty '87 - First Black Male Swimmer to Win Olympic Gold Medal
  • Dee Brown ’86 - former NBA basketball player with the Boston Celtics and Toronto Raptors, 1991 NBA Slam Dunk Champion, WNBA head coach of the Orlando Miracle and San Antonio Silver Stars
  • AJ Minter '12 - Pitcher for Atlanta Braves
  • Sang Joon Lee '06 - South Korean CEO
  • Taylor Jones '08 - NY Times and People Magazine Featured Attorney at Crawford Wishnew Lang
  • JB Moss '11 - Pitcher for Colorado Rockies
  • Hannah Shaw '14 - Valedictorian and Student at UC Berkeley
  • Aaron Swink - Charter student, Graduated Law at Dedman School of Law, Sounthern Methodist University
  • Aaron Clements - Graduate Honor student, Texas Tech University graduated
  • Roger Blissette - Full Sail
  • Jennifer Coolidge - Jennifer Audrey Coolidge is an actress and comedian, best known for playing "Stifler's Mom", a role in the American Pie films, Sophie in the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, Paulette in Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel, Hilary Duff's character's evil st
  • Aprille Ericsson-Jackson - Aprille Ericsson-Jackson is an aerospace engineer. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Ericsson-Jackson received her Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Masters of Enginee
  • Ian Falconer - Ian Falconer is an illustrator, children's book author, and costume and set designer for the theater. He has created 30 covers for The New Yorker as well as other publications. Falconer is best known for the Olivia series, which features a young pig and
  • Andrew Strominger - Andrew Strominger is a theoretical physicist who is the Director of Harvard's Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature. He has made significant contributions to quantum gravity and string theory. These include his work on Calabi-Yau compactification and
  • Helen Keller - Helen Keller was an author, political activist, and lecturer. She was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree.
  • 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
  • Duncan Robinson - NBA basketball player
  • 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
  • Jack Hanna - Zoologist
  • David Conrad - Actor
  • Bob Matthias - Olympic Gold Medalist
  • Carroll "Beano" Cook - ESPN Football Commentator and historian
  • Marshall Goldberg - Director
  • Daryll Clark - Former Penn State Quarterback who signed as a 2010 Free-Agent with the Washington Redskins
  • Curtis Ennis - Former NFL running back
  • Millie Chan - Product Designer, Business Owner and CEO
  • Dr. Matthew Rosen - Physicist
  • Miles Chamley-Watson - U.S. Olympian in Fencing (2012, 2016); 3-time First Team All-American
  • Dr. Benjamin Cilento - Plastic & Reconstructed Surgeon
  • Michael Schenker - Television Producer
  • Phebe T. Phillips Byrne - Equestrian; winner National Horse of the Year 1990
  • Tim Eriksen - Ethnomusicologist, Singer, Songwriter
  • Lisa Gay Hamilton - Broadway, Film & TV Actor
  • Chris Strompolos - Film Producer
  • Jim Liu - US Junior Golf Champion 2010
  • David Simmons '82 - Chairman and CEO of PPD (Pharmaceutical Product Development)
  • C.J. Goodwin '08 - Current NFL athlete. Competed in Super Bowl LI with the Atlanta Falcons
  • Jack Canfield '62 - Co-author for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Author of The Success Principles.
  • James McNulty '60 - Retired CEO of Parsons Corp - an engineering, construction, technical, and professional services firm
  • Ashley Battle '00 - Former WNBA Basketball Player. Currently working for the NBA.
  • Betsy Bernard - Former President of AT&T
  • Katherine Graham - Publisher, Washington Post
  • Mika Brzezinski - News Anchor
  • Alice Rivlin - Former director, Office of Management and Budget
  • Stockard Channing - Actress
  • Brooke Astor - Philanthropist
  • Francis Sternhagen - Actress
  • Ted Osius - U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam
  • Wally Shawn - Writer, actor, director
  • Jonathan Schell - Author, The Fate of the Earth
  • Errol Morris - Documentary filmmaker
  • Kerry Kennedy Cuomo - Director Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Hum. Rights
  • Tea Leoni - Actress
  • Tim Weiner - Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
  • Tim Daly - Film, television, and theater actor
  • Isaiah Taylor '13 - Plays basketball for the Atlanta Hawks (NBA).
  • Erica Dasher '04 - American actress.
  • Shaquille Cleare '14 - Played basketball for the University of Texas.
  • 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
  • Julia Marciari-Alexander '85 - Executive Director, Walters Art Museum
  • Caroline Adler '00 - Former Special Assistant to President Obama
  • Samantha Ainsley '07 - Senior Software Engineer & Technical Lead, Google
  • Ariel Fan '10 - CEO GreenWealth Energy
  • Josh Marshall '87 - Editor and publisher of TalkingPointsMemo.com
  • John Scalzi ’87 - Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer
  • Jim Drasdo '63 - Capital Research and Management Group
  • Mark Lee '85 - Architect, Dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design
  • Jeff Luhnow '84 - General Manager, Houston Astros
  • Otis Y. Chandler ’96 - Founder of Goodreads.com
  • Steve Porter ’97 - PorterHouse Media produces ESPN video mashups
  • G.P. Gromacki ’89 - Led Amherst College women's basketball team to the NCAA Division III championship, named Coach of the Year by D3hoops.com.
  • William S. Clark - UMass/Amherst President
  • Winthrop Crane - 40th Governor of Massachusetts, U.S. Senator
  • Brad Hall ’75 - Actor, producer, writer. Saturday Night Live Weekend Update anchor
  • Patrick Rissmiller - Professional hockey player, NHL NY Rangers forward
  • George Crockett Strong, Class of 1851 - U.S. Civil War General
  • Robert Samuelson ’63 - Economic columnist and journalist, editor for Newsweek and the Washington Post, author
  • George Stanley Hall - Psychologist, father of American Psychology
  • Tony Lavelli ’45 - First overall NBA draft pick, accordionist for the Harlem Globetrotters
  • Perry Dye ‘71 - Founder and president of Dye Designs. He is a world renowned golf course designer and has contributed to the design of hundreds of courses world wide. Golf Digest has ranked many of Perry’s courses at the top of their lists.
  • Greg Selkoe ‘92 - Founder and CEO of XSET Former CEO/Founder of Karmaloop, Previously led Curateurs.com and former President of FaZe.
  • Bruno Sundov ‘99 - The 7’3 inch student athlete from Split, Croatia had already been drafted in the NBA’s by the Dallas Mavericks in 1998, the year of the NBA Lockout. Because of the work stoppage, Bruno decided to attend The Winchendon School to learn English.
  • Francisco Garcia ‘02 - Started at Winchendon, then moved on to play for Legendary Coach Rick Pitino at the University of Louisville. He was drafted in the first round of the 2005 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings and played for ten seasons in Sacramento, CA and Houston, TX.
  • Lauren Kelly ‘14 - Was an outstanding student athlete starring in multiple sports signed a scholarship to attend Northeastern University to play for the Women’s Hockey Team. She is a former recipient of the Jason Ritchie Scholarship while at Winchendon and captain of the te
  • Max MacKenzie ‘16 - Is an American actor, voice over artist, producer, and activist. After taking up acting at The Winchendon School, he debuted in his first film at the age of 18, in ‘Just Say Goodbye’ and also starred in an episode of Investigation Discovery’s highest rate
  • Bryan Perla '17 - Caused a bidding war on Shark Tank for the product he developed while a student at The Winchendon School during ColLAB program.
  • Sophie Jamison '18 - Known to millions of followers on social media as Sophie Lightning.
  • Hon. Thomas P. Griesa, '48 - Frmr US District Judge
  • Mr. Bernat Rosner, '50 - Frmr General Counsel of Safeway; Author
  • Mr. John H. Biggs, '54 - Director of Boeing Co.; Frmr CEO of TIAA-Cref
  • Mr. Irv Williamson, 61 - US International Trade Commissioner
  • Dr. Richard Levy, '63 - Pediatric Endocrinologist
  • Mr. Keith Williamson, '70 - Senior VP and General Counsel for Centene Corporation
  • Ms. Aimee Dowl, '92 - US Department of State; Author
  • Dr. Dave Messina, '92 - COO at Cofactor Genomics
  • Ms. Alisa Tang, '92 - Editor, Washington Post
  • Christopher Wren ’54 - Retired from The New York Times after nearly twenty-nine years as a reporter, foreign correspondent, and editor. He is the author of Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom and Walking to Vermont.
  • Paul Rachman ’78 - Is an American film director who directed the highly praised 2006 documentary American Hardcore, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Sony Pictures Classics.
  • Andrew Masset ’67 - Is an actor, known for Halt and Catch Fire, Remember the Titans, and Kill the Messenger.
  • Michael Melford ’68 - Is an American photographer, artist and teacher known for his National Geographic magazine assignments.
  • Joseph Callo ’48 - Is a Naval History Magazine Author of the Year. His most recent book is a memoir titled The Sea Was Always There. His book John Paul Jones: America’s First Sea Warrior is the 2006 winner of the Samuel Eliot Morison Award by the Naval Order of the US
  • Chukky Okobi ’96 - NFL football player, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2001–07, Super Bowl XL Champion
  • Maurice Vaughn ’86 - MLB first baseman, three-time All-Star, AL MVP
  • Gil Junger ’72 - Is an American director for Touchstone Pictures, most famous for 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Shayne Skov ’09 - American NFL football player, San Francisco 49ers
  • General H. Norman Schwarzkopf '52 - Commander, Operation Desert Storm
  • J.D. Salinger - Author, Catcher in the Rye
  • Wes Moore - Governor of Maryland, Rhodes Scholar & White House Fellow
  • Larry Fitzgerald - Former NFL Wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals
  • LTG H.R. McMaster - Former National Security Advisor to the President Trump
  • David Calley '81 - 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 - 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 - is the author of Morgan, American Financier (1999) and Alice James, A Biography (1980), which won the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy.
  • Rick Ridder '71 - is the co-founder of RBI Strategies & Research, consultant to national presidential campaigns.
  • Ramona Sakiestewa '66 - is one of Native America's most influential artists
  • Chris Horner '71 - is a film-maker, writer, photographer and designer
  • Benson K. Whitney '74 - served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway under Presidents Bush and Obama
  • Carol Tantau '63 - is a leader in domestic violence prevention.
  • Phil Noyes '84 - is a documentary filmmaker and producer at PBS.
  • George E. Taylor - 1879. First African-American to run for the office of President of the United States.
  • Zona Gale - 1891. First woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1921), for "Miss Lola Bett."
  • Addie Joss - 1898. Pitcher; Cleveland Naps (AL); Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • Ned Merriam - 1905. Competed at the 1908 London Olympics (400 Meters); coached track & field at: Iowa State, Texas A&M, DePauw, Yale, and U. of Chicago. Football & Track athlete at Chicago (coached by Amos Alonzo Stagg).
  • Raymond Patterson - 1940. President/G.M., Houston Rockets, Milwaukee Bucks (NBA), and Wayland Academy.
  • Susan Peterson - 1963. First female TV correspondent assigned to the White House; Communications Consultant.
  • Rick Fliehr - 1968. Professional wrestler (as Rick "Nature Boy" Flair).
  • 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
  • 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 - NCAA Champion (UCONN), Former NBA Player (Nets)
  • 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
  • Kevin Roose '05 - A technology columnist for the New York Times and a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine, the New York Times bestselling author of two books, named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" and Time's list of the 140 best Twitter feeds.
  • Jullee Wilson '00 - Senior Fashion Editor at The Huffington Post, and has written for Conde Nast Traveler, Vibe, Real Simple, and Parenting, in addition to serving on the advisory board for Harlem’s Fashion Row.
  • Don Wildman '79 - Current host and narrator of Off Limits, Mysteries at the Museum, and Monumental Mysteries on the Travel Channel, hosted and narrated Weird Travels that formerly aired on the Travel Channel
  • Mo Bamba '17 - Profession Basketball Player with the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA. Mo was the 6th overall lottery pick to the Orlando Magic in the 2018 NBA Draft.
  • Celina Tio '88 - A James Beard Award Winning Chef and Certified Cicerone. She has appeared in several cooking series such as Top Chef Masters, Iron Chef America, and The Next Iron Chef.
  • 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
  • Kevin Zeitler ('07) - An American football guard for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). Zeitler was ranked No. 4 among guards available in the 2012 NFL Draft. First-round draft pick.
  • Mark Wilson ('93) - Pro US golfer. Wilson won for the first time on the PGA Tour at the Honda Classic in March 2007.
  • Taylor Eigsti - Grammy nominated jazz pianist
  • Marc Fiore - Awarded 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Political Cartooning
  • Cole Porter, 1909 - Broadway composer
  • Jim Davis, 1962 - Chairman, New Balance Athletic Shoe
  • John F. Dryden, 1857 - Founder Prudential Insurance, U.S. Senator
  • Jonathan Starr, 1994 - Financial executive and philanthropist
  • Alingon Mitra, 2004 - Comedian
  • Kaz Grala, 2017 - Stock car racing driver
  • Aliyah Boston, 2019 - Nation’s top-ranked college women’s basketball player, USC. 2022 NCAA Women's Basketball Champion
  • H. Jon Benjamin, 1984 - Actor, comedian
  • Jordan Lucas, 2012 - NFL Player, Super Bowl LIV Champion
  • Jessica Phillips, 1989 - Stage & screen actress
  • Nick Goepper - Two-time Olympic medal winner in Slopestyle Skiing, Three-time Winter X Game gold medal winner, Board Member of WyEast Mountain Academy
  • Alex Beaulieu-Marchand - Bronze medal winner in Slopestyle at Pyeongchang, Korea Winter Olympics X Games silver medalist 2019 Slopestyle and Big Air
  • Alex Hackel - Member of US Ski Team, winner of 2020 X Games Real Ski Crowd Favorite
  • Lyman Currier - Two-time Olympian, Halfpipe Ski
  • Kristaps Thompson - Canadian National Ski Team, McGill Graduate School of Engineering

Recent Articles

Boarding School Myths
Boarding School Myths
This article debunks common myths about boarding schools, addressing misconceptions about wealth requirements, diversity, student life, school types, and family communication. It provides valuable insights for families considering boarding school education and highlights the modern realities of these institutions.
A Partnership of Three
A Partnership of Three
This article explores the three-way partnership between the school, parents, and students in boarding school education. It outlines the obligations and responsibilities of each party, emphasizing the importance of mutual support and commitment to ensure a successful boarding school experience.
Admissions Checklist For Boarding School Applicants
Admissions Checklist For Boarding School Applicants
This comprehensive guide provides a detailed checklist for boarding school applicants, covering key aspects of the admissions process such as testing, recommendations, interviews, and financial aid. It also includes additional information for international students applying to U.S. boarding schools.

Featured Schools