Kimball Union Academy is a

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located in

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. Founded in 1813, it is the 22nd oldest boarding school in the

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. The academy's mission is to "create a deep sense of belonging for every member of our community. Through intentionally designed experiences and challenges, our students develop the knowledge, voice, and character to live with purpose and integrity." It is located in the upper

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village of Meriden,

. The academy's village campus is 2½ hours via major highways from Boston, Massachusetts, and

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. Nearby bus, train, and plane terminals link the area directly with Boston,

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, and Manchester, New Hampshire. The academy is governed by a 17-member board of trustees.

Notable alumni

* Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995), basketball player in the

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* F. Lee Bailey, defense attorney * Frederick H. Billings, lawyer, financier and President of the

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* Francis B. Brewer, congressman * Augusta Cooper Bristol (1835–1910), poet, lecturer * John Graham Brooks (1846-1938), sociologist and author * Henry E. Burnham, U.S. senator * Frank Gay Clarke, congressman * William Cogswell, congressman, general * Frank Dunklee Currier, congressman * Irving W. Drew, U.S. senator *

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, NFL player *

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, Presbyterian minister, Reconstruction politician * Louis B. Goodall, congressman * Broughton Harris,

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newspaper editor and businessman who was one of the Runaway Officials of 1851 as Secretary of the

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* Doc Hazelton, major league baseball player and college coach * Chester Bradley Jordan, Governor of New Hampshire *

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, African American biologist * Edward Chalmers Leavitt, artist * John C. Lord,

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minister and nativist * James D. Lynch, African American politician, minister * Charles W. Porter,

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* Samuel L. Powers, congressman * Will Sheff, rock musician *

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, Israeli-American journalist * Dana Stone, Vietnam War photographer *

Bainbridge Wadleigh Bainbridge Wadleigh (January 4, 1831January 24, 1891) was a United States senator from New Hampshire. Born in Bradford, he attended the common schools and Kimball Union Academy (Meriden, New Hampshire). He studied law, was admitted to the bar ...

, U.S. senator * Aldace F. Walker, railroad president * James M. Warner, Civil War general, industrialist *

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, African American photographer * William Wells, Civil War general, Medal of Honor winner * Andrew Wheating, Olympian * Benjamin F. Whidden, first ambassador to HaitiProceedings - Grafton and Coös County Bar Association, New Hampshire By Grafton and Coos Bar Association, p. 351-358

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Notable alumni

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