The following is a list of famous and notable former students of St. Mark's School of Southborough, Massachusetts. __NOTOC__

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Charles Francis Adams IV Charles Francis Adams IV (May 2, 1910 – January 5, 1999) was an American electronics industrialist, United States Naval officer, and great-great-great-grandson of John Adams. Early life Charles Francis Adams IV was born on May 2, 1910, in Bost ...

, businessman and philanthropist associated with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute * Samuel A. Adams, '51, crusading CIA official who exposed bad Vietnam intelligence of Defense Department * Mark Albion,

Harvard Business School Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate business school of Harvard University, a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. It is consistently ranked among the top business schools in the world and offers a large full-time MBA p ...

Professor, 2010 National Entrepreneur of the Year (Social Entrepreneur) *

Matthew Tobin Anderson Matthew Tobin Anderson (born November 4, 1968), is an American writer of children's books that range from picture books to young adult novels. He won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2006 for '' The Pox Party'', the first o ...

'86, writer, winner of National Book Award * A. Watson Armour III, businessman and philanthropist

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* Charles L. Bartlett, 1956 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting *

Melsahn Basabe Melsahn Basabe (born May 29, 1992) is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Piratas de Quebradillas of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball at the University of Iowa. Personal life ...

, basketball player * Walter Van Rensselaer Berry, lawyer, friend and mentor of

Edith Wharton Edith Wharton (; born Edith Newbold Jones; January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer, and interior designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper-class New York "aristocracy" to portray ...

* Mike Birbiglia, comedian, class of 1996 * Ben Bradlee, former editor, '' The Washington Post'' * Nicholas F. Brady, U.S. Treasury Secretary (1988–93); New Jersey Senator (1982) * Nicholas Braun, actor *

John Leslie Breck John Leslie Breck (1860–1899) was an American artist who died at the age of 39. During his short life he painted a number of notable works, and is credited with introducing Impressionism to the United States with a show in Boston in 1890. He d ...

, class of 1877, friend of Claude Monet who introduced Impressionism to the United States * Doug Brown, former National Hockey League player * Greg Brown, former National Hockey League player * Edward Burnett, U.S. representative from Massachusetts

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Wayne Chatfield-Taylor Wayne Chatfield-Taylor (December 19, 1893 – November 22, 1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and ...

, president of the Export-Import Bank, undersecretary of commerce *

Gregory R. Ciottone Gregory R. Ciottone (born 1965) is an American physician specializing in disaster medicine and counter-terrorism medicine. He is an associate professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School and the founding director of the BIDMC Fellowsh ...

, Harvard professor, White House consultant, pioneering physician in Counter-Terrorism Medicine * Blair Clark, journalist, former general manager of CBS News *

Nick Clements George Nickerson Clements (October 5, 1940 – August 30, 2009) was an American theoretical linguist specializing in phonology. Career Clements was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and educated in New Haven, Paris and London. He received his Ph.D. fr ...

, theoretical linguist specializing in phonology, notably with CNRS in Paris * Ernest Amory Codman, pioneering surgeon who made contributions to a variety of specialties and the study of medical outcomes * William G. Congdon, representationalist painter who used

abstract expressionism Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the ...

techniques * Harry Crosby, poet and founder of the

Black Sun Press The Black Sun Press was an English language press noted for publisher, publishing the early works of many Literary modernism, modernist writers including Hart Crane, D. H. Lawrence, Archibald MacLeish, Ernest Hemingway, and Eugene Jolas. It enjoyed ...

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J. Richardson Dilworth Joseph Richardson Dilworth (June 9, 1916 – December 29, 1997) was a leading businessman, best known for being a senior financial adviser for the Rockefeller family. He also served as a director at many other companies and financial institutions i ...

, former Yale trustee and benefactor of Yale University * Peter Hoyt Dominick, U.S. congressman, then senator for Colorado; US Ambassador to Switzerland

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* Kenward Elmslie, lyricist, librettist, and playwright

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Hamilton Fish III Hamilton Fish III (born Hamilton Stuyvesant Fish and also known as Hamilton Fish Jr.; December 7, 1888 – January 18, 1991) was an American soldier and politician from United States Congressional Delegations from New York, New York State. Born ...

, U.S. congressman from New York, 1920–1945; elected to College Football Hall of Fame * Hamilton Fish V, publisher, politician and philanthropist *

Christopher Forbes Christopher "Kip" Forbes () is vice chairman of the Forbes Publishing company. He attended St. Mark's School in Southborough, Massachusetts, and Princeton University. His brother is Steve Forbes, who has made multiple runs for the U.S. preside ...

, publisher, vice-chairman of Forbes Inc. *

Tim Forbes Timothy C. Forbes () is a member of the Forbes publishing family and the son of Malcolm Forbes. The family owns the ''Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine owned by Integrated Whale Media Investments and the Forbes fam ...

, publisher * Peter Hood Ballantine Frelinghuysen, Jr., U.S. representative from New Jersey from 1953 to 1975 *

Rodney P. Frelinghuysen Rodney Procter Frelinghuysen (born April 29, 1946) is an American former politician and lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for from 1995 to 2019. The district includes most of Morris County, an affluent suburban county west of New ...

, U.S. representative from New Jersey

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* Stephen Galatti, visionary director general of the American Field Service and educational pioneer * David Gardner, founder of the Motley Fool *

C. Boyden Gray Clayland Boyden Gray (born February 6, 1943) is an American lawyer and former diplomat who served as White House Counsel from 1989 to 1993 and as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union from 2006 to 2007. He is a founding partner of the Washington, ...

, White House counsel to President

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...

; U.S. envoy to the European Union

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* Michael N. Hall, molecular biologist * Mason Hammond, Harvard University classicist and Harvard historian * Truxtun Hare, Olympic athlete; elected to College Football Hall of Fame *

Prince Hashim Al Hussein Prince Hashim bin Hussein (born 10 June 1981) is the younger of the two sons of King Hussein and Queen Noor of Jordan. In her autobiography, Queen Noor states that Hashim was named after the clan of Hashim (Banu Hashim), the tribe to which the ...

of Jordan * Harry G. Haskell, Jr., U.S. representative from Delaware and former president of Abercrombie and Fitch *

Ingolv Helland Ingolv Helland (born 1974) is a Norwegian portraitist who has developed an international reputation. In the 2007 exhibition for the prestigious BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom), Helland's self-portrait was o ...

, portrait artist

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* John Jay Iselin, former president, The Cooper Union in New York City

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Brooks Jones, Theater Director, Musician, Founder of the Pepsico Festival

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Robert Winthrop Kean Robert Winthrop Kean (September 28, 1893 – September 21, 1980) was an American Republican Party politician and member of one of the nation's oldest and longest serving political families. Kean represented parts of Essex County, New Jersey ...

, U.S. representative from New Jersey from 1938 to 1959 * Thomas Kean, former New Jersey governor; former chairman of the

9/11 Commission The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, also known as the 9/11 Commission, was set up on November 27, 2002, "to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11 attacks", includin ...

; former president of Drew University *

John Marshall Kernochan John Marshall Kernochan (August 3, 1919 – October 29, 2007) was a law professor, composer and music publisher who founded Columbia Law School's Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts. His pioneering work in intellectual property law helpe ...

, IPR pioneer; founder of Columbia Law School's Kernochan Center for Law, Media, and the Arts *

William A. Knowlton General William Allen Knowlton (June 19, 1920 – August 10, 2008) was a United States Army four-star general, and a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. As a full general, he served as Commander, Allied Land Forces South ...

, four-star general, former superintendent of West Point

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* Storm Large, musician; her father Henry spent 45 years teaching history and coaching football and baseball at the school before his retirement in 2010 * Frederick Lippitt, Rhode Island lawyer, politician, public servant and philanthropist *

Robert Lowell Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV (; March 1, 1917 – September 12, 1977) was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the ''Mayflower''. His family, past and present, were important subjects i ...

, poet

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Robert McC. Marsh Robert McCurdy Marsh (January 8, 1878 – September 9, 1958) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge from New York. Life Marsh was born on January 8, 1878, in Paterson, New Jersey, the son of Elias Joseph Marsh and Sarah Lord McCurdy. He ...

(1878–1958), American lawyer, politician, and judge * Samuel Mather, Ohio industrialist, philanthropist, and benefactor of Kenyon College * Story Musgrave, astronaut

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* Dmitri Nabokov, son and translator of Valdimir Nabokov * Jordon Nardino, television writer * Eugene Nickerson, federal judge and Nassau County, New York politician *

John H. Noseworthy John Harnett Noseworthy, M.D. (born 9 November 1951) is a neurologist who served as the president and chief executive officer of Mayo Clinic from 2009 to 2018. A board-certified neurologist specializing in multiple sclerosis, Noseworthy is the ...

, CEO and President of Mayo Clinic Health System

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* Robert William Packwood, Senator from Oregon 1969-1999 * G. Willing "Wing" Pepper, Philadelphia businessman and philanthropist * Sheffield Phelps, Seattle philanthropist and arts patron *

Joseph Pulitzer III Joseph Pulitzer III (May 13, 1913 – May 26, 1993) was an American newspaperman and publisher of the ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch'' for 38 years. A grandson of the famous newsman Joseph Pulitzer, for 31 years he chaired the board which was responsibl ...

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Ralph Pulitzer Ralph Pulitzer (June 11, 1879 – June 14, 1939) was an American heir, newspaper publisher and author. He served as the president of the Press Publishing Co., which published the ''New York World'' and the ''Evening World''. Early life Ralph Puli ...

, publisher * George Putnam III '69, 1990 ''USA Today''{{'s investor of the year; trustee for The Putnam Companies

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* Franklin Delano Roosevelt III, economist * George Emlen Roosevelt, financier and philanthropist * William Donner Roosevelt, investment banker and philanthropist * Emily Rutherfurd, television actress

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* Stephen "Laddie" Sanford, international polo player. * John Sargent, former president and CEO of publisher Doubleday and Company * Eugene Lytton Scott, tennis player; member of International Tennis Hall of Fame, founder of the magazine ''

Tennis Week Tennis Week was an American sports magazine owned by media conglomerate IMG covering the world of tennis. History Founded in 1974 by Eugene L. Scott, a former US Davis Cup player who was ranked within the world top 15. In December 2004, ''Tenni ...

'' * John Sculley, former president of

PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manuf ...

and former CEO of

Apple Computer Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company b ...

John W. Sears John Winthrop Sears (December 18, 1930 – November 4, 2014) was an American lawyer, historian and politician. His great-great-grandfather was David Sears II. He was the grandson of seven time National tennis champion Richard Dudley Sears and ...

, Massachusetts Metropolitan District Commissioner *

Mason Sears Philip Mason Sears (born December 29, 1899 — December 13, 1973) was an American politician and diplomat who served as an ambassador, member of the Massachusetts General Court, and the Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party. Personal lif ...

, member of the Massachusetts General Court, Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, and United States Representative to United Nations Trusteeship Council * John Simpkins, Representative from Massachusetts, 1895–1898 * Nik Stauskas, professional basketball player (Sacramento Kings), 2013 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year *Chris Shepley, Hockey Player at Colby College and notable Hockey Referee.

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* Kaleb Tarczewski, basketball player *

Robert H. Thayer Robert Helyer Thayer (September 22, 1901 − January 26, 1984) was an American lawyer, naval officer and diplomat. Early life Thayer was born in Southborough, Massachusetts, the son of Rev. William Greenough Thayer (1863−1934), headmaster of ...

, New York lawyer, diplomat, and intelligence officer *

Sigourney Thayer Sigourney Thayer (March 24, 1896 – November 2, 1944) was an American theatrical producer, World War I aviator, and poet. Early life Thayer was born in Southborough, Massachusetts, the son of Rev. William Greenough Thayer (1863–1934), headma ...

, theatrical producer, World War I aviator and poet * Herbert Sears Tuckerman, former Massachusetts state representative and senator * Harrison Tweed, New York lawyer and bar association officer

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* Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, railroad executive, champion yachtsman and champion bridge player William K Vanderbilt II cph

* William Kissam Vanderbilt II, railroad executive, industrialist, yachtsman, Fisher Island founder

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James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr James Wolcott Wadsworth Jr. (August 12, 1877June 21, 1952) was an American politician, a Republican from New York. He was the son of New York State Comptroller James Wolcott Wadsworth, and the grandson of Union General James S. Wadsworth. Earl ...

, New York senator from 1915 to 1927 * T. Tileston Wells, Consul General for Romania in America *

O.Z. Whitehead oz. is a common abbreviation for ounce, referring to several units of measure. Oz or OZ may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * Land of Oz, the setting for many of L. Frank Baum's novels Fictional characters and entities * Oz (''Buffy t ...

, well-known character actor * Karl Wiedergott, actor, best known for doing voices for '' The Simpsons''; his father Fritz was the longtime athletic director at the school * Sean Wilsey (did not graduate), memoirist

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