The following is a list of notable past students of

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(also known as Phillips Andover and Andover) and of the former Abbot Academy (Phillips became coeducational in 1973 by merging with its

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Hafsat Abiola Hafsat Olaronke Abiola-Costello (born 21 August 1974) in Lagos, is a Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist, founder of the Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), which seeks to strengthen civil society and promote democra ...

, Nigerian political activist; winner of 1999 Women to Watch Award from the Association of Women's Development (graduated 1992) * Joseph Carter Abbott,

Union Army During the American Civil War, the Union Army, also known as the Federal Army and the Northern Army, referring to the United States Army, was the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states. It proved essential to th ...

general; North Carolina congressman and lawyer * Ernie Adams, Director of Football Research, New England Patriots (graduated 1971) * Chris Agee, poet, essayist and editor living in Ireland (graduated 1974) *

Wallace M. Alexander Wallace M. Alexander (1869–1939) was an American heir, businessman and philanthropist. Biography Early life Wallace McKinney Alexander was born on November 10, 1869 in Maui, Hawaii.Allen L. Chickering, 'Wallace M. Alexander, 1869-1939', ''Calif ...

(1869-1939), heir, corporate director, philanthropist * Jonathan Alter, senior editor and columnist at ''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely ...

'' (graduated 1975) *

Julia Alvarez Julia Alvarez (born March 27, 1950) is an American New Formalist poet, novelist, and essayist. She rose to prominence with the novels '' How the García Girls Lost Their Accents'' (1991), '' In the Time of the Butterflies'' (1994), and ''Yo!' ...

, author (graduated 1967) * Adelbert Ames Jr., scientist *

Carl Andre Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear and grid format sculptures and for the suspected murder of contemporary and wife, Ana Mendieta. His sculptures range from large public artw ...

, minimalist artist (graduated 1953) *

James T. Austin James Trecothick Austin (January 7, 1784 – May 8, 1870) was the 22nd Massachusetts Attorney General. Austin was the son of Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, and Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts Jonathan L. Austin. ...

, 22nd

Massachusetts Attorney General The Massachusetts Attorney General is an elected constitutionally defined executive officer of the Massachusetts Government. The officeholder is the chief lawyer and law enforcement officer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The officeholder al ...

(graduated 1794)

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* Thomas J. Baldrige, Pennsylvania Attorney General and Superior Court President Judge (graduated 1892) * Sullivan Ballou, Union Soldier (graduated 1849) * Alexander Bannwart, businessman (graduated 1902) * Charles Barber, author on mental health and psychiatric issues * John Barres, current Roman Catholic

Bishop of Rockville Centre The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre ( la, Dioecesis Petropolitana in Insula Longa) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that comprises the territory of Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island ...

Robin Batteau Robin Batteau (born January 12, 1948) is an American composer, singer-songwriter, and music producer. Batteau is the brother of singer/songwriter David Batteau. He attended Phillips Academy ("Not for Self") la, Finis Origine Pendet ("The E ...

, composer, singer-songwriter (graduated 1965) * James Phinney Baxter, former president of

Williams College Williams College is a private liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a colonist from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was kille ...

and Pulitzer Prize winner (graduated 1918) * Ed Bass, Texas Billionaire Philanthropist (graduated 1963) * Willow Bay, CNN news anchor (graduated 1981) * Henry C. Beck III, CEO

The Beck Group The Beck Group is a company that provides architecture, construction, real estate development, and sustainable design and consulting, as well as finance and technology services. The company is based in Dallas, Texas and also has offices in Atlant ...

(graduated 1973) * Bruce Beemer, former Pennsylvania Attorney General and current Pennsylvania Inspector General (graduated 1987) *

Bill Belichick William Stephen Belichick (; born April 16, 1952) is an American professional football coach who is the head coach of the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Additionally, he exercises extensive authority over the Patr ...

, coach of New England Patriots (graduated 1971) * James Bell, New Hampshire politician and lawyer * Charles R. Bentley, glaciologist and geophysicist * Paul R. Berger, engineering professor and

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operati ...

Fellow (graduated 1981). *

John Berman John Berman (born March 21, 1972) is an American news anchor, formerly the co-anchor of CNN's ''New Day'' with Brianna Keilar on CNN, and a regular relief presenter of '' Anderson Cooper 360°''. Having been a weekday relief co-anchor of CNN ...

, CNN senior news anchor and journalist (graduated 1990) *

Michael Beschloss Michael Richard Beschloss (born November 30, 1955) is an American historian specializing in the United States presidency. He is the author of nine books on the presidency. Early life Beschloss was born in Chicago, grew up in Flossmoor, Illinois ...

, historian (graduated 1973) *

Hiram Bingham III Hiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. He made public the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in 1911 with the guidance of local indigenous farmers. Later, Bingham se ...

, archaeologist; rediscovered ruins of

Machu Picchu Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain range.UNESCO World Heritage Centre. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province above the Sacred Valley, whi ...

(graduated 1894) * David B. Birney, Union General in the American Civil War *

Jennifer Bishop Jennifer Bishop aka Jenifer Bishop (born 1941) is an American film and television actress who was active from the early 1960s through to the 1970s. She was a regular on the television series ''Hee Haw''. She had various roles in film that includ ...

, Baltimore-based photojournalist (graduated 1975) * H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger, author of '' Friday Night Lights'' and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist (graduated 1972) *

Les Blank Les Blank (November 27, 1935 – April 7, 2013) was an American documentary filmmaker best known for his portraits of American traditional musicians. Life and career Leslie Harrod Blank Jr. was born November 27, 1935 in Tampa, Florida. He atten ...

, award-winning independent documentary filmmaker (graduated 1954) * Humphrey Bogart, actor (attended 1918; expelled) * Dave Bohman, investigative journalist (attended 1972-1973 of Class of 1974) *

Paul Bremer Lewis Paul Bremer III (born September 30, 1941) is an American diplomat. He led the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States, from May 2003 until June 2004. Early life and education Born o ...

, diplomat notable for his role as Administrator of the

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of Iraq following the 2003 invasion (graduated 1959) * Johnny Broaca, professional baseball player * Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University (graduated 1964) * John Horne Burns, author (graduated 1933) * Edgar Rice Burroughs, author (student until 1894, then transferred to

Michigan Military Academy The Michigan Military Academy, also known as M.M.A., was an all-boys military prep school in Orchard Lake Village, Oakland County, Michigan. It was founded in 1877 by J. Sumner Rogers and closed in 1908 due to bankruptcy. Some journalists ha ...

) *

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; p ...

, 41st U.S. President (graduated 1942) *

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

, 43rd U.S. President (graduated 1964) *

Jeb Bush John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. Bush, who grew up in Houston, was the second son of former President George H. W. Bush ...

, Governor of Florida (graduated 1971)

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Norman Cahners Norman Lee Cahners (1914–1986) was a major American publisher and philanthropist. The Cahners Publishing Company, which he founded in 1960, had grown into the largest U.S. publisher of trade or business magazines at the time of Cahner's death, th ...

, publisher and athlete; qualified for 1936 Olympics but boycotted because games were held in Nazi Germany *

Jonathan G. Callahan Jonathan Gardner Callahan was an American politician. He was member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Biography Callahan was born on November 2, 1823, in Andover, Massachusetts. He attended Phillips Academy. A Presbyterian Presbyterianism ...

, former Wisconsin assemblyman *

Johnson N. Camden Jr. Johnson Newlon Camden Jr. (January 5, 1865 – August 16, 1942) was a United States senator from Kentucky. His father, Johnson N. Camden, had been a United States Senator from West Virginia. Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Camden Jr. atten ...

, former

United States Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and p ...

from

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virgini ...

Steven Cantor Steven Cantor is an American film/television director and film/television producer. Eight of his films have been nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards, with two winning, including the 2022 Outstanding Documentary prize for When Claude Got Shot. Wh ...

, award winning film director and producer. '' STEP'', ''

Dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire ...

'', ''Chasing Tyson'', ''Between Me and My Mind'', and others. *

Isaac N. Carleton Isaac N. Carleton (10 June 1832 – 8 August 1902) was an educator. He taught at Phillips Academy and was the principal of State Normal School in New Britain, Connecticut for twelve years. He was the founder of Carleton School in Massachusetts. ...

, educator and a president of the American Institute of Instruction (graduated 1855) *

Lincoln Chafee Lincoln Davenport Chafee ( ; born March 26, 1953) is an American politician. He was mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island from 1993 to 1999, a United States Senator from 1999 to 2007, and the 74th Governor of Rhode Island from 2011 to 2015. He was a ...

, former Rhode Island senator (graduated 1971) * Otis Chandler, former publisher of the ''

Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the ...

'' (graduated 1946) * Chang Hee-jin, South Korean Olympic swimmer (graduated 2005) *

Thomas Chapin Thomas Chapin (March 9, 1957 – February 13, 1998) was an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. Though primarily an alto saxophonist, he also played sopranino, as well as soprano, tenor, baritone saxes and flute. Man ...

, jazz saxophonist (graduated 1975) * Sarah Chayes, expert in religious studies and former

Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the ca ...

field director (graduated 1980) *

Susan Chira Susan Deborah Chira (born May 18, 1958, in Manhattan) is an American journalist. She is the editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project. Previously, Chira was a senior correspondent and editor covering gender for ''The New York Times''. From Septembe ...

, editor, ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' (graduated 1976) * Shouson Chow, Hong Kong businessman and leader (graduated 1881) * George M. Church, professor of genetics, Harvard Medical School; pioneer of human genetics (graduated 1972) * Sloane Citron, magazine publisher (graduated 1974) *

Stephen Carlton Clark Stephen Carlton Clark (August 29, 1882 – September 17, 1960) was an American art collector, businessman, newspaper publisher and philanthropist. He founded the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. Biography Clark was the young ...

, art collector and philanthropist; founder of the

Baseball Hall of Fame The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball ...

(graduated 1899?) *

Christian Clemenson Christian Dayton Clemenson (born March 17, 1958) is an American film and television actor. He is well known for his portrayal of Jerry "Hands" Espenson in the television series ''Boston Legal'', for which he was nominated for three Emmy Awards a ...

, Emmy Award-winning film and television actor (graduated 1976) *

Harlan Cleveland Harlan Cleveland (January 19, 1918 – May 30, 2008) was an American diplomat, educator, and author. He served as Lyndon B. Johnson's U.S. Ambassador to NATO from 1965 to 1969, and earlier as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International O ...

, U.S. Ambassador to NATO under President Lyndon B. Johnson (graduated 1934) *

Olivia Coffey Olivia Coffey (born January 29, 1989) is an American rower. She is a three-time world champion and an Olympian. She won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships. Coffey was in the winning Cambridge crew of The Boa ...

, won the gold medal in the

quad sculls A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated 4x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each hand. Rac ...

at the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the In ...

as well as competed in 2016 Summer Olympics & The Boat Race 2018. *

Raymond C. Clevenger Raymond Charles Clevenger III (born August 27, 1937) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education and career Clevenger was born in Topeka, Kansas. He was educated in the publi ...

, judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (graduated 1955) * Thomas Cochran, banker and philanthropist to Phillips Academy (graduated 1890) *

William Sloane Coffin William Sloane Coffin Jr. (June 1, 1924 – April 12, 2006) was an American Christian clergyman and long-time peace activist. He was ordained in the Presbyterian Church, and later received ministerial standing in the United Church of Christ. In h ...

, reverend and peace activist (graduated 1942) * Donald B. Cole, instructor in history and dean of Phillips Exeter Academy (graduated 1940) * Frank Converse, actor (graduated 1956) *

Michael Copley Michael Copley is a British virtuoso flautist and recorder player. He is a professional musician who, as well as playing the recorder and flute, is an exponent of other traditional, early and folk woodwind instruments, most notably the ocarina, a ...

, musician *

Joseph Cornell Joseph Cornell (December 24, 1903 – December 29, 1972) was an American visual artist and film-maker, one of the pioneers and most celebrated exponents of assemblage. Influenced by the Surrealists, he was also an avant-garde experimental film ...

, sculptor (graduated 1921) *

Justin Cronin Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written five novels: ''Mary and O'Neil'' and ''The Summer Guest'', as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of '' The Passage,'' '' The Twelve'' and '' City of Mirrors''. He has won the Hemi ...

, author (graduated 1980) * Sumner McKnight Crosby, art historian (graduated 1928) *

Bill Cunliffe William Henry Cunliffe Jr. (born June 26, 1956), is an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life Cunliffe was born in Andover, Massachusetts. He discovered music at an early age, with particular emphasis on classical music as well as jaz ...

, Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, and jazz pianist (graduated 1974) * Peter Currie, Netscape executive, investor, and charter trustee of Phillips Academy (graduated 1974)

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* William Damon, author, psychologist, and Stanford University educator (graduated 1963) * Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of ''

Self The self is an individual as the object of that individual’s own reflective consciousness. Since the ''self'' is a reference by a subject to the same subject, this reference is necessarily subjective. The sense of having a self—or ''selfhood ...

'' magazine (graduated 1978) *

John Darnton John Darnton (born November 20, 1941) is an American journalist who wrote for the ''New York Times''. He is a two-time winner of the Polk Award, of which he is now the curator, and the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. He also moon ...

, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the ''

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' (graduated 1960) *

Robert Darnton Robert Choate Darnton (born May 10, 1939) is an American cultural historian and academic librarian who specializes in 18th-century France. He was director of the Harvard University Library from 2007 to 2016. Life Darnton was born in New Yor ...

, historian (graduated 1957) * Benjamin Darrow, New York district attorney (graduated 1879) * Justin Dart Jr., advocate for the rights of disabled people (graduated 1949) * Natalie E. Dean (née Exner), Assistant Professor of Biostatistics at the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

(graduated 2005) * Jonathan Dee, author (graduated 1980) *

Dana Delany Dana Welles Delany (born March 13, 1956) is an American actress. After appearing in small roles early in her career, Delany received her breakthrough role as Colleen McMurphy on the ABC television drama ''China Beach'' (1988–1991), for which ...

, actress (graduated 1974) * Zak DeOssie, professional football player for the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio ...

; Super Bowl-winning long snapper (graduated 2003) * George Horatio Derby, humorist (graduated 1838) *

Norman Dodd Norman Paul Dodd (June 29, 1899 – January 24, 1987) was an American banker and bank manager, who worked as a financial advisor and served as chief investigator in 1953 for the Special Committee on Tax Exempt Foundations (commonly referred t ...

, banker, financial adviser and head Investigator for the

Reece Committee The Select Committee to Investigate Tax-Exempt Foundations and Comparable Organizations was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives between 1952 and 1954. The committee was originally created by House Resolution 5 ...

(graduated 1918) *

Tim Draper Timothy Cook Draper (born June 11, 1958) is an American venture capital investor, and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ),

, American

venture capital Venture capital (often abbreviated as VC) is a form of private equity financing that is provided by venture capital firms or funds to start-up company, startups, early-stage, and emerging companies that have been deemed to have high growth poten ...

investor and founder of

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is an American venture capital firm focused on investments in enterprise, consumer and disruptive technologies. In January 2019, DFJ Venture, the early-stage team, spun out and formed Threshold Ventures. DFJ Growth ...

(DFJ) * Warren Fales Draper, publisher, educator, and philanthropist; significant donor to Phillips Academy; namesake of Draper Hall and Draper Cottage (graduated 1843) * Bill Drayton, entrepreneur, coined the phrase "

social entrepreneur Social entrepreneurship is an approach by individuals, groups, start-up companies or entrepreneurs, in which they develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural, or environmental issues. This concept may be applied to a wide range of ...

" *

Charles Duits Charles Duits (1925–1991) was a French writer of the '' fantastique''. Overview Duits was a friend of André Breton and the surrealists. He wrote poetry and experimented with peyote. '' Thousand and One Nights'' and the Indian '' Ramayana'' ...

, writer *

Teddy Dunn Edward Wilkes Dunn (born June 19, 1980) is an American lawyer and former actor known for his portrayal of Duncan Kane in the Rob Thomas television series ''Veronica Mars''. Early life and education Dunn grew up in Durham, North Carolina. He at ...

, actor (graduated 1999)

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* Carol Edgarian, author (graduated 1980) * Alonzo Elliot, composer *

Trey Ellis Trey Ellis (born 1962) is an American novelist, screenwriter, professor, playwright, and essayist. He was born in Washington D.C. and graduated from Hopkins School and Phillips Academy, Andover, where he studied under Alexander Theroux before at ...

, novelist, screenwriter (graduated 1980) *

Sam Endicott Samuel Bingham Endicott (born August 13, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor and director. He is best known as the lead vocalist of The Bravery with whom he recorded three studio albums. Career At age 11 Endic ...

, singer-songwriter and vocalist for ''The Bravery'' (graduated 1992) * David B. Ensor, CNN correspondent (graduated 1969) *

Walker Evans Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans' work fro ...

, photographer (graduated 1922)

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Charles Finch Charles Finch (born 1980) is an American author and literary critic. He has written a series of mystery novels set in Victorian era England, as well as literary fiction and numerous essays and book reviews. Life and career Finch was born in N ...

, author (graduated 1998) *

Charles B. Finch Charles Baker Finch (March 5, 1920 – July 15, 1996) was an American businessman and lawyer. He served as President and CEO of Allegheny Power System from 1971 to 1985. Early life and education Charles Finch was the second son of Henry Le ...

, businessman and political activist * Tom Finkelpearl, NYC commissioner of cultural affairs (graduated 1974) *

Paul Finnegan Paul James Finnegan (born 1953) is a Chicago-based investor and philanthropist. In 1992, he co-founded Madison Dearborn Partners and currently serves as the firm's co-CEO, and since 2014, has served as the Treasurer of the Harvard Corporation and ...

co-founder of

Madison Dearborn Partners Madison Dearborn Partners (MDP) is an American private equity firm specializing in leveraged buyouts of privately held or publicly traded companies, or divisions of larger companies; recapitalizations of family-owned or closely held companies ...

(graduated 1971) *

David Fishelson David J. Fishelson (born July 24, 1956) is an American producer, playwright, and director for film, theatre, television and radio, based in Manhattan since 1982. He is best known for being the lead producer of ''Golda's Balcony'', the longest-ru ...

, Broadway producer, playwright, filmmaker (graduated 1974) *

Charles L. Flint Charles Louis Flint (May 8, 1824 – February 26, 1889) was a lawyer, cofounder and first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, a lecturer in cattle and dairy farming, the first secretary of the Massachusetts Agricultural College ...

, lawyer, educator, first Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, fourth president of the

University of Massachusetts The University of Massachusetts is the five-campus public university system and the only public research system in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The university system includes five campuses (Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and a medi ...

and one of its original founders (graduated 1854) * Thomas C. Foley, former U.S. Ambassador to Ireland (graduated 1971) * John Murray Forbes, railroad entrepreneur and philanthropist who re-established

Milton Academy Milton Academy (also known as Milton) is a highly selective, coeducational, University-preparatory school, independent preparatory, boarding and day school in Milton, Massachusetts consisting of a grade 9–12 Upper School and a grade K–8 Lowe ...

* Theodore J. Forstmann, billionaire businessman and philanthropist * Hollis Frampton, avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, and theoretician (attended 1951 to 1954; never received diploma) * Peter Franchot, State Comptroller of Maryland * Andy Frankenberger, poker champion * Ziwe Fumudoh, comedian (graduated 2010)

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* Robert A. Gardner, two-time U.S. Amateur golf champion *

Jeffrey Garten Jeffrey E. Garten (born October 29, 1946) is an American economist, author, businessman, and former government official who is Dean Emeritus at the Yale School of Management, where he teaches a variety of courses on the global economy. From 1996 ...

, dean of the

Yale School of Management The Yale School of Management (also known as Yale SOM) is the graduate business school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. The school awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA for Executive ...

(graduated 1964) *

Glenn Gass Glenn Gass is an American educator who is notable for developing and teaching the first for-credit history of rock and roll music course at a major university. As a professor at Indiana University at Bloomington, he has taught rock history for 4 ...

, rock 'n' roll educator, (dropped out upper year, would have graduated 1974) * Isaac Wheeler Geer, railroad executive * A. Bartlett Giamatti, president of

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

and seventh Major League Baseball Commissioner (graduated 1956) * Salvador Gómez-Colón, youth activist * Stephanie Gosk, journalist and correspondent for NBC News (graduated 1990) *

David Graeber David Rolfe Graeber (; February 12, 1961September 2, 2020) was an American anthropologist and anarchist activist. His influential work in economic anthropology, particularly his books '' Debt: The First 5,000 Years'' (2011) and '' Bullshit Jobs ...

, professor of anthropology; anarchist *

Anthony Grafton Anthony Thomas Grafton (born May 21, 1950) is an American historian of early modern Europe and the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University, where he is also the Director the Program in European Cultural Studies. He i ...

, noted scholar (graduated 1967) * Glenn H. Greenberg, Managing Director and Founder of Brave Warrior Advisors *

Richard Theodore Greener Richard Theodore Greener (1844–1922) was a pioneering African-American scholar, excelling in elocution, philosophy, law and classics in the Reconstruction era. He broke ground as Harvard College's first Black graduate in 1870. Within three y ...

, first African-American to graduate from

Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate college of Harvard University, an Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636, Harvard College is the original school of Harvard University, the oldest institution of higher ...

(graduated 1865) *

Horatio Greenough Horatio Greenough (September 6, 1805 – December 18, 1852) was an American sculptor best known for his United States government commissions ''The Rescue'' (1837–50), '' George Washington'' (1840), and '' The Discovery of America'' (1840– ...

, sculptor known for U.S. government commissions ''

The Rescue ''The Rescue'' may refer to: Art * ''The Rescue'' (painting), an 1855 painting by John Everett Millais * ''The Rescue'' (statue), a marble sculpture group (1837–50) by Horatio Greenough Film and television * " Chapter 16: The Rescue", 202 ...

'' (1837–50), '' George Washington'' (1840), and '' The Discovery of America'' (1840–43) *

James Greenway James Cowan Greenway (April 7, 1903 – June 10, 1989) was an American ornithologist. An eccentric, shy, and often reclusive man, his survey of extinct and vanishing birds provided the base for much subsequent work on bird conservation. Early y ...

, Curator,

Museum of Comparative Zoology A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

, renowned

Ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

, Lt. Commander

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

, Intelligence Officer with the

Office of Naval Intelligence The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) is the military intelligence agency of the United States Navy. Established in 1882 primarily to advance the Navy's modernization efforts, it is the oldest member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and serve ...

(graduated 1926) *

John Campbell Greenway John Campbell Greenway (July 6, 1872 – January 19, 1926) was an American businessman and senior officer of the U.S. Army Reserve who served with Colonel Theodore Roosevelt in the Spanish–American War and commanded infantry in World War I. ...

, General, U.S. Army,

Rough Rider The Rough Riders was a nickname given to the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish–American War and the only one to see combat. The United States Army was small, understaffed, and di ...

, Intelligence officer with the

, Mining Magnate (graduated 1895 hB * David L. Gunn, former president of

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...

(graduated 1955) * Philip F. Gura, William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which r ...

(graduated 1968) *

Sarah Guo Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pi ...

, technology venture capitalist, founder of investing firm Conviction and former partner at

Greylock Partners Greylock Partners is one of the oldest venture capital firms, founded in 1965, with committed capital of over $3.5 billion under management. The firm focuses on early-stage companies in the consumer, enterprise software and infrastructure as wel ...

(graduated 2007)

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Roderick Stephen Hall Captain (United States O-3), Captain Roderick Stephen Goodspeed Hall (August 1915 – February 20, 1945) was an American military officer and agent of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. Hall was betrayed and captured behin ...

, OSS agent murdered by the SS in February 1945 (graduated 1934) *

Garnet Hathaway John Garnet Hathaway (born November 23, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey forward for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Early life Hathaway was born in Naples, Florida, but moved to Kennebunkport, Maine w ...

, ice hockey forward for the NHL’s Washington Capitals (graduated 2010) * Peter Halley, artist (graduated 1971) *

George Hamlin George Hamlin (20 September 1869 – 11 January 1923 ) was an American tenor, prominent on the concert stage as a lieder and oratorio singer and later in the opera house when he sang leading tenor roles with the Philadelphia-Chicago Grand Opera C ...

, tenor; Victor recording artist 1905–1916 (class of 1889) *

Thomas H. Harvey Jr. Thomas Henry "Mike" Harvey Jr. (September 15, 1936 – November 8, 2013) was a major general in the United States Army. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in Vietnam in 1967. Early life and education Born into an Army ...

, U.S. Army officer and Distinguished Service Cross recipient (graduated 1954) * Julian Hatton, abstract landscape artist (graduated 1974) *

Brian Henson Brian Henson (born November 3, 1963) is an American puppeteer, director, producer, voice actor and the chairman of The Jim Henson Company. He is the son of puppeteers Jim and Jane Henson. Early life Henson was born on November 3, 1963, in ...

, president of Jim Henson Productions (graduated 1982) * Samuel Prescott Hildreth, pioneer physician, scientist, and chronicler of the early settlement of the Northwest Territory * Frank Lauren Hitchcock, MIT mathematician (graduated 1892?) *

Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (; August 29, 1809 – October 7, 1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath based in Boston. Grouped among the fireside poets, he was acclaimed by his peers as one of the best writers of the day. His most fa ...

, author (graduated 1825) *

Fred A. Howland Fred A. Howland (November 10, 1864 – March 30, 1953) was a Vermont attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He served as Secretary of State of Vermont and president of the National Life Insurance Company. Early life Fred Arthur How ...

Secretary of State of Vermont The secretary of state of Vermont is one of five cabinet-level constitutional officers in the U.S. state of Vermont which are elected every two years. The secretary of state is fourth (behind the lieutenant governor, speaker of the House of Repres ...

and President of National Life Insurance Company (graduated 1883) * Thomas J. Hudner Jr., U.S. Navy officer and

Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor ...

recipient (graduated 1943) *

Chris Hughes Chris Hughes (born November 26, 1983) is an American entrepreneur and author who co-founded and served as spokesman for the online social directory and networking site Facebook until 2007. He was the publisher and editor-in-chief of ''The New R ...

, co-founder of

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin ...

; publisher and editor-in-chief of ''

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hu ...

'' (graduated 2002) *

Angela Hur Angela Mi Young Hur is an American writer based in Sweden. Her debut novel, ''The Queens of K-Town'', was published in 2007 by MacAdam/Cage. Her second novel, ''Folklorn'', is forthcoming froErewhonin 2021. Early life and education Raised in Ga ...

, author (graduated 1998)

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* Robert Ingersoll, former

United States Deputy Secretary of State The deputy secretary of state of the United States is the principal deputy to the secretary of state. The current deputy secretary of state is Wendy Ruth Sherman, serving since April 2021 under secretary of state Antony Blinken. If the secretary ...

under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (graduated 1933)

J

* Thomas H. Jackson, former president of the

University of Rochester The University of Rochester (U of R, UR, or U of Rochester) is a private university, private research university in Rochester, New York. The university grants Undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including Doctorate, do ...

(graduated 1968) *

Edward Hopkins Jenkins Edward Hopkins Jenkins (May 31, 1850 – November 6, 1931) was an American agricultural chemist who served as director of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station from 1900 to 1923. He also directed the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Sta ...

, director of the

Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) is the Connecticut state government's agricultural experiment station, a state government component that engages in scientific research and public outreach in agriculture and related fields. I ...

(graduated 1868) * Clay Johnson III, deputy director of the

United States Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, poli ...

(graduated 1964) *

Osgood Johnson Osgood Johnson (September 9, 1803 – May 9, 1837) was an American educator and 5th Principal of Phillips Academy Andover from 1833 to 1837. Early life and family Johnson was born in the West Parish of Andover on September 9, 1803, to Osgood ...

, 5th Principal of Phillips Academy (graduated 1823)

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* Peter Kapetan (1956–2008), Broadway actor, singer, and dancer (graduated 1974) *

Marsha Kazarosian Marsha V. Kazarosian ( hy, Մարշա Ղազարոսյան) is an American attorney in Haverhill, Massachusetts notable for handling high-profile cases in the New England area. Her handling of a gender discrimination case involving a country clu ...

, trial attorney (graduated 1974) * R. Crosby Kemper Jr., American banker and philanthropist, namesake of the

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1994 in Kansas City, Missouri. With a $5 million annual budget and approximately 75,000 visitors each year, it is Missouri's first and largest contemporary museum. Founders The core of the museum's perm ...

Charles West Kendall Charles West Kendall (April 22, 1828 – June 25, 1914) was an American politician, lawyer, librarian, editor, proprietor and miner in California, Nevada and Colorado. Biography Charles West Kendall was born in Searsmont, Maine, on April 22, ...

, U.S. Representative, lawyer, and newspaper editor * John F. Kennedy Jr., publisher, son of former U.S. president John F. Kennedy (graduated 1979) *

Max Kennedy Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy (born January 11, 1965), better known as Max Kennedy, is an American lawyer and author. He is the ninth child of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. Early life Max Kennedy was born in New York City's ...

, author (expelled) * Patrick J. Kennedy, former U.S. Representative from Rhode Island (graduated 1986) *

Vanessa Kerry Vanessa Bradford Kerry (born December 31, 1976) is an American physician, health care administrator, and doctor. She is a founder of the non-profit Seed Global Health. Her father is John Kerry, who served as the 68th United States Secretary of ...

, physician and health care administrator who founded the non-profit,

Seed Global Health Seed Global Health, formerly known as Global Health Service Corps, is a non-profit organization started in 2011 which helps to provide nursing and medical training support in resource-limited countries. Seed Global Health collaborates with the P ...

, daughter of

John Kerry John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American attorney, politician and diplomat who currently serves as the first United States special presidential envoy for climate. A member of the Forbes family and the Democratic Party (Unite ...

. *

Prince Rahim Aga Khan Prince Rahim Aga Khan (; born 12 October 1971) is the second of the Aga Khan IV’s four children. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, he has been actively involved for many years in the governance of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN). Early ...

, son of the

Aga Khan IV Shāh Karim al-Husayni (born 13 December 1936), known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Ismaili followers and elsewhere as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailis, a denomination within Shia Islam. He h ...

(graduated 1990) * Victor K. Kiam, businessman and owner of the

New England Patriots The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC East, East divisio ...

(graduated 1944) *

Brian Kibler Brian McCormick Kibler (born September 7, 1980) is an American collectible card game player, game designer, and streamer. In 2016 Kibler helped design ''Drawing Dead''. Previously, he designed Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer with Justin G ...

, game designer and professional '' Magic: the Gathering'' player *

Tracy Kidder John Tracy Kidder (born November 12, 1945) is an American writer of nonfiction books. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his '' The Soul of a New Machine'' (1981), about the creation of a new computer at Data General Corporation. He has rece ...

, Pulitzer Prize winner for ''Soul of the New Machine'' (graduated 1963) * Richard H. Kimball, venture capitalist (graduated 1974) * William King, first

Governor of Maine The governor of Maine is the head of government of the U.S. state of Maine. Before Maine was admitted to the Union in 1820, Maine was part of Massachusetts and the governor of Massachusetts was chief executive. The current governor of Maine ...

(graduated 1781) * Karl Kirchwey, poet (graduated 1974) * Jonathan Philip Klein, dog behavior consultant (graduated 1974) *

John Kluge Jr. John W. Kluge Jr. (born 1984) is an American venture capitalist, philanthropist, and activist. Early life Kluge is the son of the late billionaire John Kluge, founder of the media conglomerate Metromedia, and his wife, Patricia Kluge (née Pa ...

, philanthropist, investor, son of

John Kluge John Werner Kluge (; September 21, 1914September 7, 2010) was a German-American entrepreneur who became a television industry mogul in the United States. At one time he was the richest person in the U.S. Early life and education Kluge was bo ...

(graduated 2001) * William Standish Knowles, winner of the 2001

Nobel Prize in Chemistry ) , image = Nobel Prize.png , alt = A golden medallion with an embossed image of a bearded man facing left in profile. To the left of the man is the text "ALFR•" then "NOBEL", and on the right, the text (smaller) "NAT•" then "M ...

(graduated 1935) *

Lawrence Kohlberg Lawrence Kohlberg (; October 25, 1927 – January 19, 1987) was an American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development. He served as a professor in the Psychology Department at the University of Chicago and at the Grad ...

, psychologist (graduated 1945) * Chris Kreider, player for Boston College hockey team, and then New York Rangers (graduated 2010) * Erik S. Kristensen, Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy SEALs; killed in action during Operation Red Wings (graduated 1991) *

James Simon Kunen James Simon Kunen (born 1948) is an American author, journalist and lawyer. He is best known as the author of ''The Strawberry Statement'', a first-person documentary of the Columbia University protests of 1968. Biography James Simon Kunen is an a ...

, author, journalist known for writing ''

The Strawberry Statement ''The Strawberry Statement'' is a non-fiction book by James Simon Kunen, written when he was 19, which chronicled his experiences at Columbia University from 1966–1968, particularly the April 1968 protests and takeover of the office of the dean ...

L

* John Lardner, sports writer *

Ring Lardner Jr. Ringgold Wilmer Lardner Jr. (August 19, 1915 – October 31, 2000) was an American screenwriter. A member of the "Hollywood Ten", he was blacklisted by the Hollywood film studios during the late 1940s and 1950s after his appearance as an " ...

, Academy Award-winning screenwriter * Frank Lavin, former Undersecretary for International Trade of the U.S. Department of Commerce (graduated 1975) * George Ayres Leavitt, early New York publisher (graduated 1840) * Gary Lee, journalist, travel writer (graduated 1974) * Nate Lee, writer, senior editor of '' Newcity'' in Chicago (graduated 1974) *

Jack Lemmon John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leadin ...

, actor (graduated 1943) * Chentung Liang Cheng, Chinese ambassador to the United States (did not graduate) * I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, disbarred lawyer, government official, policy advisor, and novelist (graduated 1968) *

Gordon Lish Gordon Lish (born February 11, 1934 in Hewlett, New York) is an American writer. As a literary editor, he championed many American authors, particularly Raymond Carver, Barry Hannah, Amy Hempel, Rick Bass, and Richard Ford. He is the father ...

, editor, author, and teacher (graduated 1952) *

Seth Lloyd Seth Lloyd (born August 2, 1960) is a professor of mechanical engineering and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research area is the interplay of information with complex systems, especially quantum systems. He has perfo ...

, physicist and researcher in

quantum information theory Quantum information is the information of the state of a quantum system. It is the basic entity of study in quantum information theory, and can be manipulated using quantum information processing techniques. Quantum information refers to both ...

(graduated 1978) *

David Longstreth David Longstreth (born December 17, 1981) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer and guitarist for the band Dirty Projectors. Biography Longstreth was born in Southbury, Connecticut. Longstreth attended Yale University and ...

, founding member of rock band ''The Dirty Projectors'' *

Alfred Lee Loomis Alfred Lee Loomis (November 4, 1887 – August 11, 1975) was an American attorney, investment banker, philanthropist, scientist, physicist, inventor of the LORAN Long Range Navigation System and a lifelong patron of scientific research. He establ ...

, pioneer of

ultrasonics Ultrasound is sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is not different from "normal" (audible) sound in its physical properties, except that humans cannot hear it. This limit varies f ...

(graduated 1905) *

Phillips Lord Phillips Haynes Lord (July 13, 1902 – October 19, 1975) was an American radio program writer, creator, producer and narrator as well as a motion picture actor, best known for the '' Gang Busters'' radio program that was broadcast from 1935 to ...

, radio program writer, creator, producer and narrator * Francis Cabot Lowell, businessman, City of

Lowell, Massachusetts Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, It is one of two traditional county seat, seats of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,5 ...

named after him (graduated 1786)

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* Heather Mac Donald, political commentator (graduated 1974) * Moses Macdonald, US Congressman (graduated 1827) *

Torbert MacDonald Torbert Hart Macdonald (June 6, 1917 – May 21, 1976) was an American Democratic politician from Massachusetts. He represented the northern suburbs of Boston, including his home town of Malden, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 un ...

, lawyer and politician * Lisa MacFarlane, principal of

Phillips Exeter Academy (not for oneself) la, Finis Origine Pendet (The End Depends Upon the Beginning) gr, Χάριτι Θεοῦ (By the Grace of God) , location = 20 Main Street , city = Exeter, New Hampshire , zipcode ...

(graduated 1975) * April March, musician and animator *

Mozhan Marnò Mozhan Marnò (born May 3, 1980) is an Iranian-American film and television actress. She is known for her roles in '' The Blacklist'' and '' House of Cards''. Early life and education Marnò was born in Los Angeles. Her parents are from Iran ...

, actress, writer, directorAiden Mason, November 2019, TV Overmind
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mozhan Marno
Retrieved January 26, 2020 *

George Perkins Marsh George Perkins Marsh (March 15, 1801July 23, 1882), an American diplomat and philologist, is considered by some to be America's first environmentalist and by recognizing the irreversible impact of man's actions on the earth, a precursor to the ...

, diplomat and philologist; credited as one of the first environmentalists (graduated 1816) *

John Marsh John Marsh may refer to: Politicians *John Marsh (MP fl. 1394–1397), MP for Bath *John Marsh (MP fl. 1414–1421), MP for Bath *John Allmond Marsh (1894–1952), Canadian Member of Parliament *John Otho Marsh Jr. (1926–2019), American cong ...

, early pioneer and settler in California; often regarded as the first person to practice medicine in California (graduated 1818) *

Othniel Charles Marsh Othniel Charles Marsh (October 29, 1831 – March 18, 1899) was an American professor of Paleontology in Yale College and President of the National Academy of Sciences. He was one of the preeminent scientists in the field of paleontology. Among ...

, first professor of

paleontology Paleontology (), also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present). It includes the study of fos ...

(graduated 1856) *

Laurel Massé Laurel Massé (born December 29, 1951) is an American jazz singer and former member of The Manhattan Transfer. Career Massé was born in Holland, Michigan, grew up in Westchester County, New York, and lived in Europe during her teens. Early in s ...

, founding member of

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. There have been two editions of the Manhattan Transfer, ...

(expelled 1969) * Marcia McCabe, daytime television actor (graduated 1973 from Abbot) *

Barry R. McCaffrey Barry Richard McCaffrey (born November 17, 1942) is a retired United States Army general and current news commentator, professor and business consultant who served in President Bill Clinton's Cabinet as the Director of the Office of National Dru ...

, teacher of national securities studies at

West Point The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known Metonymy, metonymically as West Point or simply as Army, is a United States service academies, United States service academy in West Point, New York. It was originally established as a f ...

(graduated 1960) * Vance C. McCormick, politician and businessman; chair of the American delegation at the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1 ...

* Walsh McDermott, medical researcher and public health doctor * Joe McGlone, football player * James P. McLane Jr., three time Olympic champion (graduated 1949) * Scott Mead, investment banker, photographer, and former partner and managing director of Goldman Sachs (graduated 1973) *

Jonathan Meath Jonathan Meath (born September 16, 1955) is an American television producer and director, based in Boston who is notable for children's television production. He was Senior Producer of the TV game show '' Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?'' H ...

, children's TV producer and Santa Claus (graduated 1974) * Thomas C. Mendenhall, expert of collegiate rowing and former president of

Smith College Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith and opened in 1875. It is the largest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite women's c ...

(graduated 1928) * Thomas Mesereau, attorney whose clients include Robert Blake and

Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. Over a ...

(graduated 1969) *

Charles A. Meyer Charles Appleton Meyer (June 27, 1918 – August 15, 1996) was a United States executive who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs from 1969 to 1973. Biography Meyer was born in 1918 and attended Phillips Academy, ...

, former

Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs within the United States Department of State, the foreign affairs department of the United States federal government. The Assi ...

(graduated 1935) *

Marvin Minsky Marvin Lee Minsky (August 9, 1927 – January 24, 2016) was an American cognitive and computer scientist concerned largely with research of artificial intelligence (AI), co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's AI laboratory, a ...

, expert on artificial intelligence, robotics, and computers *

Paul Monette Paul Landry Monette (October 16, 1945 – February 10, 1995) was an American author, poet, and activist best known for his books about gay relationships. Early life and career Monette was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and graduated from Phill ...

, author and activist (graduated 1963) *

John U. Monro John Usher Monro (December 23, 1912 – March 29, 2002) was an American academic administrator and Dean of Harvard College from 1958 to 1967. He made national headlines when he left Harvard for Miles College, a historically black and then-unaccr ...

, academic administrator and dean of

William Henry Moody William Henry Moody (December 23, 1853 – July 2, 1917) was an American politician and jurist who held positions in all three branches of the Government of the United States. He represented parts of Essex County, Massachusetts in the Unit ...

U.S. Supreme Court justice The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point of ...

(graduated 1871) * Edwin V. Morgan,

United States Ambassador to Brazil The following is a list of ambassadors of the United States, or other chiefs of mission, to Brazil. The title given by the United States State Department to this position is currently Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. Lis ...

1912-1933 *

Samuel Morse Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor and painter. After having established his reputation as a portrait painter, in his middle age Morse contributed to the invention of a single-wire telegraph ...

, inventor of the single-wire telegraph and Morse Code (graduated 1805) *

Seth Moulton Seth Wilbur Moulton (born October 24, 1978) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 6th congressional district since 2015. A former United States Marine Corps, Mari ...

, U.S. Congressman representing Massachusetts's 6th Congressional District (graduated 1997) *

Lachlan Murdoch Lachlan Keith Murdoch (; born 8 September 1971) is a British-Australian businessman and mass media heir. He is the executive chairman of Nova Entertainment, co-chairman of News Corp, executive chairman and CEO of Fox Corporation, and the fo ...

, son of media mogul

Rupert Murdoch Keith Rupert Murdoch ( ; born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including ...

; former executive director of

News Corporation News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp.), also variously known as News Corporation Limited, was an American multinational mass media corporation controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch and headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Ne ...

(graduated 1990) *

Charles B. G. Murphy Charles B. G. Murphy was a pioneer and philanthropist in psychiatry who was born in 1906 in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Education He attended and graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1923 and proceeded to Yale Unive ...

, writer and philanthropist; honored with the Charles B.G. Murphy professorship at Yale University (graduated 1923) *

Gerald Clery Murphy Gerald Clery Murphy and Sara Sherman Wiborg were wealthy, expatriate Americans who moved to the French Riviera in the early 20th century and who, with their generous hospitality and flair for parties, created a vibrant social circle, particularl ...

, artist, socialite, CEO of Mark Cross (graduated 1908) * Patrick O. Murphy, mayor of

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Ted Nace Ted Nace (born 1956) is an American writer, publisher, and environmentalist, known for his criticisms of corporate personhood and his support of a fossil fuel phase out. In 2009, he was described as "one of the amazing brains and strategists ...

, computer publisher, anti-coal activist (graduated 1974) *

Joseph Hardy Neesima (born ; 12 February 1843 – 23 January 1890), better known by his English name Joseph Hardy Neesima, was a Japanese Protestant missionary and educator of the Meiji era who founded Doshisha English School (later Doshisha University). H ...

, founder of

Doshisha University , mottoeng = Truth shall make you free , tagline = , established = Founded 1875,Chartered 1920 , vision = , type = Private , affiliation = , calendar = , endowment = €1 ...

in Japan (graduated 1867) * Sara Nelson, former editor-in-chief of ''

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

'' (graduated 1974) * Guy Nordenson, structural engineer (graduated 1973) * William D. Nordhaus, co-recipient of the 2018

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( sv, Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award administered ...

(graduated 1959) * Lisa Anne Novelline, children's book author

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Jens David Ohlin Jens David Ohlin is an American academic administrator and legal scholar. He became the Allan R. Tessler Dean of Cornell Law School on July 1, 2021. Biography Ohlin graduated from Phillips Academy. He then received his B.A. from Skidmore Colleg ...

, dean of

Cornell Law School Cornell Law School is the law school of Cornell University, a private Ivy League university in Ithaca, New York. One of the five Ivy League law schools, it offers four law degree programs, JD, LLM, MSLS and JSD, along with several dual-deg ...

(graduated 1992) *

Richard O'Kane Richard Hetherington O'Kane (February 2, 1911 – February 16, 1994) was a United States Navy submarine commander in World War II, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for commanding in the Pacific War against Japan to the most successful record ...

, recipient of the

(graduated 1930) *

Frederick Law Olmsted Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the USA. Olmsted was famous for co-d ...

, architect and designer of

Central Park Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West Side, Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the List of New York City parks, fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban par ...

(graduated 1838) *

Kevin Olusola Kevin Oluwole Olusola, also known as K.O., (born October 5, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter, beatboxer, and cellist. Olusola is best known as the beatboxer of the a cappella group Pentatonix. After the group won NBC's '' The Sing-Off'' ...

, cellist and member of a cappella group

Pentatonix Pentatonix (abbreviated PTX) is an American a cappella group from Arlington, Texas, currently consisting of vocalists Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, and Matt Sallee. Characterized by their pop-style arrangem ...

(graduated 2006)

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Peter Palandjian Peter Palandjian (born February 12, 1964) is the CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, a company his father founded. He's also a former collegiate and professional tennis player. Biography Early life and varsity career Born in Boston, ...

, CEO of

Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation The Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation is a SEC Registered Investment Adviser that manages private equity real estate investments and provides real estate services for domestic and international clients. Established in Boston, Massachusetts ...

* Steven C. Panagiotakos, senator *U.S. Army Major General James Parker, awarded the

(graduated 1870) * Rufus Parks, Wisconsin politician *

Jonathan Penner Jonathan Lindsay Penner (born March 5, 1962) is an American actor, screenwriter, television personality, and film producer, known for producing and starring in the film '' The Last Supper'', as well as acting in the television series ''Rude Awa ...

, actor on '' Survivor: Cook Islands'', '' Survivor: Micronesia'', and '' Survivor: Philippines'' *

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward (August 31, 1844January 28, 1911) was an early feminist American author and intellectual who challenged traditional Christian beliefs of the afterlife, challenged women's traditional roles in marriage and family, ...

, early feminist author *

Gerard Piel Gerard Piel (1 March 1915 in Woodmere, N.Y. – 5 September 2004) was the publisher of the new Scientific American magazine starting in 1948. He wrote for magazines, including '' The Nation'', and published books on science for the general ...

, journalist (graduated 1933) * Gilbert Pillsbury, forced to leave Andover after founding its first Abolitionist Society, Massachusetts State Senator (1854) *

David Pingree David Edwin Pingree (January 2, 1933, New Haven, Connecticut – November 11, 2005, Providence, Rhode Island) was an American historian of mathematics in the ancient world. He was a University Professor and Professor of History of Mathemati ...

MacArthur Award The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

-winning Brown University writer (graduated 1950) *

Katie Porter Katherine Moore Porter (born January 3, 1974) is an American politician, law professor, and lawyer who is the U.S. representative from California's 45th congressional district since 2019. She is the first Democrat to be elected to represent ...

, U.S. Congresswoman representing California's 45th Congressional District (graduated 1992) *

Jane Pratt Jane Pratt (born November 11, 1962) is the founding editor of '' Sassy'', '' Jane and'' xoJane. She is the host of the talk show ''Jane Radio'' on Sirius XM Radio. Early life Jane Pratt was born in San Francisco, California, to Sheila Marks Blak ...

, publisher, founder of ''Jane'' magazine (graduated 1980)

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* Josiah Quincy, mayor of Boston, 1823–1828; president of

, 1828-1845 (graduated 1786)

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Sarah Rafferty Sarah Gray Rafferty (born December 6, 1972) is an American actress, widely known for her role as Donna Paulsen on the USA Network legal drama '' Suits''. Early life and education Rafferty grew up as the youngest of four daughters in the Rivers ...

, actress (graduated 1989) * Herbert H. Ramsay, attorney and president of the United States Golf Association who created many of the standards used in professional golfing (graduated 1905) * C. Cybele Raver, developmental psychologist (graduated 1982) *

Henry Riggs Rathbone Henry Riggs Rathbone (February 12, 1870 – July 15, 1928) was a United States House of Representatives, congressman from Illinois. Rathbone was born in Washington, D.C., to Brevet Colonel Henry Rathbone, Henry Reed Rathbone and Clara Harri ...

, congressman and lawyer from Illinois; his parents were with Abraham Lincoln when he was shot at

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(graduated 1887) *

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(1909–1988), Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court *

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, fifth Governor of Wyoming * Pete Robbins, jazz saxophonist (graduated 1997) * Charles Ruff, lawyer who defended Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial in 1999 (graduated 1956) * Robin L. Rosenberg, U.S. District Court Judge (graduated 1979) * Richard S. Rust, forced to leave Andover after founding its first Abolitionist Society, founder of

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, composer and pianist

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* Charles G. Sawtelle, U.S. Army brigadier general * Stacy Schiff, journalist, biographer, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for her biography of Vera Nabokov (graduated 1978) *G. David Schine, entrepreneur, businessman, and political activist *Cory Schneider, New Jersey Devils goaltender (graduated 2004) *Peter Sellars, theater director (graduated 1975) *Tanya Selvaratnam, author, actor, producer, and activist (graduated 1988) *Robert B. Semple Jr., associate editor for the ''

''; Pulitzer Prize winner for environmental editorial writing (graduated 1954) *James Shannon (Massachusetts politician), James Shannon, former U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and former Massachusetts Attorney General (graduated 1969) *Duncan Sheik, musician (graduated 1988) *Charles Sheldon, leader of the Social Gospel movement (graduated 1879) *George Smith (chemist), George Pearson Smith, co-recipient of the 2018

(graduated 1958) *Peter Plympton Smith, assistant director-general for education at UNESCO and first president of California State University, Monterey Bay (graduated 1964) *Andong Song, first China-born hockey player to be drafted in the National Hockey League (NHL) (graduated 2016)Adam Kimelman, June 27, 2015, NHL.com
First Chinese player to be drafted chosen by Islanders
Retrieved March 11, 2017 *James Spader, actor (class of 1978; dropped out) *Lyman Spitzer, physicist (graduated 1931) *Benjamin Spock, pediatrician (graduated 1921) *Alfred Stearns, Alfred E. Stearns, American educator and 9th List of Phillips Academy Heads of School, Headmaster of Phillips Academy (graduated 1890) *Robert B. Stearns, founder of Bear Stearns (graduated 1906) *Joshua Steiner, financier (graduated 1983) *Frank Stella, painter (graduated 1954) *Alexander Stille, journalist (graduated 1974) *Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of State under President Hoover, Secretary of War under Presidents Taft, F. Roosevelt and Truman *William H. Sumner, son of Governor Increase Sumner; graduated from Harvard College in 1799; practiced law; general in the Massachusetts militia; wrote ''The History of East Boston'' *Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army general during World War II (graduated 1911) *William Irvin Swoope, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania

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*Oscar Tang, Chinese-American investment banker and philanthropist; chairman of Board of Trustees of Phillips Academy and largest donor in Phillips Academy history (graduated 1956) *William Davis Taylor, publisher and chair of the ''Boston Globe'' (graduated 1927) *Thomas D. Thacher (1881–1950), one-time Solicitor General of the United States *Evan Thomas, assistant managing editor of ''

'' *Nicholas Thompson (editor), Nicholas Thompson, Editor in Chief of ''Wired (magazine), Wired'' (graduated 1993) *William R. Timken, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany under George W. Bush (graduated 1956) *Rufus Tobey, (1873), founder of Tufts Childrens Hospital *William Tong, Connecticut state representative *Alexander Trowbridge, U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Lyndon Johnson; former president, National Association of Manufacturers (graduated 1947) *Augustus Trowbridge, physicist and Princeton University professor *Ming Tsai, chef and restaurateur (graduated 1982)

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*Robert Uihlein Jr., businessman and polo player (graduated 1934) *James Ramsey Ullman, writer and mountaineer (graduated 1925)

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*Bill Veeck, former owner of the Chicago White Sox (graduated 1932) *Willard Lamb Velie, grandson of John Deere (inventor), John Deere; developed advanced engines for automobiles and airplanes (graduated 1885) *William Vickrey, awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1996 *James von Klemperer, American architect

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* Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan * Gar Waterman, sculptor (graduated 1974) * Daniel S. Weld, professor of Computer Science at the University of Washington (graduated 1978) * Theodore Dwight Weld, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist (graduated 1820) * George Whipple, winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1933 for cure for pernicious anemia * George M. Whitesides, professor of chemistry at Harvard University * Reed Whittemore, poet and twice Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress * Olivia Wilde, actress (graduated 2002) * Andrew Wilson (swimmer), Andrew Wilson, American national team swimmer, world championship gold medalist (graduated 2012) * Dick Wolf, Emmy Award-winning television producer of ''Miami Vice'' and ''Law & Order franchise, Law & Order'' * Dudley Wolfe, yachtsman, skier and mountaineer (asked to leave 1916) * Francesca Woodman, photographer * Leonard Woods (college president), Leonard Woods, fourth president of Bowdoin College * Christopher A. Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Director of the FBI * Philip K. Wrigley, manufacturer of Wrigley's Chewing Gum (graduated 1915) * Timothy Wynter, competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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*Tachi Yamada, president of the Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (graduated 1963) *Jesse Colin Young, musician (expelled)

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*Dan Zanes, member of ''The Del Fuegos'' and children's music writer (graduated 1979)

References

External links

List of Alumni from Andover.edu
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