Hotchkiss School is a private, day and boarding school in Lakeville, Connecticut. Following are some of its notable alumni. Former pupils are known as Pythians (even entrance year) or Olympians (odd entrance year).
Academia
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willard F. Enteman II | 1955 | Bowdoin College president | |
| Arthur Lehman Goodhart | 1908 | Oxford's University College master and legal scholar | |
| Alfred Whitney Griswold | 1924 | Yale University president | |
| Benjamin Woods Labaree | 1945 | Williams College dean | |
| Leonard Woods Labaree | 1915 | Yale history professor | |
| Roger Sherman Loomis | 1905 | Columbia English professor | |
| Scotty McLennan | 1966 | Stanford dean for religious life, inspiration for Doonesbury character Reverend Scot Sloan | |
| Jerome J. Pollitt | 1953 | Yale art history professor | |
| Walter W. Taylor | 1931 | Conjunctive archaeology founder and professor | |
| Nader Tehrani | 1981 | Dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union | |
| Christopher Winship | 1968 | Harvard sociology professor |
Art and architecture
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Arno | 1922 | The New Yorker cartoonist | |
| Thomas Hoving | 1949 | Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art | |
| Gerald Clery Murphy | 1907 | Artist, socialite, CEO of Mark Cross | |
| Samuel Wagstaff | 1940 | Art curator and museum director | |
| Evans Woollen III | 1945 | Architect, principal and founder of Woollen, Molzan and Partners, Indianapolis |
Business
Entertainment
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| John G. Avildsen | 1955 | Film director of Rocky and The Karate Kid | |
| Max Carlish | Documentary filmmaker; recipient of a BAFTA and an International Emmy Award | ||
| Elizabeth Chandler | 1982 | Screenwriter of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and What A Girl Wants | |
| John Crosby | 1944 | Founder and director of the Santa Fe Opera; recipient of National Medal of Arts | |
| Bradford Dillman | 1947 | Film actor | |
| Peter Duchin | 1954 | Leader and organizer Peter Duchin Orchestras and Duchin Entertainment | |
| Frederick "Dennis" Greene | 1968 | Founder and lead singer of Sha Na Na and professor at the University of Dayton School of Law | |
| John H. Hammond | 1929 | Executive and producer at Columbia Records; discovered Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen | |
| Leland Hayward | 1920 | Hollywood and Broadway agent and producer | |
| Peter H. Hunt | 1957 | Theater and television director, recipient of a Tony Award for the musical 1776 | |
| Allison Janney | 1977 | Oscar and Emmy Award-winning actress | |
| Esko Laine | 1980 | Double bass player with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | |
| Chris Meledandri | 1977 | Founder and CEO of Illumination Entertainment and 20th Century Fox Animation | |
| Douglas Moore | 1911 | Pulitzer Prize-winning composer | |
| Ben Mulroney | 1993 | Host of Canadian Idol | |
| Scott Powell | 1966 | Member of the rock group Sha Na Na; orthopedic surgeon | |
| Roswell Rudd | 1954 | Grammy-nominated jazz trombonist | |
| Burr Steers | Filmmaker and actor | ||
| Chris Wallace | 1963 | Broadcast journalist | |
| Tom Werner | 1967 | Co-founder of Carsey-Werner Company, whose productions include That '70s Show, 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Cosby Show | |
| Thunder Keck | 2017 | WWE wrestler |
Government and diplomacy
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Ashe | 1963 | United States Ambassador to Poland | |
| Malcolm Baldrige Jr. | 1940 | United States Secretary of Commerce | |
| Donald B. Easum | 1942 | United States Ambassador to Nigeria and United States Assistant Secretary of State | |
| G. McMurtrie Godley | 1935 | United States Ambassador to Laos and co-founder of the Glimmerglass Opera | |
| Hallett Johnson | 1904 | United States Ambassador to Costa Rica | |
| Winston Lord | 1955 | United States Ambassador to China | |
| Livingston T. Merchant | 1922 | United States Ambassador to Canada and Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs | |
| Clark T. Randt Jr. | 1964 | United States Ambassador to China | |
| Strobe Talbott | 1964 | Deputy Secretary of State, journalist, diplomat, president of Brookings Institution | |
| Paul Warnke | Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs | ||
| Arthur K. Watson | 1938 | United States Ambassador to France | |
| Charles Yost | 1956 | United States Ambassador to the United Nations; Laos, Syria, and Morocco |
Law
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel H. Blackmer | Associate Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court | ||
| Robert Bork | United States Solicitor General, Conservative legal scholar, judge | ||
| Lisa Brown | 1978 | General Counsel of the United States Department of Education, staff secretary to President Barack Obama | |
| Eli Whitney Debevoise | 1917 | Attorney and founder of Debevoise & Plimpton | |
| Peter Hall | 1966 | Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and former U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont | |
| Jon Ormond Newman | 1949 | Judge of the United States court of appeals | |
| Potter Stewart | 1933 | Justice of the US Supreme Court |
Literature and journalism
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| José Camprubí | 1897 | La Prensa owner | |
| Edwin Denby | 1919 | Poet and dance critic | |
| Tom Dolby | 1994 | Author | |
| Varian Fry | 1926 | Journalist and "the American Schindler" | |
| John Hersey | 1932 | Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1945 winner and Yale's Pierson College master | |
| Lewis H. Lapham | 1952 | Editor of Harper's Magazine and Lapham's Quarterly | |
| William Loeb | 1923 | Publisher of the Union Leader newspaper | |
| Peter Matthiessen | 1945 | National Book Award winner 1979, 1980, and 2008 | |
| Archibald MacLeish | 1911 | Winner of 1933 and 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Drama | |
| Julia Quinn | 1987 | Romantic novelist | |
| Tom Reiss | 1982 | Winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Biography | |
| MacKenzie Scott | 1988 | Novelist |
Medicine and science
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Golby | 1985 | Neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery and radiology at Harvard Medical School | |
| David Hawkins | 1931 | Science philosopher and Manhattan Project's official historian | |
| Charles Snead Houston | 1931 | Physician and early high altitude pulmonary edema researcher | |
| Dickinson W. Richards Jr. | 1913 | Nobel Prize laureate |
Military
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thaddeus Beal | 1935 | Under Secretary of the Army | |
| Douglas Campbell | 1913 | First aviator in an American unit to achieve the status of flying ace | |
| Artemus Gates | 1911 | World War I hero and Under Secretary of the Navy | |
| Roswell Gilpatric | 1924 | Assistant Secretary of the Air Force and Deputy Secretary of Defense | |
| Frank O'Driscoll Hunter | 1913 | Chief of the First Air Force in World War II | |
| Paul Nitze | 1924 | Secretary of the Navy | |
| Elliott B. Strauss | 1921 | Rear Admiral and key Allied staff officer for the Invasion of Normandy |
Ministry
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margot Käßmann | 1975 | Bishop of Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover Landesbischöfin, first chairwoman of Evangelical Church in Germany | |
| Henry Knox Sherrill | 1907 | Bishop of Massachusetts and Presiding Bishop of Episcopal Church |
Politics
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. Lawrence Coughlin | 1946 | United States House of Representatives | |
| Charles Edison | 1909 | Governor of New Jersey | |
| Frederick Vanderbilt Field | 1923 | Political activist, staff member of Institute of Pacific Relations | |
| Philip Goodhart | 1944 | British politician | |
| Porter J. Goss | 1956 | United States House of Representatives and Director of the CIA | |
| Ernest Gruening | 1903 | Governor of Alaska and United States Senate | |
| William Kirk Kaynor | United States House of Representatives | ||
| Lawrence M. Judd | 1906 | Governor of Hawaii | |
| Robert D. Orr | 1936 | Governor of Indiana | |
| William Warren Scranton | 1935 | Governor of Pennsylvania and United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| Jerry Voorhis | 1919 | United States House of Representatives |
Sports
| Name | Class | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin F. Blair | 1920 | All-American lineman for the undefeated Yale's 1923 football team | |
| Caitlin Cahow | 2003 | Olympic bronze and silver medalist in hockey | |
| Luke Glendening | NHL forward | ||
| Stephen Greenberg | 1966 | 2nd Deputy Commissioner of Baseball | |
| Matt Herr | NHL forward | ||
| Fred Kammer | 1930 | Olympic bronze medalist in hockey | |
| Hank Ketcham | 1910 | All-American lineman for Yale (1911–1913), inductee to the College Football Hall of Fame | |
| Gina Kingsbury | 2000 | Olympic gold medalist in hockey for Canada | |
| Torrey Mitchell | 2004 | NHL forward | |
| Marshall Rifai | 2016 | NHL defenceman with the Toronto Maple Leafs | |
| Raymond W. "Ducky" Pond | 1921 | Yale University football player and coach | |
| Peter Revson | Formula One race car driver. | ||
| Shavar Thomas | Major League Soccer player for the Jamaica National Football Team | ||
| Fay Vincent | 1958 | 8th MLB Baseball Commissioner |
References
- ^ "Alumni Accomplishments". The Hotchkiss School. 2004. Archived from the original on March 10, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- Dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union
- Kevin A. Drawbaugh (16 February 1988). "Woollen's Mark Seen on Major Indiana Buildings". Indianapolis News. Indianapolis: C3.
- Cruice, Valerie (June 23, 1991). "Franklin's Greatest Hits At Early Music Festival". New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- "Football 2022". Stanford Cardinal - Official Athletics Website.
- Stone, Arthur F. (1929). The Vermont of Today, with its Historic Background, Attractions and People. Vol. III. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 71.
- Fernández, J.D. (2010). "The Discovery of Spain in New York, circa 1930". In Sullivan, Edward J. (ed.). Nueva York: 1613 – 1945. Scala, New York Historical Society.
- "Media makers: The Sixth Form" (PDF). Hotchkiss Magazine. Winter 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2015. Retrieved April 18, 2015.
- Nemy, Enid (February 7, 2000). "Frederick Vanderbilt Field, Wealthy Leftist, Dies at 94". New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- "After graduating from the Hotchkiss School in 1923, Mr. Field entered Harvard..." — ¶ 16
- Wallace, William N. "COLLEGES HOCKEY: NOTEBOOK -- DIVISION III; Middlebury Makes It Four Straight Titles", The New York Times, March 25, 1998. Accessed December 18, 2007. "Herr, the captain from the Hotchkiss School and Alpine, N.J., was held back by injuries earlier, but is fit now."
- "Stephen Greenberg: 2009 George H.W. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award Recipient". Yale Bulldogs.
- History of the Class of 1914. Yale College. 1914. p. 218. Retrieved July 12, 2023.