List of Phillips Exeter Academy alumni

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The following is a list of notable alumni from Phillips Exeter Academy.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents 1 1790s 2 1810s 3 1820s 4 1830s 5 1860s 6 1870s 7 1880s 8 1900s 9 1910s 10 1920s 11 1930s 12 1940s 13 1950s 14 1960s 15 1970s 16 1980s 17 1990s 18 2000s 19 References

[edit] 1790s

• Lewis Cass (1792) - Secretary of State
• Nathaniel Upham (1793) - United States Representative from New Hampshire.
• Samuel Conner (1794) - U.S. Representative from Massachusetts^{[citation needed]}
• Daniel Webster (1796) - U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, born in New Hampshire

[edit] 1810s

• John Adams Dix (1810) - Secretary of the Treasury, Senator from New York, Governor of New York
• George Bancroft (1811) - Historian, Secretary of Navy, and founder of the United States Naval Academy. (Admitted to Harvard at age 13.)

[edit] 1820s

• Franklin Pierce (1820) - 14th U.S. President
• Alpheus Felch (c. 1822) - U.S. Senator and Governor of Michigan
• John Parker Hale (c. 1824) - U.S. Representative, Senator, abolitionist from New Hampshire

[edit] 1830s

• Amos Tappan Akerman (c.1839) - U.S. Attorney General, 1870-1872, not listed in Alumni Records[1]

[edit] 1860s

• Robert Todd Lincoln (1860) - Son of President Abraham Lincoln, US Secretary of War.
• John E. Leonard (1863) - U.S. Representative from Louisiana^[1]
• Emmanuel Sullavou (1867) - 2nd African American to Graduate from Harvard ^[2]

[edit] 1870s

• Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr. (c. 1870) - Entrepreneur, Son of President Ulysses S. Grant, not listed in Alumni Records
• Walter I. McCoy (c. 1875) - Represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district from 1911 to 1913, and the 9th district from 1913 to 1914.^[3]
• Frederick Winslow Taylor (1874) - president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) from 1906-1907

[edit] 1880s

• Amos Alonzo Stagg (1880) - "Grandfather of Football"
• Gifford Pinchot (1885) - First Chief Forester of the U.S. Forest Service
• George Higgins (1887) - U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
• Thomas Lamont (1888) - Partner and chairman of Board of Directors of J.P. Morgan & Co.. Father of Thomas W. Lamont, Jr. (1916) and Corliss Lamont (1920); grandfather of Edward M. Lamont (1944); great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (1972).
• Booth Tarkington (1889) - Winner, Pulitzer Prize, not listed in Alumni Records

[edit] 1900s

• William D. Byron, Maryland politician.
• Thomas Coffin (1906) - U.S. Representative from Idaho
• Robert Benchley (1908) - author, member of original staff of The New Yorker, actor. Father of Nathaniel Benchley (1934), Robert Benchley Jr. (1938), Grandfather of Peter Benchley (1957) and Nat Benchley.

[edit] 1910s

• Lawrence Dennis (1912?) - Author and economist, not listed in Alumni Records
• Werner Janssen (1916?) - Conductor and composer
• Norris H. Cotton (1919) - U.S. Representative and Senator from New Hampshire

[edit] 1920s

• Corliss Lamont (1920) - Humanist and civil libertarian
• Wheaton Lane (1921) - Noted American History Professor at Princeton University
• William N. Bates, Jr. - Instructor in English, PEA. Brother of Robert H. Bates (1929).
• William G. Saltonstall (1924) - Instructor, Ninth Principal PEA.
• Dwight Macdonald (1925) - Author and critic
• Drew Pearson (1925) - Newspaper reporter, author, columnist.
• James Agee (1928) - Author and critic
• Tex McCrary (1928) - Journalist, radio and television talk-show innovator, political "fixer".
• Robert H. Bates (1929) - Instructor in English, PEA. Noted mountaineer. Brother of William N. Bates, Jr. (1924).
• H. Hamilton "Hammy" Bissell (1929) - Long-time Director of Scholarships at the Academy. Uncle of John Irving (1961).

[edit] 1930s

• Pierre S. du Pont (1930) - President of DuPont, manager of General Motors
• Hamilton Webb (1931) - Highly decorated Brigadier General
• Germain Glidden (1932) - Artist and squash player
• Adolph Coors III (1933) - Businessman
• Richard French (1933) - Celebrated Musicologist and Yale Professor
• Arthur Schlesinger Jr. (1933) - Historian
• Nathaniel Benchley (1934) - Author, screenwriter. Son of Robert Benchley (1908), father of Peter Benchley (1957) and Nat Benchley.
• Richard Bolling (c. 1934) - U.S. Representative from Missouri
• Edward Myers (1934) - Founder of first national mail order seafood business; founder of Maine aquaculture industry
• Joseph Coors (1935) - C.E.O., Coors Brewing Company
• Hugh Gregg (1935) - Governor of New Hampshire, father of Senator Judd Gregg (1965)
• David Hall (c. 1935) - Recorded sound archivist
• Alden Todd (1935) - Writer
• James T. Aubrey, Jr. (c. 1936), President of CBS and MGM
• Lex Barker (1938) - Actor
• Nicholas Katzenbach (1938) - Former U.S. Attorney General and Vice-President of IBM. Father of John Katzenbach (1968).

[edit] 1940s

• Burke Marshall (1940) - U.S. Assistant Attorney General
• Colin F.N. Irving (1941) - Instructor in Russian. Stepfather of John Irving (1961).
• Gore Vidal (1943) - Author
• Edward Lamont (1944) - Politician, grandson of Thomas W. Lamont (1888); son of Thomas W. Lamont, Jr. (1916); father of Ned Lamont (1972).
• George Plimpton (1944) - Author/editor, journalist, actor. [Sent down.] Son of Francis T.P. Plimpton (1917).
• John Knowles (1945) - Author (A Separate Peace)
• Donald Hall (1947) - Poet (US Poet Laureate, 2006-2007)
• Carlos Romero Barceló (1949) - Governor of Puerto Rico
• Thomas P. Hoving (1949) - Museum director, author, publisher [Sent down, graduated from Hotchkiss School.]

[edit] 1950s

• Richard S. Arnold (1953) - former judge of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, federal courthouse in Little Rock bears his name
• Edward S. Gleason (1951) - PEA Chaplain, President Forward Movement Inc.
• Pierre S. du Pont, IV (1952) - former Governor of Delaware, Republican
• Stanford Phelps (1952) - Former President and Chief Investment Officer of U.S. Life Advisors and U.S. Life Income Fund
• Christopher Jencks (1954) - Harvard professor, writer, author of "The Exeter Syndrome: Dissatisfaction, Delinquency, Despair, and Departure"
• Joseph Nadeau (1955) - Senior Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
• John D. "Jay" Rockefeller IV (1954) - Senator from West Virginia, Democratic Party (United States)Democrat
• Stewart Brand (1956) - Editor, author, Internet pioneer
• H. John Heinz III (1956) - Senator from Pennsylvania
• John Negroponte (1956) - The first Director of National Intelligence
• Peter Benchley (1957)- Journalist, Presidential Speech Writer, Author and Screenwriter (Jaws). Son of Nathaniel Benchley (1934), and grandson of Robert Benchley (1907).
• Tim Wirth (1957) - U.S. Representative and Senator from Colorado, current head of the United Nations Foundation
• David Lamb (1958) - Author, foreign correspondent The Los Angeles Times.
• Robert Thurman (1958) - First American to be ordained a Buddhist priest in 1964, current leading expert on Tibetan Buddhism
• John M. Walker, Jr. (1958) - Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• August Zemo (1958) - Educator
• David Rockefeller, Jr. (1959) - Philanthropist and businessman, descendant of John D. Rockefeller
• Morris S. Arnold (1959) - U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Guy B. Darst (1959) - Journalist
• Daniel Dennett (1959) - Philosopher
• Hayford Peirce (1959) - Writer
• Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. (1959) - Educator

[edit] 1960s

• Charles Horman (1960) - Journalist, victim of Chilean coup.
• Charles C. Krulak (1960) - 31st Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
• John Irving (1961) - Author. Has written more books and short stories set at Exeter than any other alum author. Stepson of Colin F.N. Irving (1941).
• Chester E. Finn, Jr. (1962) - Educator. President, Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.
• Gregory Craig (1963) - Attorney, assistant Secretary of State, defended President Bill Clinton in Impeachment trial, represented father of Elián González in child custody/refugee case, foreign policy adviser to Senator Barack Obama.
• Frederick I. Taft (1963) - Attorney. (See Taft family)
• Carter Wiseman (1963) - Architecture critic New York magazine; lecturer in architecture, Yale School of Architecture, biographer of Louis Kahn; editor, Yale Alumni Magazine.
• Donald Chiofaro (1964) - President, the Chiofaro Company, property development, Boston, Massachusetts.
• Peter Coors (1965)- President, Adolph Coors Brewing Co.
• David Darst (1965) - Managing director Morgan Stanley.
• Terry Goddard (1965) - Attorney General of Arizona, formerly Mayor of Phoenix.
• Judd Gregg (1965) - Senator from New Hampshire, son of Hugh Gregg (1935), former Governor of New Hampshire.
• Helmut Panke (1965) - President, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG.
• Harrison "Skip" Pope Jr. (1965) - Distinguished psychiatrist.
• Charles Smith (1965) - Author, screenwriter.
• Toby Webb (1965) - Executive Vice President Verizon Communications.
• Kent Conrad (1966) - Senator from North Dakota
• David Eisenhower (1966) - grandson of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States; Namesake to the Camp David presidential retreat.
• Fred Grandy (1966) - Actor, politician, political commentator. Son of William Grandy, Jr. (1927).
• Lawrence Lasker (1967) – Producer and screenwriter of Sneakers
• John Katzenbach (1968) - Author. Son of Nicholas Katzenbach (1938).

[edit] 1970s

• Joyce Maynard (1971) - Author
• Benmont Tench (1971) - Musician and Producer
• Ned Lamont (1972) - businessman, cable television executive; MBA, Yale School of Management; Democratic nominee for Senator from Connecticut in 2006 defeated by Joseph Lieberman (I). Son of Edward M. Lamont (1944), grandson of Thomas W. Lamont, Jr. (1916), great-grandson of Thomas Lamont (1888).
• Ward E. Scott (1972) - Colonel, United States Marines
• John O. McGinnis (1975) Legal theorist
• Brooks D. Simpson (1975) - Author, historian
• Suzy Welch (1977) - Journalist, author, former editor of Harvard Business Review, married to former GE CEO Jack Welch
• Catherine Disher (1978) - Actress
• Michael Cerveris (1979) - Broadway and movie actor
• Jon Smith (1979) - Four time US Olympic rower (1980 - 1992)
• Andrew Sudduth (1979) - Olympic athlete (Rowing, men's eight, silver, 1984, single scull, 6th, 1988)

[edit] 1980s

• Paul Klebnikov (1981) - Journalist
• Greg Daniels (1981) - Producer, including (The Simpsons), adapted U.S. version of The Office from the BBC version
• Sarah Lyall (1981) - reporter, The New York Times
• Michael Okwu (1982) - Journalist
• Dan Brown (1982) - Former Instructor in English at Phillips Exeter Academy, bestselling author (The Da Vinci Code)
• Gwynneth (Hardesty) Coogan (1983) - Olympic athlete (10,000 m, 1992)
• Adam Guettel (1983) Musical Theater Composer, Composed The Light in the Piazza Winner of 6 Tony Awards
• Chang-Rae Lee (1983) - Author
• Michael Bay (1983) - Director of Pearl Harbor (film)
• Edmund Perry (1985) - Honor student shot to death by a plainclothes NYC policeman
• Kenji Yoshino (1987) - Law school professor, author
• China Forbes (1988) - Musician (Lead singer of Pink Martini)

[edit] 1990s

• Michael Crowley (1990) - Journalist
• Alessandro Nivola (1990) - Actor
• Jedediah Purdy (1992) - Author, law school professor
• John Forté (1993) - Musician
• Ted Zagat (1993) - President, Zagat Survey
• Sloan DuRoss (1995) Olympic Rower 2004, Men's Quadruple Sculls^{[citation needed]}
• Ketch Secor (1996)- Musician & Vocalist, Old Crow Medicine Show
• Win Butler (1998) - Musician (Lead singer of Arcade Fire)
• Mike Blomquist (1999) - U.S. National Team (Rowing), 2005 Men's 8+, Gold Medal 2005 World Championships^{[citation needed]}
• Jeff Ma - part of MIT blackjack team, basis of the film 21 (2008 film) and the book Bringing Down the House (book) by Ben Mezrich

[edit] 2000s

• Sam Fuld (2000) - Major League baseball player
• William Butler (2001) - Musician (multi-instrumentalist of Arcade Fire)
• Tom Cavanagh (2001) - National Hockey League player

[edit] References