List of The Hill School alumni
The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of The Hill School, a preparatory boarding school located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.
A
- William Arrowsmith, 1941 – professor[1]
- Malcolm Atterbury, 1926 – actor
B
- John Backus, 1942 – computer scientist; inventor of the FORTRAN computer language[2]
- James Baker III, 1948 – secretary of state, U.S. secretary of the treasury[3]
- Chris Bala, 1997 – professional ice hockey player
- Perry Richardson Bass – investor and philanthropist[4]
- Cleve Benedict, 1953 – West Virginian congressman[5]
- Pinckney Benedict, 1982 – screenwriter and author
- George Packer Berry – dean of Harvard Medical School[6]
- Manoj Bhargava, 1972 – inventor of 5-hour Energy[7]
- Frank S. Bissell - head wrestling coach 1947-73
- Curtis Bok, 1915 – Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice
- William Whiting Borden – missionary, heir of Borden fortune[8]
- George Bradley – poet
- Hans Brase, 2012 – German basketball player
- Josiah Bunting III, 1957 – educator, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute
- Irving T. Bush – businessman
C
- Robert Davis Carey, 1896 – governor and senator from Wyoming
- John Dickson Carr, 1925 – author
- Sabin Carr, 1924 – Olympic athlete
- Bernard Chan, 1983 – Hong Kong politician and businessman[9]
- Evans Clark (1888–1970) – writer committed first to Communist and Socialist causes and then liberal socio-economic issues[10]
- Jay Clayton
- William F. Clinger, 1947 – former congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979–97, US Navy (1951–55, lt.)
- Henry S. Coleman, c. 1944 – educator[11]
- Chris Collingwood, 1985 – singer, songwriter, member of rock band Fountains of Wayne
- Paul Collins, 1986 – historian and memoirist
- Seward Collins – distributist, anti-modernist
- James Cromwell, 1958 – Academy Award-nominated television and film actor
- Briggs Cunningham, 1926 – sportsman, motor enthusiast; won America's Cup yacht race in 1958
D
- Hugh DeHaven, 1914 – professor at Cornell University and "father of crash survivability"
- Kingman Douglass, 1914 – investment banker; deputy director of CIA
- Jack G. Downing, 1958 – director of the National Clandestine Service under President Bill Clinton
E
- Lincoln Ellsworth, 1919 – polar explorer, first to sight geographic North Pole along with explorer Roald Amundsen
- German Horton Hunt Emory
- Brett Eppehimer – professional basketball player
- Nick Eppehimer – professional basketball player
F
- John Heaphy Fellowes, 1951 – U.S. Navy captain, pilot, and POW during the Vietnam War
- Morton Fetterolf – Pennsylvania state senator[12]
- Clarence Fincke – captain of Yale football team, Hill football coach
- William Fincke – pacifist minister
- Leonard Firestone, 1927 – U.S. ambassador to Belgium, 1974–77, US Navy (WWII, lt.)
- Walter Forbes, 1961 – fraudulent executive
- Wilson P. Foss Jr., 1910 – board chair New York Trap Rock Corporation, art dealer and collector of Asian art
- Harold Furth, 1947 – scientist[13]
G
- George Garrett, 1941 – poet, novelist, educator
- Caleb Frank Gates, 1922 – chancellor of the University of Denver
- Chris Gebhard, 1992 – business owner, Pennsylvania state senator
- Wolcott Gibbs, class of '20 but did not graduate – writer for The New Yorker
- S. C. Gwynne, 1970 – bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize finalist
H
- Harry Hamlin, 1970 – actor
- Dick Harter, 1948 – assistant coach of the Philadelphia 76ers
- Laning Harvey, 1903 – Pennsylvania state senator
- E. William Henry, 1947 – chairman of FCC
- Frederick Herreshoff, 1904 – amateur golfer
- Ralph Hills, 1921 – Olympic shot putter, physician
- Mahlon Hoagland, 1940 – discoverer of transfer RNA
- Randy Hopper, 1985 – Wisconsin state senator
- Roger Horchow, 1945 – Tony Award-winning Broadway producer
- Sam Horner, 1956 – NFL halfback, defensive back and punter
- Clark Hoyt, 1960 – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- James Calhoun Humes, 1952 – speechwriter
- Lamar Hunt, 1951 – businessman
- Nelson Bunker Hunt, did not graduate – scion of the Hunt Oil Company family; donated the costs to renovate his namesake building on campus
- Thad Hutcheson, 1933 – politician
J
K
- Theo Killion – CEO 2010–14, led the failing Zale Corporation back from near-bankruptcy
- Eric King – NFL player[14]
- Bob Kudelski, 1983 – professional ice hockey player, 1994 NHL All Star
L
- Lewis Lehrman, 1956 – politician, businessman, author
- Josiah K. Lilly Jr.
- Steven Lisberger – film director and producer, directed Tron
- Robert A. Lovett, 1914 – fourth United States secretary of defense
- Bill Luders – notable naval architect
M
- Charles William Mayo[15]
- Alberto Mestre, 1982 – Olympian swimmer[16]
- James A. Michener, 1931 – author; faculty, department of English
- Devereux Milburn – Big Four polo player
- Spencer Moseley – CEO of Railway Express Agency[17]
P
- Frank Pace, 1929 – secretary of the Army; CEO of General Dynamics
- Alan J. Pakula, 1944 – Hollywood director and producer[18]
- Edward E. Paramore Jr. – screenwriter[19]
- David Paton – founder of Orbis International
- George Patton IV, 1942 – major general in the United States Army; son of World War II General George Patton
- Norman Pearlstine, 1960 – a former top editor at The Wall Street Journal, Time Inc., Bloomberg L.P. and The Los Angeles Times
- Lionel Pincus, 1948 – co-founder of Warburg Pincus
- William Porter, 1944 – Olympic athlete
- Winston L. Prouty, 1924 – U.S. senator from Vermont (1959–1971)
- William Proxmire, 1934 – U.S. senator from Wisconsin (D)[20]
- Stephen Puth – singer; brother of Charlie Puth
Q
- William Thomas Quick, 1964 – novelist, screenwriter, blogger. Named the Blogosphere.
R
- Parviz C. Raji – Iranian diplomat
- William S. Reyburn – congressman for Pennsylvania[5]
- Pat Rissmiller, 1998 – NHL athlete
- Robert F. Rockwell, 1903 – United States congressman from Colorado
- William A. Roosma – U.S. Army major general[21]
- Peter Rummell, CEO of St. Joe Company
- Frank Runyeon, 1971 – actor, two-time Emmy Award winner
- Marshall Rutter – lawyer, arts patron, co-founder of the Los Angeles Master Chorale
S
- Len Sassaman, 1998 – computer scientist and biohacker; candidate for Satoshi
- Peter Schaffer, 1980 – lawyer and sports agent
- Barry Sheen, 1937 – British judge
- Jon Shirley, 1956 – former president of Microsoft
- Ernest Simpson, 1915 – British shipping tycoon best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson, who later married the former Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, elder brother of George VI
- Kenneth F. Simpson – congressman
- Lane Smith, attended in 1955, did not graduate – character actor
- Stephen Sohn, 2005 – Korean-American model
- Jerry Stahl, 1971 – novelist, screenwriter
- David Stein, 1979 – radio personality
- Oliver Stone, 1964 – Academy Award-winning producer/director
- Daniel Willard Streeter – hunter, adventurer and author
- William Irvin Swoope, 1888 – United States congressman from Pennsylvania
T
- Harold E. Talbott, 1907 – aviator and president of the Dayton-Wright Company, which manufactured more wartime aircraft overall than any other U.S. plant; third United States Secretary of the Air Force; selected the permanent site for United States Air Force Academy
- Baird Tipson, 1961 – former president of Washington College
- Kevin Tkachuk – professional rugby player; faculty, department of History[22]
- Franchot Tone, Class of 1923, but did not graduate – prominent, Oscar-nominated actor of stage, film and television productions
- Roswell Tripp
- Juan T. Trippe, 1917 – airline pioneer, founder of Pan Am
- Bobby Troup – composer of "Route 66", musician, composer, jazz authority, recording artist, actor, Emmy Award winner
- Donald Trump Jr., 1996 – son of Donald Trump
- Eric Trump, 2002 – son of Donald Trump; Hill board of trustees
U
- David Vogel Uihlein, Sr. – heir to the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company
V
- Butch van Breda Kolff – professional basketball player and coach in the NBA
- John Van Voorhis, 1919 – New York Supreme Court judge[23]
W
- John M. Walker, 1927 – physician and investment banker
- Irving Price Wanger – congressman[24]
- Douglas "Sandy" A. Warner III, 1964 – former CEO of J. P. Morgan & Co.
- Laurence Hawley Watres, 1900 – U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania[25]
- Harry Elkins Widener, 1902 – businessman; son of wealthy businessman George Dunton Widener; grandson of wealthy railroad tycoon Peter A.B. Widener; two buildings donated in his name
- Edmund Wilson, 1912 – writer
- Tom Wolf, 1967 – 47th governor of Pennsylvania (2015–2023)[26]
- Tobias Wolff, Class of 1964, but was expelled for forging information for admission – writer, novelist, English and writing professor at Stanford
- Sidney Wood – Wimbledon tennis champion
- Benjamin Drake Wright
Y
- Richard Yuengling Sr., 1933 – president of Yuengling Brewery
References
- ↑ "William Ayres Arrowsmith '45". Princeton Alumni Weekly. January 21, 2016. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2017.
- ↑ JOHN BACKUS: a restless inventor, accessed December 24, 2006
- ↑ James A. Baker, 3rd, Current Biography, March 2007. Accessed December 25, 2007. "Like his father, Jim Baker, as he prefers to be known, attended the Hill School, a college prep school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, then enrolled at Princeton University."
- ↑ Leslie Wayne, Perry R. Bass, 91, Patriarch of Famed Texas Oil Family, Dies, The New York Times, June 2, 2006
- 1 2 Congress, United States; Dodge, Andrew R.; Koed, Betty K. (2005). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-073176-1.
- ↑ Altman, Lawrence K., "George P. Berry, 87, Is Dead; Bacteriologist and Educator", New York Times
- ↑ Clare O'Connor (February 8, 2012). "The Mystery Monk Making Billions With 5-Hour Energy". Forbes magazine.
- ↑ William Whiting Borden. Vol. 5 – via rowman.com.
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- ↑ Staff. "Evans Clark, Writer, Is Dead; Director of 20th Century Fund", The New York Times, August 29, 1970. Accessed December 24, 2017. "Mr. Clark, who was born in Orange, N. J., on Aug. 9, 1888, received his early education in private schools in New York City and at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa."
- ↑ Martin, Douglas. "Henry S. Coleman, 79, Dies; Hostage at Columbia in '68", The New York Times, February 4, 2006. Accessed September 12, 2009.
- ↑ "FETTEROLF, Morton H., Jr" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 26, 2017.
- ↑ Biographical Memoirs. National Academies Press. December 7, 2003. ISBN 978-0-309-08699-8.
- ↑ "King Perseveres To Become One Of ACC's Elite". Wake Forest University Athletics.
- ↑ Covet, Sylvia S. (2008). "Charles William Mayo, M.D. July 28, 1898 – July 28, 1968". Postgraduate Medicine. 120 (4): 5–6. doi:10.3810/pgm.2008.11.1927. PMID 19020359. S2CID 207558354.
- ↑ "The Hill School Hall of Fame Founders Fall p. 2". www.thehill.org. Archived from the original on August 29, 2016.
- ↑ Cook, Joan (May 24, 1991). "S. D. Moseley, 72, Football Star at Yale And Executive, Dies". The New York Times.
- ↑ Carnes, Mark Christopher (2002). American National Biography: Supplement. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-522202-9.
- ↑ Gardner, Martin (February 20, 2013). Famous Poems from Bygone Days. Courier Corporation. ISBN 978-0-486-14856-4.
- ↑ Severo, Richard. "William Proxmire, Maverick Democratic Senator From Wisconsin, Is Dead at 90", The New York Times, December 16, 2005. Accessed October 31, 2007. "The family was well-to-do, and he was sent to the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., and then to Yale, where he was an English major."
- ↑ "Roosma Twins Will Go to West Point". Herald News. Passaic, NJ. July 2, 1954. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Employee Directory The Hill School". www.thehill.org.
- ↑ "Historical Society of the New York Courts". www.nycourts.gov.
- ↑ "Irving Price Wanger". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org.
- ↑ "Col. L. H. Watres, 82, World War Hero, Dies". Scranton Tribune. Scranton, PA. February 7, 1964. pp. 3, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Hill alumnus Tom Wolf '67 elected Pennsylvania Governor". The Hill School. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2015.