Pomfret School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Pomfret School

motto = _la. "Certa Viriliter" (Latin for “Strive Manfully”)
head_label = Headmaster
head = Bradford Hastings '68
type = Private, Coeducational, Secondary, Boarding
affiliation = Episcopalian
grades = 9–12, PG
students = 350
established = 1894
city = Pomfret
state = Connecticut
country = USA
campus = Rural
mascot = Griffin
website = [http://www.pomfretschool.org/ www.pomfretschool.org]

Pomfret School is an independent coeducational boarding and day school located in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States for grades 9 through 12 and offers a post-graduate year. Pomfret School was founded in 1894, on the principles of intellectual rigor and the development of character. It is dedicated to the goals of helping students realize their scholarly, physical and spiritual potential while recognizing their responsibilities as members of a community.

Pomfret is located on Connecticut Route 169 next to The Rectory School.

Facilities

The campus was designed by noted landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted in 1894. The architect Ernest Flagg (1857-1946) designed the Romanesque stone Clark Memorial Chapel in 1907, and the distinctive brick Georgian school house, four dormitories, infirmary & gymnasium from 1907 to 1917. In October 2003, Pomfret School opened the doors of its new athletic center and student union. The athletic center was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Jon Corzine, parents of a recent Pomfret graduate. Mr. Corzine is the current Governor of New Jersey. Other new facilities include the Jahn Rink, designed by world-renowned architect Helmut Jahn, the parent of a recent graduate; the Blodgett Boathouse and Blodgett Tennis Center, both donated by Mark Blodgett '75; a new state-of-the-art observatory; and the Lasell Alumni House.

Notable alumni

*Edward Stettinius, Jr., first United States Ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Secretary of State
*Edward Streeter '10, banker and author of "Father of the Bride", and "Mr. Hobbs' Vacation".
*William P. Carey '48, businessman, philanthropist
*Rep. Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr., Member of Congress (D-NY) and U.S. Minister to Hungary & Portugal
*Eric D. Coleman, State Senator , (D) Deputy President Pro Tempore in the Connecticut Senate
*Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Medical College
*William F. Draper, prominent portrait painter
*Edward B. du Pont, former Chairman of Atlantic Aviation Corporation, Board Member du Pont Company
*Sooho Cho '74, late President of Hanjin Shipping (HJS)
*Henry A. du Pont, Board Member du Pont Company
*Adam Hochschild '60, a founder of Mother Jones, author of the best-selling book "King Leopold's Ghost"
*Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., son of Senator Robert Kennedy and host of Ring of Fire
*Ridley Pearson'71, best-selling author of "The Art of Deception", and co-author of "Peter & The Starcatchers".
*Alex Gibney, Academy- Emmy- and Grammy-winning writer, film producer and director
*Jeremiah Bogert, "New York Times" Photo Editor
*John Bockstoce '62, author of "Whales, Ice, & Men", and "Arctic Discoveries".
*Buzz Yudell '65, architect, designed U.S. Embassy in Berlin
*Jack Hardy '65, singer-songwriter
*Peter Corbin '64, landscape & portrait artist
*Bradford Hastings '68, the school's headmaster
*Donald E. Williams, Jr. '75, State Senator, (D) President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate
*Prince Lorenzo Borghese, star of ABC's ""
*Jimmy Gleacher, author of best-selling book "It's How You Play the Game"
*John E. Evans, III, attorney, Noted national criminal defense lawyer and indigent legal services advocate
*Eben Ostby, animator at Pixar Studios
*Sarah Vaillancourt, Olympic gold medalist
*Orville Schell III '58, China-watcher, author.
*Peter Beard '56, photographer.
*Mark Simon '64, architect, Centerbrook Architects
*Jon Stone '48, a founding producer of Sesame Street and Author
*Scott Larned, late member of the Dark Star Orchestra
*Theodore Robb, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry - 1970-1971
*Roger Angell '38, Fiction editor and regular contributor at The New Yorker
*Robert B. Fiske '48, United States Attorney and Whitewater controversy Special Prosecutor
*Robert Vickrey '44, Artist and author who specializes in the ancient medium of egg tempera.
*Joe Boyd, Record producer and author of White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s

Notable faculty

"Former Faculty"
*William E. Peck, Founder and First Headmaster 1894-1897, Previously Head of St. Mark's School
*Gov. John N. Dempsey, Pomfret soccer coach and subsequently Governor of Connecticut 1961-1971
*Rep. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr., Member of Congress (R-CT) 1947-49, 1951-59, 1961-63
*Dr. Robert Dentler, Drafted Boston Public Schools desegregation plan and later Dean of Boston University
* Rev. George Langdon, Headmaster of Salisbury School 1942-1965
*Dexter Strong, Pomfret's Headmaster 1942-1951 then Headmaster of Lakeside School in Seattle, WA
*Patrick F. Bassett, Pomfret's Headmaster 1989-1993, Current President of the National Association of Independent Schools"Current Faculty"
*John Corrigan, crime novelist, Pomfret English teacher, and columnist for Golf Today.

Prominent guests & fellows

*David McCullough, writer, historian, and host of "The American Experience" on public television
*Joyce Carol Oates, national award-winning author
*Robert Ballard, oceanographer, discoverer of Titanic
*Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize wining author of "Angela's Ashes"
*Carlos Fuentes, Latin American novelist
*Jacques d'Amboise, world renowned dancer with the New York City Ballet Company
*Victor Wooten, Bass guitarist for Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
*Oteil Burbridge, Bass guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band
*Shelby Foote, Author & American Civil War Historian
*Chevy Chase, writer, actor, performer
*Jean-Michel Cousteau, explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer
*Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Governor of New Jersey
*Donald Johanson, Paleoanthropologist, discovered the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton known as "Lucy"
*Brian Greene, physicist and String Theorist
*Bill Bryson, writer "A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail"
*Rep. Shirley Chisholm, (D-NY) first African American woman elected to the United States Congress
*Tom Brokaw, Anchor of the NBC Nightly News
*David Brinkley, American television newscaster
*Carole Simpson, ABC News Anchor
*Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr., (R-CT) U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Connecticut
*Bob Feller, Former Major League Baseball pitcher and Hall of Famer.
*George Plimpton, Journalist, writer, editor, and actor
*Benny Goodman, jazz musician, clarinetist and bandleader

External links

* [http://www.pomfretschool.org Pomfret School website]
* [http://www.schoolfair.tv/ct_pomfret.html Pomfret School Admissions Video on SchoolFair.tv]
* [http://web.mac.com/wbvc Pomfret School's Radio Station: WBVC 91.1 FM]
* [http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070121/NEWS01/70121003 Norwich Bulletin Article on Bill Bryson]
* [http://www.johnrcorrigan.com Faculty John Corrigan's Website]