List of Phillips Exeter Academy alumni

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

1790s

*Dudley Leavitt (publisher) (1790) - Publisher, writer, Meredith, New Hampshire [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=6UZAAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5&dq=%22dudley+leavitt%22+%22phillips+exeter+academy%22&source=web&ots=B0PjXvYLJb&sig=TMapsfPqeCKGPtYSx1KASJ6Or8g&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result General Catalogue of Officers and Students, 1783-1903, Phillips Exeter Academy, The News-Letter Press, Exeter, 1903] ]
*Lewis Cass (1792) - Secretary of State
*Nathaniel Upham (1793) - United States Representative from New Hampshire.
*Samuel Conner (1794) - U.S. Representative from MassachusettsFact|date=April 2007
*Daniel Webster (1796) - U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, born in New Hampshire

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.)

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

1830s

*Amos Tappan Akerman (c.1839) - U.S. Attorney General, 1870-1872, not listed in Alumni Records [http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps9890/lps9890/www.usdoj.gov/jmd/ls/agbiographies.htm#akerman]

1840s

*Christopher Langdell (c.1848) Legal scholar, jurist and educator.

1860s

*Robert Todd Lincoln (1860) - Son of President Abraham Lincoln, US Secretary of War.
*John E. Leonard (1863) - U.S. Representative from Louisiana [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000247 LEONARD, John Edwards - Biographical Information ] ]
*Emmanuel Sullavou (1867) - 2nd African American to Graduate from Harvard [ [http://www.exeter.edu/publications/exeter/fall_01/past.htm Phillips Exeter Academy | Home ] ]

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. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000376 Walter Irving McCoy biography] , United States Congress. Accessed August 3, 2007.]
*Frederick Winslow Taylor (1874) - president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) from 1906-1907

1880s

*Amos Alonzo Stagg (1880) - "Grandfather of Football"
*Gifford Pinchot (1885) - First Chief Forester of the U.S. Forest Service and the Governor of Pennsylvania.
*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

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.

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

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).

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).

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.]

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

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.
*Myron Magnet (1962) - Conservative author, Editor at Large of"City Journal"
*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).
*Charles Trueheart (1969) - Author and journalist.

1970s

*Nicholas Callaway (1970) - Publisher, television producer, writer, and photographer
*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)

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
* 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)

1990s

*Michael Crowley (1990) - Journalist; Webster Hall South dormitory proctor
*Jeff Ma (1990) - part of MIT blackjack team, basis of the film 21 (2008 film) and the book Bringing Down the House (book) by Ben Mezrich; Webster Hall South dormitory proctor
*Alessandro Nivola (1990) - Actor
*Jedediah Purdy (1992) - Author, law school professor
*Alex Berkett (1993) - Notable media investment banker in New York City
*John Forté (1993) - Musician
*Ted Zagat (1993) - Vice President, Univision Communications Inc., son of founders of Zagat restaurant guide
*Sloan DuRoss (1995) Olympic Rower 2004, Men's Quadruple ScullsFact|date=April 2007
*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 ChampionshipsFact|date=April 2007

2000s

*Sam Fuld (2000) - Major League baseball player
*William Butler (2001) - Musician (multi-instrumentalist of Arcade Fire)
*Tom Cavanagh (2001) - National Hockey League player
*Mark Zuckerberg (2002) - founder of Facebook

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