List of Phillips Academy alumni

The following is a list of notable past students of Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Academy Andover) and of the former Abbot Academy (Phillips became coeducational in 1973 by merging with its sister school). == A == Joseph Carter Abbott, Union Army general; North Carolina congressman and lawyer Hafsat Abiola, Nigerian political activist; winner of 1999 Women to Watch Award from the Association of Women's Development (graduated 1992) Ernie Adams, director of Football Research, New England Patriots (graduated 1971) Chris Agee, poet, essayist and editor living in Ireland (graduated 1974) Wallace M. Alexander (1869–1939), heir, corporate director, philanthropist Jonathan Alter, senior editor and columnist at Newsweek (graduated 1975) Julia Alvarez, author (graduated 1967) Adelbert Ames Jr., scientist Carl Andre, minimalist artist (graduated 1953) James T. Austin, 22nd Massachusetts attorney general (graduated 1794) == B == Thomas J. Baldrige, Pennsylvania attorney general and Superior Court president judge (graduated 1892) Sullivan Ballou, Union soldier (graduated 1849) Alexander Bannwart, businessman (graduated 1902) Charles Barber, author on mental health and psychiatric issues John Barres, current Roman Catholic bishop of Rockville Centre Ed Bass, Texas billionaire philanthropist (graduated 1963) Robin Batteau, composer, singer-songwriter (graduated 1965) James Phinney Baxter III, former president of Williams College and Pulitzer Prize winner Willow Bay, CNN news anchor (graduated 1981) Henry C. Beck III, CEO, The Beck Group (graduated 1973) Bruce Beemer, former Pennsylvania attorney general and current Pennsylvania inspector general (graduated 1987) Bill Belichick, coach of New England Patriots (graduated 1971) James Bell, New Hampshire politician and lawyer Charles R. Bentley, glaciologist and geophysicist Paul R. Berger, engineering professor and IEEE fellow (graduated 1981) John Berman, CNN senior news anchor and journalist (graduated 1990) Michael Beschloss, historian (graduated 1973) Hiram Bingham III, archaeologist; rediscovered ruins of Machu Picchu (graduated 1894) David B. Birney, Union general in the American Civil War Jennifer Bishop, Baltimore-based photojournalist (graduated 1975) H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist (graduated 1972) Les Blank, independent documentary filmmaker (graduated 1954) Humphrey Bogart, actor (attended 1918; expelled) Paul Bremer, diplomat notable for his role as administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq following the 2003 invasion (graduated 1959) Johnny Broaca, professional baseball player Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University (graduated 1964) Michael Burlingame, historian (graduated 1960) John Horne Burns, author (graduated 1933) Edgar Rice Burroughs, author (student until 1894, then transferred to Michigan Military Academy) George H. W. Bush, 41st U.S. president (graduated 1942) George W. Bush, 43rd U.S. president (graduated 1964) Jeb Bush, governor of Florida (graduated 1971) == C == Norman Cahners, publisher and athlete; qualified for 1936 Olympics but boycotted because games were held in Nazi Germany Jonathan G. Callahan, former Wisconsin assemblyman Johnson N. Camden Jr., former United States senator from Kentucky Steven Cantor, film director and producer; STEP, Dancer, Chasing Tyson, Between Me and My Mind Isaac N. Carleton, educator, president of the American Institute of Instruction (graduated 1855) Lincoln Chafee, former Rhode Island senator (graduated 1971) Levi Chamberlain, missionary Otis Chandler, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times (graduated 1946) Chang Hee-jin, South Korean Olympic swimmer (graduated 2005) Thomas Chapin, jazz saxophonist (graduated 1975) Sarah Chayes, expert in religious studies and former Kandahar field director (graduated 1980) Susan Chira, editor, The New York Times (graduated 1976) Shouson Chow, Hong Kong businessman and leader (graduated 1881) George M. Church, professor of genetics, Harvard Medical School; pioneer of human genetics (graduated 1972) Sloane Citron, magazine publisher (graduated 1974) Stephen Carlton Clark, art collector and philanthropist; founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame (graduated 1899? ) Christian Clemenson, Emmy Award-winning film and television actor (graduated 1976) Harlan Cleveland, U.S. ambassador to NATO under President Lyndon B. Johnson (graduated 1934) Raymond C. Clevenger, judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (graduated 1955) Thomas Cochran, banker and philanthropist to Phillips Academy (graduated 1890) Charles Codding, New Jersey legislator from 1894 to 1895 Olivia Coffey, won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships as well as competed in 2016 Summer Olympics & The Boat Race 2018 (graduated 2007) William Sloane Coffin, reverend and peace activist (graduated 1942) Edwin J. Cohn, protein scientist and blood fractionation expert (graduated 1911) Donald B. Cole, instructor in history and dean of Phillips Exeter Academy (graduated 1940) Frank Converse, actor (graduated 1956) Joseph Cornell, sculptor (graduated 1921) Justin Cronin, author (graduated 1980) Sumner McKnight Crosby, art historian (graduated 1928) Bill Cunliffe, Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, and jazz pianist (graduated 1974) Peter Currie, Netscape executive, investor, and charter trustee of Phillips Academy (graduated 1974) == D == William Damon, author, psychologist, and Stanford University educator (graduated 1963) Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of Self magazine (graduated 1978) John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times (graduated 1960) Robert Darnton, historian (graduated 1957) Benjamin Darrow, New York district attorney (graduated 1879) Justin Dart Jr., advocate for the rights of disabled people (graduated 1949) Natalie E. Dean (née Exner), assistant professor of Biostatistics at the University of Florida (graduated 2005) Jonathan Dee, author (graduated 1980) Dana Delany, actress (graduated 1974) Sarah Demers, physicist (graduated 1994) Zak DeOssie, professional football player for the New York Giants; Super Bowl-winning long snapper (graduated 2003) George Horatio Derby, humorist (graduated 1838) Norman Dodd, banker, financial adviser and head investigator for the Reece Committee (graduated 1918) Tim Draper, venture capital investor and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Warren Fales Draper, publisher, educator, and philanthropist; significant donor to Phillips Academy; namesake of Draper Hall and Draper Cottage (graduated 1843) Bill Drayton, entrepreneur, coined the phrase "social entrepreneur" Charles Duits, writer Teddy Dunn, actor (graduated 1999) == E == Richard Eder, literary critic; winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism Carol Edgarian, author (graduated 1980) Alonzo Elliot, composer Trey Ellis, novelist, screenwriter (graduated 1980) Sam Endicott, singer-songwriter and vocalist for The Bravery (graduated 1992) David B. Ensor, CNN correspondent (graduated 1969) Harold Perry Erskine, sculptor and architect Walker Evans, photographer (graduated 1922) == F == Charles Finch, author (graduated 1998) Charles B. Finch, businessman and political activist Tom Finkelpearl, NYC commissioner of cultural affairs (graduated 1974) Paul Finnegan, co-founder of Madison Dearborn Partners(graduated 1971) David Fishelson, Broadway producer, playwright, filmmaker (graduated 1974) Charles L. Flint, lawyer, educator, first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, fourth president of the University of Massachusetts and one of its original founders (graduated 1854) Thomas C. Foley, former U.S. ambassador to Ireland (graduated 1971) John Murray Forbes, railroad entrepreneur and philanthropist who re-established Milton Academy Theodore J. Forstmann, billionaire businessman and philanthropist Hollis Frampton, avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, and theoretician (attended 1951 to 1954; never received diploma) Peter Franchot, state comptroller of Maryland Andy Frankenberger, poker champion Ziwe Fumudoh, comedian (graduated 2010) == G == Robert A. Gardner, two-time U.S. Amateur golf champion Jeffrey Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management (graduated 1964) Glenn Gass, rock 'n' roll educator (dropped out upper year, would have graduated 1974) Isaac Wheeler Geer, railroad executive A. Bartlett Giamatti, president of Yale University and seventh Major League Baseball commissioner (graduated 1956) Nils Gilman, historian and futurist (graduated 1989) Salvador Gómez-Colón, youth activist (graduated 2020) Stephanie Gosk, journalist and correspondent for NBC News (graduated 1990) David Graeber, professor of anthropology; anarchist (graduated 1978) Anthony Grafton, noted scholar (graduated 1967) Richard Theodore Greener, first African-American to graduate from Harvard College (graduated 1865) Horatio Greenough, sculptor known for U.S. government commissions The Rescue (1837–50), George Washington (1840), and The Discovery of America (1840–43) James Greenway, curator, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, renowned ornithologist, lt.

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List of Phillips Academy alumni

The following is a list of notable past students of Phillips Academy (also known as Phillips Academy Andover) and of the former Abbot Academy (Phillips became coeducational in 1973 by merging with its sister school). == A == Joseph Carter Abbott, Union Army general; North Carolina congressman and lawyer Hafsat Abiola, Nigerian political activist; winner of 1999 Women to Watch Award from the Association of Women's Development (graduated 1992) Ernie Adams, director of Football Research, New England Patriots (graduated 1971) Chris Agee, poet, essayist and editor living in Ireland (graduated 1974) Wallace M. Alexander (1869–1939), heir, corporate director, philanthropist Jonathan Alter, senior editor and columnist at Newsweek (graduated 1975) Julia Alvarez, author (graduated 1967) Adelbert Ames Jr., scientist Carl Andre, minimalist artist (graduated 1953) James T. Austin, 22nd Massachusetts attorney general (graduated 1794) == B == Thomas J. Baldrige, Pennsylvania attorney general and Superior Court president judge (graduated 1892) Sullivan Ballou, Union soldier (graduated 1849) Alexander Bannwart, businessman (graduated 1902) Charles Barber, author on mental health and psychiatric issues John Barres, current Roman Catholic bishop of Rockville Centre Ed Bass, Texas billionaire philanthropist (graduated 1963) Robin Batteau, composer, singer-songwriter (graduated 1965) James Phinney Baxter III, former president of Williams College and Pulitzer Prize winner Willow Bay, CNN news anchor (graduated 1981) Henry C. Beck III, CEO, The Beck Group (graduated 1973) Bruce Beemer, former Pennsylvania attorney general and current Pennsylvania inspector general (graduated 1987) Bill Belichick, coach of New England Patriots (graduated 1971) James Bell, New Hampshire politician and lawyer Charles R. Bentley, glaciologist and geophysicist Paul R. Berger, engineering professor and IEEE fellow (graduated 1981) John Berman, CNN senior news anchor and journalist (graduated 1990) Michael Beschloss, historian (graduated 1973) Hiram Bingham III, archaeologist; rediscovered ruins of Machu Picchu (graduated 1894) David B. Birney, Union general in the American Civil War Jennifer Bishop, Baltimore-based photojournalist (graduated 1975) H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist (graduated 1972) Les Blank, independent documentary filmmaker (graduated 1954) Humphrey Bogart, actor (attended 1918; expelled) Paul Bremer, diplomat notable for his role as administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq following the 2003 invasion (graduated 1959) Johnny Broaca, professional baseball player Richard Brodhead, president of Duke University (graduated 1964) Michael Burlingame, historian (graduated 1960) John Horne Burns, author (graduated 1933) Edgar Rice Burroughs, author (student until 1894, then transferred to Michigan Military Academy) George H. W. Bush, 41st U.S. president (graduated 1942) George W. Bush, 43rd U.S. president (graduated 1964) Jeb Bush, governor of Florida (graduated 1971) == C == Norman Cahners, publisher and athlete; qualified for 1936 Olympics but boycotted because games were held in Nazi Germany Jonathan G. Callahan, former Wisconsin assemblyman Johnson N. Camden Jr., former United States senator from Kentucky Steven Cantor, film director and producer; STEP, Dancer, Chasing Tyson, Between Me and My Mind Isaac N. Carleton, educator, president of the American Institute of Instruction (graduated 1855) Lincoln Chafee, former Rhode Island senator (graduated 1971) Levi Chamberlain, missionary Otis Chandler, former publisher of the Los Angeles Times (graduated 1946) Chang Hee-jin, South Korean Olympic swimmer (graduated 2005) Thomas Chapin, jazz saxophonist (graduated 1975) Sarah Chayes, expert in religious studies and former Kandahar field director (graduated 1980) Susan Chira, editor, The New York Times (graduated 1976) Shouson Chow, Hong Kong businessman and leader (graduated 1881) George M. Church, professor of genetics, Harvard Medical School; pioneer of human genetics (graduated 1972) Sloane Citron, magazine publisher (graduated 1974) Stephen Carlton Clark, art collector and philanthropist; founder of the Baseball Hall of Fame (graduated 1899? ) Christian Clemenson, Emmy Award-winning film and television actor (graduated 1976) Harlan Cleveland, U.S. ambassador to NATO under President Lyndon B. Johnson (graduated 1934) Raymond C. Clevenger, judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (graduated 1955) Thomas Cochran, banker and philanthropist to Phillips Academy (graduated 1890) Charles Codding, New Jersey legislator from 1894 to 1895 Olivia Coffey, won the gold medal in the quad sculls at the 2015 World Rowing Championships as well as competed in 2016 Summer Olympics & The Boat Race 2018 (graduated 2007) William Sloane Coffin, reverend and peace activist (graduated 1942) Edwin J. Cohn, protein scientist and blood fractionation expert (graduated 1911) Donald B. Cole, instructor in history and dean of Phillips Exeter Academy (graduated 1940) Frank Converse, actor (graduated 1956) Joseph Cornell, sculptor (graduated 1921) Justin Cronin, author (graduated 1980) Sumner McKnight Crosby, art historian (graduated 1928) Bill Cunliffe, Grammy Award-winning composer, arranger, and jazz pianist (graduated 1974) Peter Currie, Netscape executive, investor, and charter trustee of Phillips Academy (graduated 1974) == D == William Damon, author, psychologist, and Stanford University educator (graduated 1963) Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of Self magazine (graduated 1978) John Darnton, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times (graduated 1960) Robert Darnton, historian (graduated 1957) Benjamin Darrow, New York district attorney (graduated 1879) Justin Dart Jr., advocate for the rights of disabled people (graduated 1949) Natalie E. Dean (née Exner), assistant professor of Biostatistics at the University of Florida (graduated 2005) Jonathan Dee, author (graduated 1980) Dana Delany, actress (graduated 1974) Sarah Demers, physicist (graduated 1994) Zak DeOssie, professional football player for the New York Giants; Super Bowl-winning long snapper (graduated 2003) George Horatio Derby, humorist (graduated 1838) Norman Dodd, banker, financial adviser and head investigator for the Reece Committee (graduated 1918) Tim Draper, venture capital investor and founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Warren Fales Draper, publisher, educator, and philanthropist; significant donor to Phillips Academy; namesake of Draper Hall and Draper Cottage (graduated 1843) Bill Drayton, entrepreneur, coined the phrase "social entrepreneur" Charles Duits, writer Teddy Dunn, actor (graduated 1999) == E == Richard Eder, literary critic; winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism Carol Edgarian, author (graduated 1980) Alonzo Elliot, composer Trey Ellis, novelist, screenwriter (graduated 1980) Sam Endicott, singer-songwriter and vocalist for The Bravery (graduated 1992) David B. Ensor, CNN correspondent (graduated 1969) Harold Perry Erskine, sculptor and architect Walker Evans, photographer (graduated 1922) == F == Charles Finch, author (graduated 1998) Charles B. Finch, businessman and political activist Tom Finkelpearl, NYC commissioner of cultural affairs (graduated 1974) Paul Finnegan, co-founder of Madison Dearborn Partners(graduated 1971) David Fishelson, Broadway producer, playwright, filmmaker (graduated 1974) Charles L. Flint, lawyer, educator, first secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Agriculture, fourth president of the University of Massachusetts and one of its original founders (graduated 1854) Thomas C. Foley, former U.S. ambassador to Ireland (graduated 1971) John Murray Forbes, railroad entrepreneur and philanthropist who re-established Milton Academy Theodore J. Forstmann, billionaire businessman and philanthropist Hollis Frampton, avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, and theoretician (attended 1951 to 1954; never received diploma) Peter Franchot, state comptroller of Maryland Andy Frankenberger, poker champion Ziwe Fumudoh, comedian (graduated 2010) == G == Robert A. Gardner, two-time U.S. Amateur golf champion Jeffrey Garten, dean of the Yale School of Management (graduated 1964) Glenn Gass, rock 'n' roll educator (dropped out upper year, would have graduated 1974) Isaac Wheeler Geer, railroad executive A. Bartlett Giamatti, president of Yale University and seventh Major League Baseball commissioner (graduated 1956) Nils Gilman, historian and futurist (graduated 1989) Salvador Gómez-Colón, youth activist (graduated 2020) Stephanie Gosk, journalist and correspondent for NBC News (graduated 1990) David Graeber, professor of anthropology; anarchist (graduated 1978) Anthony Grafton, noted scholar (graduated 1967) Richard Theodore Greener, first African-American to graduate from Harvard College (graduated 1865) Horatio Greenough, sculptor known for U.S. government commissions The Rescue (1837–50), George Washington (1840), and The Discovery of America (1840–43) James Greenway, curator, Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, renowned ornithologist, lt.

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