List of Choate Rosemary Hall alumni
The following is a list of notable alumni of Choate Rosemary Hall, also known informally simply as Choate. A private, college-preparatory, boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut, it took its present name and began a coeducational system with the merger in 1971 of two single-sex establishments: the Choate School (founded in 1896 in Wallingford) and Rosemary Hall (founded in 1890 in Wallingford, moved later to Greenwich, Connecticut).
A[edit]
- Edward Albee '46, Pulitzer-winning playwright[1]
- Lauren Ambrose (did not graduate), film and TV actress
- William Attwood '37, diplomat and journalist
B[edit]
- William Sims Bainbridge '58, sociologist
- Felix Barker (exchange student), British historian, theatre and film critic, president of The Critics' Circle
- David N. Barkhausen, Illinois state legislator and lawyer[2]
- Florieda Batson '21, hurdler, 1922 Olympian
- Nat Benchley '64, writer, actor, producer
- Joseph Beninati, real estate developer and private equity investor
- Stephen Bogardus '72, Obie-winning stage actor
- Chester Bowles '19, governor of Connecticut, US ambassador to India
C[edit]
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- Arne H. Carlson '53, governor of Minnesota
- Dov Charney '87, head of American Apparel
- Noah Charney '98, novelist and art historian
- Tanay Chheda 2014, film actor
- Julie Chu 2001, Olympic hockey player
- Kristen Clarke '93, Civil Rights lawyer[3]
- Glenn Close '65, actress
- Jeff Coby '13, Haitian-American basketball player
- Lewis Augustus Coffin 1908, architect
- Geoffrey Cowan '60, American lawyer, professor, author, and non-profit executive.
- Cason Crane 2011, mountain climber
- Caresse Crosby 1910 (Mary Phelps Jacob, Mrs. Harry Crosby), socialite, poet
- Jamie Lee Curtis '76, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Oscar-winning actress
D[edit]
- John Danilovich '68, diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Brazil and Costa Rica, CEO of Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Mathieu Darche '96, NHL ice hockey player
- Chris Denorfia '98, MLB baseball player[4]
- Bruce Dern (did not graduate), actor
- Tom Dey '83, film director
- Lorenzo di Bonaventura '76, film producer, president of Warner Brothers
- Donna Dickenson '63, philosopher, medical ethicist
- John Dos Passos 1911, novelist[5]
- Michael Douglas '63, two-time Oscar-winning actor
- John T. Downey '47, spy, prisoner of war, judge
- Paul Draper '54, winemaker
- Andres Duany '67, architect, urban planner, founder of the New Urbanism movement
- Avery Dulles '36, educator, philosopher, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Matt Dunne '88, Vermont state senator and state representative
E[edit]
- James R. Eddy '49, veteran, lawyer, politician, judge
- Walter D. Edmonds '21, historical novelist
F[edit]
- Caterina Fake '86, founder of Flickr
- Jonathan Fanton '61, academic and foundation president
- Robert Fitzgerald '29, poet, critic, classicist, translator
- Geoffrey S. Fletcher '88, Oscar-winning screenwriter and film director
- Katherine B. Forrest '82, U.S. federal judge
G[edit]
- Oliver M. Gale '27, advertising and public relations pioneer
- Bruce Gelb '45, president of Clairol, U.S. ambassador to Belgium
- Paul Giamatti '85, Emmy- and SAG-winning actor
- Philip Gourevitch '79, journalist, author
- James Griffin '51, philosopher
- Roy Richard Grinker '79, anthropologist
H[edit]
- Jin Ha 2008, American actor known for his roles in the TV series Devs, Love Life, and Pachinko in addition to the musical Hamilton
- William O. Harbach '40, Emmy- and Peabody-winner, founding producer of The Tonight Show and The Steve Allen Show
- Amanda Hearst 2002, heiress, journalist, philanthropist
- Buck Henry '48, comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
- Hong Jung-wook '89, Korean entrepreneur and ex-politician
- Brian Hartzer '85, chairman, BeyondPay
I[edit]
- Kim Insalaco '99, Olympic hockey player
- Brett Icahn businessman
J[edit]
- Eric M. Javits '48, American ambassador, nephew of Senator Jacob Javits
- Hardy Jones '61, conservationist filmmaker, author
K[edit]
- Bob Kasten '60, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
- William Kaufmann '35, Cold War strategist
- John F. Kennedy '35, 35th President of the United States
- Joseph Kennedy Jr. '33, naval pilot
- Sarah Kernochan '65, novelist, screenwriter, songwriter, and Oscar-winning director
- Whitman Knapp '27, U.S. federal judge
- Hilary Knight 2007, Olympic hockey player
- John K. Koelsch '41, Medal of Honor recipient
- Herbert Kohler, Jr. '57, president of the Kohler Company
- Ben Kurland (did not graduate), film and TV actor
L[edit]
- James Laughlin '32, poet and founder of New Directions Publishing
- Alan Jay Lerner '36, creator of My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Gigi, winner of three Oscars and three Tonys
- Elad Levy '89, leader, researcher, innovator, for the treatment of stroke in neurosurgery
- Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg (did not graduate), stage and television director, actor, writer
- Alan Lomax '30, pioneering ethnomusicologist, folklorist, oral historian
M[edit]
- Robert McCallum Jr. '64, U.S. ambassador to Australia
- Douglas McGrath '76, actor, director, screenwriter
- Ali MacGraw '56, Golden Globe-winning actress
- George J. Mead 1911, aircraft engineer, co-founder of Pratt & Whitney
- Paul Mellon '25, philanthropist, art collector, donor of the Yale Center for British Art and the National Gallery of Art East Wing
- Peter Rodgers Melnick '76, film, theater, and television composer
- Tift Merritt '93, singer-songwriter
- Helen Stevenson Meyner '46, U.S. Congresswoman from New Jersey
- Rebecca Miller '80, actress, screenwriter, director, novelist
- William T. Monroe '68, diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Bahrain
- Emil "Bus" Mosbacher '39, yachtsman, America's Cup winner, U.S. Chief of Protocol
- Robert Mosbacher '44, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
- Robert Mosbacher Jr. '69, Republican Politician and Former President and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corporation
N[edit]
- Abdi Nazemian '94, Iranian-American writer, recipient of the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction
- Nicholas Negroponte '61, founder of MIT Media Lab and One Laptop per Child
- Philip Nel '88, scholar of children's literature
- Bruce Nelson '58, history professor
- Douglass North '38, Nobel Laureate in Economics
- Victoria Nuland '79, U.S. ambassador to NATO, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
O[edit]
- Terry O'Neill '70, feminist, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
- Emily Oster '98, economist and author
- Ifeoma Ozoma, technology policy researcher
P[edit]
- Laurie L. Patton '79, 17th president of Middlebury College and president of American Academy of Religion in 2019
- James Peck '32, World War II pacifist, Freedom Rider during the Civil Rights Movement
- Stacey Plaskett '84, U. S. Virgin Islands delegate to the United States House of Representatives
- Josephine Pucci 2009, U.S. Women's National Hockey Team member
- Jim Pyne '90, NFL player
R[edit]
- Prince Anthony Stanislas Radziwill '78, Emmy- and Peabody-winning producer of Primetime Live
- Luis Armando Roche '57, Venezuelan film director
- Rick Rosenthal '66, award-winning film and TV director
- Angela Ruggiero '98, Olympic hockey player, U.S. member of the International Olympic Committee
- Anne Ramsey (1929–1988), Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe nominated actress
S[edit]
- Nicholas Schaffner '70, author, journalist
- Jamie Schroeder '99, American rower, Olympic gold-medalist, Oxford Blue, winner of The Boat Race
- John Burnham Schwartz '83, novelist
- Martha Schwendener '85, lead singer and songwriter of Bowery Electric
- Maria Semple '82, novelist and screenwriter
- Frederick Charles Shrady '28, sculptor, painter, awarded the Légion d'honneur
- Michael David Shulman (did not graduate), writer, artist, philanthropist
- Bill Simmons '88, sportswriter
- Hedrick Smith '51, New York Times editor, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Emmy-winning PBS producer
- Lee Smith '80, journalist
- Window Snyder '93, digital security innovator
- Gustaf Sobin '53, poet, novelist, and belle-lettrist
- Khari Stephenson 2000, MLS soccer player and member of the Jamaica national football team
- Roger L. Stevens '28, theatrical producer, founding chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center
- Adlai Stevenson '18, two-time Democratic presidential candidate, governor of Illinois, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- James Surowiecki '84, author, New Yorker staff writer
T[edit]
- Ivanka Trump 2000, heiress, fashion model, entrepreneur, and presidential advisor
U[edit]
- Ian Underwood '59, multi instrumentalist, member of the Mothers of Invention.
V[edit]
- Chris Vlasto '84, Emmy-winning producer of Good Morning America and 20/20
W[edit]
- Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuk 2003, heir presumptive to the throne of Bhutan
- Frank "Muddy" Waters '43, American college football coach
- Katharine Way '20, Manhattan Project nuclear physicist
- H. Bradford Westerfield '44, political scientist
- George Whipple III '73, lawyer and society reporter for NY1[6]
- James Whitmore '40, Tony- and Emmy-winning actor
- David Williams '86, NHL ice hockey player
- Geoffrey Wolff '55, novelist and belle-lettrist
X[edit]
Y[edit]
- Alexander Morgan Young '88, president of production at 20th Century Fox
- Philip Young '27, Dean of the Columbia Business School and U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands
Z[edit]
- Paul Zaloom '70, puppeteer, actor, and educator
References[edit]
- ^ Graduation years of alumni are taken from the Alumni Directory (online login), supplemented by "Notable Alumni" at www.choate.edu/about/history/notable-alumni, and the Choate Rosemary Hall Bulletin
- ^ 'Illinois Blue Book 1995-1996,' Biographical Sketch of David N. Barkhausen, pg. 95
- ^ "Two alumnae nominated to key roles in Biden administration". Choate News. 22 January 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
- ^ Borges, David (June 20, 2011). "Southington native Chris Denorfia making a name for himself with Padres". New Haven Register. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
- ^ Jean-Paul Sartre, "John Dos Passos and 1919," in Literary Essays, transl. Annette Michelson (New York, 1957), p. 90
- ^ "Choate Rosemary Hall Bulletin | Winter '16 by Choate Rosemary Hall - Issuu". issuu.com. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 2022-06-03.