# St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)

St. Albans School (STA) is an independent college preparatory day and boarding school for boys in grades 4–12, located in Washington, D.C. The school is named after Saint Alban, traditionally regarded as the first British martyr. Within the St. Albans community, the school is commonly referred to as "S-T-A."
The school enrolls approximately 590 day students in grades 4–12, and 30 additional boarding students in grades 9–12. It is affiliated with the National Cathedral School and the co-ed Beauvoir, the National Cathedral Elementary School, all of which are located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. All the affiliated schools named are members of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation.

## History

The school was founded in 1909, with $300,000 ($7.2 million in 2015 dollars) in funding bequeathed by Harriet Lane Johnston, niece of President James Buchanan. Initially, it was a school for boy choristers to the Washington National Cathedral, a program that the school continues today.
The school opened its new Upper School building, Marriott Hall, in 2009–2010. The firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the building, which received considerable media attention.

## Notable alumni

* Jonathan Agronsky '64, journalist and author
* Malcolm Baker '87, professor at Harvard Business School and former Olympic rower
* Evan Bayh '74, former United States Senator for Indiana
* Ralph Becker, mayor of Salt Lake City
* John Bellinger '78, Legal Adviser of the Department of State (2005–2009)
* Odell Beckham Jr., current NFL Wide Receiver, attended 7th grade after his home town was struck by Hurricane Katrina.
* James Bennet, '84 former editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly magazine
* Michael Bennet '83, United States Senator for Colorado
* James Boasberg '81, District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia
* Joshua Bolten '72, former White House Chief of Staff
* William L. Borden '38, executive director of United States Congress Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
* Matt Bowman '09, pitcher in Major League Baseball
* Brooke "Untz" Brewer '16, Former NFL athlete and world class sprinter
* Clancy Brown '77, actor and former chairman of the board of Brown Publishing Company
* Olin Browne '77, golfer
* Garnett Bruce '85, opera director
* Neil Bush '73
* Josh Byrnes, baseball administrator
* Goodloe Byron '45, Congressman
* John Casey '57, novelist
* Michael Collins '48, Apollo 11 astronaut
* Walter J. Cummings Jr., Solicitor General of the United States from 1952 to 1953; judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
* Jonathan W. Daniels '18, White House Press Secretary, author
* Eli Whitney Debevoise II '70, United States executive director of The World Bank
* Brandon Victor Dixon '99, Tony-nominated Broadway actor
* Peter Feldman '00, commissioner of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
* George M. Ferris Jr. '44, president of the firm Ferris Baker Watts
* Adrian S. Fisher, diplomat and lawyer, Legal Adviser of the Department of State (1949–1953)
* Miles Fisher '02, television and film actor
* Harold Ford Jr. '88, former United States Congressman, Fox News contributor, and current head of the Democratic Leadership Council
* Rodney Frelinghuysen '64, United States Congressman from New Jersey
* David Gardner '84, co-founder of The Motley Fool
* Tom Gardner '86, co-founder of The Motley Fool
* James W. Gilchrist, politician
* Al Gore Jr. '65, the 45th Vice President of the United States.
* Donald E. Graham '62, newspaper chairman
* Ernest Graves Jr. '41, lieutenant general, former director of Defense Security Cooperation Agency
* Frederick Hauck '58, astronaut
* Bill Hobby '49, Lieutenant Governor of Texas 1973–1991
* Jesse Hubbard '94, professional lacrosse player
* Danny Hultzen '08, baseball pitcher, 2nd overall pick of the 2011 Major League Baseball Draft by the Seattle Mariners
* Brit Hume '61, Fox News television anchor
* Reed Hundt '65, former FCC Chairman
* Prince Feisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan '81, son of King Hussein and Princess Muna al-Hussein, and the younger brother of King Abdullah II.
* David Ignatius '68, Washington Post columnist, author of Body of Lies
* Uzodinma Iweala '00, author
* Jesse Jackson Jr. '84, Congressman
* Bo Jones '64, publisher
* Thomas Kean '53, former governor of New Jersey, chairman of the 9/11 Commission, attended 4th and 5th grades
* Randall Kennedy '73, professor
* John Kerry, United States Secretary of State
* Nick Kotz '51, journalist, author, and historian
* Damian Kulash '94, rock singer
* Hamilton Leithauser, musician
* Nick Lowery '74, football player
* J. W. Marriott Jr. '50, billionaire
* Ethan McSweeny, theater administrator
* Arthur Cotton Moore '54, architect
* Bill Oakley '84, media professional
* Jonathan Ogden '92, football player
* Jameson Parker, actor
* Laughlin Phillips '42, museum director
* David Plotz '86, writer and editor
* Ben Quayle, Congressman
* Manny Quezada, basketball player
* Justin Rockefeller '98, political activist
* James Roosevelt, Congressman
* Kermit Roosevelt III '88, novelist and law professor
* Mark Roosevelt '74, academic administrator
* Alex Ross '86, music critic
* Luke Russert '04, journalist,
* Hib Sabin '53, sculptor and educator
* Barton Seaver '97, chef and author
* Timothy Shriver '77, chairman of Special Olympics
* Burr Steers, director of the film Igby Goes Down
* William R. Steiger '87, chief of staff of the United States Agency for International Development
* Russell E. Train '37, former director of the EPA, founder/chairman emeritus of World Wildlife Fund
* James Trimble III '43, baseball player and marine, killed in action at Iwo Jima
* Ian Urbina '90, journalist, The New York Times, senior investigative reporter, and director of The Outlaw Ocean Project.
* Gore Vidal, author and writer, attended and went on to graduate from Phillips Exeter Academy
* Peter Jon de Vos '56, former United States Ambassador to Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Tanzania, and Costa Rica
* John Warner, former United States Secretary of the Navy, five-term Senator from Virginia, attended a summer session
* Josh Weinstein '84, former executive producer of The Simpsons
* Jonathan Williams, poet, founder of The Jargon Society
* John C. White '94, educator
* David Whiting, journalist and film agent, who mysteriously died during production of The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, was expelled in his junior year.
* Thomas Wilner '62, lawyer at Shearman & Sterling who represented Guantanamo Bay detention camp detainees
* Craig Windham, NPR radio journalist
* Robert Wisdom '72, actor, played Bunny Colvin on HBO's The Wire
* Jeffrey Wright '83, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor
* Joon Yun '86, physician and hedge fund manager
* Jeffrey Zients '84, director of the U.S. Office of Management & Budget, first Chief Performance Officer of the United States