# List of Lawrenceville School alumni

NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *NOTICE * * * NOTICE * * * NOTICE• Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability. • The article must mention how they are associated with the school. • The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited, or it should be stated in their Wikipedia article. • All others will be deleted without further explanation. END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * * END OF NOTICE * * * * * * * * * * * *END OF NOTICE The following is a list of notable alumni of Lawrenceville School, a coeducational, independent college preparatory boarding school located in the historic Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, New Jersey.
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## A

* George Akerlof (born 1940; class of 1958), Nobel laureate for Economics
* Knowlton Ames (1868–1931; class of 1886), All-American football player at Princeton and head football coach at Purdue University
* Garth Ancier (born 1957), president of the WB Network
* A. Piatt Andrew (1873–1936; class of 1889), Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (1910–1912) and U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts
* Walter G. Andrews (1889–1949; class of 1908), United States House of Representatives from New York (1931–1949)

## B

* David Baird Jr. (1881–1955; class of 1899), U.S. Senator from New Jersey
* Dewey F. Bartlett (1919–1979; class of 1938), former Governor of Oklahoma and member of the United States Senate
* Dierks Bentley (born 1975; class of 1993), country music singer
* Bill Berkson (1939–2016; class of 1957), poet
* Barton Biggs (1932–2012; class of 1951), former Morgan Stanley Chief Global Strategist; current money manager running Traxis Partners
* C. Ledyard Blair (1867–1949; class of 1886), founder of investment bank Blair & Co., delegate to the Republican National Convention from New Jersey, Governor of the New York Stock Exchange, owner of Blairsden and the C. Ledyard Blair House
* Thomas Pickens Brady (1903–1973; class of 1923), jurist, segregationist, Associate Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court
* Suleiman Braimoh (born 1989), Nigerian-American basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
* George Houston Brown (1810–1865), represented New Jersey's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, 1853–1855
* Frederick Buechner (1926–2022; class of 1943), novelist
* Dennis Bushyhead (1826–1898; class of 1843), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
* Fox Butterfield (born 1939; class of 1957), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for The New York Times

## C

* Jay Carney (born 1965; class of 1983), 29th White House Press Secretary; former Time Washington Bureau Chief; former White House correspondent
* Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925–1968), actor; son of Charlie Chaplin
* Sydney Chaplin (1926–2009), actor; son of Charlie Chaplin
* Korawad Chearavanont (class of 2012), entrepreneur; grandson of Dhanin Chearavanont
* John Cobb Cooper (1887–1967), jurist and airline executive
* Merian C. Cooper (1893–1973; class of 1911), film director best known for King Kong (1933)

## D

* Alan D'Andrea (class of 1974), cancer researcher and the Alvan T. and Viola D. Fuller American Cancer Society Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School
* Richard Dean (1956–2006), fashion and advertising photographer, model, and former player in Canadian Football League
* Frederick B. Deknatel (1905–1973; class of 1924), art historian
* William Adams Delano (1874–1960), architect
* Christopher DeMuth (born 1946; class of 1964), president of the American Enterprise Institute
* William T. Doyle (1926–2024), member of the Vermont Senate from the Washington Vermont Senate District, 1969–2017, the longest-serving state legislator in Vermont history
* Barrows Dunham (1905–1995; class of 1922), author and former Head of Philosophy Department at Temple University in Philadelphia

## E

* Michael Eisner (born 1942; class of 1960), former CEO of The Walt Disney Company

## F

* Turki bin Faisal Al Saud (born 1945; class of 1963), Saudi Arabia's ambassador to United States
* Jane Ferguson (born 1984, class of 2004, journalist
* Maurice Ferré (born 1935; class of 1953), former Mayor of the city of Miami (1973–1985)
* Major Sir Hamish Forbes (1916–2007; class of 1934), British Army officer who served in the Welsh Guards during World War II; POW decorated for numerous escape attempts
* Malcolm Forbes (1919–1990; class of 1937), publisher of Forbes magazine
* Clint Frank (1915–1992; class of 1934), winner of the 1937 Heisman Trophy and Maxwell Award; Team Captain and All-American football player at Yale University
* Charles Fried (born 1935; class of 1952), Harvard Law School professor and former United States Solicitor General
* N. Howell Furman (1892–1965), professor of analytical chemistry who helped develop the electrochemical uranium separation process as part of the Manhattan Project

## G

* George Gallup Jr. (1930–2011; class of 1948), pollster and author
* Roy Geronemus (born 1953; class of 1971), physician and chairman of the board of the New York Stem Cell Foundation
* Irving S. Gilmore (1900–1986), musician, retail businessman and philanthropist
* Robert F. Goheen (1919–2008; class of 1936), 16th President of Princeton University and former United States Ambassador to India
* Peter Gould (class of 1978), television writer and producer
* Billy Granville (class of 1992), former Cincinnati Bengals player
* John Cleve Green (1800–1875; class of 1816), merchant
* Samuel D. Gross (1805–1884; attended 1822–1825), academic trauma surgeon
* Peter Johnson Gulick (1796–1877; class of 1822), pioneer Protestant missionary to Hawaii (1828–74) with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions; patriarch of the missionary-rich (1820s to 1960s) Gulick clan; co-founder of Princeton University's Philadelphian Society of Nassau Hall (1825–1930); spiritual parent to today's Princeton Christian Fellowship)
* William Stryker Gummere (class of 1867), captain of the Princeton football team; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey
* John Gutfreund (born 1929; class of 1947), former CEO of Salomon Brothers

## H

* Richard Halliburton (1900–1939; class of 1917), author, adventurer
* Karen Hao (class of 2011), award-winning journalist
* Randolph Apperson Hearst (1915-2000; class of 1934), former chairman of the Hearst Corporation and son of William Randolph Hearst
* Lydia Hearst-Shaw (born 1984; class of 2002), model, daughter of Patricia Hearst
* Lars Hernquist (class of 1973), theoretical astrophysicist and Mallinckrodt Professor of Astrophysics at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
* Armond Hill (class of 1972), former NBA player and assistant coach
* Walter E. Hussman Jr. (class of 1964), newspaper publisher and chief executive officer of WEHCO Media, Inc.
* Glenn Hutchins (class of 1973), co-founder, Silver Lake Partners

## I

* John N. Irwin II (1913–2000), U.S. diplomat and attorney

## J

* Owen Johnson (1878–1952; class of 1895), author of Lawrenceville Stories
* Rupert Johnson Jr. (class of 1958), vice chairman of Franklin Resources

## K

* Joe Kyrillos (born 1960), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly, 1988–1992 and the New Jersey Senate, 1992–2018

## L

* Duke Lacroix (born 1993; class of 2011), professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Indy Eleven in the North American Soccer League
* Butler Lampson (born 1943; class of 1960), computer scientist; 1992 Turing Award winner
* Mort Landsberg (1919–1970), NFL player
* William M. Lanning (class of 1866), U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1903–1904)
* Preston Lea (attended 1859–1860), Governor of Delaware (1905–1909)
* Aldo Leopold (1887–1948; class of 1905), father of ecology; author of A Sand County Almanac
* Huey Lewis (born 1950 as Hugh Cregg; class of 1967), musician
* Emily Li (class of 2018), musician known as Emei
* Alexander S. Lilley (class of 1888), first football coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes
* Ashley Lyle (class of 1998), Emmy Award-nominated showrunner, creator of Yellowjackets

## M

* John Van Antwerp MacMurray (born 1881; class of 1898), diplomat
* Ricardo Maduro (born 1946; class of 1963), former President of Honduras
* Joseph Moncure March (1899–1977), poet
* Reginald Marsh (1898–1954), painter
* William H. Masters (1915–2001; class of 1934), human sexuality researcher and co-founder of the Masters & Johnson Institute
* Donald C. McGraw (1897–1974; class of 1917), former president of McGraw-Hill Companies
* Harold McGraw Jr. (1918-2010; class of 1936), former CEO of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc
* James M. McIntosh (1828–1862; attended 1837–1840), brigadier general in the Confederate States Army
* John Baillie McIntosh (1829–1888; attended 1837–1840), brigadier general in the Union Army
* James Merrill (1926–1995; class of 1943), poet
* Dennis Michie (1870–1898; class of 1888), first football head coach at Army, namesake of Michie Stadium
* Clement Woodnutt Miller (1916–1962), U.S. Representative from California
* Chi Modu (1966-2021), photographer known for his photos of various pioneering hip-hop music entertainers
* Paul Moravec (born 1957), 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Music-winning composer
* Roland S. Morris (1874–1945), lawyer and diplomat; co-founded the law firm Duane Morris in 1904; United States Ambassador to Japan 1917–1920
* Geoff Morrell (class of 1987), former Press Secretary of the Department of Defense
* Tinsley Mortimer, socialite and television personality
* Paul Mott (born 1958), retired professional soccer player for the Tampa Bay Rowdies, sports consultant and former professional sports executive
* Patrick Erin Murphy (born 1983; class of 2002), Congressman (D-FL), representing Florida's 18th Congressional District

## N

* Nikita Nesterenko (born 2001, class of 2020), professional ice hockey center who plays in the National Hockey League for the Anaheim Ducks
* Grant Newsome (born 1997; class of 2015), college football offensive line coach for the Michigan Wolverines
* Joakim Noah (born 1985; class of 2004), basketball player for the Chicago Bulls

## O

* Jarvis Offutt (1894–1918; class of 1913), World War I aviator, namesake of Offutt Air Force Base
* Charles Smith Olden (1799–1876; attended 1810–1814), 19th Governor of New Jersey, 1860–1863
* A. Dayton Oliphant (1887–1963), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court 1945–1946, and again 1948–1957

## P

* Arthur W. Page (1883–1960), public relations pioneer
* Joel Parker (1816–1888; attended 1834–1837), 20th Governor of New Jersey, 1863–66 and 1871–74
* Stacey Patton (1978–; class of 1996), journalist, author, child advocate
* Horace Porter (1837–1921; class of 1854), Union Army Brigadier General who was awarded the Medal of Honor
* Rodman M. Price (1816–1894; attended 1834–1837), represented New Jersey's 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives 1851–1853; 17th Governor of New Jersey 1854–1857

## R

* Jim Rash (born 1971; class of 1990), actor; winner of the 2012 Oscar for best adapted screenplay (The Descendants); Dean Pelton on NBC's Community
* Andrew Horatio Reeder (attended 1822–1825), first Governor of the Kansas Territory (1854–55)
* Laurence A. Rickels (born 1954), theorist and philosopher, known for his work on vampires, the devil, technology and science fiction
* William P. Ross (1820–1891; attended 1837–40), Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
* Bob Ryan (born 1946; class of 1964), sportswriter for The Boston Globe; ESPN analyst and contributor

## S

* Bobby Sanguinetti (born 1988; class of 2006), professional ice hockey defenseman for HC Lugano in the National League; left school after his sophomore year after being selected in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft
* Julian Larcombe Schley (class of 1898), Governor of the Panama Canal Zone (1932–1936)
* Paul Schmidtberger (class of 1982), author of Design Flaws of the Human Condition
* Gene Scott (1937–2006; class of 1956), tennis player and founder of Tennis Week magazine
* Hugh L. Scott (1853–1934; class of 1869), Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Superintendent of the United States Military Academy (West Point)
* Charles Scribner I (attended 1834–1837), publisher and founder of Charles Scribner's Sons
* Chip Smith (class of 1986), businessman, political strategist
* Cotter Smith (born 1949; class of 1968), actor
* Sheridan Snyder (class of 1954), biotechnology entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Fred Mustard Stewart (1932–2007; class of 1950), novelist
* William H. Stovall (1895–1970; class of 1913), World War I flying ace; World War II veteran; businessman
* Bandar bin Sultan (born 1945), Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States 1983–2005

## T

* Brandon Tartikoff (1949–1997; class of 1966), former NBC programming chief
* Henry J. Taylor (1902–1984; class of 1920), journalist, author, and United States Ambassador to Switzerland 1957–1961
* Buddy Temple (born 1942), lumber magnate and former politician from Lufkin, Texas
* Taki Theodoracopulos (born 1936), international journalist
* Randall Thompson (1899–1984), music composer and director of the Curtis Institute 1939–1941
* Samuel Huston Thompson (1875–1966), chair of the Federal Trade Commission 1919–1927
* Joseph Tsai (born 1964; class of 1982), vice chairman of Alibaba Group

## W

* Frederic C. Walcott (1869–1949; class of 1886), U.S. Senator from Connecticut (1929–1935)
* Rawleigh Warner Jr. (1921–2013), former president and CEO of Mobil
* Lowell Weicker (born 1931; class of 1949), former Governor of Connecticut and United States Senator
* Alex Westlund (born 1975), retired professional ice hockey goaltender who has since been a coach
* Meredith Whitney (born 1969; class of 1988), former research analyst at Oppenheimer
* J. Harvie Wilkinson III (born 1944), United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
* Brian Willison (born 1977; class of 1995), businessman
* Alfred Alexander Woodhull (class of 1852), brigadier general and Army surgeon
* J. Butler Wright (1877–1939; class of 1895), diplomat; U.S. representative in Hungary, Uruguay, Czechoslovakia and Cuba

## Y

* Welly Yang (class of 1990), actor
* Monica Yunus (class of 1995), operatic soprano in the Metropolitan Opera