  st. john's northwestern military academy (sjnma) was founded in 1884 as st. john's military academy (sjma) in delafield, wisconsin, by rev. sidney t. smythe as a private, all-male college preparatory and leadership development school. in 1995, st. john's military academy merged with northwestern military and naval academy (nmna) in lake geneva, wisconsin, to become st. john's northwestern military academy on the delafield campus. sjnma is principally a boarding school for students in grades 7-12, but also has an active day program and a one-year post-high school program that is conducted in partnership with the university of wisconsin system with tailored instruction delivered at a college level. the academy also offers several summer programs including a high-energy adventure camp, summer school and english as a second language. ==notable alumni== * price m. davis (sjma 1889) was a noted athlete, sportsman and business entrepreneur in the state of wisconsin * daniel gerber (sjma 1916) was the founder and president of gerber baby foods. * general edward a. craig (sjma 1917) was the commander of the u.s. marine corps at the battle of iwo jima in world war ii. * spencer tracy (nmna 1919-1920, non-graduate) was a two-time academy awardâwinning actor. * george kennan (sjma 1922) was the u.s. ambassador to the ussr (1952) and yugoslavia. he helped develop the marshall plan for reconstruction of europe after world war ii. * george wilson (sjma 1933) was an nfl end with the chicago bears (1937â46). he later coached the detroit lions to the nfl championship game, 1957 nfl championship before becoming the first coach of the miami dolphins. * carl thomsen (nmna 1934) was former c.e.o. of [[te
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