page_title: Hamden Hall Country Day School
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Hamden Hall Country Day School / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: Hare Majesteit bij opening "First Int. Congres on patient counselling" in RAI-congrescentrum; dr. B. Spock (kinderpsycholoog), kop 21 april 1976
context_page_description: Hamden Hall Country Day School is a coeducational private day school in Hamden, Connecticut, educating students in preschool through grade 12. Hamden Hall was founded in 1912 as a country day school for boys by Dr. John P. Cushing, its first headmaster. It was the nation’s fourth country day school. The school has been coeducational since 1927 and expanded to include classes through grade 12 in 1934. Now split into three separate divisions, Hamden Hall enrolls the majority of its nearly 600 students in the upper and middle schools and the remainder in the lower school.
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  Tuition ranges from $17,000 in PreSchool to $39,825 in grades 9–12. Hamden Hall awards need-based financial aid to approximately 30 percent of its student body.
  Hamden Hall is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and is a member of National Association of Independent Schools and the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools.
context_section_description: Notable alumni include:
  Michael Barbaro, reporter and host of The Daily (podcast)
  Hiram Bingham IV (1903–1988)), American diplomat and WWII hero
  Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914–1986), Congressman and diplomat; US delegate to the United Nations General Assemblies
  Chris Bruno, actor, USA Network series The Dead Zone and the movie The World's Fastest Indian
  Dylan Bruno, actor, CBS series Numb3rs and movie Saving Private Ryan
  Ross Douthat (born 1979), New York Times columnist and author 
  Len Fasano (born 1958), politician
  Mitch Feierstein, British-American investor, banker and writer
  Gary Greenberg, lead co-writer of Jimmy Kimmel Live 
  Jake Hurwitz, comedian and member of the comedy duo Jake and Amir
  Samantha Katz (born 1985), designer and arts entrepreneur
  Bun Lai, chef and owner of Miya's Sushi and a national leader in the sustainability movement 
  Jay Lender, writer and director of the animated TV series SpongeBob SquarePants
  Richard Wall Lyman, educator and president of Stanford University from 1970 to 1980
  Jill Medvedow,  director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
  Carlos Parra (born 1977), soccer player
  Benjamin Spock, doctor and author of the child-rearing guide "Baby and Child Care" and esteemed pediatrician 
  Josh Zeid (born 1987), Major League Baseball pitcher (Houston Astros)
caption: Benjamin Spock
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