• Source: List of Groton School alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of Groton School.




Note on sources


The first official school history, Frank D. Ashburn's Fifty Years On: Groton School, 1884–1934 (1934) (hereafter "Ashburn"), provides a complete list of Groton alumni (including students who did not graduate) through 1934, as well as a non-exhaustive list of some of the more notable alumni. Ashburn's companion book Peabody of Groton (2d ed. 1967) provides a more extensive list of notable alumni but does not provide the years of their graduation.: 317–28  Where possible, graduation dates for names listed solely in Peabody of Groton have been cross-referenced with the list of graduates in Fifty Years On; otherwise, a question mark has been placed next to the presumptive graduation year (that is, four years before the individual graduated from college).
The second official school history, Acosta Nichols' Forty Years More: A History of Groton School, 1934–1974, does not contain a list of famous alumni, but it does contain a list of trustees, alumni association presidents, and summa cum laude graduates, some of which became famous in their own right.: 237–38, 244, 246 
The school also awards "Distinguished Grotonian" and "Cui Servire" prizes and maintains an Athletic Hall of Fame; the web pages for these awards include the graduation years for other (generally more recent) alumni.




Faculty


Andy Anderson (1980–present), 1986 & 1987 world champion in lightweight women's fours (coach); member of the National Rowing Hall of Fame
Julian Coolidge (1897–1900), professor of mathematics at Harvard University: 194 
Grafton D. Cushing (1888–89, 1892–1906), Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: 194 
J. Clark Grew II (1967–69), Episcopal Bishop of Ohio: 242 
Danielle Tumminio Hansen (2015–16), professor of theology at Emory University
Henry Clay Hodges Jr. (1892–94), United States Army major general (39th Infantry Division during World War I): 194 
John Hoyt (1927–29), actor: 195 
Celene Ibrahim (2019–present), Islamic scholar
Richard J. Kerry (1944–45), diplomat; father of John Kerry: 240 
Henry Goddard Leach (1903–05), professor of Scandinavian civilization at the University of Kansas: 194 
Temba Maqubela (2013–present), headmaster
Theodor E. Mommsen (1942–46), professor of medieval history at Cornell University: 240 
Lawrence M. Noble (1932–66), hockey player: 239 
Remsen B. Ogilby (1902–04), president of Trinity College, Hartford: 194 
Endicott Peabody (1884–1940), founder and headmaster
George W. Rickey (1930–33), sculptor: 195 
L. Hugh Sackett (1955–61, 1963–2018), archaeologist: 241 
Ellery Sedgwick '90 (1894–96), editor-in-chief of the Atlantic Monthly: 194 
Charles L. Slattery (1894–96), Episcopal Bishop of Massachusetts: 194 
William Greenough Thayer (1886–87, 1889–94), headmaster of St. Mark's School: 194 
Timothy L. Towell (1961–63), U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay: 242 
Arthur H. Woods (1893–1909), New York City Police Commissioner: 194 




A


David C. Acheson (1939), United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
Dean Acheson (1911), United States Secretary of State: 176 
J. Thayer Addison Jr. (1905), vice president of the National Council of the Episcopal Church; professor at Episcopal Theological School: 167 
Frederick Lewis Allen (1908), editor-in-chief of Harper's; author of Only Yesterday: 171 
Joseph Wright Alsop IV (1894), politician and insurance executive: 185 
Joseph Wright Alsop V (1928), newspaper columnist: 320 
Stewart Alsop (1932), newspaper columnist: 320 
Ayi Kwei Armah (1960), writer
Hugh Auchincloss (1967), immunologist; former acting director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Hugh D. Auchincloss (1916), stockbroker and lawyer: 189 
James C. Auchincloss (1904), United States Congressman from New Jersey: 324 
Kenneth Auchincloss (1955), managing editor of Newsweek
Louis Auchincloss (1935), author, winner of the National Medal of Arts




B


Stanton Babcock (1922), United States Army major general (VIII Corps; 2d Armored Division): 325 
C. Tracy Barnes (1929), CIA officer; helped plan the Bay of Pigs invasion: 192 
Gaspar G. Bacon (1904), Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: 175 
Robert L. Bacon (1903), United States Congressman from New York: 175 
Francis M. Bator (1943?), Deputy United States National Security Advisor; professor of political economy at Harvard Kennedy School
Paul M. Bator (1947?), Deputy United States Solicitor General; professor at Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago Law School
Donald Beer (1953), 1956 Olympic gold medalist in men's eights (rowing)
Francis Biddle (1905), United States Attorney General; Chief American Justice of the Nuremberg Trials: 324 
George Biddle (1904), artist: 170 
Hiram Bingham IV (1921), diplomat; helped Varian Fry evacuate Jews during the Holocaust: 177 
Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1932), United States Congressman from New York: 326 
Woodridge Bingham (1920), professor of East Asian history at the University of California, Berkeley
Richard M. Bissell, Jr. (1928), CIA Deputy Director for Plans; helped plan the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the U-2 spy plane: 326 
William McCormick Blair Jr. (1936), United States Ambassador to the Philippines and Denmark: 326 
Edward "Pete" Bowditch Jr. (1899), aide-de-camp to General John J. Pershing during World War I; All-American football player at Harvard
Archibald Manning Brown (1889), architect, notably the Harlem River Houses and the Brooklyn Children's Museum
F. Gordon Brown Jr. (1900), one of only four four-time consensus All-American college football players; College Football Hall of Fame
J. Carter Brown (1951), director of the National Gallery of Art
James Bundy (1977), dean of the Yale School of Drama
McGeorge Bundy (1936), United States National Security Advisor; dean of the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
William Bundy (1935), foreign affairs advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
George Butler (1962?), documentary filmmaker, notably Pumping Iron




C


Francis Cabot (1943), venture capitalist; founder of The Garden Conservancy; chairman of the New York Botanical Garden: 237 
Bill Camp (1982), actor, notably The Queen's Gambit and The Night Of
Cass Canfield (1915), book publisher; president of Harper and Row: 171 
Ted Chase (1956), professor of biochemistry at Rutgers University
Henry Chauncey (1923), founder of Educational Testing Services
Henry "Sam" Chauncey Jr. (1953), Yale University administrator
Emory Clark (1956), 1964 Olympic gold medalist in men's eights (rowing)
Ben Coes (1985), investor and novelist
S. Sloan Colt (1910), chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; chairman of Bankers Trust: 321 
Hamilton Coolidge (1915), World War I flying ace: 189 
Jim Cooper (1972), United States Congressman from Tennessee
Edwin Corning Sr. (1902), Lieutenant Governor of New York: 175 
Erastus Corning 2nd (1928), mayor of Albany, New York: 326 
John Walter Cross (1896), architect: 170 
Eliot Cross (1902), architect: 170 
Seymour Cromwell (1952), 1964 Olympic silver medalist and 1966 World Championship silver medalist in men's double sculls (rowing)
Laurence Curtis (1912), United States Congressman from Massachusetts: 323 
Alexander Cushing (1932), founder of Squaw Valley Ski Resort (now Palisades Tahoe); host of the 1960 Winter Olympics
W. Bayard Cutting Jr. (1895), diplomat: 318 
Bronson M. Cutting (1906), United States Senator from New Mexico: 171 
C. Suydam Cutting (1908), explorer; first American to visit Lhasa




D


Daniel P. Davison (1943), president of the United States Trust Company
F. Trubee Davison (1914), Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency; United States Army Air Corps brigadier general: 176 
John Putnam Demos (1955), professor of history at Yale University: 246 
Charlie Devens (1928), baseball player (New York Yankees)
Benjamin Dibblee (1895), national championship-winning football coach and two-time All-American at Harvard: 112 
C. Douglas Dillon (1927), United States Secretary of the Treasury; United States Ambassador to France: 326 
Allen Dines (1939?), Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives: 327 
Henry Francis du Pont (1899), founder of the Winterthur Museum: 186 
Frederick C. Dumaine Jr. (1920), president of Avis Rent-a-Car and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad: 325 




E


Robert Wales Emmons Jr. (1890), sailor; captained the team that won the 1920 America's Cup: 197 




F


Isabelle Kinsolving Farrar (1998), sailing world champion in the 470 and International One Design competitions
Ned Freed (1978?), co-author of the email attachment Internet standard (MIME RFCs 2045–2049)
Vinton Freedley (1910), theater and television producer, notably Anything Goes: 188 




G


Ives Gammell (1911), artist: 171 
Peter Gammons (1963), sportswriter; winner of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award
Alex Gansa (1978), television producer, notably Homeland; two-time Emmy Award winner
William Tudor Gardiner (1910), Governor of Maine
Sumner Gerard Jr. (1934), United States Ambassador to Jamaica: 326 
John B. Goodenough (1940), winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (development of the lithium-ion battery)
Ward Goodenough (1937), professor of anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania: 318 
Marshall Green (1935), United States Ambassador to Indonesia, Australia, and Nauru; United States Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; accompanied President Nixon on his 1972 visit to China
Joseph Grew (1898), United States Ambassador to Japan; secretary of the U.S. delegation at the Treaty of Versailles; Under Secretary of State: 174 
Charles Grimes (1953), 1956 Olympic gold medalist in men's eights (rowing)
Ashbel Green Gulliver (1915), dean of Yale Law School: 318 
Gordon Gund (1957), principal owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers and San Jose Sharks
Fred Gwynne (1944), actor, notably The Munsters and My Cousin Vinny




H


Morris Hadley (1912), founder of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Frederick Hale (1892), United States Senator from Maine: 173 
Pierpont M. Hamilton (1916), United States Army Air Forces major general; recipient of the Medal of Honor: 325 
Charles Barney Harding (1918), founder of Smith, Barney & Co.; chairman of the New York Stock Exchange; chairman of the New York Botanical Garden and the Arthritis Foundation: 190 
William Barclay Harding (1926), chairman of Smith, Barney & Co.: 191 
Huntington "Tack" Hardwick (1911), co-founder of the Boston Garden; All-American football player for Harvard; College Football Hall of Fame: 188 
E. Roland Harriman (1913), railroad magnate and philanthropist: 189 
W. Averell Harriman (1909), United States Secretary of Commerce; United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom; Governor of New York: 324 
Percy Haughton (1895), four-time national championship-winning football coach at Harvard; College Football Hall of Fame
Stuart Heintzelman (1895), United States Army major general; commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College: 322 
Richard Hely-Hutchinson (1945?), 8th Earl of Donoughmore
Stephen A. Higginson (1979), Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
George Holding (1986), United States Congressman from North Carolina; United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina
Dwight N. Hopkins (1972), professor at the University of Chicago Divinity School
George Howe (1904), professor of architecture at Yale University: 321 




I


Christopher Isham (1971), investigative reporter




J


James Jackson (1900), businessman and Massachusetts State Treasurer: 174 
Pierre Jay (1888), chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York: 173 
Devereux Josephs (1911), president of the Carnegie Corporation; chairman of New York Life




K


Alexander Karwoski (2008), 2017 World Championship silver medalist in men's eights (rowing)
Gregory G. Katsas (1982), Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Moorehead Kennedy (1948), prisoner during the Iran hostage crisis
Francis Keppel (1934), United States Commissioner of Education; dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Thomas Forrest Kelly (1960), professor of music at Harvard University
David Key (1918), United States Ambassador to Burma: 177 
Albert Key (1944), investment banker; chairman of the New-York Historical Society: 238 
Martha Kim (1998), professor of computer science at Columbia University
Allen F. Kingman (1912), United States Army brigadier general (2d Armored Division during World War II): 323 
Howard Kingsbury (1922), 1924 Olympic gold medalist in men's eights (rowing)
Peter Kunhardt (1971), documentary filmmaker




L


Oliver La Farge (1920), anthropologist and novelist, notably Laughing Boy; winner of the Pulitzer Prize: 168 
Christopher Landau (1981?), United States Ambassador to Mexico
Charles Lawrance (1901), aeronautical engineer; engine designer for Charles Lindbergh's first transatlantic flight: 172 
James Lawrence (1925), rower; participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics (men's coxed fours)
Hunter Lewis (1965), author; founder of Cambridge Associates
William Tucker Lindesay-Bethune (1919?), 14th Earl of Lindsay
George C. Lodge (1945), professor at Harvard Business School
George deForest Lord (1938), professor of English literature at Yale University: 318 
Samuel K. Lothrop (1911), anthropologist at the Peabody Museum: 167–68 




M


Lincoln MacVeagh (1909), United States Ambassador to Spain, Portugal, Greece, Yugoslavia, South Africa, and Iceland: 171 
W. Kingsland Macy (1908), United States Congressman from New York: 176 
Greg Maffei (1978), CEO of Liberty Media
Peter Magowan (1959), managing general partner, San Francisco Giants
Harry Mathews (1947), writer
Liane Malcos (1996), 2003 World Champion in women's coxless fours (rowing)
Brooks McCormick (1936?), CEO of International Harvester
Joseph Medill McCormick (1895), United States Senator from Illinois: 174 
Robert R. McCormick (Form of 1899; did not graduate), publisher of the Chicago Tribune; founder of Kirkland & Ellis LLP: 171 
Walter Russell Mead (1969), Henry A. Kissinger Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations
Daniel Merriman (1927), professor of marine biology at Yale University: 192 
Abbot Low Moffat (1919), diplomat, politician, and attorney: 177 
Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1913), United States Ambassador to Canada: 324 
Jay Pierrepont "Peter" Moffat Jr. (1949), United States Ambassador to Chad
Henry Sturgis Morgan (1919), founder of Morgan Stanley
Henry Sturgis Morgan Jr. (1942), United States Navy rear admiral
John Adams Morgan (1949), 1952 Olympic gold medalist in the International Six Metre Class (sailing)
George L. K. Morris (1924), painter: 320 
A. Newbold Morris (1921), president of the New York City Council; New York City Parks Commissioner: 325 
Daniyal Mueenuddin (1981), author
Henry A. Murray (1911), professor of psychology at Harvard University; developer of the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Justin Muzinich (1996), United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury




N


Candace Nelson (1991), founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes
Garrison Norton (1919), United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy: 325 




O


William H. Orrick III (1971), District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
H. Fairfield Osborn Jr. (1905), conservationist; president of the New York Zoological Society and the Conservation Foundation: 187 




P


J. Graham Parsons (1925), United States Ambassador to Laos and Sweden; deputy U.S. representative to SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
Joseph Medill Patterson (1896), founder of the New York Daily News; father of the tabloid newspaper: 320 
Herbert Parsons Patterson (1942?), president of Chase Manhattan Bank
Ted Patton (1984), 1987 world champion and 1988 Olympic bronze medalist in men's eights (rowing)
Alexandra Paul (1981), actress, notably Baywatch
Endicott Peabody II (1938), Governor of Massachusetts; College Football Hall of Fame
Malcolm Endicott Peabody (1907), Episcopal Bishop of Central New York: 319 
Alan Pifer (1940), president of the Carnegie Corporation
George W. Pierson (1922), professor of history at Yale University: 320 
Frank Polk (1890), United States Under Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson; attorney, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP: 173 
Fuller Potter (1929), artist
Norman Prince (1905), pilot; founder of the Lafayette Escadrille during World War I: 187 
Eben W. Pyne (1935), commissioner of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority: 238 




Q






R


Christopher Rand (1930), journalist and travel writer: 320 
Samuel Reber (1921), United States Deputy High Commissioner for Germany after World War II: 177 
Stanley Rogers Resor (1935), United States Secretary of the Army and Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Warren D. Robbins (1904), United States Ambassador to Canada and El Salvador: 175 
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt (Form of 1914; did not graduate), United States Army officer: 189 
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr. (1936), CIA officer; linguist: 327 
Elliott Roosevelt (1929), United States Army Air Corps brigadier general; mayor of Miami Beach, Florida: 326 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1900), 32nd President of the United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1933), United States Congressman from New York; chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: 326 
James Roosevelt (1926), United States Congressman from California; United States Marine Corps brigadier general: 325 
Kermit Roosevelt (1908), explorer; visited the Amazon Basin, the Himalayas, and Southeast Asia: 188 
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. (1934), CIA officer; organized Operation Ajax: 326 
Quentin Roosevelt (1915), United States Army Air Service pilot; only child of a U.S. president to have died in combat: 189 
Quentin Roosevelt II (1937?), grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt; killed in a plane crash in China under mysterious circumstances
Theodore Roosevelt III (sometimes called Theodore Jr.) (1906), United States Army brigadier general; led the D-Day assault on Utah Beach; Medal of Honor recipient; Governor-General of the Philippines; Governor of Puerto Rico: 324 
Theodore Roosevelt IV (1932?), Pennsylvania Secretary of Commerce
Theodore Roosevelt V (1961), investment banker; conservationist; U.S. Navy SEAL; U.S. Foreign Service officer
R. Selden Rose (1904), professor of Romance languages at Yale University
George Rublee (1886), first graduate of Groton School; commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission; former name partner of Covington & Burling LLP: 173 
Tom Rush (1959), folk and blues musician
Paul S. Russell (1943), professor at Harvard Medical School; founder of the New England Organ Bank




S


Robert C. Scott (1965), United States Congressman from Virginia
Ellery Sedgwick (1890), editor of the Atlantic Monthly: 168 
Sarah Sewall (1979), director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School
Hardwick Simmons (1958), president of NASDAQ
Curtis Sittenfeld (1993), author
Frederick Sheffield (1920), 1924 Olympic gold medalist in men's eights (rowing)
James Hopkins Smith Jr. (1927), United States Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Air); 1948 Olympic gold medalist in 6-meter (sailing): 237 
Paul Stewart (1972), NHL player and referee
Bayard Storey (1949), professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School: 246 
Gerry Studds (1955), United States Congressman from Massachusetts; first openly gay Member of Congress
Walter S. Sullivan Jr. (1936), science editor of The New York Times
John W. Suter Jr. (1908), dean of Washington National Cathedral; custodian of the Episcopal Book of Common Prayer: 319 
Joseph Rockwell Swan (1898), senior partner at Smith, Barney & Co.; national championship-winning football coach at Yale: 186 




T


David Thorne (1962), investment adviser; United States Ambassador to Italy; president of the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art
John Train (1946), investment adviser; editor of The Paris Review
Sandy Treadwell (1964?), Secretary of State of New York




U






V


Cyrus Vance, Jr. (1973), Manhattan District Attorney
Andrés Velasco (1978), Finance Minister of Chile; dean of the School of Public Policy at the London School of Economics
Nicholas Vreeland (1972), Buddhist monk




W


George Herbert Walker III (1949), United States Ambassador to Hungary; board member of the New York Stock Exchange
H. Bradford Washburn Jr. (1929), director of the Boston Museum of Science
Sherwood Washburn (1931), professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley
Sam Waterston (1958), actor, notably Law & Order's Jack McCoy
Franklin C. Watkins (1910?), painter
J. Griswold Webb (1909), New York State Senator: 188 
J. Watson Webb (1903), insurance executive; polo player: 172 
J. Watson Webb, Jr. (1934), film editor: 193 
Sumner Welles (1910), United States Under Secretary of State: 176 
James Boyd White (1956), professor at the University of Michigan Law School; founder of the Law and Literature movement
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney (1917), investor and film producer, notably The Searchers: 172 
Harry Payne Whitney (1894), businessman; horse breeder; polo player: 172 
John Hay Whitney (1922), United States Ambassador to Great Britain; president of the Museum of Modern Art; publisher of the New York Herald Tribune: 172 
Richard Whitney (1907), President of the New York Stock Exchange; pleaded guilty to embezzlement in 1938: 166 
William Payne Whitney (1894), philanthropist and businessman: 172 
Arnold Whitridge (1909), professor of literature at Yale University
William Woodward Sr. (1894), president of Hanover National Bank; president of the United States Jockey Club; breeder of Triple Crown-winning racehorses Omaha and Gallant Fox: 172 




X






Y


Mark Yannetti (1990), scouting director for the Los Angeles Kings; two-time Stanley Cup champion (2012, 2014)
Jonathan Yardley (1957), Pulitzer Prize-winning critic for the Washington Post




Z


Alexander Clinton Zabriskie (1916), dean of Virginia Theological Seminary




Notes






References

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