• Source: List of New Trier High School alumni

This is a list of notable alumni from New Trier High School, a four-year high school in Winnetka, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, including alumni from the former New Trier East and New Trier West high schools:




Business


Bobbi Brown, make-up artist, entrepreneur, author, and founder of a line of cosmetics
Douglas Conant, former chairman of Avon Products; former President and CEO of the Campbell Soup Company
Chris Cox (2000), Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Facebook
John Donahoe (1978), president and CEO of Nike (2020–present), president and CEO of eBay (2008–2015), chairman of PayPal (2015–present), CEO of ServiceNow (2017–2019)
Christie Hefner (1970), former CEO of Playboy Enterprises
Charles F. Knight (1953), chairman emeritus of Emerson Electric Co.
James McNerney (1967), president of GE Lighting (1995–97), president of GE Aircraft Engines (1997–2000), president and CEO of 3M (2000–05), CEO of Boeing (2005–15)




Film, television, and theater


Ann-Margret (1959), actress and entertainer
Adam Baldwin (1980), actor
Steve Barancik (1979), screenwriter
Ralph Bellamy (1922), actor
Beck Bennett (2003), Saturday Night Live cast member
Carlos Bernard (1980), actor
Mark Boone Junior (1973), actor
Stephen Brooks, actor
John Byrum (1965), film producer, director and screenwriter
Liz Callaway (1978), musical theatre actress
William Christopher, actor
Lisa Darr (1981), actress
Bruce Dern (1954), actor
Christine Ebersole (1971), actress and singer
James Eckhouse, actor
Neal Edelstein (1987), film director and producer
Dede Gardner (1986), film producer
Charlton Heston (1941), actor and political activist
Rock Hudson (1943), actor
Scott Jaeck (1973), actor
Jake Johnson (1996), actor, comedian, screenwriter
Mike Kelley (1985), television writer and producer
Virginia Madsen (1979), actress
Lauren Marcus (attended; transferred to another school), actress
Liesel Matthews (2002), actress and heiress
Kim Milford (1968), actor
Penelope Milford (1966), actress
John R. Montgomery (1975), television producer
Hugh O'Brian (did not graduate), actor
Jeffrey Price, member of screenwriting team with Peter S. Seaman
Maeve Quinlan (1982), actress, producer
Kevin Quinn (2015), actor and singer-songwriter
Betsy Randle (1968), actress
Mark Romanek (1977), music video and film director, writer, and producer
Charlotte Ross, (1986) actress
Tom Rubnitz, video artist
Mary Kate Schellhardt (1997), actress
Rusty Schwimmer (1980), actress
Michael Shannon, actor
Les Shapiro, NBC, CBS, ESPN sports journalist, Denver
Hal Sparks (1988), actor and comedian
David Strassman (West), performer and ventriloquist
Lili Taylor (1985), actress
Nico Tortorella (2006), actor
Paul Thomas (director) (born Phil Toubus) (1967), actor, director
Jim True-Frost (aka Jim True) (1984), actor
Rainn Wilson (1984), actor
Terence H. Winkless, film and TV producer, director and writer
Edward Zwick (1970), film and television director and producer




Journalism and letters


Elizabeth Brackett (1959), television news correspondent
Shams Charania (2012), NBA reporter, previously for Yahoo Sports The Vertical, currently for The Athletic and Stadium
Ann Compton (1965), television news reporter and correspondent
Chet Coppock (1966), radio sportscaster
Brian D'Amato (1976), novelist and sculptor
Alan Goldsher (1984), novelist and ghostwriter
Walter Jacobson (1955), local television news personality
Geoffrey A. Landis (1973), engineer and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning science fiction author
Edward Lifson (1974) award-winning journalist, for National Public Radio and other outlets, and architecture writer
John Lippman, television executive and the acting director of Voice of America
Archibald MacLeish (did not graduate), writer and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner
Nell Minow (1970), film critic and author in the field of corporate governance
Stephen Moore (1978), economics writer, journalist and commentator
Henry H. Neff (1991), author and illustrator
Juliet Law Packer (1970), television writer
Chris Plante, television reporter, host of eponymous radio show
Dan Ponce (1995) WGN-TV/News/Anchor; Founder, "Straight No Chaser" a cappella music group.
Ian Punnett (1978), radio personality and writer
Sarah Ruhl (1992), playwright
Thomas A. Stewart (1966), business journalist and editor
John Stossel (1965), author, commentator and investigative journalist
Penelope Trunk (1985), author, blogger, and entrepreneur
Scott Turow (1966), lawyer and novelist
Donovan Webster (1977), journalist, author, editor, and filmmaker




Law


Richard Clifton (1968), Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Martha Minow (1972), former Dean of Harvard Law School
Dean A. Pinkert (1974), trade lawyer; former member of the United States International Trade Commission




Music


David Charles Abell (1976), conductor
Mike Bloomfield (did not graduate), rock and blues guitarist
Jaimie Branch (2001), jazz trumpeter
Andy Brick (1983), composer and conductor
Ann Hampton Callaway (1976), singer and songwriter
Marshall Chess, music executive and producer
Kristine Flaherty (2003), rapper
Katie Gavin (2011), lead singer of the band, MUNA
Jeff Harnar (1977), cabaret singer
Erwin Helfer (1954), boogie woogie and jazz innovator, performer, and educator
Al Jourgensen (attended), musician
Kate Liu (2012), pianist, 3rd prize winner of XVII International Chopin Piano Competition
Louis The Child, musical duo composed of Robert Hauldren (2015) and Frederic Kennett (2016)
Gary Novak, (1987) session drummer
Sean O’Keefe (1998), record producer, mixer and engineer
Liz Phair (1985), singer-songwriter
Matthew Polenzani (1986), lyric tenor opera singer
Dave Samuels (1966), jazz vibraphonist who played with Spyro Gyra and the Caribbean Jazz Project
John Baker Saunders (1973), founding member and bassist for the grunge rock supergroup Mad Season
William Susman (1978), composer of concert and film music
Joe Trohman (2002), guitarist for the bands The Damned Things and Fall Out Boy
Peter Van de Graaff (1979), musician, bass baritone and classical radio host on WFMT
Matt Walker (1987), rock musician and former drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins
Linda Waterfall, folk musician and singer-songwriter
Aaron Weinstein (2003), jazz violinist
Pete Wentz (attended), bassist for the bands Black Cards and Fall Out Boy
The Ying Quartet, string quartet started by four siblings who are all alumni: David (1981), Tim (1983), Phillip (1986), and Janet (1988)




Politics and government


Judy Biggert (1955), U.S. Representative
Bob Dold (1987), U.S. Representative
Rahm Emanuel (West, 1977), U.S. Representative, White House Chief of Staff and Mayor of Chicago, United States Ambassador to Japan
David H. Hoffman (1984), federal prosecutor and Chicago's inspector general
Fred Karger (1968), political consultant and Republican gay rights advocate
Mark Kirk (1977) U.S. Representative and Senator
Thomas Miller (1966), U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999–2001) and Greece (2001–04)
Charles H. Percy (1937), U.S. Senator
Michael S. Rogers (1977), U.S. Navy four-star admiral and former director of the National Security Agency
Carol Ronen (1962), Illinois State Representative and State Senator
Donald Rumsfeld (1950), U.S. Representative, White House Chief of Staff and U.S. Secretary of Defense
Jack Ryan, former candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois
James D. Swan, Wisconsin State Senator
Richard S. Williamson (1967), U.S. Ambassador and diplomat
Edgard D. Kagan (1985), U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia
Alaina Teplitz (1987), U.S. Ambassador to Nepal (2015-2018), U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka (2018-2021)




Science and technology


Bruce Alberts (1956), biochemist, president of the National Academy of Sciences and editor in chief of the journal Science
Lise Eliot (1980), professor of neuroscience and author
Ellen Fetter (1957), computer scientist
Todd Golub (1981), cancer researcher, director of the cancer program at the Broad Institute
Mary-Claire King (1963), geneticist
Geoffrey A. Landis, aerospace engineer and author
Michael Peskin (West, 1969), physicist
Martin Rocek (1971), physicist
Rafael Sorkin (valedictorian 1963), physicist
Jack Steinberger (1938), co-recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics (he donated his Nobel medal to the New Trier science department)
Kenneth S. Suslick (1970), chemist
Clifford Tabin (1972), geneticist, chairman of the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society




Sports


Trish Andrew (1989), basketball player for Michigan
Ross Baumgarten (1973), baseball pitcher
Ben Braun (1971), men's collegiate basketball coach, University of California (1996–2008), Rice (2008–14)
Pete Burnside (1948), baseball pitcher
John Castino (1973), baseball infielder
Al Culver, NFL offensive tackle
Rick Hahn (1989), MLB general manager of the Chicago White Sox (2012-23)
Mike Huff (1981), baseball outfielder
Dave Jauss, baseball coach and scout
Robert Jeangerard, basketball player, 1956 Olympics gold medalist
Matt Kaskey (2015), offensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers
Chuck Lindstrom, baseball catcher and coach
Matt Lottich (2000), basketball player for Stanford
Clay Matthews (1974), NFL linebacker (1978–93)
Chuck Mercein (1961), NFL running back
Phoebe Mills, athlete, gymnastics bronze medalist in 1988 Summer Olympics
John Moore (2009), NHL player
Mike Pyle (1957), NFL center
Jack Riley (1933), Olympic wrestler and NFL offensive tackle
Fred Schmidt, swimmer
Charlie Tilson (2011), MLB outfielder for Chicago White Sox
Emma Vlasic (2015), ice hockey forward
Alex Vlasic (did not graduate), Chicago Blackhawks defenseman
Tommy Wingels (2006), NHL player




Visual arts


Ivan Albright, painter associated with magic realism
Stieg Hedlund (1983), game development leader, designer, artist, and writer
Dewitt Jones, photographer and film producer known for his association with the National Geographic Society
Nancy Spero (1944), feminist artist
Ryan Zoghlin (1985), artist and photographer




Others


Liz Crokin, columnist and conspiracy theorist
Laurie Dann (1975), perpetrator of a school shooting in Winnetka
Ari Emanuel, talent agent and founder of the Endeavor Agency
Anna Halprin (Ann Schuman) (1938), modern dancer
Sharon Percy Rockefeller, former First Lady of West Virginia and the chief executive officer of WETA-TV
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith, white supremacist spree killer
Larry Sweeney (1999), real name Alex Whybrow, professional wrestler and manager
Charlie Trotter (1977), chef, restaurateur and author
Brad Will (1988), anarchist, activist, and documentary filmmaker who was killed in Mexico





































































References

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• List of New Trier High School alumni
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