This list of Haverford School people catalogs notable alumni of The Haverford School, a private school in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Academia, art, and media
- Robert M. Ayres – architect active in San Antonio; son of Atlee Ayres
- Lyle Bettger – actor[1]
- Alec Brownstein – humorist and author
- Douglas Brunt – entrepreneur and novelist, married to Megyn Kelly
- Britton Chance, 1931 – Olympic gold medalist in sailing; University of Pennsylvania professor of biochemistry, biophysics, physical chemistry, and radiological physics
- John DiIulio, 1976 – political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania; first director of the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives initiated by President George W. Bush
- Henry Drinker – attorney and musicologist
- Chuck Brodsky - folk artist and activist
- Al Hunt, 1960 – managing editor of Bloomberg News
- Arthur Crew Inman – diarist
- James Lavino, 1991 – composer
- Walter Mellor – architect
- Peter Morris, 1991 – playwright; author of Guardians
- Maxfield Parrish, 1898 – painter and illustrator
- John Powers Middleton – film and television producer
- Eric Thal, 1983 – stage and film actor
- Frank S. Welsh, 1958 – President of Welsh Color and Conservation, Inc.; son of artist and furniture decorator Suzanne S. Welsh
- Bradley Whitford - Actor; attended but did not graduate
- John Powers Middleton - Television and film producer
Government
- Ben T. Elliott – speechwriter for politicians and corporations
- Douglas Hemphill Elliott – member of House of Representatives
- Oscar Goodman, 1957 – Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada
- John Hickenlooper, 1970 – United States Senator, former Mayor of Denver and Governor of Colorado, 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate.
- W. Thacher Longstreth, 1937 – former Philadelphia City Councilman
Athletics
- Bert Bell, 1914 – NFL commissioner and founder of the Philadelphia Eagles
- Will Barker – former offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys
- Ernest Cozens, 1907 – football player, President of the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing Association
- John duPont – member of the prominent Du Pont family; ornithologist, philatelist, philanthropist, coach, and sports enthusiast
- Bob Folwell – football player and coach
- Bill Fritz – pole vaulter
- Mike Mayock, 1976 – former NFL player and NFL analyst, current General Manager of the Oakland Raiders
- Steve Sabol, 1960 – President of NFL Films
- Henry Sayen – cricketer
- Dave Stilley – lacrosse player in Major League Lacrosse
- Joe McCallion, 2011 – professional lacrosse player for Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club
- Goran Murray, 2011 - professional lacrosse player for Archers Lacrosse Club
- Chris Sabia, 2015 – professional lacrosse player for Chrome Lacrosse Club
- Jeremiah White, 2000 – professional soccer player
- Grant Ament, 2015 – Tewaarton Award finalist, 2019 Big Ten Lacrosse Player of the Year
Business
- Michael Dubin 1997, – founder and CEO of Dollar Shave Club
- Jeffrey E. Perelman – billionaire; CEO of JEP Management company
- Ronald Perelman, 1960 – billionaire; controlling owner of MacAndrews & Forbes and Revlon
- John S. Middleton – former owner of John Middleton Co., part owner of the Philadelphia Phillies[2]
Military
- Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler, 1898 – two-time Medal of Honor recipient; USS Butler (DD-636) ; Major General in the US Marine Corps; Director of Public Safety in Philadelphia; political speaker and author; nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker"
- Robert Clarkson Clothier, Class of 1903, Wall Street Journal reporter; World War I Army officer; representative for Secretary of War; 14th president of Rutgers University (1932-1951); president of the New Jersey Constitutional Convention (1947)[3][4]
- Pete Conrad – naval aviator, astronaut, 3rd man to walk on the moon; attended Haverford from Kindergarten through 11th grade but was expelled as a result of his dyslexia.
- Justin W. Lewis – music teacher
- James Rogers McConnell, 1908 – military aviator; a founding member of the Lafayette Escadrille in the French Air Service in World War I; honored by the Aviator statue at the University of Virginia and France's Croix de Guerre
Sciences
- Charles "Pete" Conrad - Astronaut, 3rd man to walk on the moon; attended Haverford from kindergarten through 11th grade but was expelled because of his dyslexia.
- Richard W. Thorington Jr. - zoologist
- H. Richard Winn – neurosurgeon
Notable faculty
- Harold Boatrite – composer; former music teacher
- W. D. Ehrhart – poet, writer, scholar, Vietnam veteran; "the dean of Vietnam war poetry;" member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War; 1993 Pew Fellow in the Arts
- Joe Iacone – football coach
- Doug Knight – lacrosse coach and math teacher
- John Nagl – current headmaster of the school
References
- ^ Aaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6409-8. Pp. 49-51.
- ^ "Area cigar firm fetches $2.9 billion Middleton has been puffin' since 1856". philly-archives. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ^ Frusciano, Thomas J. (University Archivist). Rutgers Leaders, Rutgers History: Robert C. Clothier - Rutgers President, 1932 to 1951, originally published in "Leadership on the Banks: Rutgers' Presidents, 1766–2004", Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ Staff. "Dr. R. C. Clothier, Ex-Rutgers Head; University President from 1932-51, Dies at 85" in The New York Times (20 March 1970).