Our Alumni

Dr. William “Bill” Harris ’44 | Author of Vanishing Bone; founder and director emeritus of the Massachusetts General Hospital Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory

Burton Richter ’48 | Nobel Laureate in Physics (1976)

Dr. Walter Pae ’67 | Inventor of transplant heart pump

Denise Dupré ’76 | Adjunct professor at Harvard University and author of industry textbook Hospitality World!

Ann Blair ’79 | Historian, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Harvard University, and MacArthur Fellows Program recipient

Dr. Deirdre Marshall ’79 | Director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Miami Children’s Hospital

Jimmy Stewart ’28 | 1941 Academy Award recipient (best actor, The Philadelphia Story) and star of multiple major motion pictures including It’s a Wonderful Life, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Rear Window, and Vertigo

John Payne ’32 | Actor best known for Miracle on 34th Street

Walter Farley ’35 | Author of The Black Stallion series

James Snyder ’69 | Helen Goldsmith Menschel Director of The Jewish Museum in New York City

R.F. Laird ’70 | Author of The Boomer Bible

Margaretta “Peggy” Northrop ’72 | chief executive officer emeritus and adviser for Watermark and UPWARD — a global network for accelerating the advancement of executive women – former editor-in-chief of Reader’s Digest and Sunset magazine

William Davies ’79 | Annie Award winner and screenwriter of several films, including Flushed Away and Twins

Michael Davies ’85 | Daytime Emmy recipient for ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in 2000 and 2001 and co-host of NBC Sports Network’s Men in Blazers; executive producer of Jeopardy

Benicio Del Toro ’85 | 2000 Academy Award winner (best supporting actor, Traffic), Golden Globe/Screen Actors Guild Award winner, and star of multiple major motion pictures including The Usual Suspects and Sicario

Luke Ebbin '85 | Multi-platinum, five time Grammy-nominated record producer, composer and songwriter

Sean Kanan ’85 | Actor in The Karate Kid III, General Hospital, and The Bold and the Beautiful

Ben Mendelsohn ’86 | Actor in Bloodline, The Dark Knight Rises, Mississippi Grind, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Darkest Hour, Ready Player One, and Captain Marvel

Vanessa Branch ’90 | Actress in Pirates of the Caribbean films and numerous television shows

Eddie Kang ’99 | Artist and fashion/accessories designer

Rebecca Lowe ’99 | NBC sportscaster, formerly with ESPN UK and the BBC

Joe L. Brown ’37 | General manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates

Charles Moore ’47 | Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter hurdles, silver medalist in the US team's 4x400m relay, and member of the United States National Track & Field Hall of Fame

Dick Cass ’64 | President of the Baltimore Ravens

Jim Irsay ’78 | Owner of the Indianapolis Colts

Mark Talbott ’78 | Top-ranked professional squash player in the world (1983-1995), U.S. Squash Hall of Fame member, and head squash coach at Stanford University

Betsy Mitchell ’83 | Three-time Olympic medalist (one gold, two silver) in swimming and director of athletics at California Institute of Technology

Melvin Stewart ’88 | Three-time Olympic medalist (two gold, one bronze) in swimming

Josh Edgin ’06 | New York Mets pitcher

Vincent Rey ’06 | Cincinnati Bengals linebacker and NFL Man of the Year Award nominee

Steven Zhang ’11 | Chairman of Inter Milan soccer club

Benjamin Mahoney (1918) | Owner of Ryan Airlines and builder of Charles Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis

Max Grumbacher ’31 | Chairman of Bon-Ton Department Stores

Robert Weis ’37 | Chairman of Weis Markets

Stanley Fulton ’49 | Founder of Anchor Gaming

Alan Kennedy ’49 | President of Tupperware

H.F. “Gerry” Lenfest ’49 | Philanthropist and media entrepreneur

Nicholas Taubman ’53 | Founder of Advance Auto Parts and U.S. ambassador to Romania (2005–2008)

Tim Grumbacher ’57 | Chief executive officer of Bon-Ton Department Stores

Jim Perdue ’69 | Chairman of Perdue Farms

John Rich ’71 | President of Waste Management Processing

Deborah Simon ’74 | Philanthropist and chair of the Simon Youth Foundation

Joel Boone (1909) | U.S. Navy admiral, White House physician under Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt, and recipient of Medal of Honor, Distinguished Service Cross, and six Silver Stars

Ralph Talbot (1916) | World War I flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient

Eugene Fluckey ’30 | U.S. Navy rear admiral; recipient of Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses

Harry Hughes ’44 | Governor of Maryland (1979–1987)

León Febres Cordero ’49 | President of Ecuador (1984–1988)

Dick Thornburgh ’50 | Pennsylvania governor (1979–1987) and U.S. attorney general (1988–1991)

Tony Trenga ’67 | U.S. District Court judge

John Jones III ’73 | U.S. District Court judge