List of The Hill School alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of The Hill School, a preparatory boarding school located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

A William Arrowsmith, 1941 – professor Malcolm Atterbury, 1926 – actor

B John Backus, 1942 – computer scientist; inventor of the FORTRAN computer languageJOHN BACKUS: a restless inventor, accessed December 24, 2006 James Baker III, 1948 – secretary of state, U.S. secretary of the treasuryJames A. Baker, 3rd, Current Biography, March 2007. Accessed December 25, 2007. "Like his father, Jim Baker, as he prefers to be known, attended the Hill School, a college prep school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, then enrolled at Princeton University." Chris Bala, 1997 – professional ice hockey player William “Bill” Barnshaw, 1995 - Real estate executive, COO Agent 06 Perry Richardson Bass – investor and philanthropistLeslie Wayne, Perry R. Bass, 91, Patriarch of Famed Texas Oil Family, Dies, The New York Times, June 2, 2006 Cleve Benedict, 1953 – West Virginian congressman Pinckney Benedict, 1982 – screenwriter and author George Packer Berry – dean of Harvard Medical SchoolAltman, Lawrence K., "George P. Berry, 87, Is Dead; Bacteriologist and Educator", New York Times Manoj Bhargava, 1972 – inventor of 5-hour Energy Frank S. Bissell - head wrestling coach 1947-73 Curtis Bok, 1915 – Pennsylvania Supreme Court justice William Whiting Borden – missionary, heir of Borden fortune George Bradley – poet Hans Brase, 2012 – German basketball player Josiah Bunting III, 1957 – educator, superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute Irving T. Bush – businessman

C Robert Davis Carey, 1896 – governor and senator from Wyoming John Dickson Carr, 1925 – author Sabin Carr, 1924 – Olympic athlete Bernard Chan, 1983 – Hong Kong politician and businessman Evans Clark (1888–1970) – writer committed first to Communist and Socialist causes and then liberal socio-economic issuesStaff. "Evans Clark, Writer, Is Dead; Director of 20th Century Fund", The New York Times, August 29, 1970. Accessed December 24, 2017. "Mr. Clark, who was born in Orange, N. J., on Aug. 9, 1888, received his early education in private schools in New York City and at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa." Jay Clayton William F. Clinger, 1947 – former congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979–97, US Navy (1951–55, lt.) Henry S. Coleman, c. 1944 – educatorMartin, Douglas. "Henry S. Coleman, 79, Dies; Hostage at Columbia in '68", The New York Times, February 4, 2006. Accessed September 12, 2009. Chris Collingwood, 1985 – singer, songwriter, member of rock band Fountains of Wayne Paul Collins, 1986 – historian and memoirist Seward Collins – distributist, anti-modernist James Cromwell, 1958 – Academy Award-nominated television and film actor Briggs Cunningham, 1926 – sportsman, motor enthusiast; won America's Cup yacht race in 1958

D Hugh DeHaven, 1914 – professor at Cornell University and "father of crash survivability" Kingman Douglass, 1914 – investment banker; deputy director of CIA Jack G. Downing, 1958 – director of the National Clandestine Service under President Bill Clinton

E Lincoln Ellsworth, 1919 – polar explorer, first to sight geographic North Pole along with explorer Roald Amundsen German Horton Hunt Emory Brett Eppehimer – professional basketball player Nick Eppehimer – professional basketball player

F John Heaphy Fellowes, 1951 – U.S. Navy captain, pilot, and POW during the Vietnam War Morton Fetterolf – Pennsylvania state senator Clarence Fincke – captain of Yale football team, Hill football coach William Fincke – pacifist minister Leonard Firestone, 1927 – U.S. ambassador to Belgium, 1974–77, US Navy (WWII, lt.) Walter Forbes, 1961 – fraudulent executive Wilson P. Foss Jr., 1910 – board chair New York Trap Rock Corporation, art dealer and collector of Asian art Harold Furth, 1947 – scientist

G George Garrett, 1941 – poet, novelist, educator Caleb Frank Gates, 1922 – chancellor of the University of Denver Chris Gebhard, 1992 – business owner, Pennsylvania state senator Wolcott Gibbs, class of '20 but did not graduate – writer for The New Yorker S. C. Gwynne, 1970 – bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize finalist

H Harry Hamlin, 1970 – actor Dick Harter, 1948 – assistant coach of the Philadelphia 76ers Laning Harvey, 1903 – Pennsylvania state senator E. William Henry, 1947 – chairman of FCC Frederick Herreshoff, 1904 – amateur golfer Ralph Hills, 1921 – Olympic shot putter, physician Mahlon Hoagland, 1940 – discoverer of transfer RNA Randy Hopper, 1985 – Wisconsin state senator Roger Horchow, 1945 – Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Sam Horner, 1956 – NFL halfback, defensive back and punter Clark Hoyt, 1960 – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist James Calhoun Humes, 1952 – speechwriter Lamar Hunt, 1951 – businessman Nelson Bunker Hunt, did not graduate – scion of the Hunt Oil Company family; donated the costs to renovate his namesake building on campus Thad Hutcheson, 1933 – politician

J Alexander Jerrems

K Theo Killion – CEO 2010–14, led the failing Zale Corporation back from near-bankruptcy Eric King – NFL player Bob Kudelski, 1983 – professional ice hockey player, 1994 NHL All Star

L Lewis Lehrman, 1956 – politician, businessman, author Josiah K. Lilly Jr. Steven Lisberger – film director and producer, directed Tron Robert A. Lovett, 1914 – fourth United States secretary of defense Bill Luders – notable naval architect Kyle W. Larkin, 1997 - Waste Industry Business Executive

M Charles William Mayo Alberto Mestre, 1982 – Olympian swimmer James A. Michener, 1931 – author; faculty, department of English Devereux Milburn – Big Four polo player Spencer Moseley – CEO of Railway Express Agency

P Frank Pace, 1929 – secretary of the Army; CEO of General Dynamics Alan J. Pakula, 1944 – Hollywood director and producer Edward E. Paramore Jr. – screenwriter David Paton – founder of Orbis International George Patton IV, 1942 – major general in the United States Army; son of World War II General George Patton Norman Pearlstine, 1960 – a former top editor at The Wall Street Journal, Time Inc., Bloomberg L.P. and The Los Angeles Times Lionel Pincus, 1948 – co-founder of Warburg Pincus William Porter, 1944 – Olympic athlete Winston L. Prouty, 1924 – U.S. senator from Vermont (1959–1971) William Proxmire, 1934 – U.S. senator from Wisconsin (D)Severo, Richard. "William Proxmire, Maverick Democratic Senator From Wisconsin, Is Dead at 90", The New York Times, December 16, 2005. Accessed October 31, 2007. "The family was well-to-do, and he was sent to the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., and then to Yale, where he was an English major." Stephen Puth – singer; brother of Charlie Puth

Q William Thomas Quick, 1964 – novelist, screenwriter, blogger. Named the Blogosphere.

R Parviz C. Raji – Iranian diplomat William S. Reyburn – congressman for Pennsylvania Pat Rissmiller, 1998 – NHL athlete Robert F. Rockwell, 1903 – United States congressman from Colorado William A. Roosma – U.S. Army major general Peter Rummell, CEO of St. Joe Company Frank Runyeon, 1971 – actor, two-time Emmy Award winner Marshall Rutter – lawyer, arts patron, co-founder of the Los Angeles Master Chorale

S Len Sassaman, 1998 – computer scientist and biohacker; candidate for Satoshi Peter Schaffer, 1980 – lawyer and sports agent Barry Sheen, 1937 – British judge Tom Shevlin, 1902 -- Yale track athlete, football captain, and lumberman Jon Shirley, 1956 – former president of Microsoft Ernest Simpson, 1915 – British shipping tycoon best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson, who later married the former Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, elder brother of George VI Kenneth F. Simpson – congressman Lane Smith, attended in 1955, did not graduate – character actor Stephen Sohn, 2005 – Korean-American model Jerry Stahl, 1971 – novelist, screenwriter David Stein, 1979 – radio personality Oliver Stone, 1964 – Academy Award-winning producer/director Daniel Willard Streeter – hunter, adventurer and author William Irvin Swoope, 1888 – United States congressman from Pennsylvania

T Harold E. Talbott, 1907 – aviator and president of the Dayton-Wright Company, which manufactured more wartime aircraft overall than any other U.S. plant; third United States Secretary of the Air Force; selected the permanent site for United States Air Force Academy Baird Tipson, 1961 – former president of Washington College Kevin Tkachuk – professional rugby player; faculty, department of History Franchot Tone, Class of 1923, but did not graduate – prominent, Oscar-nominated actor of stage, film and television productions Roswell Tripp Juan T. Trippe, 1917 – airline pioneer, founder of Pan Am Bobby Troup – composer of "Route 66", musician, composer, jazz authority, recording artist, actor, Emmy Award winner Donald Trump Jr., 1996 – son of Donald Trump Eric Trump, 2002 – son of Donald Trump; Hill board of trustees

U David Vogel Uihlein, Sr. – heir to the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company

V Butch van Breda Kolff – professional basketball player and coach in the NBA John Van Voorhis, 1919 – New York Supreme Court judge

W John M. Walker, 1927 – physician and investment banker Irving Price Wanger – congressman Douglas "Sandy" A. Warner III, 1964 – former CEO of J. P. Morgan & Co. Laurence Hawley Watres, 1900 – U.S. congressman from Pennsylvania Harry Elkins Widener, 1902 – businessman; son of wealthy businessman George Dunton Widener; grandson of wealthy railroad tycoon Peter A.B. Widener; two buildings donated in his name Edmund Wilson, 1912 – writer Tom Wolf, 1967 – 47th governor of Pennsylvania (2015–2023) Tobias Wolff, Class of 1964, but was expelled for forging information for admission – writer, novelist, English and writing professor at Stanford Sidney Wood – Wimbledon tennis champion Benjamin Drake Wright

Y Richard Yuengling Sr., 1933 – president of Yuengling Brewery

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