The following is a list of notable alumni of Taft School. The Taft School is a private, coeducational prep school located in Watertown, Connecticut, United States. The school was founded by Horace Dutton Taft, the brother of President William Howard Taft, in 1890.
Academics
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- T. H. Breen '60, Guggenheim fellow, history professor
- Stevan Dedijer '30, founder of the Research Policy Institute, pioneer of Business Intelligence
- Alfred G. Gilman '58, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine[1]
- Mason Gross '29, President of Rutgers University
- Thomas Kuhn '40, philosopher of science, author
- Samuel T. Orton 1897, pioneer in the study of dyslexia
- Rollin G. Osterweis '26, Professor of history at Yale University
Arts and entertainment
edit- Trey Anastasio '83, Phish lead guitarist
- Jeff Baxter '67, musician (Steely Dan, Doobie Brothers)
- Henry Beard '63, co-founder of National Lampoon, co-author of Bored of the Rings
- Peter Berg '80, actor/director of Friday Night Lights, Lone Survivor
- Jason Blum '87, producer of "Get Out" and "Paranormal Activity", founder of Blumhouse Productions
- Mia Borders, '05, singer-songwriter
- Mary Chapin Carpenter '76, five-time Grammy Award winner[2]
- Spencer Treat Clark '05, actor in Gladiator, Mystic River, Unbreakable, and The Last House on the Left
- Barnaby Conrad '40, author, artist, bullfighter
- Barnaby Conrad III '71, author and artist
- Dominique Dunne, actress[3]
- Adam Duritz '82, lead singer of Counting Crows
- James Franciscus '53, actor in The Naked City, Longstreet
- Grant Goodeve, actor in Eight is Enough
- Geoffrey T. Hellman '24, longtime New Yorker columnist
- Deane G. Keller '17, painter and educator[4]
- Alan Klingenstein '72, film producer
- Ralph Lee '53, Guggenheim fellow and Obie Award winner
- Lorenzo Mariani '73, international opera director
- Steve Sandvoss '98, actor
- Tom Santopietro '72, author and Broadway theater manager
- Fred Small '70, singer-songwriter
- Dudley Taft '84, member of Sweet Water guitars, vocals
- Karen L. Thorson '78, producer of The Wire, The Unusuals
Business
edit- Henry Becton, chairman of Becton Dickinson and Company
- Thomas Ludlow Chrystie II '51, investment banker, first CFO of Merrill, Lynch & Company and inventor of the Cash Management Account
- Peter S. Kaufman '71, investment banker, president of the Gordian Group LLC
- Joseph Irwin Miller '27, industrialist, Cummins Engine Company
- John M. Schiff '21, investment banker, philanthropist, honorary chairman of Lehman Brothers[5]
- John G. Taft '68, financier and writer
- James B. Taylor '40, Business Jet Marketing Pioneer
- George Weyerhaeuser '44, chairman and CEO, Weyerhaeuser Company[6]
Government officials
edit- William D. Brewer, U.S. Ambassador
- Nathaniel Neiman Craley, Jr. '46, U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania[7]
- Richard Funkhouser, U.S. Ambassador to Gabon
- Robert C. Hill '38, United States Ambassador to Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Spain and Argentina
- William S. Mailliard '35, U.S. Congressman, California[8]
- Manuel Rocha '69, United States Ambassador to Bolivia 2000-02
- Earl E. T. Smith '22, United States Ambassador to Cuba (1958–59)
- Michael P. W. Stone '42, U.S. Secretary of the Army
- Bob Taft '59, Governor of Ohio
- Robert A. Taft 1906, U.S. Senator from Ohio 1939–53, majority leader
- Robert Taft, Jr. '35, Republican Congressman 1963–65, 1967–71, Senator 1971-76
- William Howard Taft III '33, United States Ambassador to Ireland
- Robert F. Wagner Jr. '29, Mayor of New York
- John S. Wold '34, U.S. Congressman, Wyoming[9]
Legal and judiciary
edit- Flemming L. Norcott, Jr. '61, Associate Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court[10]
- Robert W. Sweet '40, federal judge who heard New York Times v. Gonzales concerning the Judith Miller controversy[9]
- Ralph K. Winter Jr. '53, federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, nominated to the court in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan
- Wesley S. Williams Jr., first African-American to serve both as legal counsel to the United States Senate and president of the Harvard Law School Association
Sports
edit- Skyler Bell '21, college football wide receiver[11]
- Darren Bragg '87, professional baseball player
- James Driscoll '96, professional golfer[12]
- Patrick Kerney '95, professional football player
- Allison Mleczko '93, gold medalist in first women's Olympic ice hockey game at Nagano; silver medalist in 2002[13]
- Max Pacioretty '07, professional hockey player for the Carolina Hurricanes
- Barbara Potter '79, Hall of Fame professional tennis player
- James Stillman Rockefeller 1920, Olympic gold medalist, 8-man rowing (Paris, France)
- Ryan Shannon '01, professional hockey player
- Tammy Lee Shewchuk '96, Olympic gold medalist in women's ice hockey, Salt Lake City
- Jaime Sifers '02, professional ice hockey player
- Katey Stone '84, head coach of 2014 Olympic Team USA women's ice hockey team, coach of Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey team
- John Welchli '46, Olympic silver medalist, Melbourne, 1956
Writing, journalism, and publishing
edit- Laurence Bergreen '67, historian and biographer
- Nelson Denis '72, journalist, screenwriter, former New York State Assemblyman
- Steven J. Erlanger ’70, London bureau chief (formerly Paris and Jerusalem bureau chief) for The New York Times
- Philip K. Howard '66, founder of Common Good, author of The Death of Common Sense: How Law is Suffocating America[14]
- Thomas Kuhn '40, author of Structure of Scientific Revolutions, coined the phrase "paradigm shift"
- John Merrow ’59, Peabody Award-winning journalist and producer
- Sumner Chilton Powell '42, Pulitzer Prize winner in history for Puritan Village: The Formation of a New England Town[15]
- Josh Quittner '75, author, editor of Business 2.0
- David Kenyon Webster '40, soldier, journalist, and author
References
edit- ^ "Alfred G. Gilman - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-04-05.
- ^ Schoemer, Karen. "No Hair Spray, No Spangles", The New York Times, August 1, 1993. Accessed December 3, 2007
- ^ Dunne, Dominick (March 1984). "Justice: A Father's Account Of the Trial Of His Daughter's Killer". vanityfair.com. Retrieved January 24, 2013.
- ^ Guide to the Deane Keller Papers : Finding Aid
- ^ John Schiff, A Philanthropist And Investment Banker, Dies - New York Times
- ^ Obituaries | Dilettante Oliver Hills Whitney, Dies At 75 | Seattle Times
- ^ CRALEY, Nathaniel Neiman, Jr. - Biographical Information
- ^ MAILLIARD, William Somers - Biographical Information
- ^ a b "Citation of Merit". Archived from the original on 2015-05-11. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- ^ Justice Flemming L. Norcott, Jr
- ^ Kocorowski, Jake (16 August 2020). "2021 WR Skyler Bell Commits to Wisconsin". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ Category[permanent dead link]
- ^ Harvard University Gazette
- ^ Common Good: Founder & Chair
- ^ "The Pulitzer Prizes - Awards - 1964 Winners".