List of The Hill School alumni

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

A

• Malcolm Atterbury, 1926 – actor
• William Arrowsmith, 1941 – professor[1]

B

• John Backus, 1942 – computer scientist; inventor of the FORTRAN computer language[2]
• James Baker III, 1948 – Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury[3]
• Chris Bala, 1997 – professional ice hockey player
• Perry Richardson Bass – investor and philanthropist[4]
• Manoj Bhargava, 1972 – inventor of 5-hour Energy[5]
• Pinckney Benedict, 1982 – screenwriter and author
• George Packer Berry – Dean of Harvard Medical School[6]
• Josiah Bunting III, 1957 – educator, Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute
• Malcolm Borg, Chairman of North Jersey Media Group
• Butch van Breda Kolff, Professional basketball player and coach in the NBA
• Irving T. Bush, businessman
• William Whiting Borden, missionary, heir of Borden fortune[7]
• Cleve Benedict, 1953 – West Virginian Congressman [8]
• Curtis Bok, 1915 – Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice
• Hans Brase, 2012 – German Basketball player
• George Bradley

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[9]
• William F. Clinger, 1947 – former Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979–97, US Navy (1951–55, Lt.)
• Henry S. Coleman, c. 1944 – educator[10]
• Chris Collingwood, 1985 – singer, songwriter, member of rock band Fountains of Wayne
• Paul Collins, 1986 – historian and memoirist
• James Cromwell, 1958 – Academy Award-nominated television and film actor
• Briggs Cunningham, 1926 – sportsman, motor enthusiast; won America's Cup yacht race in 1958
• Jay Clayton
• Seward Collins – American Fascist
• Evans Clark (1888–1970), writer committed first to Communist and Socialist causes and then liberal socio-economic issues.[11]

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
• Nick Eppehimer, Professional basketball player
• Brett Eppehimer, Professional basketball player

F

• John Heaphy Fellowes, 1951 – U.S. Navy captain, pilot, and P.O.W. during the Vietnam War
• Leonard Firestone, 1927 – US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974–77, US Navy (WWII, Lt.)
• Mitchell Froom, 1971 – record producer and musician
• Clarence Fincke, Captain of Yale Football team, Hill Football coach
• Harold Furth, 1947 – Scientist[12]
• Morton Fetterolf, Pennsylvania State Senator[13]
• William Fincke, Pacifist Minister
• Walter Forbes, class of '61, notable fraudulent executive

G

• George Garrett, 1941 – poet, novelist, educator
• Wolcott Gibbs, class of '20 but did not graduate – writer for The New Yorker
• S. C. Gwynne, Class of '70. Bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize finalist
• Caleb Frank Gates, 1922 – Chancellor of the University of Denver

H

• Harry Hamlin, 1970 – actor
• Dick Harter, 1948 – assistant coach of the Philadelphia 76ers
• Laning Harvey, 1903 - Pennsylvania state senator
• Frederick Herreshoff, 1904 – amateur golfer
• Mahlon Hoagland, 1940 – discoverer of transfer RNA
• Randy Hopper, 1985 – Wisconsin State Senator
• Roger Horchow, 1945 – Tony Award-winning Broadway producer
• 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
• Sam Horner, NFL halfback, defensive back and punter
• Ralph Hills, USA Olympian shot putter, bronze medallist

J

• Alexander Jerrems

K

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

L

• Lewis Lehrman, 1956 – politician, businessman, author
• Robert A. Lovett, 1914 – fourth United States Secretary of Defense
• Bill Luders, Notable naval architect
• Steven Lisberger, American film director and producer, directed Tron
• Josiah K. Lilly Jr.

M

• Patrick Maher (attended) – author[15]
• James A. Michener, 1931 – author; faculty, department of English
• Alberto Mestre, 1982 – Olympian swimmer [16]
• Charles William Mayo[17]
• Spencer Moseley, CEO of Railway Express Agency [18]
• Devereux Milburn, Big Four polo player.

P

• Frank Pace, 1929 – Secretary of the Army; CEO of General Dynamics
• Alan J. Pakula, 1944 – Hollywood director and producer[19]
• George Patton IV, 1942 – Major General in the United States Army; son of World War II General George Patton
• Norman Pearlstine, 1960 – publisher
• 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)[20]
• The Pullman Twins (George, Jr. and Walter (Sanger) Pullman) attended for a term[21]
• Edward E. Paramore Jr., screenwriter[22]
• David Paton, founder of Orbis International

Q

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

R

• Pat Rissmiller, 1998 – NHL athlete
• Robert F. Rockwell, 1903 – United States Congressman from Colorado
• Frank Runyeon, 1971 – actor, two-time Emmy Award winner
• William S. Reyburn, Congressman for Pennsylvania[8]
• Peter Rummell, CEO of St. Joe Company
• Parviz C. Raji – Iranian Diplomat

S

• Len Sassaman, 1998 – computer scientist and biohacker
• Peter Schaffer, 1980 – lawyer and sports agent; clients include Barry Sanders, Hakeem Nicks, Joe Thomas, Russell Okung, Phil Taylor, Trevor Pryce. Star of the Esquire Network docuseries titled "The Agent."
• Jon Shirley, 1956 – former President of Microsoft
• Ernest Simpson, 1915 – British shipping tycoon best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson, who later would marry the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, elder brother of King George VI
• Kenneth F. Simpson. congressman
• Lane Smith, attended in 1955, did not graduate – character actor
• Jerry Stahl, 1971 – novelist, screenwriter
• David Stein, 1979 – radio personality
• Oliver Stone, 1964 – Academy Award-winning producer/director
• William Irvin Swoope, 1888 – United States Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Daniel Willard Streeter, hunter, adventurer and author
• Barry Sheen, 1937 – British judge
• Stephen Sohn, 2005 – Korean-American Model

T

• Harold E. Talbott, 1907 – aviator and President of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, which manufactured more wartime aircraft overall than any other U.S. plant; third Secretary of the Air Force; selected the permanent site for the Air Force Academy
• Baird Tipson, Dr., 1961 – President of Washington College
• Franchot Tone, Class of 1923, but did not graduate – prominent, Oscar-nominated actor of American stage, film and television productions
• 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
• Roswell Tripp

U

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

V

• John Van Voorhis, 1919 – New York Supreme Court Judge [23]

W

• John M. Walker, 1927 – physician and investment banker
• Douglas "Sandy" A. Warner III, 1964 – former CEO of J. P. Morgan & Co.
• 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–present)[24]
• 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
• Irving Price Wanger, congressman[25]
• Benjamin Drake Wright
• Robert Napier Whittemore, industrialist in Connecticut

Y

• Richard Yuengling Sr., 1933 – President of Yuengling Brewery

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3. James 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."
4. Leslie Wayne, Perry R. Bass, 91, Patriarch of Famed Texas Oil Family, Dies, The New York Times, June 2, 2006
5. Clare O'Connor (February 8, 2012). "The Mystery Monk Making Billions With 5-Hour Energy". Forbes magazine.
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12. Biographical Memoirs. December 7, 2003. ISBN 978-0-309-08699-8.
13. http://www.house.state.pa.us/BMC/Bios/PDF/1328.PDF
14. "King Perseveres To Become One Of ACC's Elite". Wake Forest University Athletics.
15. Glan, Latshering. "Interview with American Author Patrick Maher". Retrieved March 1, 2013.
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20. 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."
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