Wilbraham & Monson Academy (WMA) is a private college-preparatory school in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. Founded in 1804, it is a four-year boarding and day secondary school. It offers grades 6–12 and a postgraduate year. The School is located in the center of the town of Wilbraham, from Boston and from New York City.
Notable alumni Henry Barnard (1811–1900), educator Alfred Ely Beach, inventor, publisher, and patent lawyer Rick Bennett, NHL ice hockey player and college coach Mary Ann Booth (1843–1922), microscopist Henry Billings Brown, associate justice of the US Supreme Court. Wrote majority opinion for Plessy v. Ferguson Tyrell Burgess, Bermudian professional soccer player with Vancouver Whitecaps FC Kraisak Choonhavan, member of Thailand Senate for Nakhon Ratchasima Province (2000–2006); former chairman of the Thai Senate's Foreign Relations Committee Russell H. Conwell, minister and founder of Temple University - 1859 Winthrop Murray Crane (1853–1920), US Senator Emily Norcross Dickinson, mother of 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson Kyle Filipowski, Duke University and NBA basketball player Richard Fuld, former CEO Lehman Brothers Wong Fun, first Western-trained doctor in China, graduated from University of Edinburgh - 1855 Wenyen Gabriel (born 1997), South Sudanese-American basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Bill Guerin, retired NHL hockey player; general manager of Minnesota Wild; four-time Stanley Cup champion William Stewart Halstead, surgeon, studied at Monson Academy for a time Ratcliffe Hicks, Connecticut state legislator, industrialist, lawyer, and benefactor of the University of Connecticut Kim Hyun-jong, South Korean trade minister under Moon Jae-in and Roh Moo-hyun Galway Kinnell (1927–2014), poet Christine Ladd-Franklin, mathematician, logician and psychologist - 1865 Oliver Marcy, served as acting President of Northwestern University twice, while also serving as a professor of natural history Patrick Mazeika (born 1993), baseball player Pat Phelan, professional soccer player for the New England Revolution Nitya Pibulsonggram, Thai Ambassador to the US (1996–2000), Foreign Minister of Thailand (2006–2008) Humphrey Pickard, Canadian first president of Mount Allison University Charles Pratt, oil tycoon and founder of the Pratt Institute William Rice (1821–1897), Methodist Episcopal minister, author, and librarian Joey Santiago (born 1965), band member of the Pixies Pote Sarasin, Prime Minister of Thailand (1957) secretary-general of SEATO (1958–1964) Lucy Stone, orator, abolitionist, suffragist, and women's rights advocate William Strong, lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court Mark Warburton, gymnast Yung Wing, first Chinese graduate of an American university (Yale) - 1854
See also Wilbraham Wesleyan Academy
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External links Wilbraham & Monson Academy Website