This list includes notable alumni and faculty of the Haverford School, a private school in Haverford, Pennsylvania. __NOTOC__
Notable alumni
Academia Robert Clarkson Clothier, 1903 – president of Rutgers University (1932–1951); president of the New Jersey Constitutional Convention (1947)Frusciano, Thomas J. (University Archivist). Rutgers Leaders, Rutgers History: Robert C. Clothier - Rutgers President, 1932 to 1951, originally published in "Leadership on the Banks: Rutgers' Presidents, 1766–2004", Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries. Retrieved 29 August 2013.Staff. "Dr. R. C. Clothier, Ex-Rutgers Head; University President from 1932-51, Dies at 85" in The New York Times (20 March 1970). John J. DiIulio Jr., 1976 – political science professor at the University of Pennsylvania; first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives initiated by President George W. Bush John Powers Middleton – television and film producer H. Richard Winn – neurosurgeon; professor of neurosurgery and neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Art and architecture
Robert M. Ayres – architect active in San Antonio; son of Atlee Ayres Chuck Brodsky – folk artist Walter Mellor – architect Maxfield Parrish, 1888 – painter and illustrator
Business Douglas Brunt – president and CEO of the cybersecurity firm Authentium, married to Megyn Kelly Michael Dubin, 1997 – founder and CEO of Dollar Shave Club John Middleton – former owner of John Middleton Co., part owner of the Philadelphia Phillies Jeffrey E. Perelman – billionaire; CEO of JEP Management company Ronald Perelman, 1960 – billionaire; controlling owner of MacAndrews & Forbes Frank S. Welsh, 1958 – president of Welsh Color and Conservation, Inc.
Entertainment
Lyle Bettger – actorAaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters. McFarland & Company, Inc. . Pp. 49-51. James Lavino, 1991 – composer Justin W. Lewis – conductor, cellist, and educator Eric Thal, 1983 – stage and film actor Bradley Whitford – actor; attended but did not graduate
Law
Henry Drinker – attorney
Literature and journalism
Jennifer Finney Boylan – author, transgender activist, and president of PEN America Alec Brownstein – humorist and author Al Hunt, 1960 – journalist and managing editor of Bloomberg News Arthur Crew Inman – diarist and poet Peter Morris, 1991 – playwright; author of Guardians
Military Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler, 1898 – two-time Medal of Honor recipient; major general in the US Marine Corps; nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker" James Rogers McConnell, 1908 – World War I military aviator; a founding member of the Lafayette Escadrille
Politics Robert Clarkson Clothier, 1903 – president of the New Jersey Constitutional Convention (1947), 14th president of Rutgers University Ben T. Elliott – speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan Douglas Hemphill Elliott – United States House of Representatives Oscar Goodman, 1957 – mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada John Hickenlooper, 1970 – United States Senate, governor of Colorado, mayor of Denver, and 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Thacher Longstreth, 1937 – Philadelphia City Council
Science Pete Conrad – astronaut, third man to walk on the Moon John du Pont – ornithologist, founder and director of the Delaware Museum of Natural History, and convicted murderer Richard W. Thorington Jr. – zoologist; curator of mammals at the Smithsonian Institution
Sports Shizz Alston, 2015 – collegiate basketball player for Temple and professional basketball player Will Barker – former offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys Bert Bell, 1914 – NFL commissioner and founder of the Philadelphia Eagles Ben Bentil (born 1995) – Ghanaian basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League Britton Chance, 1931 – Olympic gold medalist in sailing; University of Pennsylvania professor William Clothier, 1889 – tennis player Ernest Cozens, 1907 – football player, president of the Eastern Intercollegiate Boxing Association Bob Folwell – football player and coach Bill Fritz – pole vaulter Mike Mayock, 1976 – former NFL player and NFL analyst, former general manager of the Oakland Raiders Jameer Nelson Jr., 2019 – NBA point guard for the Philadelphia 76ers Asim Richards, 2019 – NFL offensive guard for the Dallas Cowboys Steve Sabol, 1960 – president of NFL Films Henry Sayen – cricketer Dave Stilley – lacrosse player in Major League Lacrosse Jeremiah White, 2000 – professional soccer player Dan Wigrizer - former college lacrosse player
Notable faculty
Harold Boatrite – composer; former music teacher W. D. Ehrhart – poet, writer, scholar, Vietnam veteran; "the dean of Vietnam war poetry;" member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War; 1993 Pew Fellow in the Arts Joe Iacone – football coach Doug Knight – lacrosse coach and math teacher John Nagl – former headmaster of the school Walter Ferris Price – architect; school founder who taught classics
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