List of Northfield Mount Hermon people
Since its founding in 1879, Northfield Mount Hermon School has graduated students who went on to excel in technology; education; consulting and professional services; finance; government, law, and politics; arts, entertainment, and media; healthcare and social services; and nonprofits.
- Thomas Nelson Baker Sr., 1889, first African-American to receive a PhD in philosophy in the United States
- Elizabeth Barrows Ussher, 1891, Christian missionary
- Lee de Forest, 1893, radio pioneer[1]
- William G. Morgan, 1893, inventor of volleyball[1]
- Howard Thurston, 1893, magician
- Ernest Yarrow, 1897, director of the Near East Foundation
- Belle da Costa Greene, librarian[2]
- Peter Moss, 1976, basketball player
- Juliana R. Force, 1900, art museum director
- Pixley Seme, 1902, founder of the African National Congress[1]
- Henry Kempton Craft, 1902, civil rights leader and YMCA executive[3]
- Chester Barnard, 1906, philanthropist
- Henry Roe Cloud, 1906, educator and government official[1]
- Mohini Maya Das, 1906, educator
- Harry Kemp, tramp poet, c. 1907 (expelled)
- DeWitt Wallace, 1907, founder of Reader's Digest[1]
- Walter Harper, c. 1916, mountain climber
- Monroe W. Smith, 1919, founder of American Youth Hostels[1]
- Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, early 1920s (d.n.g), nurse[4]
- S. Prestley Blake, 1934, founder of Friendly's Ice Cream[1]
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1937, poet[1]
- Tad Mosel, 1940, playwright[1]
- James W. McLamore, 1943, founder of Burger King[1]
- John E. Kingston, 1944, New York Supreme Court judge[1]
- Mary C. Potter, 1947–1948, professor of psychology
- James Nabrit III, 1948, civil rights attorney
- Richard Gilder, 1950, philanthropist[1]
- William C. Pryor, 1950, Chief Judge
- Anna Diggs Taylor, 1950, Chief Judge
- David Hartman, 1952, television host[1]
- William R. Rhodes, 1953, corporate executive[1]
- June Jordan, 1953, poet, professor of African American Studies[1]
- J. Stapleton Roy, 1953, diplomat[1]
- Edward W. Said, 1953, literary theorist[1]
- Neil Sheehan, 1954, author[1]
- Jane English, 1960, academic, photographer
- Frank Shorter, 1965, marathoner[1]
- Lynne Anderson, 1965, professor of education[1]
- William Ackerman, 1967, founder of Windham Hill Records and 2005 Grammy Award winner[1]
- Natalie Cole, 1968, vocalist[1]
- Amy Domini, 1968, social investor[1]
- Viola Baskerville, 1969, Virginia Secretary of Administration
- Willie Wolfe, 1969, founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
- Brian F. Atwater, 1969, geologist
- Dore Gold, 1971, former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
- Erik Lindgren, 1972, composer
- Tim Stryker, 1972, computer programmer
- Jim Keller, 1972, vocals, guitar Tommy Tutone
- Valerie Jarrett, 1974, Senior Advisor to Barack Obama[1]
- John S. Chen, 1974, CEO of BlackBerry[1]
- Helen DeWitt, 1975, novelist[1]
- Timothy Horrigan, 1975, Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives[5]
- Thom Gimbel, 1977, rhythm guitar, saxophone, flute, keyboards, vocals Foreigner
- Taggart Siegel, 1977, documentary filmmaker, Queen of the Sun
- Elizabeth Perkins, 1978, actress[1]
- Rick Boyages, 1981, Associate Commissioner for Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball[1]
- Michael M. Gilday, 1981, Chief of Naval Operations, U. S. Navy
- Laura Linney, 1982, actress[1]
- Buster Olney, 1982, sports writer[1]
- Dylan Brody, 1982, humorist, author, comedian, playwright, and poet[1]
- Kim Raver, 1985, actor[1]
- Bryan Callen, 1985, actor, comedian[1]
- Whitney Tilson, 1985, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, author, and Democratic political activist
- Arn Chorn-Pond, 1986, activist and musician[1]
- Hasok Chang, 1985, historian and philosopher of science[6]
- Uma Thurman, 1988 (d.n.g.), actor, model
- Samantha Hunt, 1989, writer
- John Edgar Park, 1990, author[1]
- Warren Webster, 1991, president and co-founder of Patch Media
- Misha Collins, 1992, actor[1]
- John D'Agata, 1992, author[1]
- Aaron Schuman, 1995, photographer, writer, curator and educator
- Brian Pothier, 1996, ice hockey player
- Yasmin Vossoughian, 1996, news anchor
- David de Burgh Graham, 1999, Liberal Party MP in House of Commons of Canada
- Anna Schuleit, visual artist[1]
- YaYa DaCosta, 2000, actress[1]
- Kimmie Weeks, 2001, human rights activist[1]
- Dallas Baker, 2002, football player[1]
- Tony Gaffney, 2004, basketball player
- Brian Strait, 2006, ice hockey player[1]
- Oliver Drake, 2006, baseball player
- Clive Weeden, 2007, basketball player
- Tessa Gobbo, 2009, rower
- Spike Albrecht, 2012, basketball player
- Kellan Grady, 2017, basketball player
- Kai Toews, 2018, basketball player
- Danny Wolf, 2022, American-Israeli NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap "Prominent Alumni | Northfield Mount Hermon". Nmhschool.org. Archived from the original on June 18, 2011. Retrieved August 2, 2011.
- ^ "New Light on Belle da Costa Greene". March 15, 2021.
- ^ Who's Who in Colored America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in America, 1941-1944 (6th ed.). Brooklyn, New York: Thomas Yenser. 1944. p. 139.
- ^ Theobald, Brianna (2016). "Nurse, Mother, Midwife—: Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail and the Struggle for Crow Women's Reproductive Autonomy". Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 66 (3): 17–35. ISSN 0026-9891. JSTOR 26322872.
- ^ "NMH Magazine 2015 Fall by Northfield Mount Hermon - Issuu". issuu.com. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
- ^ "Hasok Chang CV" (PDF). ucl.ac.uk. University College London. December 21, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2016.