List of Baylor School alumni
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The following is a list of notable alumni from Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1900s
- Jo Conn Guild, 1905, electric utility manager and anti-TVA campaigner[1]
- George Hunter, 1907, Coca-Cola bottler and philanthropist; namesake of Hunter Hall on campus[2]
1910s
- Thomas Cartter Lupton, Coca-Cola bottler and philanthropist
1920s
- Albert Hodges Morehead, 1925, bridge editor, The New York Times[3]
- Herman Hickman, 1928, College Football Hall of Fame member for the University of Tennessee; head football coach for Yale University[4]
1930s
- Thomas J. Anderson, 1930, author, farmer, and American Party presidential candidate[5]
- Hugh Beaumont, 1930, actor who played Ward Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver[6]
1940s
- Ralph Puckett, 1943, Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in the Korean War[7]
- David M. Abshire, 1944, former ambassador to NATO; former director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; adviser to president Ronald Reagan[8]
- William E. Duff, 1945, author and FBI counterintelligence specialist[9]
- John T. Lupton II, 1944, Coca-Cola bottler and philanthropist
- Scott L. Probasco, Jr., 1946, banker and philanthropist
- Sidney A. Wallace, 1945, U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral[10]
1950s
- Dave Bristol, 1951, former Major League Baseball manager
- Fob James, 1952, former governor of Alabama[6]
- Coleman Barks, 1955, poet and interpreter of the Sufi poet Rumi[11]
- Barry Moser, 1958, artist, illustrator, publisher[12]
- Charlie Norwood, 1959, dentist and congressman for Georgia in the 104th and six subsequent Congresses[13]
- Robert Taylor Segraves, 1959, psychiatrist, author
1960s
- Philip Morehead, 1960, head of music staff of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, and the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center; conductor; editor; author[14]
- Wendell Rawls, Jr., 1960, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner[15]
- Shelby Coffey III, 1964, journalist, editor of the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and U.S. News & World Report; trustee of the Newseum[16]
- Brian Gottfried, 1969, World No. 3-ranked tennis player[17]
- John Hannah, 1969, NFL football player for the Patriots, Hall-of-Famer; after three years at Baylor, graduated from Albertville High School in Albertville, Alabama[18]
- Roscoe Tanner, 1969, professional tennis player, Australian Open winner; Wimbledon runner-up[19]
- Allen Trammel, football player[20]
1970s
- Arthur Golden, 1974, author, Memoirs of a Geisha[21]
- Robert E. Cooper, Jr., 1975, Tennessee attorney general[22]
- Bill Dedman, 1978, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of the bestselling book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune[23]
- Francis M. Fesmire, 1978, emergency physician, heart research scientist, "hero" of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and winner of the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize[24][25]
1980s
- Geoff Gaberino, 1980, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist[26]
- Alan Shuptrine, 1981, realist painter, gilder[27]
- Tim Kelly, 1985, current mayor of Chattanooga[28]
- Andy Berke, 1986, attorney, former Tennessee state senator, and former mayor of Chattanooga[29]
1990s
- Devin Galligan, 1990, founder of the charity Strain the Brain[27]
- Aaron McCollough, 1990, poet
2000s
- Blaire Pancake, 2000, Miss Tennessee[30]
- Luke List, 2003, professional golfer[31]
- Jacques McClendon, 2006, professional football player (guard)[32]
- Harris English, 2007, professional golfer[33]
- Brad Hamilton, 2008, competitive swimmer, multiple Jamaican record holder[34]
- Stephan Jäger, 2008, professional golfer
- Keith Mitchell, 2010, professional golfer
2010s
- Reggie Upshaw, 2013, basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Nick Tiano, 2015, American football player
2020s
- Nick Kurtz, 2021, professional baseball player