List of Haverford School people
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This list includes notable alumni and faculty of the Haverford School, a private school in Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Academia
- Robert Clarkson Clothier, 1903 – president of Rutgers University (1932–1951); president of the New Jersey Constitutional Convention (1947)[1][2]
- 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 S. Middleton – former owner of John Middleton Co., part owner of the Philadelphia Phillies[3]
- 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 – actor[4]
- 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[1][2]
- 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
- 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
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[5]
References
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Staff. "Dr. R. C. Clothier, Ex-Rutgers Head; University President from 1932-51, Dies at 85" in The New York Times (20 March 1970).
- ↑ "Area cigar firm fetches $2.9 billion Middleton has been puffin' since 1856". philly-archives. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
- ↑ Aaker, Everett (2006). Encyclopedia of Early Television Crime Fighters. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-6409-8. Pp. 49-51.
- ↑ "Walter Ferris Price". The Rose Valley Museum at Thunderbird Lodge. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
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