List of Choate Rosemary Hall alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of Choate Rosemary Hall, also known informally simply as Choate. A private, college-preparatory, boarding school located in Wallingford, Connecticut, it took its present name and began a coeducational system with the merger in 1971 of two single-sex establishments: the Choate School (founded in 1896 in Wallingford) and Rosemary Hall (founded in 1890 in Wallingford, moved later to Greenwich, Connecticut).

Contents: 

• Top
• 0–9
• 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

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A

Edward Albee 1946

• Edward Albee 1946, Pulitzer-winning playwright^[1]
• Lauren Ambrose (did not graduate), film and TV actress
• William Attwood 1937, diplomat and journalist

B

• William Sims Bainbridge 1958, sociologist
• Felix Barker (exchange student), British historian, theatre and film critic, president of The Critics' Circle
• David N. Barkhausen, Illinois state legislator and lawyer^[2]
• Florieda Batson 1921, hurdler, 1922 Olympian
• Nat Benchley 1964, writer, actor, producer
• Joseph Beninati, real estate developer and private equity investor
• Stephen Bogardus 1972, Obie-winning stage actor
• Chester Bowles 1919, governor of Connecticut, US ambassador to India

C

Glenn Close 1965

Jamie Lee Curtis 1976

• Arne H. Carlson 1953, governor of Minnesota
• Dov Charney 1987, head of American Apparel
• Noah Charney 1998, novelist and art historian
• Tanay Chheda 2014, film actor
• Julie Chu 2001, Olympic hockey player
• Kristen Clarke 1993, Civil Rights lawyer^[3]
• Glenn Close 1965, actress
• Jeff Coby 1913, Haitian-American basketball player
• Lewis Augustus Coffin 1908, architect
• Geoffrey Cowan 1960, lawyer, professor, author, and non-profit executive
• Cason Crane 2011, mountain climber
• Caresse Crosby 1910 (Mary Phelps Jacob, Mrs. Harry Crosby), socialite, poet
• Jamie Lee Curtis 1976, BAFTA, Golden Globe and Oscar-winning actress

D

John Dos Passos 1911

Michael Douglas 1963

• John Danilovich 1968, diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Brazil and Costa Rica, CEO of Millennium Challenge Corporation
• Mathieu Darche 1996, NHL ice hockey player
• Chris Denorfia 1998, MLB baseball player^[4]
• Bruce Dern (did not graduate), actor
• Tom Dey 1983, film director
• Lorenzo di Bonaventura 1976, film producer, president of Warner Brothers
• Donna Dickenson 1963, philosopher, medical ethicist
• John Dos Passos 1911, novelist^[5]
• Michael Douglas 1963, two-time Oscar-winning actor
• John T. Downey 1947, spy, prisoner of war, judge
• Paul Draper 1954, winemaker
• Andres Duany 1967, architect, urban planner, founder of the New Urbanism movement
• Avery Dulles 1936, educator, philosopher, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Matt Dunne 1988, Vermont state senator and state representative

E

• James R. Eddy 1949, veteran, lawyer, politician, judge
• Walter D. Edmonds 1921, historical novelist

F

• Caterina Fake 1986, founder of Flickr
• Jonathan Fanton 1961, academic and foundation president
• Robert Fitzgerald 1929, poet, critic, classicist, translator
• Geoffrey S. Fletcher 1988, Oscar-winning screenwriter and film director
• Katherine B. Forrest 1982, U.S. federal judge

G

Paul Giamatti 1985

• Oliver M. Gale 1927, advertising and public relations pioneer
• Bruce Gelb 1945, president of Clairol, U.S. ambassador to Belgium
• Paul Giamatti 1985, Emmy- and SAG-winning actor
• Philip Gourevitch 1979, journalist, author
• James Griffin 1951, philosopher
• Roy Richard Grinker 1979, anthropologist

H

• Jin Ha 2008, actor known for his roles in the TV series Devs, Love Life, and Pachinko in addition to the musical Hamilton
• William O. Harbach 1940, Emmy- and Peabody-winner, founding producer of The Tonight Show and The Steve Allen Show
• Amanda Hearst 2002, heiress, journalist, philanthropist
• Buck Henry 1948, comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• Hong Jung-wook 1989, Korean entrepreneur and ex-politician
• Brian Hartzer 1985, chairman, BeyondPay

I

• Kim Insalaco 1999, Olympic hockey player
• Brett Icahn businessman

J

• Dora Jarkowski 2015, bedroom pop musician, known professionally as Dora Jar^[6]
• Eric M. Javits 1948, American ambassador, nephew of Senator Jacob Javits
• Hardy Jones 1961, conservationist filmmaker, author

K

President John F. Kennedy 1935 proposes the Moon-landing program in a speech to Congress, May 25, 1961

• Bob Kasten 1960, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin
• William Kaufmann 1935, Cold War strategist^[7]
• John F. Kennedy 1935, 35th President of the United States
• Joseph Kennedy Jr. 1933, naval pilot
• Sarah Kernochan 1965, novelist, screenwriter, songwriter, and Oscar-winning director
• Whitman Knapp 1927, U.S. federal judge
• Hilary Knight 2007, Olympic hockey player
• John K. Koelsch 1941, Medal of Honor recipient
• Herbert Kohler, Jr. 1957, president of the Kohler Company
• Ben Kurland (did not graduate), film and TV actor

L

• James Laughlin 1932, poet and founder of New Directions Publishing
• Tom Lecky 1990, antiquarian bookseller, musician, artist
• Alan Jay Lerner 1936, creator of My Fair Lady, Camelot, and Gigi, winner of three Oscars and three Tonys
• Elad Levy 1989, leader, researcher, innovator, for the treatment of stroke in neurosurgery
• Sir Michael Lindsay-Hogg (did not graduate), stage and television director, actor, writer
• Alan Lomax 1930, pioneering ethnomusicologist, folklorist, oral historian

M

Paul Mellon 1925

• Robert McCallum Jr. 1964, U.S. ambassador to Australia
• Douglas McGrath 1976, actor, director, screenwriter
• Ali MacGraw 1956, Golden Globe-winning actress
• George J. Mead 1911, aircraft engineer, co-founder of Pratt & Whitney
• Paul Mellon 1925, philanthropist, art collector, donor of the Yale Center for British Art and the National Gallery of Art East Wing
• Peter Rodgers Melnick 1976, film, theater, and television composer
• Tift Merritt 1993, singer-songwriter
• Helen Stevenson Meyner 1946, U.S. Congresswoman from New Jersey
• Rebecca Miller 1980, actress, screenwriter, director, novelist
• William T. Monroe 1968, diplomat, U.S. ambassador to Bahrain
• Emil "Bus" Mosbacher 1939, yachtsman, America's Cup winner, U.S. Chief of Protocol
• Robert Mosbacher 1944, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
• Robert Mosbacher Jr. 1969, Republican Politician and Former President and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corporation

N

• Abdi Nazemian 1994, Iranian-American writer, recipient of the 2017 Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction
• Nicholas Negroponte 1961, founder of MIT Media Lab and One Laptop per Child
• Philip Nel 1988, scholar of children's literature
• Bruce Nelson 1958, history professor
• Douglass North 1938, Nobel Laureate in Economics
• Victoria Nuland 1979, U.S. ambassador to NATO, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

O

• Terry O'Neill 1970, feminist, president of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
• Emily Oster 1998, economist and author
• Ifeoma Ozoma 2011, technology policy researcher

P

• Laurie L. Patton 1979, 17th president of Middlebury College and president of American Academy of Religion in 2019
• James Peck 1932, World War II pacifist, Freedom Rider during the Civil Rights Movement
• Stacey Plaskett 1984, U.S. Virgin Islands delegate to the United States House of Representatives
• Josephine Pucci 2009, U.S. Women's National Hockey Team member
• Jim Pyne 1990, NFL player

R

• Prince Anthony Stanislas Radziwill 1978, Emmy- and Peabody-winning producer of Primetime Live
• Luis Armando Roche 1957, Venezuelan film director
• Rick Rosenthal 1966, award-winning film and TV director
• Angela Ruggiero 1998, Olympic hockey player, U.S. member of the International Olympic Committee
• Anne Ramsey (1929–1988), Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe nominated actress

S

Adlai Stevenson 1918 in the Oval Office with President Truman in 1952

Roger L. Stevens 1928

• Nicholas Schaffner 1970, author, journalist
• Jamie Schroeder 1999, rower, Olympic gold-medalist, Oxford Blue, winner of The Boat Race
• John Burnham Schwartz 1983, novelist
• Martha Schwendener 1985, lead singer and songwriter of Bowery Electric
• Maria Semple 1982, novelist and screenwriter
• Frederick Charles Shrady 1928, sculptor, painter, awarded the Légion d'honneur
• Michael David Shulman (did not graduate), writer, artist, philanthropist
• David Silkenat 1995, historian
• Bill Simmons 1988, sportswriter
• Hedrick Smith 1951, New York Times editor, Pulitzer Prize-winner, Emmy-winning PBS producer
• Lee Smith 1980, journalist
• Window Snyder 1993, digital security innovator
• Gustaf Sobin 1953, poet, novelist, and belle-lettrist
• Khari Stephenson 2000, MLS soccer player and member of the Jamaica national football team
• Roger L. Stevens 1928, theatrical producer, founding chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Kennedy Center
• Adlai Stevenson 1918, two-time Democratic presidential candidate, governor of Illinois, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
• James Surowiecki 1984, author, New Yorker staff writer

T

• Ivanka Trump 2000, heiress, fashion model, entrepreneur, and presidential advisor

U

• Ian Underwood 1959, multi instrumentalist, member of the Mothers of Invention

V

• Chris Vlasto 1984, Emmy-winning producer of Good Morning America and 20/20

W

• Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuk 2003, heir presumptive to the throne of Bhutan
• Frank "Muddy" Waters 1943, college football coach
• Katharine Way 1920, Manhattan Project nuclear physicist
• H. Bradford Westerfield 1944, political scientist
• George Whipple III 1973, lawyer and society reporter for NY1^[8]
• James Whitmore 1940, Tony- and Emmy-winning actor
• David Williams 1986, NHL ice hockey player
• Geoffrey Wolff 1955, novelist and belle-lettrist

X

Y

• Alexander Morgan Young 1988, president of production at 20th Century Fox
• Philip Young 1927, Dean of the Columbia Business School and U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands

Z

• Paul Zaloom 1970, puppeteer, actor, and educator