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This is a list of notable alumni from New Trier High School, a four-year high school in Winnetka, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago, including alumni from the former New Trier East and New Trier West high schools:
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[edit] Business
- Douglas Conant is the president and CEO of Campbell Soup Company (2001–present).[1][2]
- Margo Georgiadis (1982), former COO of Groupon (2011), President, Americas at Google (2011–present)
- Tamar Yehoshua (1983), VP of Ads at A9 (subsidier of Amazon 2005 - 2010), Director at Google (2010–present)
- Christie Hefner (1970) is the former CEO of Playboy Enterprises (1998–2009).[2][3][4][5][6]
- Charles F. Knight (1953) is a business executive, and chairman emeritus of Emerson Electric Co.[6]
- James McNerney (1967) was the president of GE Lighting (1995–97), president of GE Aircraft Engines (1997–2000), president and CEO of 3M (2000–05), and is currently the CEO of Boeing (2005–present).[7]
[edit] Film and theater
- Ann-Margret (1959) is an actress and singer (Viva Las Vegas, The Cincinnati Kid, Tommy, Grumpy Old Men).[2][8][9][10][11]
- Adam Baldwin (1980) is an actor best known for his work on television (Firefly, Chuck).[10][12][13]
- Ralph Bellamy (1922) was a Tony Award and Academy Award-nominated actor (The Awful Truth, Sunrise at Campobello, Rosemary's Baby, Trading Places).[2][14]
- Carlos Bernard (1980) is an actor (Tony Almeida on the television series 24).[15]
- John Byrum (1965) is a film producer, director, and screenwriter (Duets).[11]
- Liz Callaway (1978) is a Tony Award-nominated actress and singer (Baby, Miss Saigon).[11][16]
- William Christopher is an actor (Father Mulcahy on the television series M*A*S*H).[11][17]
- Lisa Darr (1981) is an actress (Laurie Manning on Ellen, ).[citation needed]
- Bruce Dern is an actor (The Great Gatsby, Black Sunday, Coming Home, ).[10]
- Christine Ebersole (1971) is a two time Tony Award-winning actress and singer (42nd Street, Grey Gardens).[18][19]
- James Eckhouse is an actor best known for his role on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.[11]
- Charlton Heston (1941) was an Academy Award-Winning actor (Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandments, Planet of the Apes), and president of the National Rifle Association (1998–2003).[2][10][11][20][21]
- Rock Hudson (1944) was an Academy Award-nominated actor (Giant, Pillow Talk, Come September), also (according to the New York Times) "remembered as the first star of his magnitude to go public with details of his battle with AIDS."[2][10][11][22]
- Mike Kelley (1985) is a television producer (Swingtown), writer (The O.C., Jericho).[23]
- Virginia Madsen (1979) is an Academy Award-nominated actress (Candyman, Sideways).[10][13]
- Lauren Marcus (2003), actress[citation needed]
- Penelope Milford (1966) is an Academy Award nominated actress (Coming Home).[24]
- Hugh O'Brian (did not graduate) is an actor known for his work on television (Wyatt Earp in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) and film (The Shootist). He is the founder of the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation (HOBY).[13]
- Liesel Matthews (2002) is an actress (Air Force One) and heiress.[11][25]
- Chet Nichols (1966) is a novelist [1], actor [2], and musician [3]
- Jeffrey Price is a member of a screenwriting team with Peter S. Seaman (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Shrek the Third).[11]
- Betsy Randle is an actress (Amy Matthews on the television series Boy Meets World).[26]
- Sarah Ruhl is a playwright.
- Mark Romanek (1977) is an award winning music video and film director, writer, and producer (One Hour Photo).[27]
- Charlotte Ross is an actress, best known for her work on television (NYPD Blue, Days of our Lives).[28]
- Mary Kate Schellhardt (1997), actress (What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Apollo 13).[11]
- Rusty Schwimmer (1980) is an actress (The Perfect Storm, North Country, Twister, The Guardian).[13]
- Hal Sparks (1988) is an actor and comedian (the host of Talk Soup (1999–2000), Michael Novotny on Queer as Folk).[13]
- David Strassman, performer and ventriloquist[citation needed]
- Lili Taylor (1985) is an actress (Mystic Pizza, I Shot Andy Warhol).[11]
- Jim True-Frost (aka Jim True) (1984) is an actor (Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski on The Wire).[11]
- Rainn Wilson (1984) is an actor and comedian (Dwight Schrute on the television series The Office).[29][30]
- Terence H. Winkless, producer, director, writer (The Howling (film))
- Edward Zwick (1970) is a film and television director (The Last Samurai, Glory, Courage Under Fire, Blood Diamond) and Academy Award winning producer (Shakespeare in Love).[11]
- Nico Tortorella (2006) is an actor (Scream 4)
[edit] Government
- Mark Kirk (1977) was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 10th congressional district (2001–2010). He is currently a member of the US Senate.[2][31]
- Bob Dold (1987) is a member of the Unived States House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 10th congressional district (2010–present).
- Martha Minow (1972) is Dean of Harvard Law School and has been mentioned as a potential Barack Obama nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.
- Judy Biggert (1955) is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 13th congressional district (1999–present).[32][33]
- Rahm Emanuel (1977) is the Mayor of Chicago. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 5th congressional district (2003–09). He was the White House Chief of Staff for President Barack Obama.
- David H. Hoffman (1984) is a former federal prosecutor and was Chicago's inspector general. He was also a candidate for the Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate in 2010.[citation needed]
- Fred Karger (1968) is a Republican gay rights advocate, and a candidate for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in 2012.
- Thomas Miller (1966) is a former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1999–2001) and Greece (2001–04).[34]
- Charles Percy (1937) was a U.S. Senator (1967–1985).[34][35]
- Donald Rumsfeld (1950) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Illinois' 13th congressional district (1963–69), briefly served as White House Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford, and served as U.S. Secretary of Defense, (1975–1977, 2001–2006) under Gerald Ford and George W. Bush.[2][34][35]
- Carol Ronen Former Illinois State Representative, State Senator and Current 9th CD Democratic State Central Committeewoman and Chicago 48th Ward Democratic Committeeman.
- James D. Swan Princeton-educated vegetable farmer and two-term Wisconsin State Senator[36]
- Richard S. Williamson (1967) is a former U.S. Ambassador and recent Special Envoy to the President in Sudan. Served in President Ronald Reagan’s administration as Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs.[37]
[edit] Journalism and letters
- Julia Allison (1999) is a media personality, journalist, and blogger.[38]
- Elizabeth Brackett (1959) is a news correspondent (Chicago Tonight, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer).[39]
- Ann Compton (1965), television news reporter, spending most of her career with ABC News as their Washington or White House correspondent.[39][40]
- Chet Coppock (1966), sportscaster best known for his work on radio.[39]
- Alan Goldsher (1984), novelist, ghostwriter[citation needed]
- Walter Jacobson (1955), television news personality (1963–2006), spending most of his career at WBBM-TV and WFLD.[2][39]
- Geoffrey A. Landis (1973), engineer and Hugo and Nebula Award winning science fiction author.[citation needed]
- Archibald MacLeish (did not graduate) writer who twice won a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1933 & 1953), and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1959 for his play J.B..[41]
- Nell Minow (1970), film critic and author in the field of corporate governance.[41]
- Stephen Moore (1978) economist and journalist, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board; Contributing Editor, National Review.
- Henry H. Neff (1991) is an author and illustrator.[42]
- Juliet Law Packer (1970), television writer, poet[citation needed]
- Ian Punnett (1978), radio personality and writer[citation needed]
- Sarah Ruhl (1992) is a playwright (Eurydice, The Clean House). In 2006, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship.[43][44][45][46]
- Sheldon Siegel (1976) is an attorney and bestselling author.[41]
- Thomas A. Stewart (1966) is a business journalist and editor (former editor of Harvard Business Review, member of the board of editors of Fortune, author of the books Intellectual Capital (1997) and The Wealth of Knowledge (2002), and former editor-in-chief of Atheneum Publishers.
- John Stossel (1965) is an author and Emmy Award–winning investigative journalist for ABC News, long associated with the news program 20/20.[2][39]
- Scott Turow (1966) is a lawyer and author (Presumed Innocent, The Burden of Proof, Personal Injuries).[35][41]
[edit] Music
- Mike Bloomfield (did not graduate) was a rock and blues guitarist who did solo work (It's Not Killing Me) after playing for the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and The Electric Flag.[47][48]
- Ann Hampton Callaway (1976) is a Tony Award-nominated singer and songwriter (Swing!).[11][16][49]
- Marshall Chess is a music executive and producer. The son of Chess Records co-founder Leonard Chess, he was an executive there before becoming the first president of Rolling Stones Records; producing several albums for The Rolling Stones.[48]
- David Goldblatt (1977), jazz pianist, member of Mark Isham's studio band.[citation needed]
- Jeff Harnar (1977) is a New York-based cabaret singer.[49][50]
- Al Jourgensen (attended), musician[citation needed]
- Liz Phair (1985) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist (Why Can't I?).[2][11]
- Dave Samuels (1966) is a jazz vibraphonist who formerly played with Spyro Gyra and currently plays with The Caribbean Jazz Project.[11][51][52]
- William Susman (1978) is a composer of concert and film music.[53]
- Joe Trohman (2002) is a guitarist for the bands The Damned Things and Fall Out Boy.[54][55]
- Matt Walker (1987) is a rock musician and former drummer for The Smashing Pumpkins.[56]
- Aaron Weinstein (2003) is a jazz violinist who has played with Bucky Pizzarelli and John Pizzarelli for many years.[57][58]
- Pete Wentz (attended), bassist for the bands Black Cards and Fall Out Boy.[54][55]
- The Ying Quartet is a string quartet started by three brothers and one sister: David (1981), Daniel (1985), Phillip (1986), and Janet (1988), all of whom are alumni.[11]
[edit] Newsmakers
- Jack Ryan is a former candidate for U.S. Senate in Illinois.[59]
- Benjamin Nathaniel Smith was a white supremacist spree killer.[60][61]
- Brad Will (1988) was an anarchist, activist, and documentary filmmaker who was killed in Mexico.[62]
[edit] Science and technology
- Bruce Alberts (1956) is a biochemist, known for his work on chromosome replication. He was president of the National Academy of Sciences (1993–2005) and is currently editor in chief of the journal Science (2008–present).[63]
- Todd Golub (1981) cancer researcher, director of the Cancer program at the Broad Institute[37]
- Mary-Claire King (1963) is a geneticist. She led the team which first mapped a gene she had discovered, BRCA1, the first known gene linked to hereditary breast cancer.[64]
- Michael Peskin (1969), physicist[citation needed]
- Martin Rocek (1971) Physicist, State University of New York at Stony Brook[citation needed]
- Rafael Sorkin (valedictorian 1963) is a physicist known for proposing the causal sets approach to quantum gravity.[65][66]
- Jack Steinberger (1938) is the co-discoverer of the muon neutrino, and co-recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics. He donated his Nobel medal to the New Trier science department.[2][67][68][69]
- Betsy Weatherhead (1976) is an internationally recognized environmental scientist, head of the Weatherhead Research Group at the University of Colorado and a part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. She led significant papers on climate change, ozone depletion, UV radiation and pollution.
- Alex Zoghlin (1988) is a computer scientist, co-inventor of the first web server, and founder of Orbitz, Sportsgear, Neoglyphics, G2 Switchworks and Neoventures.[70][71]
[edit] Sports
- Ross Baumgarten (1973) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher (1978–82) pitching most of his career for the Chicago White Sox.[13][72][73]
- Ben Braun (1971) is a men's collegiate basketball coach, coaching at Eastern Michigan University (1985–96), University of California, Berkeley (1996–2008) and Rice University (2008–present).[74][75]
- Pete Burnside (1948) was a Major League Baseball pitcher (1955, 57–1963).[2][13][76]
- John Castino (1973) is a former Major League Baseball infielder (1979–84), playing his entire career with the Minnesota Twins. He was the 1979 co-recipient of the American League Rookie of The Year Award.[77][78]
- Al Culver was an NFL tackle (1932).[2]
- Mike Huff (1981) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder (1989, 91–1996).[13][79]
- Robert Jeangerard was a basketball player and member of the gold medal winning men's team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[2]
- Chuck Lindstrom was a Major League Baseball catcher for one game with the Chicago White Sox in 1958, setting two all-time Major League records in the process. He later was a long time baseball coach at Lincoln College.[2]
- Clay Matthews (1974) is a former NFL linebacker (1978–93), playing most of his career for the Cleveland Browns. A four time All-Pro, he was the twelfth player selected in the 1978 NFL Draft.[2][78]
- Bruce Matthews (attended), pro football player (Houston Oilers-Tennessee Oilers-Tennessee Titans, 1983–2000), elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame[80]
- Chuck Mercein (1961) was an NFL running back (1965–70). He was a member of the Super Bowl II champion Green Bay Packers, and was a contributor to their victory in the Ice Bowl.[2][78][81]
- John Moore (2009) was a National Hockey League 1st round draft pick by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft.[78]
- Mike Pyle (1957) is a former All-Pro NFL center (1961–69), playing his entire career for the Chicago Bears.[2]
- Jack Riley was an NFL offensive tackle (1933). An All-American at Northwestern University, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. After winning two NCAA heavyweight wrestling titles for Northwestern, he won a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[2]
- Fred Schmidt is a swimmer who won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[2]
- Tommy Wingels (2006) was a sixth-round draft pick by the San Jose Sharks in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.[82]
[edit] Others
- Ivan Albright is a painter associated with magic realism.[11][83]
- Alex Whybrow professional wrestler and manager.
- Regina George mean girl.
- Bobbi Brown is a make-up artist, author, and founder of a line of cosmetics.[84]
- Ari Emanuel is a talent agent, and founder of the Endeavor Agency. The brother of Rahm Emanuel, the character Ari Gold of HBO's Entourage is based on Emanuel.[85]
- Anna Halprin (Ann Shuman) (1938), modern dancer{{[86]
- Stieg Hedlund (1983) is a video game designer (Diablo, Diablo II, StarCraft)[citation needed]
- Dewitt Jones is a photographer known for his twenty year association with the National Geographic Society. He also produced two short films which were nominated for Academy Awards in 1974 (Climb and John Muir's High Sierra).[11]
- Drew Lane, (Andrew M. Aldrich) radio personality at WRIF in Detroit, Michigan[citation needed]
- Sharon Percy Rockefeller was the First Lady of West Virginia (1977–85) and is currently the chief executive officer of WETA-TV.[39]
- Denise Siegel photographer/visual artists & writer
- Nancy Spero (1944) was an artist, best known for her works related to feminism. In 1950, New Trier was the site of her first solo art exhibition.[87][88]
- Charlie Trotter (1977) is a chef, [restaurateur], and author. His eponymous restaurant in Chicago is routinely ranked among the best restaurants in the United States.[35]
- Ryan Zoghlin (1985) is an artist best known for his photography.[citation needed]
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Ann-Margret
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Adam Baldwin
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Judy Biggert
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Marshall Chess
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Christine Ebersole
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Rahm Emanuel
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Christie Hefner
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Charlton Heston
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Mark Kirk
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Virginia Madsen
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Liz Phair
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Donald Rumsfeld
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Hal Sparks
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Jack Steinberger
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Scott Turow
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Rainn Wilson
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- ^ "The Success Story of Dr. Christine Ebersole '71". biographic sketch. MacMurray College. http://www.mac.edu/alumni_success_stories/christine_ebersole.asp. Retrieved 1 September 2009. "Dr. Christine Ebersole came from Winnetka, Illinois, where she discovered her passion for acting and singing at New Trier High School (Winnetka) ..."
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- ^ a b c d Fusco, Chris (29 April 2001). "New Trier turns 100". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4594706.html. Retrieved 4 September 2009. "The school's many famous alums include Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former Sen. Charles Percy, chef Charlie Trotter and author Scott Turow."
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- ^ a b New Trier Names 10 Outstanding Alumni to Receive Achievement Awards
- ^ Rodrick, Stephen (4 April 2008). "Becoming Julia Allison: PR-savvy powerhouse or the media world's own Britney Spears? Read what it took semi-credible, self-made maelstrom Julia Allison to bumrush New York's media elite". mediabistro.com. http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/cache/a10131.asp. Retrieved 13 September 2009. "The smile echoes a girlish grin found in New Trier High School yearbook photos for a student named Julia Baugher."
- ^ a b c d e f "New Trier Centennial - THE HONOR ROLL: JOURNALISTS". Chicago Tribune. 12 October 2000.
- ^ Berger, Susan (15 February 2001). "New Trier alums report on the media". Wilmette Life (Wilmette, IL: Pioneer Press). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1N1-11123B576CBAED80.html. Retrieved 13 September 2009. "Television reporter Ann Compton returned to New Trier ... "I can't believe that I am standing on the same stage where we performed "Brigadoon" and "Of Thee I Sing," Compton, a member of the class of 1965"
- ^ a b c d "New Trier Centennial - THE HONOR ROLL: WRITERS AND POETS". Chicago Tribune. 12 October 2000.
- ^ "Henry H. Neff". biographic sketch. Adams Literary. http://www.adamsliterary.com/clients/neff/neff.html. Retrieved 10 October 2009. "Born in 1973, Henry H. Neff hails from the Chicago area and is a graduate of New Trier High School and Cornell University."
- ^ Loerzel, Robert (27 April 2006). "Making a 'Clean' start". Glencoe News (Glencoe, IL, USA: Pioneer Press). "When Wilmette native Sarah Ruhl attended New Trier High School ..."
- ^ Jones, Chris (19 September 2006). "Playwright cast in role of 'genius'". Chicago Tribune. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-151600613.html. Retrieved 10 October 2009. "Sarah Ruhl -- emerging young playwright, New Trier graduate, Piven Theatre Workshop alumna and now certified MacArthur genius ..."
- ^ Vinson, Michael (2007-08). "Rewriting The Rules, Her Way". Watch & Listen (Chicago, IL, USA: Steppenwolf Theatre Company) 4. http://www.steppenwolf.org/watchlisten/backstage/detail.aspx?id=176. Retrieved 10 October 2009. "A meeting of the New Trier High School alumni association would include some of the most accomplished and notable Americans in public life ... And now, the Winnetka, Illinois school has yet another graduate to celebrate: playwright Sarah Ruhl ..."
- ^ Solomon, Ruth (6 November 2008). "Sarah Ruhl headines Literary Fest". Winnetka Talk (Winnetka, IL, USA: Pioneer Press). "When Wilmette native Sarah Ruhl attended New Trier High School, she applied to write for the student-written production, Lagniappe and was rejected."
- ^ Wolkin, Mike; Keenom, Bill (2000). Michael Bloomfield: if you love these blues. San Francisco, CA, USA: Miller Freeman Books. pp. 38. ISBN 0-87930-617-3. "After prep school, Mike came back and tried to go to New Trier again to graduate. I don't remember what he did, exactly, but - oh, we all came to school drunk, and they threw us all out. None of us were allowed to graduate."
- ^ a b Greenfield, Robert (2002). S.t.p.: A journey Through America With The Rolling Stones. Cambridge, MA, USA: Da Capo Press. pp. 83. ISBN 978-0-306-81199-9. "A friend of the band can be anyone from a musician like Mike Bloomfield, who went to high school with Marshall Chess back in Winnetka, Illinois ..."
- ^ a b Drake, David (30 October 2006). "The Cabaret Beat: A Collective Cy". Playbill.com. http://www.playbill.com/features/article/103117-The_Cabaret_Beat_A_Collective_Cy. Retrieved 27 September 2009. "Liz Callaway and I went to high school together in Chicago. This will be our first singing in public together since we did Kismet at New Trier High School," he laughs ..."
- ^ "New Trier: Alum, Jeff Harnar, has cabaret act". Wilmette Life (Wilmette, IL, USA): pp. B10. 29 October 1992.
- ^ Warrick, James (March, 1999). "Northern Illinois University School of Music - news announcements for March, 1999". Northern Illinois University School of Music. http://www.niu.edu/Music/news_announcements/vault/March%201999.pdf. Retrieved 27 September 2009. "This concert will feature all four of our New Trier Jazz Ensembles with special guest artist and New Trier alum, DAVE SAMUELS (vibes/marimba)."
- ^ "Dave Samuels, New Trier class of 1961, won Grammy award for Best Latin Jazz Recording for his Caribbean Jazz Project". Wilmette Life (Wilmette, IL, USA): pp. B5. 20 March 2003.
- ^ ”Center Stage” http://www.centerstagechicago.com/music/whoswho/WilliamSusman.html After a 22 year absence, William Susman returns to the Chicago area.
- ^ a b McKeough, Kevin (October). "About a Boy". Chicago Magazine. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2005/About-a-Boy/index.php?cparticle=1&siarticle=0#artanc. "(from page 2) Wentz attended North Shore Country Day School (where his mom, Dale, works as an administrator) and New Trier High School ... They formed Fall Out Boy in 2001 with Trohman-a New Trier junior who'd known Wentz since they were kids ..."
- ^ a b Sawyer, Sarah (2009). Fall Out Boy. New York, NY, USA: Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 14–15. ISBN 1-4358-5127-6. "Joseph Trohman ... attended Washburne Junior High and New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Illinois, which is where he met Wentz."
- ^ Conway, Michael (23 April 1998). "Rock star returns to roots". Wilmette Life (Wilmette, IL, USA: Pioneer Press). "Matt Walker, New Trier class of 1987, who has performed as a drummer with the Smashing Pumpkins, appeared as a guest artist at the spring jazz concert in Gaffney Auditorium."
- ^ Board Report to the Community: NEW TRIER TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 203: 5. November. http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/media/files/content/New_Trier_Web_Site/Administration/Board/BdRep11_02.pdf. "Aaron Weinstein, senior, was a winner in Down Beat magazine’s Outstanding Performance High School Jazz category."
- ^ Gans, Charles J. (27 March 2006). "He's Reviving the Jazz Violin". The Ledger (Lakeland, FL, USA): pp. D5. "At New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., Weinstein founded a trio that he named after violinist Stephane Grappelli ... In 2002, Weinstein's trio was chosen the nation's best high-school instrumental jazz group by Downbeat magazine."
- ^ Day, Nancy (July–August 2004). "The Battle for Illinois". Harvard Magazine (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University). http://harvardmagazine.com/2004/07/the-battle-for-illinois.html. Retrieved 2 September 2009. "Ryan played basketball for New Trier High School, then played football at Dartmouth."
- ^ "True Believers; Hot Rocks; Breach of Faith". CNN & Time. August 6, 2000. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/06/impc.00.html. Retrieved 2007-12-08.
- ^ Dedman, Bill (6 July 1999). "Midwest Gunman Had Engaged In Racist Acts at 2 Universities". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/06/us/midwest-gunman-had-engaged-in-racist-acts-at-2-universities.html. Retrieved 2 September 2009. "The quotation that Benjamin Smith chose for his senior yearbook in 1996 at New Trier High School was ..."
- ^ Jensen, Trevor; Olivio, Antonio (3 November 2006). "Bradley Roland Will: 1970 - 2006 : Filmmaker hoped to change world". Chicago Tribune. http://www.bradwill.org/media/ChicagoTribune_BradWill_11-3-06.pdf. Retrieved 2 September 2009. "A 1988 graduate of New Trier High School, Mr. Will for the last decade had traveled throughout the U.S., Latin America and Europe on behalf of various causes"
- ^ Conney, Allan H. (2003). "INDUCTION OF DRUG-METABOLIZING ENZYMES: A Path to the Discovery of Multiple Cytochromes P450∗". Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology (Annual Reviews) 43: 1. doi:10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.43.100901.135754. PMID 12540740. http://toxicology.usu.edu/endnote/CYP-Induction-Review-Conney-2003.pdf. Retrieved 10 October 2009. "Graduates from Winnetka’s New Trier High School included such notables as Jack Steinberger (Nobel Laureate, physics), Bruce Alberts (President, National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A.) ..."
- ^ McHale, Laurie (September). "Putting the Puzzle Together". Columns. http://www14.cac.washington.edu/alumni/columns/sept96/king3.html. "Now 50, King grew up in Wilmette, Ill., an upper middle class suburb of Chicago. She attended New Trier Township High School, regarded as one of the best public high schools in the country."
- ^ "Rafael Sorkin". curriculum vitae. Syracuse University, Department of Physics. http://physics.syr.edu/faculty/sorkin.html. Retrieved 10 October 2009. "Rafael Dolnick Sorkin grew up in Chicago and was educated at: New Trier Township High School (valedictorian, 1963)(National Merit Scholar), Harvard University (A.B., summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1966), California Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1974)"
- ^ Wali, Kameshwar C (ed) (1997). S. Chandrasekhar: the man behind the legend. London, UK: Imperial College Press. pp. 70. ISBN 1-86094-038-2. "(from Rafael Sorkin): The freethinking spirit in Chandra's family was nourished by the writings of the famous atheist Colonel Ingersoll, whose great-grandson (or grandnephew?) turned out to be my history teacher at New Trier High School!"
- ^ Steinberger, Jack (1988 (addendum 2005)). "Jack Steinberger — The Nobel Prize in Physics 1988: Autobiography" (autobiographic sketch). The Alfred Nobel Foundation. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1988/steinberger-autobio.html. Retrieved 8 September 2009. "New Trier Township High School on the well-to-do Chicago North Shore, enjoyed a national reputation, and, with a swimming pool, athletic fields, cafeteria, as well as excellent teachers, offered horizons unimaginable to the young emigrant from a small German town."
- ^ "Library showcases Nobel Laureate's gift to New Trier". Board report to the Community (Winnetka, IL: New Trier Township High School District 203): pp. 3. Fall 2004. http://newtrier.k12.il.us/media/files/content/New_Trier_Web_Site/Administration/Board/bdrep11_04.pdf. Retrieved 2 September 2009. "Inside—wrapped only in sheets of paper—was Mr. Steinberger's Nobel Prize medal. "The good beginning I received at New Trier was one of several important privileges in my life, and it is a pleasure to leave that token in good hands," Mr. Steinberger wrote."
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Jack Steinberger". biographical sketch. The Nobel Laureates Meeting at Lindau. http://www.lindau-nobel.de/LaureateDetails.AxCMS?UserID=6954. Retrieved 2 September 2009. "Jack was taken in by a Chicago businessman, who put him into the respected New Trier Township High School (to whom Jack donated his Nobel medal) ..."
- ^ Arndt, Michael (March). "Alex D. Zoghlin: High-Flying Dropout". Businessweek: 3. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_10/b3974036.htm. "Zoghlin was student president at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., in 1988, and four months from graduation, when he quit to sell a computer program he had written to manage records for law firms in nearby Chicago. Today he is founder and chief executive of G2 SwitchWorks Corp., a software outfit that is selling flight information at deep discounts to travel agencies. In between he served four years of active duty in the U.S. Navy, where he picked up his GED and specialized in encryption. He also co-developed the first Web server and browser as part of the Mosaic team; learned Mandarin Chinese and studied econometrics at the University of Illinois; raced in the 140.6-mile Ironman World Championship triathlon, finishing in 12 hours and 16 minutes; earned a black belt in Tae Kwon Do; and founded and sold two other companies that, together with his stake in Orbitz, have made him wealthy enough that his wife and three daughters should never have to worry about money. He just turned 36."
- ^ Cleaver, Joanne (October). "Surf's Up". Crains Chicago Business: 1. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-20045772.html. "Two years ago, Marc Andreessen, the wunderkind who dropped out of the University of Illinois to launch Netscape Communications Corp. in 1994, realized there wasn't much World Wide Web out there for wannabe surfers to visit. Who better to create sites for Netscape users to surf than Mr. Andreessen's college buddies, who already were familiar with the Internet and with the Netscape forerunners they helped develop at the university-affiliated National Center for Supercomputing Applications?"
- ^ "Ross Baumgarten". statistics & biographical sketch. The Baseball Cube. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Ross-Baumgarten.shtml. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ Goddard, Joe (29 June 2003). "WHAT'S UP WITH ... Ross Baumgarten: Pitcher Baumgarten had fun while it lasted". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1490954.html. Retrieved 7 September 2009. "Baumgarten, who played high school ball at New Trier, threw six shutouts among his 22 victories for the White Sox ..."
- ^ "Profile: Ben Braun" (statistics & biography). Rice University Athletic Department. http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/braun_ben00.html. Retrieved 7 September 2009. "A native of Chicago, Braun graduated from New Trier High School, where he starred in both basketball and baseball."
- ^ Digilov, Yan (24 October 2008). "Under construction: Braun brings no-excuse formula to rebuild men's basketball". The Rice Thresher (Houston, TX: Rice University student press). http://www.ricethresher.org/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=e10a24f2-1bd2-45b2-b5c0-3699ae243279. Retrieved 7 September 2009. "An anecdote from his youth as captain of a New Trier team on the path to a state title best describes his earliest approach to leadership: "One time, my best friend was eating too much at a pre-game meal, and I spit in his ice cream," Braun remembered. "We got into a fight and coach had to separate us. I did that because he didn't have the discipline to wait until after the game to eat ice cream.""
- ^ "Pete Burnside" (statistics & biographical information). The Baseball Cube.com. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Pete-Burnside.shtml. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ "John Castino" (statistics & biograhical information). The Baseball Cube.com. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/C/John-Castino.shtml. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ a b c d Mahoney, Dennis (1 July 2009). "Blue Jackets make New Trier's Moore the one". Glencoe News (Glencoe, IL: Pioneer Press). http://www.pioneerlocal.com/glencoe/sports/highschools/1648019,glencoe-hockeypro-070502-s1.article. Retrieved 7 September 2009. "Although he didn't play for the Trevians, Moore now rates among the school's elite all-time athletes after being selected by a professional team in the first round of a draft. He is believed to be the first New Trier product since football standout Clay Matthews in 1978 -- the No. 12 pick of the Cleveland Browns -- to earn the distinction of having his name called in a first round. Other high draft picks of note included John Castino, a third-round selection in the 1976 baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins, and Chuck Mercein, a third-round pick in the 1965 NFL draft by the New York Giants."
- ^ Mariotti, Jay (10 April 1992). "Huff chased ballgames before fly balls for Sox". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4104871.html. Retrieved 7 September 2009. "The Sox claimed former New Trier and Northwestern standout Mike Huff on waivers from the Cleveland Indians."
- ^ "Athlete & Celebrity Marketing". http://athletes-celebrities.tseworld.com/sports/football/bruce-matthews.php. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "New Trier, Evanston: Their ultimate must-win game". Glencoe News. 28 August 2008. http://www.pioneerlocal.com/glencoe/sports/highschools/1130170,gl-ntevrivalry-082808-s1.article. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ^ "Keeping up with... New Trier's Tommy Wingels". 21 January 2008. http://www.chicagotribune.com/cs-080121keepingupwithwingels,0,2466343.story. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
- ^ Joyce, Barbara (Summer, 1997). "Ivan Albright: Portrayer of Darkness and Decay". The Gazette (Winnetka, IL: Winnetka Historical Society). http://www.winnetkahistory.org/index.php?id=86%20title=. Retrieved 9 September 2009. "Twins Ivan Le Lorraine and Malvin Marr were born in 1897 to Clara and Adam Emory Albright in North Harvey, Illinois ... The boys attended New Trier High School. In the 1915 yearbook their photographs are captioned, “The Albright Twins: Two heads are better than one.”"
- ^ Griffen, Cheever (May, 2001). "New Trier Confidential: An inside look at the high school as it celebrates its 100th birthday". Glenview, IL: northshoremag.com. http://www.northshoremag.com/cgi-bin/ns-article?article=/archives/05-01-new_trier_confidential.html. Retrieved 9 September 2009. "Founded in 1901, New Trier annually sends off hundreds of students to the finest universities in the land and has produced over the years a long list of luminaries: actors Ann-Margret and Charlton Heston, makeup artist Bobbi Brown and United States Senator Charles Percy."
- ^ Bumiller, Elisabeth (15 June 1997). "The Brothers Emanuel". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/15/magazine/the-brothers-emanuel.html?sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 9 September 2009. "Shoshana ... like her brothers, she graduated from New Trier ... The conversation the brothers continue to have about Shoshana is also, of course, a conversation about themselves. Were Zeke, Rahm and Ari simply successful products ..."
- ^ Ross, Janice. "Anna Halprin: experience as dance". biography (University of California Press, 2007, p. 53). "The former head of the PE program at Ann's old alma mater, New Trier High School...hired her."}
- ^ "Nancy Spero biography & curriculum vitae". Procuniar Workshop. http://www.procuniarworkshop.com/biography-of/nancy-spero.html. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
- ^ "Nancy Spero: biographic and professional information". Anthony Reynolds Gallery. 2009. http://www.anthonyreynolds.com/biogs/spero.htm. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
