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image = [[File:Albany |
image = [[File:Albany dddAcademxccy Seal.jpg]]| |
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established = In the Year of the POTATO |
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type = Independent, Single-Gender|Private, Boarding school|Boarding, Day school| |
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religion = None | |
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head_name = Head of School| |
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head = Mr potato head |
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city = [[Albany, New York|Albany]]| |
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state = [[New York]]|NY| |
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country = | |
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motto= ''Honor Integritas Officium''<br>Honor, Integrity, Service| |
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campus = {{convert|25|acre|m2}}| |
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enrollment = 376 students (Age 3 - Grade 12)| |
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faculty = 50+ teachers| |
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class = 16 students| |
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ratio = 9:1| |
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athletics = 13 interscholastic sports teams| |
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colors = Red and Black <br><span style="background-color:#CC0000;width:50px;border:1px solid #000000"> </span> <span style="background-color:#000000;width:50px;border:1px solid #000000"> </span>| |
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mascot = Cadets| |
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conference = Colonial Council; [[NEPSAC|New England Prep School Athletic League]] | |
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homepage = [http://www.albanyacademies.org/ www.albanyacademies.org] |
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'''The Albany Academy''' is an independent[[day school]] for phat potatoes eaten by godzilla in [[Albany, New York|Albany]], [[New York]], USA, enrolling students from Preschool (age 3) to Grade 12. It was established in 1813 by a charter signed by Mayor [[Philip S. Van Rensselaer|Philip Schuyler Van Rensselaer]] and the city council of Albany. In July 2007, the administrative teams of The Albany Academy and [[Albany Academy for Girls]] merged into [[The Albany Academies]]. Both schools retain much of their pre-merger tradition and character and each continues to give diplomas under its own name. |
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==History== |
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The Albany Academy is the oldest boys day school in the New York [[Capital District|Capital Region]], chartered in March 1813 to educate the sons of Albany's political elite and rapidly growing merchant class. In the [[Largest Cities in the United States by Population by Decade#1810|Census]] three years prior, Albany was the tenth-largest city in the United States, and would remain so through the 1850s due to the prominence of the [[Erie Canal]]. |
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[[File:Albany Academy 1907.jpg|thumb|left|Old Academy Building, now the [[Joseph Henry Memorial]]]]Classes began within months after the charter was granted, offering a college preparatory track (including intensive study of Ancient Greek, and Latin) and an arithmetic-based track to prepare young men for Albany's role as a center of commerce. Two years later, in 1815, a purpose-built building was completed in present day Academy Park, adjacent to the [[New York State Capitol]]. The [[Federal architecture|Federal-style]] building, now known as the Old Academy and headquarters of the City School District of Albany, was designed by renowned Albany architect [[Philip Hooker]]. The building is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] for its architectural significance and role as home to scientist [[Joseph Henry|Joseph Henry's]] laboratory. [http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/NY/Albany/state.html] |
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In 1870, in response to a lack of military preparation institutions in the north during the [[American Civil War]], the Albany Academy adopted the [[Battalion]] Leadership Program, instructing the "cadets" in military procedure and the art of leadership. In 2005 the school ended compulsory involvement in the program in favor of a House-based leadership program commonly found in English [[Preparatory school (UK)|preparatory schools]]. The four houses, named for prominent historical Academy figures ([[Theodric Romeyn Beck|Beck]], [[Merrill Edwards Gates|Gates]], [[Joseph Henry|Henry]], and [[Frederic P. Olcott|Olcott]]), compete against one another in the fields of academics, athletics, [[community service]], and [[extracurricular]] involvement for honor and special privileges awarded to the leading house. |
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[[File:Albany Academy Cupola.jpg|thumb|left|The Academy's cupola rises above the main building and is topped with a fish and pumpkin.]]In 1931, the school moved from its original downtown building in present day Academy Park to its current location on the corner of Hackett and Academy Roads, in the University Heights section of Albany. Designed by Marcus T. Reynolds in the [[Georgian architecture|neo-Georgian style]], the building incorporates many elements of the Old Academy building, namely the main entryway and cupola. The school stands approximately two miles from the city center, allowing students access to the resources of the [[State University of New York at Albany]], [[Russell Sage College]], [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], the [[New York State Capitol|state capitol]], and the [[New York State Museum|state museum]] and [[New York State Library|library]]. The red-brick Academy building's marble cornerstone was laid by the then Governor and future [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]. All grades enrolled in The Albany Academy are housed under the same roof, a point of pride for the Academy Community. |
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In 2005, The Albany Academy ended its long standing Army JROTC program. This decision came due to declining enrollment among other factors. Certain military aspects are still available to students, but are all "electives." |
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The Board of Trustees announced that The Albany Academy and Albany Academy for Girls would merge into The Albany Academies in July 2007. [[Single-sex education|Single-gender]] education will continue under the present form in Lower and Middle Schools, while Upper School students may continue to cross-register for coed classes and certain extracurricular activities. |
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On July 1, 2009, the Board of Trustees announced the appointment of [[Douglas M. North]] AA'58, President of [[Alaska Pacific University]], to the position of Head of School of [[The Albany Academies]], effective July 2010.[http://www.albanyacademies.org/news/news_full.cfm?ID=223] |
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==Facilities== |
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[[File:Albany Academy.jpg|thumb|Current Academy Building|alt=An ornate three-story brick building with a pedimented front section and tall gray cupola]] |
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The main Academic building houses 40 classrooms, two [[libraries]], [[Mac OS|Mac]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] computer labs, the [[cafeteria]] (called the Buttery), the school book store, the [[auditorium]] (known as Caird Chapel), the Wellness Center, the Black Box Theater, a [[darkroom]], the [[Joseph Henry]] Science Wing, student and faculty lounges, board rooms, art and music studios, the school's archives, and various administrative offices. The school's athletic facilities include 11 team locker-rooms, 1 soccer/lacrosse field, 1 [[baseball field|baseball diamonds]], 2 football fields, the 400-meter Robison Track, the Robison Hockey Arena (formerly home to the Albany Cougars, a special needs hockey team. They now play at the Albany County Hockey Facility), 6 outdoor [[tennis courts]], the 6-lane, {{convert|25|yd|sing=on}} Standish Pool, the Rea Fitness Center, 2 indoor gymnasiums, conference rooms, long- and high-jump pits, a discus court, and a shot-put court. Other on-campus facilities include Leonard House, the Head of School's residence. |
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==Student body== |
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Drawn predominately from a six-county area and from within a radius of {{convert|65|mi|km}}, the student body is ethnically, religiously, and economically diverse. The total 2005–06 school population is 340 boys, including 82 in the Lower School, 71 in the [[Middle School]], and 187 in the Upper School. There is a total of six countries represented in the school. Students are encouraged to actively participate in all aspects of school life; they are expected to conduct themselves responsibly and treat each other and their teachers with respect. Students are responsible for upholding school rules. The Albany Academy adheres to a school-wide honor code. Student Council members, especially seniors, occupy important leadership positions at Albany Academy. Its Leadership Development Program prepares students to hold leadership positions at school and beyond by providing formal classes on [[leadership]], advising/student mentoring, community service, and involvement in co-curricular programs—all within the structure of a British-modeled [[House System]]. |
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==Mission statement== |
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The Albany Academies—Albany Academy for Girls & The Albany Academy—are Preschool-Grade 12 independent college-preparatory single-gender schools committed to developing the potential of the whole individual by building a community that fosters scholarship, leadership, character, service and integrity. The schools' core values include responsibility, self-discipline, compassion, ingenuity, respect, service, integrity and perseverance. |
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==Accreditation and memberships== |
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The Albany Academies are accredited by the [[New York State Association of Independent Schools]] and recognized by the [[Regents of the State of New York]]. |
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The Albany Academies are a member of the following associations: the [[College Board]], the [[Cum Laude Society]], the [[National Association of Independent Schools]], the [[Educational Records Bureau]], the [[Capital Region Independent Schools Association]], the [[Association of Boys' Schools]], the [[Secondary Schools Admission Test Board]], and the [[New England Prep School Athletic Association]]. |
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==Alumni== |
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Noted alumni include nine [[U.S. Representative|U.S. Congressmen]], five [[Professional sports|Professional Athletes]], three [[Chancellor (education)|College Presidents]], two [[poet laureate|Poet Laureates]], one [[U.S. Supreme Court Justice]], and one [[Medal of Honor]] recipient: |
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===Government, Law, Business, & Public Policy=== |
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[[File:LearnedHand1910a.jpg|thumb|right|[[Learned Hand]], Class of 1889]] |
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*[[T. Garry Buckley]], [[List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Vermont|72nd Lieutenant Governor of Vermont]]. |
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*[[John W. Causey]], [[United States Representative]] from [[United States congressional delegations from Delaware|Delaware]] |
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*[[Norton Chase]], [[New York State Assembly| New York State Assemblyman]] and [[New York State Senate| New York State Senator]] |
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*[[E. Harold Cluett]], [[U.S. Representative]] from [[NYCongDel|New York]] |
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*[[Andrew J. Colvin]], District Attorney of Albany County and [[New York State Senator]] |
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*[[Edwin Corning]], businessman, [[Lieutenant Governor of New York]], father of Erastus Corning 2nd. |
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*[[Erastus Corning II]], [[Mayor of Albany]] from 1942 to 1983; held the record for longest serving Mayor |
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*[[Parker Corning]], [[U.S. Representative]] from [[NYCongDel|New York]] |
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*[[Frederick A. Conkling]], [[U.S. Representative]] from [[NYCongDel|New York]] |
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*[[Learned Hand]], Justice of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]], regarded as the most influential American Jurist never to sit on the [[U.S. Supreme Court|Supreme Court of the United States]] |
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*[[Francis Hendricks]], [[List of mayors of Syracuse, New York| Mayor of Syracuse]] and President of the State Bank of Syracuse. |
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*[[Abraham Lansing]], lawyer, [[New York State Treasurer]], and [[New York State Senator]] |
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*[[Peter P. Murphy]], physician and politician |
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*[[Stephen P. Nash]], lawyer, president of the [[New York City Bar Association]] |
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*[[Frederic P. Olcott]], banker, stock broker, and [[New York State Comptroller]] |
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[[File:Rufus_Wheeler_Peckham_cph.3b30513.jpg|thumb|right|[[Rufus Wheeler Peckham]], Class of 1855]] |
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*[[Rufus Wheeler Peckham]], [[Associate Justice|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] on the [[U.S. Supreme Court|Supreme Court of the United States]] (1895–1909) |
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*[[Wheeler Hazard Peckham]], lawyer, [[U.S. Supreme Court]] nominee |
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*[[John Van S. L. Pruyn]], [[U.S. Representative]] from [[NYCongDel|New York]] |
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*[[Henry M. Sage]], New York State Assemblyman and New York State Senator |
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*[[Charles Emory Smith]], U.S. Minister to Russia (1890–1892), [[U.S. Postmaster General]] (1898–1902) |
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*[[Phillip Steck]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] member of the [[New York State Assembly]] |
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*[[Peter G. Ten Eyck]], [[U.S. Representative]] from [[NYCongDel|New York]] |
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*[[John Boyd Thacher II]], [[Mayor of Albany]] from 1926 to 1941 |
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*[[Ralph W. Thomas]], New York State Senator |
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*[[Charles Tracey]], [[U.S. Representative]] from [[NYCongDel|New York]] |
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*[[Henry Waldron]], [[U.S. Representative]] from [[United States congressional delegations from Michigan|Michigan]] |
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*[[Charles W. van Rensselaer]] first officer and paymaster aboard the [[SS Central America]] when it was lost during a hurricane in September 1857 |
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===Academia=== |
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*[[John Seiler Brubacher]], author, educational philosopher, [[Yale University]] professor |
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*[[Andrew Sloan Draper]], jurist, author, and President of the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois]] |
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*[[William Durden]], President of [[Dickinson College]] |
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*[[Douglas M. North]], President of [[Alaska Pacific University]] and [[Prescott College]], and [[Head of School]] of [[The Albany Academies]] |
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*[[Martin Seligman]], psychologist at the [[University of Pennsylvania]] known for his work on [[learned helplessness]] and [[positive psychology]] |
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*[[Horace Silliman]], businessman, philanthropist, namesake of [[Silliman University]] |
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*[[Howard Townsend]], physician and medical professor. |
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===Literature & Journalism=== |
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[[File:AndyRooney (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|[[Andy Rooney]], Class of 1937]] |
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*[[Gordon Ackerman]], journalist, writer, and photographer |
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*[[Stephen Vincent Benét]], poet laureate, two-time winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] (1929, 1944) |
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*[[William Rose Benét]], poet laureate, winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize]] (1942) |
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*[[Herman Melville]], author of [[Moby-Dick]] |
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*[[Andy Rooney]], author, journalist, and commentator for [[60 Minutes]] |
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*[[Christopher Cuomo]], Emmy Award-winning television journalist for [[ABC News]] |
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===Science & Technology=== |
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*[[John Bogart]], civil engineer and [[New York State Engineer and Surveyor]] |
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*[[Verplanck Colvin]], lawyer, author, illustrator, and topographical engineer involved in the creation of the [[Adirondack Park]] |
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*[[Benjamin Boss]], astronomer and editor of the ''[[Astronomical Journal]] |
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*[[Joseph Henry]], natural philosopher, telegraphy pioneer, first Curator of the [[Smithsonian Institution]] |
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*[[Henry Ramsay (NY engineer)|Henry Ramsay]], civil engineer and [[New York State Engineer and Surveyor]] |
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===Arts, Sports, & Entertainment=== |
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*[[Raymond Castellani]], actor, Los Angeles philanthropist |
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*[[Marc Cavosie]], professional ice hockey player |
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*[[Craig Darby]], retired NHL ice hockey player |
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*[[Joseph R. Grismer]], Albany-born actor, playwright and theatrical producer |
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*[[Stephen Hannock]], landscape painter |
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*[[Craig Hatkoff]], co-founder of the [[Tribeca Film Festival]] and Tribeca Film Institute |
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*[[Ashton Holmes]], film and television actor best known for the role of Jack Stall in ''[[A History of Violence (film)|A History of Violence]] |
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*[[David Holloway (American football)|David Holloway]], [[American football]] [[linebacker]] formerly of the [[Arizona Cardinals]] |
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*[[Michael Patrick Jann]], director of the film [[Drop Dead Gorgeous (film)|''Drop Dead Gorgeous'']] and actor on [[MTV's The State]] |
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*[[Kevin Leveille]], professional lacrosse player for the [[Rochester Rattlers|Chicago Machine]] and the [[Chicago Shamrox]] |
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*[[Mike Leveille]], lacrosse player, 2008 [[Tewaaraton Trophy]] winner, member of the [[Rochester Rattlers|Chicago Machine]] |
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*[[Dion Lewis]], running back for the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] in the [[National Football League]] |
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*[[Marcus T. Reynolds]], architect and author |
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*[[Merrick Thomson]], professional lacrosse player for the [[Toronto Nationals]] and the [[Philadelphia Wings]] |
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*[[Steve Wulf]], executive editor at ''[[ESPN The Magazine]]'' |
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===Military=== |
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[[File:Ted Cane France.jpg|thumb|right|[[Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.]], Class of 1905]] |
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*[[Jacob Downing]], [[Union Army]] officer during the [[American Civil War]], early developer of the city of [[Denver]]. |
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*[[Theodore Roosevelt Jr.]], [[U.S. Army]] [[Brigadier General]] and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient |
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*[[Jeff Sharlet (Vietnam antiwar activist)|Jeff Sharlet]], [[Vietnam Veteran]], leader of the GI resistance movement during the [[Vietnam War]] |
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*[[Charles Dwight Sigsbee]], Admiral in the [[U.S. Navy]], Captain of the [[USS Maine (ACR-1)|USS Maine]] when it exploded, igniting the [[Spanish-American War]] |
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*[[Frederick Townsend]], Union officer in the [[American Civil War]], Adjutant General of the State of New York |
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*[[Robert Townsend (captain)|Robert Townsend]], Civil War-era U.S. Navy Captain commanding the ironclad [[USS Essex (1856)|USS Essex]] |
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*[[Egbert Ludoricus Viele]], [[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]] in the [[Union Army]], military governor of [[Norfolk, Virginia]]; [[U.S. Representative]] from [[NYCongDel|New York]] |
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===Theology=== |
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*[[Angus Dun]], 4th [[Bishop]] of the [[Episcopal Diocese of Washington]] in Washington, DC |
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*[[John Loughlin (bishop)|John Loughlin]], 1st [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn|Bishop of Brooklyn]], New York (1853–1891) |
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*[[Clarence A. Walworth]], attorney, writer, Roman Catholic priest, and missionary |
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==Faculty/Administration== |
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Noted former faculty and administration include inventors, politicians, and seven [[Chancellor (education)|College Presidents]], including four Presidents of [[Amherst College]]: |
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[[File:Gates-001a.jpg|thumb|right|Headmaster [[Merrill Edward Gates]]]] |
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*[[George W. Atherton]], President of the [[Pennsylvania State University]] |
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*[[Simeon Baldwin]], Mayor of [[New Haven, CT|New Haven]], [[Connecticut]], [[U.S. Representative]], Justice on the Superior Court of Connecticut |
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*[[Theodric Romeyn Beck]], [[forensic medicine]] pioneer |
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*[[William H. Campbell]], President of [[Rutgers University]] |
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*[[John Chester (university president)|John Chester]], the second president of [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] |
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*[[George Hammell Cook]], chemistry professor and surveyor |
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*[[Merrill Edwards Gates]], President of [[Amherst College]] and [[Rutgers University]] |
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*[[Peter Gansevoort (state senator)|Peter Gansevoort]], member of the [[New York State Assembly]] and [[New York State Senate]] |
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*[[Julian Gibbs]], President of [[Amherst College]] |
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*[[Joseph Henry]], natural philosopher, [[telegraphy]] pioneer, first Curator of the [[Smithsonian Institution]] |
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*[[Albert Hull]], physicist, inventor of the [[magnetron]] and [[dynatron]] |
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*[[Alexander Meiklejohn]], President of [[Amherst College]], Dean of [[Brown University]], winner of the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] |
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*[[David Murray (educator)|David Murray]], [[People of the United States|American]] educator and government adviser in [[Meiji period]] [[Japan]] |
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*[[George Olds]], President of [[Amherst College]] |
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*[[Charles Emory Smith]], U.S. Minister to Russia (1890–1892), [[U.S. Postmaster General]] (1898–1902) |
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*[[Frederick Townsend]], Union officer in the [[American Civil War]], Adjutant General of the State of New York (1857–1861, 1880) |
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==See also== |
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*[[Albany Academy for Girls]] |
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*[[The Albany Academies]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[[NRHP]] nomination for the original Albany Academy building: {{cite web |last=Waite |first=Diana S. |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Joseph Henry Memorial (Albany Academy) |url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=449 |
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|date=January 1970|accessdate=2011-07-31 |publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]}} ''See also:'' [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=447 ''Accompanying one exterior photo from 1962] |
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*[http://www.albanyacademies.org/ The Albany Academies] |
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*[http://www.petersons.com/PSchools/code/IDD.asp?orderLineNum=598197-1&inunId=56&typeVC=instvc&sponsor=1 Petersons.com School Profile] |
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Revision as of 21:53, 4 November 2013
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