List of Episcopal Academy people
This list of Episcopal Academy people lists important faculty and alumni of Episcopal Academy, a co-educational school for grades Pre-K through 12 located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.
Alumni
Art and media
- Anthony Apesos - painter, critic, and professor of Fine Arts at the Art Institute of Boston[citation needed]
- Lionel Barrymore - actor, Academy Award winner for his role in A Free Soul, and AA Nominee for Best Director for Madame X[1]
- John Carradine - actor[2]
- Richard Harding Davis - author, journalist,[3] Managing Director of Harper's Weekly
- R.W.B. Lewis - long-time professor of English at Yale, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography[4]
- Robert A. Masciantonio - writer and director of cult films Cold Hearts, Neighbor
- Maury Henry Biddle Paul - gossip columnist known as "Cholly Knickerbocker"[5]
- Benjamin Pearcy, 1989 - lighting designer; 2015 Drama Desk nomination and Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical (for American in Paris);[6] designed projections and lighting for War Horse and the 2012 London Olympic Games[7]
- M. Night Shyamalan - film producer and director,The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Village; multiple Academy Award nominee[1][8]
- Sarah Steele, 2006 - actress, performing in Spanglish; has appeared on Law & Order, Gossip Girl[9]
- Robert Venturi, 1944 - Pritzker Prize-winning architect and postmodern theorist
- Mark Kendall - artist and filmmaker, La Camioneta; recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Pew Fellowships in the Arts
Athletics
- Jerome Allen - former professional basketball player with Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers, and Denver Nuggets and current Boston Celtics assistant coach. [10]
- Brian Dougherty - professional lacrosse player[11]
- Kyle Eckel - football player with US Naval Academy, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints[12][13]
- Wayne Ellington - professional basketball player with the New York Knicks[14]
- James "Bruiser" Flint - assistant coach of the University of Kentucky basketball team and former head coach of the Drexel University basketball team and the University of Massachusetts basketball team. [15]
- Matt Freese - professional soccer player with the Philadelphia Union[16]
- Todd Harrity - professional squash player, highest world ranking was #44, 3-time American champion, CSA champion while with Princeton University. [17]
- Gerald Henderson, Jr. - former professional basketball player with the Philadelphia 76ers[18]
- Greg Isdaner - football player, West Virginia University, Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles[19]
- George Munger - Former head coach of the University of Pennsylvania football team;[2] selected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976
Business and technology
- George David - Chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corporation[2]
- Morris Duane - former chairman of Duane, Morris & Heckscher[2]
- John Haas - former Chairman of Rohm and Haas Company[2]
- Mark Hoplamazian CBE - President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation[20]
- Gayle Laakman McDowell - founder, consultant, coder, speaker and author of Cracking the Coding Interview[21][22]
- Spencer Penrose - mining magnate, hotelier, philanthropist [2]
- Peter York Solmssen - former General Counsel and Managing Board Member of Siemans AG
- Ed Stanley - former president and CEO of Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company[2]
- Brian Tierney - Republican strategist; CEO of Philadelphia Media Holdings[2][23]
- Charles L. Tutt, Sr. - real estate and mining magnate [2]
- Robert Venturi - architect and winner of the Pritzker Prize;[24] designed the Episcopal's Chapel in Newtown Square
- Edward Vick - retired Chairman and CEO of Young and Rubicam[2]
Government
- John C. Bell, Jr. - former Governor of Pennsylvania; Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court[2]
- Alan Lukens - former United States ambassador to the Republic of the Congo[2]
- Boies Penrose - senator, political boss [2]
- Benjamin Read - former Under Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter[2]
- Robert Montgomery Scott - philanthropist[2]
- Nathaniel Stinnett - founder and executive director, Environmental Voter Project [25]
- John Yoo - professor of law at the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; former deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice during the first term of the George W. Bush presidential administration; principal author of the "Torture Memo"[26][27][28]
Faculty
- John Andrews, D.D., the Academy's first headmaster.
- Gina Buggy - first woman to serve as Athletic Director (1992-2020); member of the U.S. field hockey team, 1981-1984; played on the 1982 World Cup team and earned a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics; played for the U.S. women’s team in 1980 and 1981[29]
- Susan Gelber Cannon - author and activist, creator of www.teachforpeace.org[30]
- Lee T. Pearcy - classicist, educator, and author; chair of classics (1986-2001, 2005-2008), director of curriculum (2001-2005); author of Grammar of Our Civility: Classical Education in America (2005)[31] co-author Standards for Latin Teacher Preparation (2010),[32] and other books and articles; taught at Episcopal 1985-2013
- Noah Webster - lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author; the "Father of American Scholarship and Education"; taught at Episcopal Academy for six months from April 1787[33]
Others
- Garry Davis - founder of the World Service Authority and creator of the first World Passport
- Stephen Decatur - naval Commander during the First Barbary War, Second Barbary War, and War of 1812,[34] youngest man to reach the rank of Navy Captain; namesake of 5 Navy ships, 46 US towns and cities, three US schools, and one school in Sigonella, Italy; the face on the 1886 Silver Certificate, equivalent to our $20 bill. Although tradition at Episcopal Academy continues to claim Decatur as an alumnus, even assigning him to the class of 1797,[35] no documentary evidence links him to the school.
- William Chauncey Emhardt - Episcopal priest and ecumenist
- Lindley Miller Garrison
- John Charles Groome[36]
- Charles Stewart - With one ship he captured two British ships in the War of 1812, in 1836 captured a Portuguese slaver ship as it came into Havana, serving 63 years became the U.S. Navy's first flag officer.
- William White - first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the U.S.; first Bishop of Pennsylvania; Academy founder; Chaplain to the Continental Congress and the United States Senate
References
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- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "The Future of the Episcopal Academy" (PDF). The Episcopal Academy. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26. [dead link]
- ^ Davis, Richard. "Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis". Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ "R.W.B. Lewis: Pulitzer Prize-winning literary scholar and critic". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. 2002-06-08. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ "Maury Paul, Noted Society Editor, 52, Dies". The Miami News. July 17, 1942. p. 1B. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
- ^ http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/
- ^ "Benjamin Pearcy designer". Retrieved 2013-08-19.
- ^ "The Future of Episcopal Academy: About the Move". Archived from the original on 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ "Sarah Steele". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ [1]. Retrieved on April 16, 2010.
- ^ Santoliquito, Joseph (2007-07-25). "Barrage's Dougherty Still Saving the Day". Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2007-12-19. [dead link]
- ^ "Kyle Eckel - Official New England Patriots Biography". The New England Patriots. Archived from the original on 2009-04-22. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Episcopal Academy star Eckel signs with Eagles". The Philadelphia Daily News. 2008-10-22. Archived from the original on October 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Wayne Ellington Profile". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ http://www.drexeldragons.com/coaches.aspx?rc=185&path=mbball. Retrieved on November 19, 2017
- ^ "Matt Freese Profile". Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Todd Harrity Profile". Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ^ "Gerald Henderson Profile". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ "Greg Isdaner ESPN page". ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "Read the Thanksgiving Chapel Address". The Episcopal Academy. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2008-12-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Laakmann McDowell, Gayle (2012). "Technology — Past, Present, Future". youtube.com. YouTube.
- ^ McDowell, Gayle Laakmann (2015). Cracking the coding interview : 189 programming questions and solutions (6th ed.). Palo Alto, CA. ISBN 978-0-9847828-5-7. OCLC 913477191.
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- ^ "Venturi's Venture". The Wall Street Journal. 2006-08-09. Archived from the original (Reprint) on 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ "Environmentalists Turned Into Voters". New York Times. 2018-05-27.
- ^ "John Yoo Interviewed about the Torture Memo". Esquire. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ Slevin, Peter (2005-12-26). "Scholar Stands by Post-9/11 Writing on Torture, Domestic Eavesdropping". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ^ "John Yoo Comments on Suit Filed Against Him by Convicted Terrorist Jose Padilla" (PDF). The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-12-26.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-08. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-16/news/30632229_1_peace-education-middle-school-conferences
- ^ Pearcy, Lee T. (2005). The Grammar of Our Civility: Classical Education in America. ISBN 9781932792164.
- ^ http://www.aclclassics.org/uploads/assets/files/Standards_for_Latin_Teacher_Preparation.pdf
- ^ Skeel, Emily Ellsworth Ford (1912). "Notes on the life of Noah Webster".
- ^ "Stephen Decatur Biography". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ http://instagram.com/p/vWeB-8zQNq/?modal=true
- ^ "John C. Groome". Pennsylvania State Police. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
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