List of Hopkins School people

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The following is a list of Hopkins School people in alphabetical order. This includes alumni and/or faculty from Hopkins in any of its past forms (Hopkins School, Hopkins Grammar School). [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Henry Baldwin
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Bishop Thomas Frederick Davies, Sr.
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Josiah Willard Gibbs
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James Hillhouse
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Theodore Winthrop
NameClass ofNotability
Michael L. J. Apuzzo 1957 Academic neurosurgeon, editor, futurist
Henry Baldwin 1793 U.S. Congressman, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Roger Sherman Baldwin 1807 U.S. Senator, Governor of Connecticut, defense attorney in Amistad case
Simeon E. Baldwin 1857 Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, Governor of Connecticut
Wilson S. Bissell 1865 United States Postmaster General
Andy Bloch [5] 1987Professional poker player
Edward Bouchet 1870 Physicist, first person of color to earn a Ph.D. from an American university
Augustus Brandegee 1845 U.S. House of Representatives
Chauncey Bunce Brewster 1864 Episcopal Bishop
Benjamin Brewster 1878 Episcopal Bishop of Maine
Nicholas Britell 1999 Composer, Pianist, and Film Producer
Guido Calabresi 1949 U.S. Court of Appeals judge, Dean of the Yale Law School
Walter Camp 1876Founder of modern American football
Mei Chin 1993 Novelist and food critic
Elisha Cooper 1989 Author and Illustrator
John Davenport n/aFounder of New Haven, early advocate for the founding of a New Haven grammar school; regarded as Hopkins' founder
Thomas Frederick Davies, Sr. 1849Third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Michigan
Nicholas Dawidoff 1981 Author
George DiCenzo 1958 Actor, Arts Activist
Asa Drury n/aRector of Hopkins from 1829 to 1831
Henry Durand 1877Songwriter of Yale alma mater, "Bright College Years"
Timothy Dwight V 1845President of Yale University
Henry W. Edwards 1793 U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Connecticut
Trey Ellis 1980Novelist
William Eno 1877 Road safety advocate and inventor
Henry Farnam 1870 Railroad president
Orris Ferry 1840 U.S. Congressman, Senator
Ernest Flagg 1876Architect
John Geanakoplos 1971Economist
Josiah Willard Gibbs 1854Father of Thermodynamics
Chauncey Goodrich 1804Editor of the Webster's Dictionary
Arthur Hadley 1872President of Yale University
John Hays Hammond 1873 Mining engineer, helped in founding of De Beers
Carolyn Hax 1984Advice Columnist for the Washington Post
James Hillhouse 1769 U.S. Congressman, Senator
Edward Hopkins n/a Colonial Governor of Connecticut, Hopkins' first benefactor
William Hoppin 1824 Governor of Rhode Island
Edward House 1877 Diplomat, political adviser to Woodrow Wilson
William Henry Hunt 1874Federal and state judge, territorial governor of Puerto Rico
William Morris Hunt 1834 Painter
Jared Ingersoll 1762Delegate to the Continental Congress; signer of the United States Constitution for Pennsylvania; Federalist vice presidential candidate
Charles Ives 1894Classical composer and insurance executive
Harold Hongju Koh 1971Dean of the Yale Law School, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights
Justin Kutcher 1998 Sports Commentator
Paul MacCready 1943 Aeronautical engineer
John Malone 1959 Telecommunications mogul
Joseph Mansfield 1817 American Civil War Major General
Jonathan Mostow 1979Film director, writer, and producer
Henry Murphy 1895 Architect; designed Nationalist Chinese monuments as well as Hopkins' 1925 campus, Baldwin Hall, and Hopkins House
Francisco Palmieri 1979 Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Edwards Pierrepont 1833 New York Supreme Court justice; Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain; United States Attorney General
Abraham Pierson 1664First rector of Yale's precursor, the Collegiate School
Benjamin Silliman 1833Early professor of science
Alfred Terry 1838 American Civil War Major General, military commander of the Dakota Territory
Dan Wasserman 1967Political cartoonist
Theodore Winthrop 1841 Author
Theodore Dwight Woolsey 1816President of Yale University

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References

  1. Various promotional materials with lists of graduates by Hopkins School archivist Thom Peters, ca 2005. Retrieved in 2006
  2. Part 2 of Celebrity Prep Schools list last updated on November 24, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2006.
  3. Harold Koh speaks to Parent Council Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine on the Hopkins School website from October 28, 2004. Retrieved March 31, 2006.
  4. From Hopkins' Baldwin Hall to China's Memorial Hall" for Views on the Hill Spring/Summer '06 by Thom Peters.
  5. Andy Bloch's Myspace from MySpace.com. Retrieved February 3, 2007.