EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Originally founded by evangelist Dwight L. Moody as the Northfield Seminary for Young Ladies (1879) and the Mount Hermon School for Boys (1881), their campuses on opposite sides of the Connecticut River, the two schools merged in 1971. The Northfield campus was closed in 2005.

Location:
Gill, MA

Founding Date:
1879

Radio Station:
WNMH 91.5

Enrollment:
900

Official Website:
http://www.nmhschool.org/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Aurelia E. Brazeal	Diplomat	24-Nov-1943		US Ambassador to Ethiopia, 2002-05
John S. Chen	Business	1-Jul-1955		CEO of Sybase
Misha Collins	Actor	20-Aug-1974		Castiel on Supernatural
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	Poet	24-Mar-1919		A Coney Island of the Mind
Lee De Forest	Inventor	26-Aug-1873	30-Jun-1961	Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube
Richard Gilder	Business	c. 1932		Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
F. Philip Handy	Business	c. 1945		Strategic Industries Inc.
David Hartman	Talk Show Host	19-May-1935		Good Morning America
Valerie B. Jarrett	Business	14-Nov-1956		White House Office of Public Liaison
Laura Linney	Actor	5-Feb-1964		Meryl in The Truman Show
James L. McConaughy	Politician	21-Oct-1887	7-Mar-1948	Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48
James W. McLamore	Business	30-May-1926	8-Aug-1996	Co-Founder of Burger King
William R. Rhodes	Business	15-Aug-1935		Vice Chairman of Citigroup
Edward Said	Educator	1-Nov-1935	25-Sep-2003	Orientalism
Frank Shorter	Track and Field	31-Oct-1947		Marathon runner
Paul Stookey	Singer/Songwriter	30-Dec-1937		The Paul in Peter, Paul, and Mary
Uma Thurman	Actor	29-Apr-1970		Kill Bill: Vol. 1
DeWitt Wallace	Business	12-Nov-1889	30-Mar-1981	Founder of Reader's Digest

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dwight L. Moody	Religion	5-Feb-1837	22-Dec-1899	Revivalist, founder Northfield Mt. Hermon
William R. Rhodes	Business	15-Aug-1935		Vice Chairman of Citigroup

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