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Deerfield Academy

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Deerfield, MA

Official Website:
http://www.deerfield.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
King Abdullah II
Royalty
30-Jan-1962   King of Jordan
John Ashbery
Poet
28-Jul-1927   Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror
Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Business
1943   WGBH Educational Foundation
Ken Bentsen
Politician
3-Jun-1959   Congressman from Texas, 1995-2003
Steven Brill
Journalist
22-Aug-1950   Founder of CourtTV
Howie Carr
Columnist
17-Jan-1952   Boston Herald columnist, talk-radio host
John H. Chafee
Politician
22-Oct-1922 24-Oct-1999 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99
William Sloane Coffin
Activist
1-Jun-1924 12-Apr-2006 Civilly disobedient chaplain
Paul W. Douglas
Business
12-Sep-1926 18-Sep-2011 CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1975-81
Matthew Fox
Actor
14-Jul-1966   Jack on Lost
Henry W. Kendall
Physicist
9-Dec-1926 15-Feb-1999 Verified existence of quarks
Jay Keyworth
Physicist
c. 1939   Science advisor to Reagan
David H. Koch
Business
3-May-1940   Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir
William G. Morton, Jr.
Business
c. 1937   CEO of Boston Stock Exchange, 1985-2001
Stephen R. Quazzo
Business
c. 1960   Transwestern Investment Company
Joseph Verner Reed
Government
17-Dec-1937 29-Sep-2016 US Ambassador to Morocco, 1981-85
Ogden R. Reid
Politician
24-Jun-1925   Congressman from New York, 1963-75
E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
Business
c. 1930   Former Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns
Richard Scaife
Activist
3-Jul-1932 4-Jul-2014 The Republican George Soros
Budd Schulberg
Novelist
27-Mar-1914 5-Aug-2009 What Makes Sammy Run?
Talcott W. Seelye
Diplomat
6-Mar-1922 8-Jun-2006 US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81
James Symington
Politician
28-Sep-1927   Congressman from Missouri, 1969-77
Frederick L. Webber
Government
c. 1939   Washington trade rep
John L. Weinberg
Business
25-Jan-1925 7-Aug-2006 Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90
Warren Zimmermann
Diplomat
16-Nov-1934 2-Feb-2004 US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1989-92

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Talcott W. Seelye
Diplomat
6-Mar-1922 8-Jun-2006 US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Philip Greer
Business
c. 1936   Weiss, Peck & Greer
John Jeffry Louis III
Business
1963   Parson Capital Corporation
John L. Weinberg
Business
25-Jan-1925 7-Aug-2006 Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90




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