Willow Bay CNN News anchor
Class of 1971
John "Jeb" Bush Governor of Florida
Class of 1967
Julia Alvarez Critically acclaimed poet, novelist; professor
of English, Middlebury College
Class of 1964
George W. Bush President of the United States
Class of 1960
John Darnton Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent,
New York Times
Class of 1957
Ted Forstmann Founding general partner, N.Y. investment firm
Forstmann Little & Co.; co-founder, Children's Scholarship Fund
Class of 1956
A. Bartlet Giamatti (d.) Former president, Yale University;
commissioner of baseball
Charles F.C. Ruff (d.) White House Counsel during Clinton impeachment
trial; constitutional lawyer; member of Watergate Special Prosecution
Force
Class of 1954
Leslie H. Blank Jr. Award-winning independent documentary film
maker
Hollis W. Frampton Jr. (d.) Internationally-known film maker
Lucy Lippard Cultural critic; feminist; theorist; political
activist; author, On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art and Place
Robert B. Semple Jr. Associate editor, editorial page, New
York Times; Pulitzer Prize winner for environmental editorial writing
Frank Stella Leading American abstract artist in painting and
metal reliefs
Class of 1953
Carl Andre Internationally-known sculptor
Class of 1945
Marvin Minsky Authority on artificial intelligence, computers,
robotics
Class of 1943
Jack Lemmon Academy Award-winning actor
Class of 1942
George Bush Former President of the United States
William Sloane Coffin Jr. Minister, Riverside Church, New York;
former chaplain, Yale; anti-war activist
Class of 1935
Robert W. Sarnoff (d.) Former president, RCA and NBC
Class of 1926
Beaumont Newhall (d.) Photo historian; founder, Department
of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Class of 1922
Walker Evans (d.) Photographer; won fame for Depression photos
in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Class of 1921
Joseph Cornell (d.) Internationally-known artist; best know
for his "box" art
Benjamin Spock, M.D. (d.) Author; authority on child-rearing;
anti-war activist
Class of 1920
Humphrey Bogart (d.) Film actor
Frederick Law Olmsted 1838 Landscape architect; designed
New Yorks Central Park
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes 1825 Poet, literary leader and
doctor
Samuel F.B. Morse 1805 Inventor of telegraph, Morse code;
painter and president of National Academy of Design
Josiah Quincy 1786 Mayor of Boston, 1823-1828; president
of Harvard College, 1828-1845
John T. Kirkland 1786 President of Harvard, 1810-1828
When Samuel Phillips Jr. founded Phillips Academy in 1778,
he also was running a gunpowder mill to provide General George Washingtons
troops with ammunition for the Revolutionary War. Washington visited
the school in 1789, and later his great-nephews attended the school.
the above alumni are excerpted from a larger list... to be found at:
http://www.andover.edu/about_andover/notable_alums.htm