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| Crawford, Joan | Chadwick School, Rolling Hills, Ca. | See mention of Chadwick, Christina Crawford's school, under entry for Towne, Robert (below).
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| Cronyn, Hume | Ridley College, St. Catharines, Ont | See the section devoted to Canadians for more on this school.
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| Crosby, David | Cate School, Carpenteria, CA | Crosby is a notable alum of this school, located on a mesa not far from Santa Barbara. It is discussed below under the section on Edie Sedgwick and the Sedgwick family. Director Ivan Reitman, a Santa Barbara native, chose Cate for his daughter Catherine Reitman. Cate, a correspondent writes, is a feeder school for competitive Western universities such as Stanford and Berkeley.
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| Cunanan, Andrew | Bishop's School, La Jolla, CA | Cunanan, Gianni Versace's assassin, attended Bishop's, as did Hollywood fashion designer Edith Head. |
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| Curtis, Jamie Lee | Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT and Harvard Westlake, No. Hollywood | Jamie Lee Curtis graduated from Choate in 1976. For more, see entries for Edward Albee, Lauren Ambrose, Michael Douglas, Paul Giamatti, James Dickey, Robert Chambers, Glenn Close, the Trump family, Peter Jennings, and the Moxleys. For more on Harvard Westlake, see the entry for Bridge Fonda.
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| Cyote, Peter | Dwight-Englewood, Englewood, NJ | See the entries (above) for Dick Button and Anthony Bourdain.
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| Danes, Claire | Dalton School, NYC, NY and Le Lycee Francis, Los Angeles, CA | Danes attended here, as did Mary Stuart Masterson, Julie Warner, Marian Seldes, Perry Peltz, and Sean Lennon. Jennifer Grey and Michael J. Fox's wife, Tracy Pollan, were friends there. Leonard Bernstein was a big supporter of the school. Celebrity parents who have chosen Dalton for their kids incude Barbara Walters, Dustin Hoffman, Gloria Vanderbilt, Alger Hiss, Leslie Stahl, Linda Evans, and Mia Farrow. A correspondent recently wrote to say that Claire Danes also attended Le Lycee Francais in Los Angeles, where both Leelee Sobieski and Jodie Foster went.
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| Danner, Blythe | George School, Newtown, PA | See the entries for Gwyneth Paltrow, George Segal, and Stephen Sondheim. Others: actress Donzaleigh Abernathy, the daughter of civil rights icon Ralph Abernathy, also actor Stephen Lang and his son, Dan, Bill Cosby's family, and the Berenstain Bears' clan
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| Danson, Ted | Kent School, Kent, CT | Danson played basketball in the 1960s at this Episcopal school where Treat Williams was also a student. His father was an archaeologist involved with museum work. Danson later headed off to Stanford. Dominick Dunne had at least one of his kids at Kent, too. Students at Kent have chores to do. Other Kent notables include musician K.T. Tunstall, model Emme, Cyrus Vance, the philosopher John Rawls (Class of '43), Bobby Farrelly [one half of the comedy-writing team], Prince Carl-Philip Bernadotte of Sweden, Mia Farrow's son, Moses, and "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane. "Sounder" author William H. Armstrong taught there .
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| Day Lewis, Daniel | Bedales School, Hampshire, England UK | Day Lewis, the son of a renowned poet, first attended a traditional boarding school but fled for the walls of this progressive, "liberal and let it all hang out" school where students "organize themselves and work on their own." The progressive school was also chosen by two members of Pink Floyd, by Princess Margaret, and by Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes for their children. Minnie Driver went there. It is known for its strength in art and drama; the theater is called the Olivier Theater. Bedales is also where Frances Partridge went, and when she was a student there, one could swim naked.
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| Dean, Howard | Browning School, NY, NY and St. George's, Newport RI | Presidential candidate Dean attended Browning in NYC and the very tony St. George's, which is located in Newport. Dean is a stockbroker's son and was raised in East Hampton. Browning is mentioned several times on these pages (see entries for Robert Chambers). Browning is mentioned more in depth in the entry for the Rockefellers, and is also associated with the Hilton sister's brother and with members of the Sulzberger and Luce families. St. George's is mentioned above in an entry for Tucker Carlson. Ogden Nash also attended St. George's.
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| Delaney, Dana | Phillips Academy, Andover, MA | See the entry for Humphrey Bogart, above.
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| de Mateo, Drea | Loyola School, NYC, NY | This Sopranos star went to Loyola School, a Jesuit prep school located on Park Avenue.
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| Del Toro, Benicio | Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA | The Academy Award winner went to Mercersburg Academy where Jimmy Stewart also went. Another celeb to come through Mercersburg is the British-born "Orbit" gum girl, Vanessa Branch, who worked on a nearby farm while at the school.
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| DeNiro, Robert | Rhodes Prep, NYC, NY | DeNiro grew up in New York. His father was a respected painter. Other former Rhodes students include actor James Caan, Clinton pardon beneficary Marc Rich, Alice Barrett-Mitchell of the soap "Another World" (class of 1974), legal scholar Rabbi Alan Mayor Sokobin, "Dark Shadows" actess Denise Nickerson, singer Jane Olivor, journalist Mark Kellner, "Combat" actor Rick Jason, and the late Ron Brown. Another Rhodes student was contemporary playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, who went there on scholarship
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| Dern, Bruce | Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT | I'm told Dern attended this legendary prep school, where Glenn Close went. Other Choate alums include Glenn Close, JFK, John Moxley, the daughter of James Dickey, Edward Albee, Michael Douglas, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Dos Passos, Alan Jay Lerner, Adlai Stevenson, and members of the Hearst family and the royal family of Bhutan. Six Feet Under actress Lauren Ambrose went there, as did Paul Giamatti.
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| Dickey, James | Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT | When writer Dickey died tragically, his daughter Brawnyn lived here after selling the family home. Other Choate alums include JFK, Glenn Close, Ivanka Trump, Peter Jennings' son, John Moxley, members of the Hearst family, and members of the royal family of Bhutan. The school is also mentioned on these pages in entries for Robert Chambers, Lauren Ambrose, Paul Giamatti, Michael Douglas, Edward Albee, and more.
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| Diesel, Vin | Anglo-American International School, New York, NY | Action star Vin Diesel used to be Mark Vincent and went to New York's Anglo-American International School, which merged with Dwight (see the Hilton sisters entry) about a decade or so ago. Morphing for everyone!!
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| Disney | Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, CA | The Roy Disney Family has a strong connection to the school, which should not be confused with the elite boy's school located in New York City. Other Buckley (California) names: Rashida Jones (Quincy Jones' daughter), Matthew Perry of "Friends," Tito Jackson, Jr., Albert Hammons, Jr. of the "Strokes," Gaby Hoffman, the Hilton sisters, Nicole Richie, Tevin Campbell, writer Brett Easton Ellis, the Marcus family of Neiman Marcus, and a number of current A-List celebs' kids.
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| Doubleday, Nelson | Salisbury School, Salisbury, CT and Deerfield Academy, Deerfield MA | Publisher Doubleday is a graduate of Deerfield, a Connecticut school, which is located at the foothills of the Berkshires. See the section on the Rockefellers and the mention of Deerfield under John McPhee's entry. Others to come through the school are Senators Christopher Bond and John H. Chafee. Reportedly, actor William McNamara attended Salisbury, where Doubleday was also a student.
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| Douglas, Michael | Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT, Allen-Stevenson School, NYC, (and a special mention of Eaglebrook School, Deerfield, MA) | Douglas attended Choate. Other Choate alums include Glenn Close, Jamie Lee Curtis, JFK, John Moxley, Invanka Trump, the daughter of James Dickey, Edward Albee, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Dos Passos, Alan Jay Lerner, Adlai Stevenson, and other celebrities. Douglas also attended the Allen-Stevenson School in New York (as did Michael Eisner) and Eaglebrook, a junior boarding school. (Eaglebrook deserves special mention as a junior school because it is the the pre-eminent junior boarding school for boys in grades 6-9.) Michael Douglas' classmate at Eaglebrook was RJR titan Henry Kravis. Other Eaglebrook family names include Scribner, Schwab, Rockefeller, Eisenhower, Roosevelt, and more. Many kids who go there are the offspring of international statesmen. Another top junior school is Fay, mentioned below under the section for Dominick Dunne.
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| Drake, Nick | Marlborough College, Marlborough, Wiltshire | The late great and very elegant folk singer attended Eagle House School and this senior school, famous for its brass band and pack of beagles. Author and intrepid traveler Bruce Chatwyn attended Marlborough as well.
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| Driver, Minnie | Bedales School, Hampshire, England UK | For more on this progressive school, see the entry for Daniel Day Lewis and for the Royals.
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| Dulles Family | Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CTK | Philosopher-theologian Charles Avery Dulles, son of John Foster, attended Choate, now Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT. He now teaches at Fordham. For more on Choate, see mentions for Robert Chambers, JFK, Glenn Close, the Moxleys, James Dickey, Edward Albee, Michael Douglas, Ivanka Trump, Peter Jennings, and others.
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| Duchovny, David | Collegiate School, NYC, NY | Duchovny is an alum and married Brearley graduate Tea Leoni. Collegiate, his alma mater, is the oldest independent school in the United States and dates back nearly 400 years. See another mention of the school under the entry for the Kennedy Family. Collegiate is also where American Pie creator Paul Weitz went.
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| Dunne, Dominick | Canterbury School, New Milford, CT, Kent School, Kent, CT, others | Dominick Dunne attended Canterbury, a strict Catholic school, as did Sargent Shriver (and more recently, Paris Hilton). Dunne graduated in January 1944 and says he would sneak into the town to purchase the NY tabloids to read. One account I have says that his father coached Bobby Kennedy in hockey at Milton Academy, Milton, MA (but Dunne writes in his autobiography that his father was a heart surgeon.) Teddy Kennedy also went to Milton, as did TS Eliot, James Taylor, and Toure (see separate mentions). Dominick Dunne's children went to a number of schools. Griffin went to the Fay School, a junior boarding school in Southborough, Massachusetts. Dunne's late daughter, Dominique, went to Westlake, mentioned here several times, and graduated from Fountain Valley School in Colorado Springs, CO. His children also attended Taft and Kent (son Alex). Taft is where Mary Chapin Carpenter went. Kent is where singer K.T. Tunstall, model Emme, and actors Treat Williams and Ted Danson went, I'm told (see Danson's entry above). Dunne's brother, John Gregory Dunne, went to Porstmouth Abby, mentioned earlier here in the section for Christopher Buckley.
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| Eggleston, William | Brooks School, North Andover, MA | Brooks is also the alma mater of Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Jr., also known as Steve Forbes. For more on the Forbes family's educational choices, see their entry. Eggleston, by the way, is a brilliant photographer. Another person out of Brooks is Parker Stevenson, who graduated from the class of 1971 under the name Richard Parker. Other Brooks notables include Michael Rockefeller, Cosima von Bulow, Bartle Bull, Henry Luce, III, Jamie Auchincloss (a relative of Jackie Kennedy).
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| Eisner, Michael | Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ | Eisner went to junior prep Allen-Stevenson in New York, where Michael Douglas went, and Lawrenceville in New Jersey, which is mentioned several times on these pages. For more on Lawrenceville, see the entry for poet James Merrill.
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| Eisenhower Family | Phillips Exeter, Exeter, NH, Peacock Military Academy, San Antonio, TX | David Eisenhower went to Exeter. For more on that school, see the entries on these pages for John Knowles and George Plimpton. Dwight D. Eisenhower coached football at Peacock Military College, now closed. Another San Antonio school is Texas Military Institute or "TMI", now "TMI-Episcopal School of Texas," which has reportedly sent more people to West Point and Princeton than any school in Texas history. It is also the oldest Episcopal college prep school in the southwest and dates back to 1893. Those who passed through its halls include the Klebergs of King Ranch, General Douglas MacArthur, Dan Blocker of "Bonanza," Metropolitan opera star Rafael Diaz, Henry E. Catto, Jr., baseball great Ross Youngs, and others.
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Electra, Carmen | School for Creative and Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OH | Carmen Electra appeared in Peter Pan with classmate Nick Lachey, who attended this school along with brother Drew and their fellow bandmate, Justin Jeffre. Another SCPA-er was Sarah Jessica Parker.
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| Eliot, TS | Milton Academy, Milton, MA | Eliot went to Milton, which is associated with James Taylor, the Kennedys, Dominick Dunne,and Toure. For more, see those entries.
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| Ellis, Brett Easton | Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, CA | Ellis wrote a novel based on his experiences at Buckley. The Roy Disney Family has a strong connection to this school, which is popular with many celebrity families. It should not be confused with the elite boy's school located in New York City. Other Buckley (California) names: Rashida Jones (Quincy Jones' daughter), Matthew Perry of "Friends," Tito Jackson, Jr., Albert Hammons, Jr. of the "Strokes," Gaby Hoffman, the Hilton sisters, Nicole Richie, Tevin Campbell, the Marcus family of Neiman Marcus, and a number of current A-List celebs' kids.
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| Estefan, Gloria | Gulliver Prep, Miami, FL | Gulliver is a popular choice for kids of Florida based celebrities such as Jeb Bush, OJ Simpson, and the Estefans.
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| Farrelly Bros., Bobby and Peter | Kent School, Kent, CT | Boby Farrelly went to Kent; his brother did not, I'm told. See also the entries for Treat Williams, Seth MacFarlane, and Ted Danson.
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| Fireman, Paul | Tabor Academy, Marion, MA | Reebok's founder and president attended this Buzzard's Bay school, known for its programs in marine science and oceanography. Tabor is also mentioned in an entry for David Chokaci. (One person wrote to say Fireman may indeed have gone to another school, Thayer, but Tabor is listed as his alma mater in his bio.) I've heard Tabor associated with several kids of celebs.
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| Firestone, Andrew | Robert Louis Stevenson School, Pebble Beach, CA, Simsbury, CT | Bachelor Firestone, who comes from "the" Firestone Family, now increasingly known for their Santa Barbara wines, went to this school along the California Coast. One correspondent tells me Firestone did time at Westminster School in Simsbury, Connecticut (see entry for actress Lake Bell). For another reality show prep alum, see the entry for "millionaire" Evan Marriott.
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| Fletcher, Louise | All Saints' Episcopal, Vicksburg, MS | This great "Cuckoo's Nest" actress went to All Saints', a feeder prep school for souther universities and colleges. It dates back to 1908 and features an imposing building with large white Corinthian columns.
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| Fonda, Bridget | Harvard-Westlake School, No. Hollywood, CA | Other attendees and graduates include the Nixon girls, Tori Spelling, astronaut Sally Ride, Elizabeth Montgomery, June Lockhart, Candice Bergen, Jake Gyllenhaal, Myrna Loy, Shirley Temple, Jamie Lee Curtis, Mindy Cohn of "Facts of Life," who was discovered here, and a number of other celebrities and celeb kids.
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| Fonda, Jane and Peter | Emma Willard School, Troy, NY; the Fay School, Southborough, MA; and Westminster, Simsbury, CT | The all-girl Emma Willard School turned out Jane Fonda and Sara Lee, too. It is the oldest girls school in the country and is known for its Tudor buildings. (It is where the 2002 film, "The Emperor's Club" was filmed.) For more, see the entry for the Hayward family. Peter went to a junior boarding school, Fay. After that, I'm told he went to Westminster but did not graduate. Think of the times, folks, think of the times.
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| Forbes Family | Brooks, North Andover, MA; Middlesex, Concord, MA, St. Mark's, Southborough, MA, and Lawrenceville, Lawrenceville, NJ | Malcom (of magazines and Russian eggs fame) went to Lawrenceville. Steve went to Brooks, but another person wrote to say he graduated from St. Mark's and there is, indeed, a student center building there named Forbes. George Foreman's kids went there, as did members of the Mars family and King Hussein's kids. sent several of hisOther Forbes family members went to Middlesex in Concord, MA. For more, see the entries for William Hurt, William Weld, and William Eggleston, above. Actor Parker Stevenson graduated from Brooks. For more on Lawrenceville, see the entry for James Merrill.
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| Ford Family | Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT; The Gunnery, Washington, CT | Henry Ford II, Edsel Ford, and current Ford CEO Bill Ford all attended Hotchkiss, which is located in a woodland setting with two lakes on the grounds. The school is rooted in classical education and offers more than 225 different classes in a 6-day school week. The endowment is among the richest in private schools: nearly $400 million. Time Magazine's Henry Luce also went here--on scholarship--as did writer Peter Matthiessen. One Hotchkiss alum wrote to tell of other Hotchkiss notables: poet Archibald MacLeish, Justice Potter Stewart, "Hiroshima" author John Hersey, businessman Arthur Kittredge Watson, John Henry Hammond, Jr., Lewis Henry Lapham II (1952), baseball commissioner Francis Thomas Vincent, Robert Bork, Forest Mars of M&Ms fame, Walter Chrysler, Charles Edison (of NJ), and Ambassador Clark "Sandy" Randt. A note on Edsel Ford: he graduated from The Gunnery after leaving Hotchkiss. Other Gunnery graduates are Sam Newhouse, race car driver Sam Posey, and several Tisches. Another person to come through The Gunnery was the late author/playwright Fred Mustard Stewart, a graduate of Lawrenceville.
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| Foster, Jodie | Le Lycee Francais, Los Angeles, CA | Foster attended this French school and was valedictorian. Leelee Sobieski also graduated from the school. The Lycee's program is built around a bilingual program of French and English. (Note: there is also a Lycee Francais in New York City.) I'm also told Claire Danes went to Le Lycee Francis (Los Angeles), too.
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| Franken, Al | Blake School, Minneapolis, MN | A correspondent writes to say Al Franken is a graduate of this Minneapolis prep school, which dates back to 1900.
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| Fraser, Brendon | Upper Canada College, Toronto Canada | This Toronto school is known as the Eton of Canada. For more on Canadians and Canadian schools, see the sections called "Canadians" and "Royals."
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| Gasteyer, Ana | Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC | Gasteyer was a Washington, DC native and attended Chelsea Clinton's alma mater, Sidwell, before heading off to Northwestern.
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| Gates, Bill | Lakeside School, Seattle | Gates grew up in Seattle and attended Lakeside, but dropped out to go off to Harvard. Lakeside is mentioned in the novel and film, This Boys Life, which chronicles the story of Tobias Wolff. In the story, he takes the SAT at Lakeside and ends up accepted at Hill School. More about this appears below under the heading for Oliver Stone. Also, Microsoft CEO Stee Ballmer went to Detroit Country Day School (DCDS). For more on that school, see the entry for Chris Webber on p. 5.
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| Gellar, Sarah Michelle | Professional Children's School, NYC, NY | One person wrote to say Gellar also attended Columbia Grammar and Prep, which is mentioned in the heading for Ally Sheedy. PCS is where many child stars head off to in NYC. The school day is organized to allow for professional commitments. Other PCS graduates are Adam Arkin, Scarlett Johansson, Kate Luckinbill, Milton Berle, Sidney Lumet, Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Midori, Christina Ricci, Ally Hillfiger (Tommy's duaghter), Mischa Barton of "O.C.," Jamie Gleicher of MTV's "Rich Girls," and Christopher Walken. Other alums and graduates include Tara Reid, Jena Malone, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Julia Stiles, Gaby Hoffman, the Culkin kids, Vanessa Carlton, Rickie Lake, and Phoebe Cates. One article in Us magazine placed Gellar at LaGuardia HS in NYC, the "Fame" school. She said she hated it and "got beat up pretty much every day."
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| Giamatti, Paul and Marcus and A. Bartlett | Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT; Hopkins School, New Haven, CT | Actor Paul Giamatti went to Choate, where numerous luminaries went. His dad, the late A. Bartlett Giamatti, was president of Yale and a famous baseball commissioner, went to Andover. Both schools are mentioned numerous times on these pages. One correspondent wrote to say Giamatti the Younger's mother taught at a grammar school down the road from Choate. Marcus Giamatti graduated from the Hopkins School in New Haven as a member of the class of 1980. Hopkins is popular with Yalie families and was founded amazingly in 1660. Others to come through Hopkins incude author Trey Ellis and John Malone ('59)
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| Golden, Arthur | Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN | Golden, who wrote "Memoirs of a Geisha," went to this Tennessee boarding school, where Hugh "Ward Cleaver" Beaumont went as well. So did the founder of the Hard Rock Cafe, Isaac Tigrett. (I wonder if they made field trips to see Rock City.)
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| Gore, Al | St. Albans and National Cathedral School, Washington, DC | Gore, like Brit Hume, Jesse Jackson, Jr., and members of the Bush Family, attended the Washington, DC boys powerhouse, St. Alban's (see mention under the Bush Family). He graduated in 1965. Gore chose its all girl equivalent, National Cathedral School, for his daughters, and Sidwell Friends for his son. Two people have written me to say his son, Al, Jr., started out at St. Alban's but left in 8th grade before transferring to (Quaker) Sidwell Friends. Apparently, there's a story there. Both schools are located adjacent to the Washington National Cathedral. Other families who chose the National Cathedral School for their girls are the Roosevelts, the Rockefellers, the Firestones (Mary), the Wilsons of Wilson sports, former Secretary of State James Baker, and Clinton Administration bad-guy Webster Hubbel. As for St. Alban's, it is connected to Senator Evan Bayh and Congressmen Harold Ford (Class of 1988), Bruce Babbitt (son), Jesse Jackson (son), Walter Mondale (son), the Rockefellers, Rodney Frelinghuysen, PGA golfer Olin Browne (1975), Harvard law professor and author Randall Kennedy (1973), journalist David Ignatius (1968), astronaut Michael Collins (1948), and Charlie Bass. Other St. Albans connections, according to my source: the Roosevelts, NFL player Jonathan Ogden (Class of 1991), "Simpsons" producers Josh Weinstein and Bill Oakley, "Motley Fools" David and Tom Gardner, former FCC head Reed Hunt, Marriott head Bill Marriott, the Fords of Ford Modeling fame, and reportedly the (Dan) Qayles and the (Bill) Frists. For more on the school, switch parties for a second and take a look at the section for the Bush Family. By the way, Tipper Gore, nee Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson, attended St. Agnes' in Alexandria, VA, which, like St. Alban's, is another Episcopalian school.
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| Gore, Lesley | Dwight-Englewood, Englewood, NJ | See the entries for Anthony Bourdain and Dick Button for more on the Who's Who of the Jersey Suburbs.
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| Gore, Nancy | Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD | See Louis-Dreyfuss, Julia, and Howar, Barbara. Howar and Gore both attended Holton-Arms as classmates. (Gore is the late sister of Al Gore.)
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| Grable, Betty | Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, St. Louis, MO | Missouri has turned out its fair share of celebrities educated at prep schools. Both Betty Grable and Vincent Price came through Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School, also associated with Senator Tom Eagleton, Senator John Danforth, and former California Governor Pete Wilson. John Hartford and William S. Burroughs went to John Burroughs. Kevin Kline attended St. Louis Priory (St. Anselm's). And golfer Tom Watson went to Pembroke Hill in Kansas City where Kareem Rush of the Lakers went. St. Louis University High is where Thomas Dooley went adn where members the Gunn family was educated: James (of "Scooby Doo"), Sean (of "Gilmour Girls" fame), and Sundance winner Matt.
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| Grammer, Kelsey | Pine Crest School, Ft. Lauderdale, FL | The "Frasier" star attended this unique Florida prep school, which is famous for its swimming program, before heading off to Julliard. Others to come through Pine Crest include Florida titan H. Wyne Huizenga (class of 1955) and jazz musician John Medeski (1983).
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| Gray, Spaulding | Fryeburg Academy, Fryeburg, ME | Renaissance man Gray went to this Maine academy at which Daniel Webster was a Head (1802). John Hancock signed its charter of incorporation.
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| Guccione, Bob | Blair Academy, Blairstown, NJ | Penthouse founder and publisher Guccione went to this bucolic New Jersey prep school, which was founded by a railroad titan. Blair is the official rival of Peddie, also mentioned here, and has an annual Peddie Day. A correspondent of mine lists other beneficiaries of a Blair education as mutual funds titan John Bogle, the late actor-director John Cassavetes, gossip columnist Taki, and rock-and-roll Hall of Famer John Sebastien of the Lovin' Spoonfull. Lesser known Blair graduates include Kennedy White House society band leader Stan Rubin, actor Gerald S. O'Loughlin, General John R. Guthrie, late Congressman Samuel S. Stratton, Eisenhower press spokesperson James Haggerty, media magnate Herbert J. Siegel, and Olympic wrestler Robert B. Weaver.
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| Gyllenhaal, Jake and Maggie | Harvard-Westlake, Sherman Oaks, CA; RADA, London, England | Actor Jake went through Harvard-Westlake in Sherman Oaks, mentioned several times on these pages (see the entry for Bridget Fonda), while sister Maggie briefly attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London.
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| Hall, Brad | Williston Northampton, Easthampton, MA | Actor Hall was at Williston in 1975 for a post-graduate year (his wife, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss has her own entry on these pages). Timothy Leary follower Ram Dass, aka Dick Alpert, is a Williston graduate, as is actress Tara Subkoff. Wally Amos ("Famous Amos") and several other celebs send kids here.
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| Hamlin, Harry | Hill School, Pottstown, PA | Besides Hamlin, other notable alums of the all boys Hill School (now coed) were General George S. Patton, director Oliver Stone, and several other notables, including the Hunt Brothers of Texas and James A. Baker (class of 1948), former Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, and White House Chief of Staff. See more info about the school under the listing for Oliver Stone.
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| Hannah, Darryl | Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL | Hannah came from an affluent family and attended this tony Chicago school. Her parents had a maritime supply business of some kind. Other alums include Jennifer Beals, David Mamet, Anne Heche, Jonathan Alter, Billy Zane, and others.
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| Hanssen, Robert | The Heights School, Potomac, MD | Hanssen, a notorious and vile spy, sent his kids here on his FBI salary, which he augmented with money from the Russians. The school is an Opus Dei School for boys. Soccer whiz Freddy Adu also attended The Heights and played for the school. It's equivalent for girls is Oakcrest, where his daughters went.
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| Harris, Jean | Madeira School, McLean, VA | In the 1970s, Harris was Headmistress of the Thomas School in Rowayton, CT before heading to Madeira, a school popular with elite Washington families. She was tried and convicted for the death of "Scarsdale Diet" guru Dr. Herman Tarnower. Thomas was its own school in those days, by the way. Later it merged with Low-Heywood/King School. Other notables who attended Madeira were Frances Sternhagen, Stockard Channing, Blair Brown, the late Katherine Graham of the Washington Post, and former economic tsar Alice Rivlin. One person wrote to tell me Harris' bio has her in back of a cabin on the Madiera campus practicing shooting with the gun with which she would kill Tarnower.
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| Hawke, Ethan | Hun School, Princeton, NJ | Actor and budding novelist Hawke went to this New Jersey school, which was started by a Princeton math teacher. Note that first wife Uma is another preppie: Northfield Mount Hermon. While at Hun, Hawke was linked to Marti Meyerson, who is the wife of Giant magazine founder Jamie Hooper.
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| Hayward Family (Brooke, Leland, Margaret Sullavan, et al) | Various Schools: Horace Mann, Pomfret, Hotchkiss, Chatham Hall, Westlake, Greenwich Academy, Brunswick, Emma Willard, Madeira, Lawrenceville, Le Rosey, Eaglebrook, et al. | Leland Hayward was a Hollywood agent and Broadway producer at one time married to the actress Margaret Sullavan. They had three children, including Brooke, a beautiful model/actress who was married to Dennis Hopper (see separate listing for Hopper). Leland Hayward was from a famous family in its own right. He attended a number of schools, including Horace Mann, Pomfret, and Hotchkiss. Hotchkiss is a traditional school located in Lakeville, CT and is mentioned in the sections for the Ford family, John Hersey, and Peter Matthiessen. Horace Mann is mentioned in these pages under Bob Rafelson, Ray Cohn, and James Salter. Pomfret is also mentioned under a listing for Adam Hochschild. Sullavan herself was a southern belle and a 1927 graduate of Chatham Episcopal Institute (see entry for Jonathan Yardley) where she was talented and popular. The Hayward children grew up with Henry Fonda's kids and went to several schools. Bridget and Brooke each went to Westlake, mentioned throughout these pages, but Margaret Sullavan pulled them out, thinking it was too snobby. Later, the family settled in Greenwich, CT where Brooke attended the all-girls Greenwich Academy with Jane Fonda, described by Brooke in her autobiography as an "august brick building" where the students wore green uniforms. Jane later went off to Emma Willard (see listing for Fonda) while Brooke spent two years at Madeira (see listing for Jean Harris), culminating in a "splendid" senior year. Bridget went off to boarding school, probably Le Rosey (see listing for Sean Lennon). Bill went to Brunswick, where the Skakel kids went. Brunswick is located very close to Greenwich Academy. Later, Bill went to Lawrenceville (see listing for James Merrill) and a junior school called Eaglebrook.
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| Head, Edith | Bishop's School, La Jolla, CA | Head was a famous Hollywood costume designer who attended Bishop's, as did Versace's assasin, Andrew Cunanan.
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| Henry, Buck | Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT | Comedy legend Buck Henry Zuckerman joins a cast of stars or "Choaties" who came through Choate. For more on this school, see the entries for Glen Close, the Moxleys, Ivanka Trump, and others.
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| Hearst Family | Various Schools | I get a lot of mail about the Hearsts. Anne and Patty went to Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, CA, I'm told, and someone else wrote to say Patty went to Crystal Springs Uplands School in Hillsborough, CA. One correspondent tells me that Amanda Hearst, daughter of Anne Hearst, went to the all-girl Chapin School in New York City and then transferred to Choate Rosemary Hall, where JFK, Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Ivanka Trump, Dierks Bentley, Tim Disney, and a score of other celebrities went. Patty Hearst's daughters (Gillian and Lydia Hearst-Shaw) attended Lawrenceville, in New Jersey, where Huey Lewis graduated. One graduated; the other left before graduation, I'm told. The school is mentioned several times here and is popular with the Bunn (coffeemaker) family. For more on Lawrenceville, see the entry for James Merrill.
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| Heche, Anne | Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL | Scroll a few lines up and read the entry for Darryl Hannah. Both attended this tony Chicago school. Others to pass through Parker include Jennifer Beals, David Mamet, Jonathan Alter, and others.
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| Hedge, Jim | Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA | Hedge is associated with the term Hedge Fund and attended this Virginia school, where Johnny Mercer and Marvin Bush passed through. For more, read the very interesting entry on these pages for Jonathan Yardley.
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| Hersey, John | Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT | "Hiroshima" writer Hersey attended Hotchkiss, which is popular with the Ford family. Henry Ford II, Edsel Ford, and current Ford CEO Bill Ford all attended this school, which is located in a woodland setting with two lakes on the grounds. The school is rooted in classical education and offers more than 225 different classes in a 6-day school week. The endowment is among the richest in private schools: nearly $400 million. Time Magazine's Henry Luce also went here--on scholarship. Other Hotchkiss notables include renaissance man Peter Matthiessen, Robert Bork, Forest Mars (of M&Ms fame), Wlater Chrysler, bandleader Peter Duchin, Charles Edison (of NJ), Ambassador Clark "Sandy" Randt, poet Archibald MacLeish, Justice Potter Stewart, businessman Arthur Kittredge Watson, actress Allison Janney, Paul Nitze, Henry Lewis Lapham II, John Henry Hammond, Jr., producer Tom Werner, Jim Harmon, and baseball commissioner Francis Thomas Vincent. Others: CIA head Porter Goss, Herbert Dow, Gustav Fleischmann of yeast fame, David Gimbel, financier Franklin Gould, Thomas Remington, Charles Chubb, Paul Converse, George Mead of paper fame, and still others. Hotchkiss alumni are called "Kissies."
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