List of Groton School alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of Groton School.

A

• Dean Acheson, Secretary of State under President Truman, presidential advisor to Johnson
• Joseph Alsop, journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist from the 1930s through the 1970s
• Ayi Kwei Armah, Ghanaian novelist, short-story writer, essayist, considered one of Africa's most important writers
• Hugh D. Auchincloss, stockbroker and lawyer
• James C. Auchincloss, United States Representative from New Jersey
• Louis Auchincloss, author, winner of the National Medal of Arts

B

• Tracy Barnes, CIA officer, one of the planners of the Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba.
• Donald Beer, 1956 Olympic gold medalist in men's eights, rowing
• Francis Biddle, Attorney General under Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941–1945), Chief American Justice of the Nuremberg Trials
• George Biddle, artist
• Hiram Bingham IV, American Vice Consul in Marseilles, France during World War II
• Jonathan Brewster Bingham, United States Representative from New York
• Richard M. Bissell, Jr., CIA Deputy Director for Plans, Bay of Pigs Invasion planner, father of U-2; formed the basis for Matt Damon's character in the The Good Shepherd
• McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson
• William Bundy, McGeorge Bundy's brother, foreign affairs advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson

C

• Sam Chauncey, Yale University administrator
• Ben Coes, novelist, New York Times bestselling author
• Hamilton Coolidge, World War I flying ace
• Jim Cooper, United States Representative from Tennessee
• Erastus Corning II, mayor of Albany, New York
• Laurence Curtis, United States Representative from Massachusetts
• Bronson M. Cutting, United States Senator from New Mexico

D

• F. Trubee Davison, Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency
• Charlie Devens, baseball player, New York Yankees 1932-1934
• C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State, Ambassador to France

E

• RP Eddy, Director at the White House National Security Council, United Nations Diplomat, CEO of Ergo

F

• Adrian S. Fisher, Deputy Director of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
• Ned Freed, co-author of the MIME email standard (RFCs 2045-2049)

G

• Peter Gammons, Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, baseball writer and commentator
• Alex Gansa, producer for the TV show Homeland, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series Winner
• John B. Goodenough, scientist, awarded the National Medal of Science for his work developing the lithium battery^[1]
• Ward Goodenough, anthropologist known for his studies in the southern Pacific islands
• Gerrit Graham, actor
• Marshall Green, Ambassador to Indonesia and Australia and Assistant Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon
• Joseph Grew, Ambassador to Japan before WWII, Under Secretary of State
• Charles Grimes, 1956 Olympic gold medalist in men's eights, rowing
• Ashbel Green Gulliver, former dean of Yale Law School
• Gordon Gund, formerly the principal owner of the NBA franchise, Cleveland Cavaliers; co-owner of the NHL franchise, San Jose Sharks
• Fred Gwynne, actor

H

• Pierpont M. Hamilton, United States Army Air Forces Major General, recipient of the Medal of Honor
• E. Roland Harriman, financier and philanthropist
• W. Averell Harriman, Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Governor of New York
• Stuart Heintzelman, United States Army Major General
• Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore, Irish peer
• Stephen A. Higginson, Judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
• George Holding, member of Congress

J

• KC Johnson, history professor known for his work exposing the facts about the Duke Lacrosse Case^[2]

K

• Francis Keppel, Commissioner of Education under President Kennedy
• Howard Kingsbury, 1924 Olympic gold medallist in men's eights, rowing

L

• James Lawrence, 1928 Olympic gold medallist in men's coxed fours, rowing
• Hunter Lewis, author
• George C. Lodge, professor at Harvard Business School

M

• Lincoln MacVeagh, ambassador and archeologist
• W. Kingsland Macy, congressman
• Peter Magowan, managing general partner, San Francisco Giants
• Harry Mathews, poet
• Joseph Medill McCormick, United States Senator from Illinois
• Robert R. McCormick, publisher, Chicago Tribune
• Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Chair at the Council on Foreign Relations
• Henry Sturgis Morgan, grandson of JP Morgan
• Newbold Morris, President of the New York City Council under Mayor Fiorello La Guardia
• Daniyal Mueenuddin, Pakistani author

N

• Candace Nelson, founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes

P

• James Graham Parsons, Ambassador to Laos and Sweden, Deputy U.S. Representative to SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks), 1970–1972
• Alexandra Paul, actress, star of Baywatch
• Endicott Peabody, former Governor of Massachusetts
• Fuller Potter, abstract-expressionist artist
• Norman Prince, aviator

R

• Stanley Rogers Resor, Secretary of the Army, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt; distinguished U.S. Army officer and commander of U.S. forces in both World War I and II
• Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., career CIA officer, soldier, scholar, linguist; grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the US
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Congressman from New York; Naval Officer
• James Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Congressman from California; Brigadier General in the United States Marine Corps
• James "Tadd" Roosevelt, Jr., Franklin D. Roosevelt's nephew, who was slightly older than his uncle, and attended Groton at the same time
• Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt; successful businessman; service in both World Wars
• Kermit Roosevelt, Jr., career CIA; organized Operation Ajax; grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt
• Quentin Roosevelt, son of President Theodore Roosevelt; fought and died in World War I
• Quentin Roosevelt II, son of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.; grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt; killed in a plane crash under mysterious circumstances in China in 1948
• Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt; led the D-day assault on Utah Beach; recipient of the Medal of Honor
• Theodore Roosevelt III, World War II Veteran; eldest son of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.; grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt IV, managing director at Barclays Capital; prominent conservationist; great-grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt
• Eugene Rostow, Under-Secretary of State under President Johnson, head of Arms Control Agency
• Tom Rush, singer/songwriter

S

• Robert C. Scott, United States Representative from Virginia
• Ellery Sedgwick, editor
• Sarah Sewall, Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy
• Frederick Sheffield, 1924 Olympic gold medallist in men's eights, rowing
• Curtis Sittenfeld, author

T

• Ambassador David Thorne, founder of Body And Soul magazine; US Ambassador to Italy, appointed by President Barack Obama
• John Train, investment adviser and author

V

• Cyrus Vance, Jr., Manhattan District Attorney
• Andrés Velasco, Finance Minister of Chile
• Nicholas Vreeland, Buddhist monk

W

• George Herbert Walker III, former ambassador to Hungary and board member of the New York Stock Exchange
• Bradford Washburn, photographer, director of the Boston Museum of Science from 1939–1980 and Honorary Director (a lifetime appointment) 1985–2007
• Sherwood Washburn, physical anthropologist
• James Waterston, actor, Dead Poets Society
• Sam Waterston, actor, notably Law & Order's Jack McCoy
• J. Watson Webb, Jr., film editor
• Sumner Welles, Under Secretary of State under FDR
• James Boyd White, legal and literary scholar
• Harry Payne Whitney, businessman and Thoroughbred horse breeder
• John Hay Whitney, Ambassador to Britain, newspaper publisher
• Richard Whitney, President of the New York Stock Exchange
• William Payne Whitney, philanthropist and businessman

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