List of Northfield Mount Hermon people explained

Since its founding in 1879, Northfield Mount Hermon School has graduated students who went on to excel in technology; education; consulting and professional services; finance; government, law, and politics; arts, entertainment, and media; healthcare and social services; and nonprofits.

• Thomas Nelson Baker Sr., 1889, first African-American to receive a PhD in philosophy in the United States
• Elizabeth Barrows Ussher, 1891, Christian missionary
• Lee de Forest, 1893, radio pioneer^[1]
• William G. Morgan, 1893, inventor of volleyball
• Howard Thurston, 1893, magician
• Ernest Yarrow, 1897, director of the Near East Foundation
• Belle da Costa Greene, librarian^[2]
• Peter Moss, 1976, basketball player
• Juliana R. Force, 1900, art museum director
• Pixley Seme, 1902, founder of the African National Congress
• Chester Barnard, 1906, philanthropist
• Henry Roe Cloud, 1906, educator and government official
• Mohini Maya Das, 1906, educator
• Harry Kemp, tramp poet, c. 1907 (expelled)
• DeWitt Wallace, 1907, founder of Reader's Digest
• Walter Harper, c. 1916, mountain climber
• Monroe W. Smith, 1919, founder of American Youth Hostels
• Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, early 1920s (d.n.g), nurse^[3]
• S. Prestley Blake, 1934, founder of Friendly's Ice Cream
• Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1937, poet
• Tad Mosel, 1940, playwright
• James W. McLamore, 1943, founder of Burger King
• John E. Kingston, 1944, New York Supreme Court judge
• Mary C. Potter, 1947–1948, professor of psychology
• James Nabrit III, 1948, civil rights attorney
• Richard Gilder, 1950, philanthropist
• William C. Pryor, 1950, Chief Judge
• Anna Diggs Taylor, 1950, Chief Judge
• David Hartman, 1952, television host
• William R. Rhodes, 1953, corporate executive
• June Jordan, 1953, poet, professor of African American Studies
• J. Stapleton Roy, 1953, diplomat
• Edward W. Said, 1953, literary theorist
• Neil Sheehan, 1954, author
• Jane English, 1960, academic, photographer
• Frank Shorter, 1965, marathoner
• Lynne Anderson, 1965, professor of education
• William Ackerman, 1967, founder of Windham Hill Records and 2005 Grammy Award winner
• Natalie Cole, 1968, vocalist
• Amy Domini, 1968, social investor
• Viola Baskerville, 1969, Virginia Secretary of Administration
• Willie Wolfe, 1969, founding member of the Symbionese Liberation Army
• Brian F. Atwater, 1969, geologist
• Dore Gold, 1971, former Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
• Chip Elliott, 1972, engineer
• Erik Lindgren, 1972, composer
• Tim Stryker, 1972, computer programmer
• Jim Keller, 1972, vocals, guitar Tommy Tutone
• Valerie Jarrett, 1974, Senior Advisor to Barack Obama
• John S. Chen, 1974, CEO of BlackBerry
• Helen DeWitt, 1975, novelist
• Timothy Horrigan, 1975, Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives^[4]
• Thom Gimbel, 1977, rhythm guitar, saxophone, flute, keyboards, vocals Foreigner (band)
• Taggart Siegel, 1977, Documentary Filmmaker Queen of the Sun
• Elizabeth Perkins, 1978, actress
• Rick Boyages, 1981, Associate Commissioner for Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball
• Michael M. Gilday, 1981, Chief of Naval Operations, U. S. Navy
• Laura Linney, 1982, actress
• Buster Olney, 1982, sports writer
• Dylan Brody, 1982, humorist, author, comedian, playwright, and poet
• Kim Raver, 1985, actor
• Bryan Callen, 1985, actor, comedian
• Arn Chorn-Pond, 1986, activist and musician
• Hasok Chang, 1985, historian and philosopher of science^[5]
• Uma Thurman, 1988 (d.n.g.), actor/model
• Samantha Hunt, 1989, writer
• John Edgar Park, 1990, author
• Warren Webster, 1991, president and co-founder of Patch Media
• Misha Collins, 1992, actor
• John D'Agata, 1992, author
• Aaron Schuman, 1995, photographer, writer, curator and educator
• Brian Pothier, 1996, ice hockey player
• Yasmin Vossoughian, 1996, news anchor
• David de Burgh Graham, 1999, Liberal Party MP in House of Commons of Canada
• Anna Schuleit, visual artist
• YaYa DaCosta, 2000, actress
• Kimmie Weeks, 2001, human rights activist
• Dallas Baker, 2002, football player
• Tony Gaffney, 2004, basketball player
• Brian Strait, 2006, ice hockey player
• Oliver Drake, 2006, baseball player
• Clive Weeden, 2007, basketball player
• Tessa Gobbo, 2009, rower
• Spike Albrecht, 2012, basketball player
• Kellan Grady, 2017, basketball player
• Kai Toews, 2018, basketball player

References

1. Web site: Prominent Alumni | Northfield Mount Hermon . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110618070945/http://www.nmhschool.org/prominent-alumni . 2011-06-18 . 2011-08-02 . Nmhschool.org.
2. Web site: 15 March 2021 . New Light on Belle da Costa Greene .
3. Theobald . Brianna . 2016 . Nurse, Mother, Midwife—: Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail and the Struggle for Crow Women's Reproductive Autonomy . Montana: The Magazine of Western History . 66 . 3 . 17–35 . 0026-9891 . 26322872.
4. Web site: NMH Magazine 2015 Fall by Northfield Mount Hermon - Issuu . 2022-12-26 . issuu.com . en.
5. Web site: 2009-12-21 . Hasok Chang CV . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160611092937/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/chang/CVMASTER_091020.pdf . 2016-06-11 . 2016-05-14 . ucl.ac.uk . University College London.