EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

In 1974 the Choate School (boys school established 1896) merged with Rosemary Hall (girls school established 1890) to form Choate Rosemary Hall.

Location:
Wallingford, CT

Founding Date:
1890

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Albee	Playwright	12-Mar-1928	16-Sep-2016	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Lauren Ambrose	Actor	20-Feb-1978		Six Feet Under
Arne Carlson	Politician	24-Sep-1934		Governor of Minnesota, 1991-99
Dov Charney	Business	31-Jan-1969		Founder of American Apparel
Glenn Close	Actor	19-Mar-1947		Fatal Attraction
Jamie Lee Curtis	Actor	22-Nov-1958		True Lies
John J. Danilovich	Diplomat	1950		US Ambassador to Costa Rica, 2001-04
Michael Douglas	Actor	25-Sep-1944		Wall Street
Avery Cardinal Dulles	Religion	24-Aug-1918	12-Dec-2008	Fordham Professor, Roman Catholic Cardinal
Walter D. Edmonds	Novelist	15-Jul-1903	24-Jan-1998	Drums Along the Mohawk
Caterina Fake	Designer	c. 1969		Co-Founder of Flickr
Bruce S. Gelb	Diplomat	24-Feb-1927		US Ambassador to Belgium, 1991-93
Paul Giamatti	Actor	6-Jun-1967		John Adams
Buck Henry	Comic	9-Dec-1930		Frequent SNL host
Hamilton James	Business	3-Feb-1951		President of Blackstone Group
Samuel H. Kauffmann	Business	17-Jan-1924	4-Apr-2002	California tract housing developer
John F. Kennedy	Head of State	29-May-1917	22-Nov-1963	35th US President, 1961-63
Herb Kohler	Business	20-Feb-1939		Chairman and President, Kohler Co.
James Laughlin	Publisher	30-Oct-1914	12-Nov-1997	Founder, New Directions Press
Alan Jay Lerner	Playwright	31-Aug-1918	14-Jun-1986	An American in Paris
Robert D. McCallum, Jr.	Diplomat	1946		US Ambassador to Australia
Paul Mellon	Philanthropist	11-Jun-1907	1-Feb-1999	Yale Center for British Art benefactor
William T. Monroe	Diplomat	c. 1950		US Ambassador to Bahrain, 2004-07
Douglass C. North	Economist	5-Nov-1920	23-Nov-2015	Cliometrics
Victoria Nuland	Diplomat	1961		Asst. Secretary of State, Europe
John Dos Passos	Author	14-Jan-1896	28-Sep-1970	U.S.A. Trilogy
Meg Ryan	Actor	19-Nov-1961		Sleepless In Seattle
Harold B. Smith	Business	7-Apr-1933		President and COO of ITW, 1972-81
Adlai Stevenson	Politician	5-Feb-1900	14-Jul-1965	Governor of Illinois, 1949-53
Ivanka Trump	Relative	30-Oct-1981		Daughter of Donald Trump
James Whitmore	Actor	1-Oct-1921	6-Feb-2009	Give 'em Hell, Harry!

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Hamilton James	Business	3-Feb-1951		President of Blackstone Group
Herb Kohler	Business	20-Feb-1939		Chairman and President, Kohler Co.
Robert D. McCallum, Jr.	Diplomat	1946		US Ambassador to Australia
Robert Mosbacher	Government	11-Mar-1927	24-Jan-2010	US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92

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