List of Episcopal Academy people

This list of Episcopal Academy people lists important faculty and alumni of Episcopal Academy, a co-educational school for grades Pre-K through 12 located in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

Alumni

Art and media

• Anthony Apesos - painter, critic, and professor of Fine Arts at the Art Institute of Boston
• Lionel Barrymore - actor, Academy Award Nominee for Best Director for Madame X^[1]
• John Carradine - actor^[2]
• Richard Harding Davis - author, journalist,^[3] Managing Director of Harper's Weekly
• R.W.B. Lewis - long-time professor of English at Yale, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography^[4]
• Robert A. Masciantonio - writer and director of cult films Cold Hearts, Neighbor
• Maury Henry Biddle Paul - gossip columnist known as "Cholly Knickerbocker"^[5]
• Benjamin Pearcy, 1989 - lighting designer; 2015 Drama Desk nomination and Tony Award for Best Scenic Design in a Musical (for American in Paris);^[6] designed projections and lighting for War Horse and the 2012 London Olympic Games^[7]
• M. Night Shyamalan - film producer and director,The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, The Village; multiple Academy Award nominee^[1][8]
• Sarah Steele, 2006 - actress, performing in Spanglish; has appeared on Law & Order, Gossip Girl^[9]

Athletics

• Jerome Allen - former professional basketball player with Minnesota Timberwolves, Indiana Pacers, and Denver Nuggets^[10]
• Brian Dougherty - professional lacrosse player^[11]
• Kyle Eckel - football player with US Naval Academy, New England Patriots, Philadelphia Eagles and New Orleans Saints^[12][13]
• Wayne Ellington - professional basketball player with the Minnesota Timberwolves^[14]
• James "Bruiser" Flint - coach of the Drexel University basketball team^[15]
• Gerald Henderson, Jr. - professional basketball player with the Charlotte Bobcats^[16]
• Greg Isdaner - football player, West Virginia University, Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles^[17]
• George Munger - Fformer head coach of the University of Pennsylvania football team;^[2] selected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1976

Business and technology

• George David - Chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corporation^[2]
• Morris Duane - former chairman of Duane, Morris & Heckscher^[2]
• John Haas - former Chairman of Rohm and Haas Company^[2]
• Mark Hoplamazian - President and CEO of Hyatt Hotels Corporation; Commander CBE in The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire^[18]
• Bill Lewis - software and hardware engineer at Intel Corporation responsible for multithreaded software execution
• Spencer Penrose - mining magnate, hotelier, philanthropist ^[2]
• Peter York Solmssen - former General Counsel and Managing Board Member of Siemans AG
• Ed Stanley - former president and CEO of Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company^[2]
• Brian Tierney - Republican strategist; CEO of Philadelphia Media Holdings^[2][19]
• Charles L. Tutt, Sr. - real estate and mining magnate ^[2]
• Robert Venturi - architect and winner of the Pritzker Prize;^[20] designed the Episcopal's Chapel in Newtown Square
• Edward Vick - retired Chairman and CEO of Young and Rubicam^[2]

Government

• John C. Bell, Jr. - former Governor of Pennsylvania; Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court^[2]
• Alan Lukens - former United States ambassador to the Republic of the Congo^[2]
• Boies Penrose - senator, political boss ^[2]
• Benjamin Read - former Under Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter^[2]
• Robert Montgomery Scott - philanthropist^[2]
• John Yoo - professor of law at the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley; former deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel of the U.S. Department of Justice during the first term of the George W. Bush presidential administration; principal author of the "Torture Memo"^[21][22][23]

Faculty

• Gina Buggy - first woman to serve as Athletic Director (since 1992); member of the U.S. field hockey team, 1981-1984; played on the 1982 World Cup team and earned a bronze medal in the 1984 Olympics; played for the U.S. women’s team in 1980 and 1981^[24]
• Susan Gelber Cannon - author and activist, creator of www.teachforpeace.org^[25]
• Lee T. Pearcy - classicist, educator, and author; chair of classics (1986-2001, 2005-2008), director of curriculum (2001-2005); author of Grammar of Our Civility: Classical Education in America (2005)^[26] co-author Standards for Latin Teacher Preparation (2010),^[27] and other books and articles; taught at Episcopal 1985-2013
• Noah Webster - lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author; the "Father of American Scholarship and Education"; taught at Episcopal Academy for six months from April 1787^[28]

Others

• Garry Davis - founder of the World Service Authority and creator of the first World Passport
• Stephen Decatur - naval Commander during the First Barbary War, Second Barbary War, and War of 1812,^[29] youngest man to reach the rank of Navy Captain; namesake of 5 Navy ships, 46 US towns and cities, three US schools, and one school in Sigonella, Italy; the face on the 1886 Silver Certificate, equivalent to our $20 bill. Although tradition at Episcopal Academy continues to claim Decatur as an alumnus, even assigning him to the class of 1797,^[30] no documentary evidence links him to the school.
• William Chauncey Emhardt - Episcopal priest and ecumenist
• Lindley Miller Garrison
• John Charles Groome^[31]

Stephen Decatur as depicted on an 1886 Silver Certificate

• William White - first Bishop of Pennsylvania; Academy founder; Chaplain to the Continental Congress and the United States Senate

References

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2. "The Future of the Episcopal Academy" (PDF). The Episcopal Academy. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
3. Davis, Richard. "Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
4. "R.W.B. Lewis: Pulitzer Prize-winning literary scholar and critic". Yale Bulletin and Calendar. 2002-06-08. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
5. "Maury Paul, Noted Society Editor, 52, Dies". The Miami News. July 17, 1942. p. 1B. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
6. http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/nominees/
7. "Benjamin Pearcy designer". Retrieved 2013-08-19.
8. "The Future of Episcopal Academy: About the Move". Archived from the original on 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
9. "Sarah Steele". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
10. . Retrieved on April 16, 2010.
11. Santoliquito, Joseph (2007-07-25). "Barrage's Dougherty Still Saving the Day". Philadelphia, PA: The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
12. "Kyle Eckel - Official New England Patriots Biography". The New England Patriots. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
13. "Episcopal Academy star Eckel signs with Eagles". The Philadelphia Daily News. 2008-10-22. Archived from the original on October 25, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
14. "Wayne Ellington Profile". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
15. http://www.drexeldragons.com/coaches.aspx?rc=185&path=mbball. Retrieved on April 16, 2010
16. "Gerald Henderson Profile". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
17. "Greg Isdaner ESPN page". ESPN. 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
18. "Read the Thanksgiving Chapel Address". The Episcopal Academy. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
19. "Fitting Philly Pigs for Wings". Columbia Journalism Review. 2007-07-19. Archived from the original (Reprint) on 2007-10-13. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
20. "Venturi's Venture" (Reprint). The Wall Street Journal. 2006-08-09. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
21. "John Yoo Interviewed about the Torture Memo". Esquire. 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
22. Slevin, Peter (2005-12-26). "Scholar Stands by Post-9/11 Writing on Torture, Domestic Eavesdropping". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
23. "John Yoo Comments on Suit Filed Against Him by Convicted Terrorist Jose Padilla" (PDF). The Philadelphia Inquirer. 2008-01-15. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
24. http://www.episcopalacademy.org/news/detail.aspx?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=1502&ModuleID=24&NEWSPID=1
25. http://articles.philly.com/2012-01-16/news/30632229_1_peace-education-middle-school-conferences
26. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Grammar_of_Our_Civility.html?id=yowu0WMISZ4C
27. http://www.aclclassics.org/uploads/assets/files/Standards_for_Latin_Teacher_Preparation.pdf
28. https://books.google.com/books?id=ydJbAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=noah+webster+episcopal+academy&source=bl&ots=ejBaULK2Am&sig=iCblMCd6K11seR70b0uht0d796s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=n68rUvXCGpLd4APYlYDACA&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=noah%20webster%20episcopal%20academy&f=false
29. "Stephen Decatur Biography". Retrieved 2007-12-19.
30. http://instagram.com/p/vWeB-8zQNq/?modal=true
31. "John C. Groome". Pennsylvania State Police. Retrieved 2010-08-23. He was privately tutored growing up and graduated from the Protestant Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia in 1878. ...