1900's Notable Alums
2000's Notable Alums
1800's Notable Alums
1. Robert G. Botsford (1935)
-In 1942, was hired at The New Yorker as a reporter.
-Served in the Military and received a Bronze Star, a Croix de Guerre, and five campaign stars.
-Became the editor at The New Yorker
4. Elizabeth Chandler (1982)
-Screenwriter
-Films
-Someone Like You, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, What A Girl Wants
1. Gina M.A. Kingsbury (2000)
-Olympic Games, Women's Hockey Team Canada
-Gold Medalist, Vancouver, Canada (2010)
-Gold Medalist, Torino, Italy (2006)
1. Henry Lockwood de Forest (1893)
- Successful lawyer
- Headed the firm de forest, Elder, and Mubeany
- One of the first graduates
4. Caitlin K. Cahow (2003)
-Olympic Games, Women's Hockey Team USA
-Silver Medalist, Vancouver, Canada (2010)
-Bronze Medalist, Torino, Italy (2006)
4. Warren Bartlett Seabury (1896)
- Became an ordained minister
- One of the founders of the Yale-China Association
- Conceptualized the Yale Mission in China with Yale classmates.
2. John L. Loeb Jr. (1948)
-Chairman, Loeb Rhoades Trust Company, investment counselors.
-U.S. Ambassador to Denmark from (1981-1983)
-Delegate to the 38th Session of the UN General Assembly
5. Sophie B. Wadsworth (1985)
-Poet; author Letters from Siberia (Jessie Bryce Niles Chapbook Award)
-Millay Colony for the Arts award
-National Endowment for the Humanities award
2. Allen Lawrence Chickering (1894)
- Lawyer who practiced law in San Francisco, CA
- Member of Chickering and Gregory
- Vice President and director of San Diego Gas and Electric Company
2. Lily Rabe (2000)
-Actress
-Broadway productions: Steel Magnolias, The American Plan, Heartbreak House, The Merchant of Venice
-television appearances include all Law & Orders, Saving Grace, Medium, and The Good Wife
5. Arthur Morris Collens (1899)
- Insurance executive
- President of Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
- Director of Hotchkiss Board of Trustees
5. Yin Miao (2004)
-Pianist
-musician who has performed at the Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center
-successful recording artist whose CD of a performance with the Czech National Symphony Orchestra sold more than 200,000 copies
3. Henry S Reeder (1957)
-Became an Architect
-Chairman, Founding Principal, ARC/Architectural Resources Cambridge, Inc.
-Principal-in-Charge of many of the firm's projects, overseeing design and management
3. Charles D. Ebersol (2001)
-Documentary filmmaker
-produced Itutheng about students at a school in Soweto, South Africa, who have suffered unspeakable abuses and violence in their short lives
-Best Humanitarian Film, Mountain Film Festival
3. George Fisher Baker Jr. (1895)
- Chairman of board of the first national bank of New York (Citibank)
- As chairman, helped to make bank prominent in large-scale operations.
- Helped bank to stabilize New York stock market after the crash of 1929.
3 Highly Sought After Universities by Graduating Seniors
Founder
Maria Harrison Bissell Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss School
Lakeville, CT
- Yale
- Harvard
- Princeton
By Emily Connelly and Ashley Carmichael
Date Founded
The Hotchkiss School was founded in 1891
Educational Philosophy and Purpose of Founder
Tuition Costs:
Day Students = $40, 750
Boarding Students= $47, 950
Hotchkiss opened this school to prepare young men for Yale