Pomfret School

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Pomfret School

Motto	Certa Viriliter (Latin for “Strive Manfully”)
Established	1894
Type	Private, Coeducational, Secondary, Boarding
Affiliation	Episcopalian
Headmaster	Bradford Hastings '68
Students	350
Grades	9–12, PG
Location	Pomfret, Connecticut, USA
Campus	Rural
Mascot	Griffin
Website	www.pomfretschool.org

Pomfret School is an independent coeducational boarding and day school located in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States for grades 9 through 12 and offers a post-graduate year. Pomfret School was founded in 1894, on the principles of intellectual rigor and the development of character. It is dedicated to the goals of helping students realize their scholarly, physical and spiritual potential while recognizing their responsibilities as members of a community.

Pomfret is located on Connecticut Route 169 next to The Rectory School.

1 Facilities
2 Notable alumni
3 Notable faculty
4 Prominent guests & fellows
5 External links

[edit] Facilities

The campus was designed by noted landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted in 1894. The architect Ernest Flagg (1857-1946) designed the Romanesque stone Clark Memorial Chapel in 1907, and the distinctive brick Georgian school house, four dormitories, infirmary & gymnasium from 1907 to 1917. In October 2003, Pomfret School opened the doors of its new athletic center and student union. The athletic center was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Jon Corzine, parents of a recent Pomfret graduate. Mr. Corzine is the current Governor of New Jersey. Other new facilities include the Jahn Rink, designed by world-renowned architect Helmut Jahn, the parent of a recent graduate; the Blodgett Boathouse and Blodgett Tennis Center, both donated by Mark Blodgett '75; a new state-of-the-art observatory; and the Lasell Alumni House.

[edit] Notable alumni

Edward Stettinius

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Ridley Pearson

William F. Draper

Edward Stettinius, Jr., first United States Ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Secretary of State
Edward Streeter '10, banker and author of Father of the Bride, and Mr. Hobbs' Vacation.
William P. Carey '48, businessman, philanthropist
Rep. Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr., Member of Congress (D-NY) and U.S. Minister to Hungary & Portugal
Eric D. Coleman, State Senator , (D) Deputy President Pro Tempore in the Connecticut Senate
Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Medical College
William F. Draper, prominent portrait painter
Edward B. du Pont, former Chairman of Atlantic Aviation Corporation, Board Member du Pont Company
Sooho Cho '74, late President of Hanjin Shipping (HJS)
Henry A. du Pont, Board Member du Pont Company
Adam Hochschild '60, a founder of Mother Jones, author of the best-selling book King Leopold's Ghost
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., son of Senator Robert Kennedy and host of Ring of Fire
Ridley Pearson'71, best-selling author of The Art of Deception, and co-author of Peter & The Starcatchers.
Alex Gibney, Emmy- and Grammy-winning writer, film producer and director
Jeremiah Bogert, New York Times Photo Editor
John Bockstoce '62, author of Whales, Ice, & Men, and Arctic Discoveries.
Buzz Yudell '65, architect, designed U.S. Embassy in Berlin
Jack Hardy '65, singer-songwriter
Peter Corbin '64, landscape & portrait artist
Bradford Hastings '68, the school's headmaster
Donald E. Williams, Jr. '75, State Senator, (D) President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate
Prince Lorenzo Borghese, star of ABC's The Bachelor: Rome
Jimmy Gleacher, author of best-selling book It's How You Play the Game
John E. Evans, III, attorney, Noted national criminal defense lawyer and indigent legal services advocate
Eben Ostby, animator at Pixar Studios
Sarah Vaillancourt, Olympic gold medalist
Orville Schell III '58, China-watcher, author.
Peter Beard '56, photographer.
Mark Simon '64, architect, Centerbrook Architects
Jon Stone '48, a founding producer of Sesame Street, and author of "The Monster At The End of This Book".
Scott Larned, late member of the Dark Star Orchestra
Theodore Robb, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry - 1970-1971
Roger Angell '38, Fiction editor and regular contributor at The New Yorker
Robert B. Fiske '48, United States Attorney and Whitewater controversy Special Prosecutor
Robert Vickrey '44, Artist and author who specializes in the ancient medium of egg tempera.
Joe Boyd, Record producer and author of White Bicycles - Making Music in the 1960s

[edit] Notable faculty

Former Faculty

William E. Peck, Founder and First Headmaster 1894-1897, Previously Head of St. Mark's School
Gov. John N. Dempsey, Pomfret soccer coach and subsequently Governor of Connecticut 1961-1971
Rep. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr., Member of Congress (R-CT) 1947-49, 1951-59, 1961-63
Dr. Robert Dentler, Drafted Boston Public Schools desegregation plan and later Dean of Boston University
Rev. George Langdon, Headmaster of Salisbury School 1942-1965
Dexter Strong, Pomfret's Headmaster 1942-1951 then Headmaster of Lakeside School in Seattle, WA
Patrick F. Bassett, Pomfret's Headmaster 1989-1993, Current President of the National Association of Independent Schools