About NMH

Notable Alumni

A Selected List
Current Notables

Arts
Will Ackerman ’67—Founder and former CEO, Windham Hill Records; producer, composer, musician; winner of 2005 Grammy Award for best New Age album

Natalie Cole ’68—Grammy Award-winning vocalist; albums include Leavin’, Unforgettable…with Love, Everlasting

Yaya DaCosta ’00 (née Johnson)—TV, film, and stage actress; Broadway debut in The First Breeze of Summer; films include Take the Lead, Honeydripper, The Shanghai Hotel

Lawrence Ferlinghetti ’37—Beat-generation poet, co-owner of City Lights Bookstore and publishing house

Donald Glascoff ’63—Executive producer of Academy Award-winning documentary feature Taxi to the Dark Side

David Hartman ’52—Television host, writer, and producer; former host of ABC’s Good Morning America

Laura Linney ’82—Academy Award-nominated actress, films include The Savages, The Nanny Diaries, Kinsey, You Can Count on Me; Emmy-winning actress, HBO miniseries John Adams

Kim Raver ’85—Television and film actress; leading roles on 24, Third Watch, Lipstick Jungle

Neil Sheehan ’54—Journalist and author; winner of 1989 Pulitzer Prize for A Bright Shining Lie; obtained Pentagon Papers for New York Times in 1971

Uma Thurman ’88—Academy Award-nominated actress; films include The Producers, Pulp Fiction, Dangerous Liaisons

Business/Industry
S. Prestley Blake ’34—Cofounder, Friendly Ice Cream

Amy Domini ’68—Founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments; creator of the Domini 400 Social Index; author of Socially Responsible Investing and The Challenges of Wealth

William Rhodes ’53—President, chairman, and CEO of Citibank, NA; senior vice chairman of Citigroup

Humanitarian Work
Arn Chorn-Pond ’86—Founder of Children of War, Peacemakers, and Cambodia Master performers Program; winner of Reebok Human Rights Award

Kimmie Weeks ’01—Liberian child rights activist, UN advisor, director of Youth Action International/Peace for Kids

Law/Government
Aurelia Brazeal ’61—Diplomat-in-residence, Howard University; former US ambassador to Ethiopia, Kenya, and Micronesia (first US ambassador to latter)

Valerie Jarrett '74—Senior advisor to 2008 presidential candidate Barak Obama

J. Stapleton Roy ’52—Managing director, Kissinger Associates; former US ambassador to Singapore, Indonesia, and People’s Republic of China

Anna Diggs Taylor ’50—Chief judge, US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (first black woman appointed to that role)

Sports
Dallas Baker ’02—Wide receiver for University of Florida Gators (winner 2006–07 college football national championship)

Merritt Carey ’87—Member of first all-female crew in America’s Cup yacht race; member of first coed America’s Cup crew

Oliver Drake ’06—Right-hand pitcher for the U. S Naval Academy, drafted by the Baltimore Orioles

Brian Pothier ’96—Defenseman for National Hockey League team Washington Capitals

Frank Shorter ’65—Founding chairman of US Anti-Doping Agency; TV sports commentator; earned gold medal in 1972 Olympic marathon and silver in 1976

Notables in History
William Morgan 1893—Inventor of volleyball

Lee DeForest 1893—Inventor of vacuum tube; called “father of radio”

Juliana Rieser Force 1900—Founding director, Whitney Museum of American Art

Pixley ka Isaka Seme 1902—Founder of African National Congress (ANC)

Henry Roe Cloud 1906—Founder of first US high school for Native Americans

DeWitt Wallace 1907—Founder, Reader’s Digest

Monroe Smith 1919—Founder of American Youth Hostels

Bette Davis 1927—Academy Award-winning actress

Tad Mosel 1940—Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright

James McLamore 1943—Cofounder and former chairman, Burger King

June Meyer Jordan 1953—Poet and author

Edward Said 1953—Scholar, professor, writer, critic; leading US advocate for Palestinian cause