Germantown Friends School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• John "Skip" Barber: Racing Instructor.
• Emily Bazelon: journalist.
• Eric Bazilian: Musician and songwriter of the band The Hooters.
• Henry Bean, 1963: film director, script writer.
• Jesse Biddle, 2010: Left-Handed Pitcher selected by the Philadelphia Phillies 27th overall in the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft.
• Sandra Boynton: Cartoonist, songwriter, and best-selling author.
• Stephen G. Cary: Commissioner for European Relief of the American Friends Service Committee after World War II (during this time the American Friends Service Committee was awarded Nobel Prize for Peace).
• Sarah Chang: Violinist. Studied at GFS but did not graduate.
• Stacy Levy: Sculptor.
• Owen Chamberlain: Discoverer of the antiproton and Nobel Laureate in Physics for 1959.
• C. West Churchman: Philosopher, System Theorist and a founding father of Management Science.
• Joan Countryman, 1958: Acting Head, Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls. She was a teacher and administrator at GFS and the Lincoln School, Rhode Island, and the first African-American graduate of GFS.
• Walter Cope: Architect known for academic buildings.
• Kathryn Davis, 1964: Novelist.
• Garrett Dutton III, aka G. Love: Musician and front man of the band G. Love & Special Sauce.
• Michael Friedman, 1993: Composer.
• William Newport Goodell, 1926: Artist, craftsman and educator
• Adam Goodheart, 1988: Journalist and author.
• Nathaniel Kahn: 1981. Filmmaker. Writer and director of My Architect, a film about his father, Louis Kahn.
• Tom Myers: 1976. film sound designer at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Sound design and sound mixing for such films as: Toy Story 2, Wall-E, Cars, Up, The Dust Factory, and others.
• Santigold: Musician.
• Scott Pagano, 1996: Video artist.
• Saul Perlmutter, 1977: Astrophysicist; winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the accelerating universe.
• Sam Smith: Author, editor, journalist.
• Merrie Spaeth: Political public relations consultant; appeared in the film The World of Henry Orient while a sophomore at GFS.
• Makiko Tanaka: Japanese Foreign Minister, 2001-2002.
• Michael Grant Terry: Actor in TV show Bones, as well as other shows and films.
• Rebecca Traister: Senior Writer for Salon, author of Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election that Changed Everything for American Women.
• Elizabeth Gray Vining: Newbery Medal winner and English tutor to Emperor Akihito of Japan during his early adolescence.
• PJ Vogt: Assistant Producer, On the Media.
• Charles F. Wurster, founding trustee of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).