Lower Merion High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Name (graduation year), significance

• Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1903), General of the Army and father of the United States Air Force
• Alexander Haig (1942), United States Army general, Secretary of State
• Julius W. Becton, Jr. (1944), former Army general, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and CEO of the Washington, DC, public schools
• James H. Billington (1946), current Librarian of Congress
• Charles "Chuck" Barris (1947), writer/producer, host of the Gong Show, subject of the film "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"
• Jan Peter Toennies (1948), physicist, former director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
• Robert Fagles (1951), professor, and poet best known for translating ancient Greek classics
• Gerald M. Levin (1956), former chairman and CEO of Time Warner
• Lynn Sherr (1959), ABC News correspondent
• Frederick Grinnell (biologist) (1962), cell biologist, bio-ethicist, shortlist 2010 Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
• J. Russell Peltz (1963), Hall of Fame boxing promoter
• Nancy Meyers (1967), Hollywood writer/director/producer.
• Marshall Herskovitz (1969), television writer and screenwriter
• Howard Benson (1974), Grammy nominated music producer, has worked with Three Days Grace, My Chemical Romance, Flyleaf, Hawthorne Heights, etc.
• Billy Aronson (1975), playwright and author
• Jim Brogan (1976), first person from Lower Merion to make the NBA, playing for the Los Angeles Clippers.
• Jon Rubin (1981), Noted artist and art professor with a focus on art's impact on culture.
• Bobbito García (1984), "DJ Cucumberslice"
• Mirah (1992), singer/songwriter on Olympia-based independent label K Records
• Samuel Proof (1992), Starred in Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! on the Adult Swim network.
• Jonathan "J.D." Albert (1993), inventor of E Ink as featured in the Amazon Kindle
• Anna Frangiosa (1993), Annie A-Bomb,a renowned burlesque and vaudeville performer.
• Matt Snider (1994), former NFL player for the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings
• Aron Magner (1994), keyboard player for the Disco Biscuits
• Kobe Bryant (1996), professional NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers. 13-time NBA All-Star, 13-time All-NBA Selection, 11-time All-Defensive Selection, 5-time NBA Champion, 2-time NBA Scoring Champion, 1997 NBA Slam Dunk Champion, and NBA MVP of the 2007–08 season, 2-time NBA Finals MVP (2009 and 2010).
• Mark Gerban (1998), first person to represent Palestine at the World Championships (2005-2007) in the sport of rowing.
• Scott Barry Kaufman (1998), psychologist, NYU Professor, popular science writer.
• John Christmas (2001), 3-time High School All-American lacrosse player; plays for MLL Boston Cannons, NLL Philadelphia Wings
• Gideon Glick (2006), Broadway performer: Hanschen Spring Awakening 2006, member of the "Geek Chorus"Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark 2011
• Ilya Zhitomirskiy (2007), founder of the Diaspora social media software and website.