Alumni
Brooklyn Preparatory School's alumni attended many colleges, including City College, Brooklyn College, Queens College, St. Francis College (NY), MIT, Amherst, Cornell, Columbia, Fordham University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Brown, Princeton, Boston College, Holy Cross, Georgetown, Harvard, Notre Dame, Berkeley, University of Chicago,Yale and the United States Naval Academy.
Among Brooklyn Prep's notable alumni are the following:
- Robert S. Bennett, '57 - Washington DC attorney
- William Peter Blatty, '45 - author of "The Exorcist"
- James W Brannigan, Jr, '49 - US Attorney - Maine and San Diego
- Joseph Califano, '48 - former Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare
- Bill Carter - (New York Times, TV columnist and author of several books on TV
- William P. Ford, '53 - international civil rights attorney
- Jack Hofsiss, '67 - director of "The Elephant Man"
- Joseph M. McLaughlin, '50 - Senior Appellate Judge, Second Circuit
- John Sexton, '59 - President of New York University
- Raymond Siller, '56 - television writer, political consultant
- Joe Paterno, '44 - football coach at Penn State for 45 years
- George Barton, '43 - funeral director, Brooklyn, New York
- Robert J. Bartolini, ’62 – noted activist, Baltimore City Housing Director
- Kenneth H. Brown, '54 - Playwright, poet, novelist. Author of The Brig, many other plays, poems, novels, stories. Resident playwright, Yale Drama School, 1966-1969.
- John Musto, '72 - Composer, concert pianist. 1997 Pulitzer Prize in Music finalist
The Brooklyn Prep Alumni Association keeps the memory of the school alive by hosting an annual alumni dinner in New York City and by the maintenance of an Alumni Association Fund, which supports scholarships and educational causes.
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