Norfolk Academy - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

  • 1853: Walter H. Taylor, State Senator in the Senate of Virginia, Lieutenant Colonel, author, and banker
  • 1865: Littleton Waller Tazewell Bradford, co-founder, Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity (ΠΚΑ) (one of the oldest and largest college fraternities in the United States); Norfolk politician
  • 1866: William H. Welch, founder of the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, first school of public health in American history
  • 1899: Hardy Cross, Structural Engineer, developed the moment distribution method for structural calculation in large buildings
  • 1903: Captain Alfred Hart Miles, writer/lyricist of the official United States Naval Academy Fight Song, Anchors Aweigh
  • 1907: Dave Robertson, professional baseball player for the Giants, Cubs, and Pirates (left Norfolk Academy shortly before graduating)
  • 1911: Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr., 20th Commandant of the Marine Corps of the United States of America serving under President Harry S. Truman and the first ever Commandant of the United States Marine Corps to be on the Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • 1913: Richard Marshall, Chief of Staff of United States Army Forces in the Pacific Theater of Operations, major US army general, and Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute
  • 1962: Hunter R. Rawlings III, 10th president of Cornell University; former chair, Association of American Universities; former president, University of Iowa; classics scholar
  • 1970: Everett A. Martin Jr., Chief Judge for the Norfolk Circuit Court in Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1971: Linda Lorimer, Vice President of Yale University, former Chairman of the Board of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, youngest Associate Provost in the history of Yale University
  • 1975: Mitch Caplan, former CEO of E-Trade Financial Corporation
  • 1976: Peter Wisoff, physicist and former NASA astronaut
  • 1980: Bob Powell, No. 1 kayaker in the United States from 1994 to 1996
  • 1980: Joe Fiveash, Senior Vice President and General Manager of The Weather Channel Interactive
  • 1990: Perry Moore, screenwriter, author, director executive producer of films such as The Chronicles of Narnia series
  • 1992: Sean Dugan, actor, Oz (TV series) 1998–2003; Sundance Film Festival movie Overnight Sensation
  • 1992: Glenn Nye, former U.S. Congressman of Virginia's Second District
  • 1993: Rebecca Cardon, Actress
  • 1996: Angela Hucles, 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist, soccer
  • 2000: Eric Martin, Professional and International Lacrosse player
  • 2007: David Calliott (Scholar), Number 1 Yahoo Euchre player in 2006.

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