Peddie School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Walter Annenberg (1908-2002; class of 1927), former Ambassador to the United Kingdom and founder of TV Guide and Seventeen magazines.
• B. J. Bedford (born 1972; class of 1990), Olympic gold-medalist swimmer (women's 4x100 metre medley relay team) in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
• Chingo Bling (born 1979; class of 1997), Mexican-American rapper and record executive.
• George Case (1915-1989; class of 1932), 11-year Major League Baseball outfielder.
• Duane 'Dewey' Clarridge (born 1932; class of 1949), former CIA operative and author of A Spy for All Seasons, his memoirs.
• Pia Clemente (class of 1989), received Academy Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Film for her film, Our Time is Up.
• Nelson Diebel (born 1970; class of 1990), double Olympic gold-medalist swimmer at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.
• Phil Evans (1933-2011), journalist, editor of The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Times.
• Colin Ferrell (born 1984, class of 2003), defensive tackle for the Indianapolis Colts, who played collegiate football at Kent State University.
• Elmer H. Geran (1875-1964; class of 1895), United States Representative from New Jersey's 3rd congressional district from 1925-1927.
• Erik Hanson (born 1965; class of 1983), pitcher who played for 11 years in Major League Baseball.
• Richard Hooker (1924-1997; class of 1941), author of M*A*S*H, which spawned the film of the same name and the subsequent M*A*S*H television series.
• Tim Hurson (born 1946; class of 1963), speaker, writer, creativity theorist, author of Think Better: An Innovator's Guide to Productive Thinking.
• Larry Kelley (1915-2000; class of 1933), winner of the 1936 Heisman Trophy.
• Howard W. Koch (1916-2001; class of 1933), film producer and director whose movies include Airplane! and The Odd Couple.
• Reid Lamberty (born 1973; class of 1992), former television anchor for Fox 5 New York, now anchor at NBC affiliate WHDH, Channel 7, Boston.
• John J. McCloy (1895-1989; class of 1912), Assistant Secretary of War during World War II, president of the World Bank, and U.S. High Commissioner for Germany.
• George Murphy (1902–1992), Academy Award-winning actor, president of the Screen Actors Guild and U.S. Senator for California from 1964-71.
• Hossein Nasr (born 1933; class of 1950), Iranian philosopher.
• Fernando Perez (born 1983; class of 2001), Major League Baseball player for the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago Cubs, and published poet in Poetry magazine.
• Myron Rolle (born 1986; class of 2006), Rhodes Scholar who plays safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• Richard Sachs (born 1953; class of 1971), custom bicycle frame maker.
• Nat Sakdatorn (born 1983; class of 2001), winner of Thailand's reality-television singing contest Academy Fantasia (Season 4) and now a singer-songwriter in the Thai music industry under the label "True Fantasia".
• Gerald Schnitzer, 1936 - screenwriter, author, producer and TV director for Lassie and National Velvet.
• Alan Shapley (1903-1973; class of 1922), Lieutenant General in the United States Marine Corps and a recipient of the Navy Cross.
• Chris Tomson (born 1984; class of 2002), drummer of indie rock band, Vampire Weekend.
• Richard Tregaskis (1916-1973; class of 1933), war correspondent and author of Guadalcanal Diary, the source for the 1943 film of the same name starring William Bendix, Richard Conte, and Anthony Quinn.
• Albert L. Vreeland (1901-1975; class of 1922), U.S. Representative from New Jersey.