Landon School
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The Landon School is a private
, nonsectarian
, college preparatory school
for boys in grades 3-12, with an enrollment of approximately 675 students. The school sits on 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) in Bethesda
, Maryland
, just outside of Washington, D.C.
Landon's mission statement reads,
The school's motto is "Virtute et non vi", meaning, "By virtue, not by force."
Landon School's headmasters have been:
The school prides itself on its student-initiated and student-run honor code
, begun in the early 1960s.
(IAC) tennis
championships and 26 IAC lacrosse
championships. Consistently ranked among the top 20 programs in the country and several times #1, lacrosse is Landon's most well-known sport. Landon has won 127 total IAC championships in their respective varsity sports as of 2009.
Landon's Varsity Lacrosse Team, coached by Robinson Bordley, won national championships in 1999, 2001, and 2002. Many Landon graduates have gone on to captain National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Division 1 lacrosse teams, including University of Pennsylvania
, Duke University
, Johns Hopkins University
, University of Virginia
, Cornell University
, Princeton University
and University of Maryland
. Several Landon graduates have been All-Americans in NCAA Division 1 and Division II lacrosse, and the class of 2005 featured thirteen Division 1 recruits. The school has 29 graduates currently playing Division 1 lacrosse.
Landon currently offers varsity
sports in football
, soccer
, cross country
, basketball
, ice hockey
, wrestling
, swimming
, riflery, lacrosse, baseball
, track and field
, tennis, water polo
, rugby
, and golf
, as well as intramural programs including squash
, fencing
, and Ultimate Frisbee.
The school's musical groups include a jazz band
, concert band
, string
ensemble
, handbell
s, and various choirs for younger students. Studio art classes include ceramics
, digital art
, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture.
Some highlights of Landon's Arts curriculum:
The Landon Symphonette is a compendium
of musicians from the school, as well as other local area high schools and colleges who play together with professionals. In its 16th Season (as of 2006-07) under the direction of Richard Weilenmann, the Landon Symphonette has become a mentoring orchestra in the Washington metropolitan area
. William H. Hudnut III
, a former mayor of Indianapolis
, supports the symphonette both financially and physically, by being the announcer at concerts. Participation in the orchestra is attained through recommendation by the students’ music teacher or private instructor, and a required audition from the Symphonette director. Among the professional musicians participating as guest soloists with the orchestra is violinist Hidetaro Suzuki, veteran of international violin competitions and former concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
.
The Landon Art Gallery includes temporary exhibits of everything from Landon student work to professional showings, and artwork by artists from other local-area schools. The gallery is alternately used for recitals, small-scale musical productions, poetry readings and faculty performances. It was established by original curator and former-Landon teacher Ellie Johnson. The current gallery curator is prominent Washington, D.C. artist and Landon art teacher Thanasi Papapostolou.
All Landon juniors
are required to take two semesters of Humanities
, Landon's interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students to the rudiments of Western culture
and civilization. The course is a study of major ideas and influences that have shaped European culture
from the Classical to Modern eras through analysis of history, literature, art, and music.
In its third annual Advanced Placement Report to the Nation 2007, published on February 7, 2007, the College Board
recognized Landon School for its exemplary program in Advanced Placement Microeconomics
. Faculty member John Bellaschi and his Advanced Placement students ranked first in the nation in the small-size school evaluation category (<300 students in grades 10-12). Landon was one of five schools in the nation recognized by the College Board’s 2007 report.
Built in 1962, Landon's Buchanan Library is dedicated to Wiley T. Buchanan, a former Landon parent and trustee. The Library features a collection of more than 27,000 volumes, including a reference and literary criticism section.
s. Among these students were eight who admitted to the offense one month later after rumors had spread throughout the school. Those eight students were suspended for the remaining month of the fall semester, though they were allowed to take their fall semester exams. Two other students were pressed to withdraw from Landon or face expulsion
.
This punishment, which was harsher than the one recommended by the Student Council under the school's honor code, was criticized by family members. The parents of one of the two withdrawn students sued the school, claiming their son was not given the chance to confess along with the other eight individuals. The family alleged that the others were "tipped off" to the rumors and were encouraged to initiate a confession of guilt in order to receive a more lenient punishment. On May 21, 2003, a Montgomery County
judge dismissed the lawsuit, citing lack of jurisdiction over disciplinary matters in private schools. Five of the students who were suspended were members of the lacrosse team, including a co-captain and the coach's son. The nature of the suspension—which allowed the students to take their final exams for the semester—meant that they could return to school in good standing in time for the spring lacrosse season.
The episode was chronicled in an in-depth story in the October 1, 2003 issue of Washingtonian Magazine.
published a column regarding several boys in the Landon class of 2013. In the summer between 8th and 9th grades, the boys allegedly planned a fantasy football-like "draft" in which female students at other local schools were chosen for each "team," and "points" were to be scored on the basis of sexual encounters with those students. Noting that George Huguely V, a University of Virginia student recently charged in the murder of his girlfriend Yeardley Love, was a Landon alumnus, Dowd criticized the school's "Civility Code" for what she saw as hypocrisy.
Commentators have criticized the response to the fantasy league as a slap on the wrist: the school ordered the students to a one week long in-school suspensions, but the story did not receive outside attention until Dowd's column was published. Landon contacted some of the girls' parents, though others never received a call. Jean Erstling, the director of communications at Landon, was quoted in Dowd's column as responding that “Landon has an extensive ethics and character education program which includes as its key tenets respect and honesty. Civility toward women is definitely part of that education program.”
es at the school also teach a subject. Many assistant coaches do the same, however it is common to bring in outsiders to help assist on a team without teaching.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, nonsectarian
Nonsectarian
Nonsectarian, in its most literal sense, refers to a lack of sectarianism. The term is also more narrowly used to describe secular private educational institutions or other organizations either not affiliated with or not restricted to a particular religious denomination though the organization...
, college preparatory school
University-preparatory school
A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school is a secondary school, usually private, designed to prepare students for a college or university education...
for boys in grades 3-12, with an enrollment of approximately 675 students. The school sits on 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) in Bethesda
Bethesda, Maryland
Bethesda is a census designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just northwest of Washington, D.C. It takes its name from a local church, the Bethesda Meeting House , which in turn took its name from Jerusalem's Pool of Bethesda...
, Maryland
Maryland
Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
, just outside of Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
Background
Paul Landon Banfield founded the Landon School with the help of his wife, Mary Lee, in 1929. The school's first location was a former residence in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., now home to the Embassy of Estonia. Banfield moved Landon to its present 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) campus in Bethesda in 1935. The farmhouse, stables, and barn from the previous use of the Bethesda property still stand on the campus.Landon's mission statement reads,
"Landon School prepares talented boys for productive lives as accomplished, responsible and caring men whose actions are guided by the principles of perseverance, teamwork, honor and fair play."
The school's motto is "Virtute et non vi", meaning, "By virtue, not by force."
Landon School's headmasters have been:
- Paul Landon Banfield: 1929-1970
- Hugh Riddleberger: 1970-1981
- Malcolm Coates: 1981-1989
- Damon F. Bradley: 1990-2004
- David M. Armstrong: 2004–present
The school prides itself on its student-initiated and student-run honor code
Honor code
An honour code or honour system is a set of rules or principles governing a community based on a set of rules or ideals that define what constitutes honorable behavior within that community. The use of an honor code depends on the idea that people can be trusted to act honorably...
, begun in the early 1960s.
Athletics
As of 2009, Landon has won 45 Interstate Athletic ConferenceInterstate Athletic Conference
The Interstate Athletic Conference is an all-boys high school sports league made up of six private high schools in the Washington, D.C., area, competing in twelve varsity sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track...
(IAC) tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
championships and 26 IAC lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
championships. Consistently ranked among the top 20 programs in the country and several times #1, lacrosse is Landon's most well-known sport. Landon has won 127 total IAC championships in their respective varsity sports as of 2009.
Landon's Varsity Lacrosse Team, coached by Robinson Bordley, won national championships in 1999, 2001, and 2002. Many Landon graduates have gone on to captain National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) Division 1 lacrosse teams, including University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
, Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
, University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
, Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
and University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
. Several Landon graduates have been All-Americans in NCAA Division 1 and Division II lacrosse, and the class of 2005 featured thirteen Division 1 recruits. The school has 29 graduates currently playing Division 1 lacrosse.
Landon currently offers varsity
Varsity team
In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...
sports in football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, soccer
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, riflery, lacrosse, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, tennis, water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
, and golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, as well as intramural programs including squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
, fencing
Fencing
Fencing, which is also known as modern fencing to distinguish it from historical fencing, is a family of combat sports using bladed weapons.Fencing is one of four sports which have been featured at every one of the modern Olympic Games...
, and Ultimate Frisbee.
The arts
The Upper School has a two-year requirement for either music, art, or theatre.The school's musical groups include a jazz band
Jazz band
A jazz band is a musical ensemble that plays jazz music. Jazz bands usually consist of a rhythm section and a horn section, in the early days often trumpet, trombone, and clarinet with rhythm section of piano, banjo, bass or tuba, and drums.-Eras:SwingDuring the swing era in the mid-twentieth...
, concert band
Concert band
A concert band, also called wind band, symphonic band, symphonic winds, wind orchestra, wind symphony, wind ensemble, or symphonic wind ensemble, is a performing ensemble consisting of several members of the woodwind instrument family, brass instrument family, and percussion instrument family.A...
, string
Strings (music)
A string is the vibrating element that produces sound in string instruments, such as the guitar, harp, piano, and members of the violin family. Strings are lengths of a flexible material kept under tension so that they may vibrate freely, but controllably. Strings may be "plain"...
ensemble
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
, handbell
Handbell
A handbell is a bell designed to be rung by hand. To ring a handbell, a ringer grasps the bell by its slightly flexible handle — traditionally made of leather, but often now made of plastic — and moves the wrist to make the hinged clapper inside the bell strike...
s, and various choirs for younger students. Studio art classes include ceramics
Ceramics (art)
In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
, digital art
Digital art
Digital art is a general term for a range of artistic works and practices that use digital technology as an essential part of the creative and/or presentation process...
, drawing, painting, photography, sculpture, and architecture.
Some highlights of Landon's Arts curriculum:
The Landon Symphonette is a compendium
Compendium
A compendium is a concise, yet comprehensive compilation of a body of knowledge. A compendium may summarize a larger work. In most cases the body of knowledge will concern some delimited field of human interest or endeavour , while a "universal" encyclopedia can be referred to as a compendium of...
of musicians from the school, as well as other local area high schools and colleges who play together with professionals. In its 16th Season (as of 2006-07) under the direction of Richard Weilenmann, the Landon Symphonette has become a mentoring orchestra in the Washington metropolitan area
Washington Metropolitan Area
The Washington Metropolitan Area is the metropolitan area centered on Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The area includes all of the federal district and parts of the U.S...
. William H. Hudnut III
William H. Hudnut III
William Herbert Hudnut III was the mayor of Indianapolis from 1976 to 1992. A Republican, his four terms made him the city's longest serving mayor. He previously represented the Indianapolis area in Congress from 1973 to 1975 but was defeated in his race for a second term.-Early life and...
, a former mayor of Indianapolis
Indianapolis
Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S...
, supports the symphonette both financially and physically, by being the announcer at concerts. Participation in the orchestra is attained through recommendation by the students’ music teacher or private instructor, and a required audition from the Symphonette director. Among the professional musicians participating as guest soloists with the orchestra is violinist Hidetaro Suzuki, veteran of international violin competitions and former concertmaster of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is a major American orchestra based in Indianapolis, Indiana.Annually, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra performs 200 concerts for over 350,000 people. It is the largest performing arts organization in Indiana. The ISO is currently one of only 18 American...
.
The Landon Art Gallery includes temporary exhibits of everything from Landon student work to professional showings, and artwork by artists from other local-area schools. The gallery is alternately used for recitals, small-scale musical productions, poetry readings and faculty performances. It was established by original curator and former-Landon teacher Ellie Johnson. The current gallery curator is prominent Washington, D.C. artist and Landon art teacher Thanasi Papapostolou.
Academics
Some highlights of Landon's academic curriculum:All Landon juniors
Eleventh grade
Eleventh Grade is the eleventh, and for some countries final, grade of secondary schools. Students are typically 16 or 17 years of age, depending on the country and the students' birthdays.-Brazil:...
are required to take two semesters of Humanities
Humanities
The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences....
, Landon's interdisciplinary course designed to introduce students to the rudiments of Western culture
Western culture
Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization or European civilization, refers to cultures of European origin and is used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, religious beliefs, political systems, and specific artifacts and...
and civilization. The course is a study of major ideas and influences that have shaped European culture
Culture of Europe
The culture of Europe might better be described as a series of overlapping cultures. Whether it is a question of North as opposed to South; West as opposed to East; Orthodoxism as opposed to Protestantism as opposed to Catholicism as opposed to Secularism; many have claimed to identify cultural...
from the Classical to Modern eras through analysis of history, literature, art, and music.
In its third annual Advanced Placement Report to the Nation 2007, published on February 7, 2007, the College Board
College Board
The College Board is a membership association in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board . It is composed of more than 5,900 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. It sells standardized tests used by academically oriented...
recognized Landon School for its exemplary program in Advanced Placement Microeconomics
Microeconomics
Microeconomics is a branch of economics that studies the behavior of how the individual modern household and firms make decisions to allocate limited resources. Typically, it applies to markets where goods or services are being bought and sold...
. Faculty member John Bellaschi and his Advanced Placement students ranked first in the nation in the small-size school evaluation category (<300 students in grades 10-12). Landon was one of five schools in the nation recognized by the College Board’s 2007 report.
Built in 1962, Landon's Buchanan Library is dedicated to Wiley T. Buchanan, a former Landon parent and trustee. The Library features a collection of more than 27,000 volumes, including a reference and literary criticism section.
Cheating scandal
In the fall of the 2002-2003 school year, ten Landon students were caught cheating on their SATSAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
s. Among these students were eight who admitted to the offense one month later after rumors had spread throughout the school. Those eight students were suspended for the remaining month of the fall semester, though they were allowed to take their fall semester exams. Two other students were pressed to withdraw from Landon or face expulsion
Expulsion (academia)
Expulsion or exclusion refers to the permanent removal of a student from a school system or university for violating that institution's rules. Laws and procedures regarding expulsion vary between countries and states.-State sector:...
.
This punishment, which was harsher than the one recommended by the Student Council under the school's honor code, was criticized by family members. The parents of one of the two withdrawn students sued the school, claiming their son was not given the chance to confess along with the other eight individuals. The family alleged that the others were "tipped off" to the rumors and were encouraged to initiate a confession of guilt in order to receive a more lenient punishment. On May 21, 2003, a Montgomery County
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...
judge dismissed the lawsuit, citing lack of jurisdiction over disciplinary matters in private schools. Five of the students who were suspended were members of the lacrosse team, including a co-captain and the coach's son. The nature of the suspension—which allowed the students to take their final exams for the semester—meant that they could return to school in good standing in time for the spring lacrosse season.
The episode was chronicled in an in-depth story in the October 1, 2003 issue of Washingtonian Magazine.
Fantasy sex league
In the spring of 2010, New York Times columnist Maureen DowdMaureen Dowd
Maureen Bridgid Dowd is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times and best-selling author. During the 1970s and the early 1980s, she worked for Time magazine and the Washington Star, where she covered news as well as sports and wrote feature articles...
published a column regarding several boys in the Landon class of 2013. In the summer between 8th and 9th grades, the boys allegedly planned a fantasy football-like "draft" in which female students at other local schools were chosen for each "team," and "points" were to be scored on the basis of sexual encounters with those students. Noting that George Huguely V, a University of Virginia student recently charged in the murder of his girlfriend Yeardley Love, was a Landon alumnus, Dowd criticized the school's "Civility Code" for what she saw as hypocrisy.
Commentators have criticized the response to the fantasy league as a slap on the wrist: the school ordered the students to a one week long in-school suspensions, but the story did not receive outside attention until Dowd's column was published. Landon contacted some of the girls' parents, though others never received a call. Jean Erstling, the director of communications at Landon, was quoted in Dowd's column as responding that “Landon has an extensive ethics and character education program which includes as its key tenets respect and honesty. Civility toward women is definitely part of that education program.”
Faculty
Landon uses the teacher-coach model, in which its faculty also serve as advisors and coaches to the students. All head coachHead coach
A head coach, senior coach or manager is a professional at training and developing athletes. They typically hold a more public profile and are paid more than other coaches...
es at the school also teach a subject. Many assistant coaches do the same, however it is common to bring in outsiders to help assist on a team without teaching.
Notable alumni
- Tully Alford - cult figure, inspiration for character of same name in The Addams Family (film)The Addams Family (film)The Addams Family is a 1991 American black comedy film based on the characters from the cartoon of the same name created by cartoonist Charles Addams....
- Joseph Bailey - Former CEO, Miami DolphinsMiami DolphinsThe Miami Dolphins are a Professional football team based in the Miami metropolitan area in Florida. The team is part of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
- Yannique Barker - aka StacksStacks (rapper)Yannique Barker , better known by his stage name Stack$, is an American hip hop musician from Miami who grew up in Washington, D.C. Stack$ earned his name from a Miami rapper, Brisco, referring to his "ill" songwriting skills and multi-dimensional personality...
, rapper, CEO of SoBe Entertainment - Michael D. BarnesMichael D. BarnesMichael Darr Barnes represented the eighth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1987 and was the president of the Brady Campaign gun control organization from 2000 through 2006.After serving in the Marine Corps , being discharged with the rank of...
- Former CongressmanUnited States House of RepresentativesThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
(DDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
-MDMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
) - Lt. General Devol "Rock" Bret - Fighter Pilot WW II, Korean War, Commander Allied Air Force Southern Europe
- Alan BrinkleyAlan BrinkleyAlan Brinkley is the Allan Nevins Professor of History at Columbia University, where he was also Provost 2003–2009. He was denied tenure at Harvard University in 1986 despite being an award-winning teacher. He lives in New York City with his wife, Evangeline, daughter Elly, and dog Jessie...
- Historian and Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
provostProvost (education)A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland.... - Ryan Curtis - NCAA Lacrosse All-American, member of USA Lacrosse national team, head coach of Vermont lacrosse
- Donald DellDonald DellDonald Dell is an attorney and was a professional tennis player, U.S. Davis Cup captain, and administrator. Dell was one of the first professional sports agents, having represented professional tennis players Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Jimmy Connors, and Ivan Lendl during pro tennis' golden age...
- Former Davis CupDavis CupThe Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is run by the International Tennis Federation and is contested between teams of players from competing countries in a knock-out format. The competition began in 1900 as a challenge between Britain and the United States. By...
player and coach, and subsequently, a prominent sports agent - Bill Eacho - US Ambassador to Austria
- Ahmet ErtegünAhmet ErtegunAhmet Ertegün was a Turkish American musician and businessman, best known as the founder and president of Atlantic Records. He also wrote classic blues and pop songs and served as Chairman of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and museum...
- Atlantic RecordsAtlantic RecordsAtlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...
founder and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame honoree - Fred HetzelFred HetzelFred W. Hetzel is a retired American basketball player.-Early life in D.C.:Hetzel initially attended Woodrow Wilson High School in D.C. and played for the Tigers in the 1958 season. He then transferred to Landon School in the Bethesda, MD. suburbs and was a 3 time All Met. As a Soph, he averaged...
- Southern ConferenceSouthern ConferenceThe Southern Conference is a Division I college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Southern Conference football teams compete in the Football Championship Subdivision . Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Georgia, North...
Hall-of-Famer, former #1 NBA draft pick, played six seasons in NBA - Rush HoltRush D. Holt, Jr.Rush Dew Holt, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently the only Quaker in Congress.-Early life and education :Rush D. Holt was born to Rush D...
- PhysicistPhysicistA physicist is a scientist who studies or practices physics. Physicists study a wide range of physical phenomena in many branches of physics spanning all length scales: from sub-atomic particles of which all ordinary matter is made to the behavior of the material Universe as a whole...
and Congressman (DDemocratic Party (United States)The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
-NJNjNj or NJ may stand for:*New Jersey*Nanojoule , an International System of Units unit of energy equal to 10−9 joules*Nj *Narva-Jõesuu, Estonia*Nordjyske Jernbaner, a Danish railway...
) - George Huguely - Accused murderer of University of VirginiaUniversity of VirginiaThe University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
lacrosse player Yeardley Love - Greg Jaffe - 1999 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting
- Ken JenkinsKen JenkinsKen Jenkins is an American actor, best known for his role as Dr. Bob Kelso, the Chief of Medicine on the American comedy Scrubs....
- NFL running back from 1983 to 1986 with Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
and Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
; finished third in league in combined return yards in 1985 - Rufus G. King - Chief Judge, DC Superior Court, 2000-2008
- Knight KiplingerKnight KiplingerKnight A. Kiplinger [KIP-ling-er] is an economic journalist who heads the Kiplinger financial media company in Washington, D.C., publishers of business forecasts and personal finance advice....
- Editor-in-Chief of Kiplinger's Personal FinanceKiplinger's Personal FinanceKiplinger's Personal Finance is a magazine that has been continuously published, on a monthly basis, from 1947 to the present day. It was the nation's first personal finance magazine, and claims to deliver "sound, unbiased advice in clear, concise language"...
magazine - Gregory S. MartinGregory S. MartinGeneral Gregory S. Martin was a U.S. Air Force general and Commander, Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Martin was a command pilot with more than 4,600 flying hours in various aircraft, including the F-4, F-15, C-20 and C-21...
- Retired U.S. Air Force four-star general, Distinguished Service MedalDistinguished Service Medal (United States)The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non-valorous military and civilian decoration of the United States military which is issued for exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the United States in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the United...
recipient, former Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe - James McEwanJames McEwanJames "Jamie" McEwan is an American slalom canoist who competed in the 1970s and then again in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the C-1 event at Munich in 1972....
- World class whitewater canoeingWhitewater canoeingWhitewater canoeing is the sport of paddling a canoe on a moving body of water, typically a whitewater river. Whitewater canoeing can range from simple, carefree gently moving water, to demanding, dangerous whitewater. River rapids are graded like ski runs according to the difficulty, danger or...
specialist, bronze medalist at 1972 Summer Olympics1972 Summer OlympicsThe 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972.... - Doug McKelwayDoug McKelwayDouglas B. McKelway is a television journalist who serves as a general assignment reporter for the Washington, D.C. bureau of the Fox News Channel. He joined the network in November 2010. McKelway previously worked at the Washington D.C. ABC affiliate WJLA-TV.He was born and raised in Washington...
- television journalist - Fred McNairFred McNair----Frederick V. McNair, IV is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1976. That year, he teamed up with Sherwood Stewart to capture the men's doubles titles at French Open, the German Open and the Masters...
- Former #1 ranked Professional TennisAssociation of Tennis ProfessionalsThe Association of Tennis Professionals or ATP was formed in 1972 by Donald Dell, Jack Kramer, and Cliff Drysdale to protect the interests of male professional tennis players. Since 1990, the association has organized the worldwide tennis tour for men and linked the title of the tour with the...
Doubles player - Hassan NemazeeHassan NemazeeHassan Nemazee styled himself as a multimillionaire Iranian-American investment banker. Nemazee was born in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 1950 and attended Landon School, graduating in 1968. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors from Harvard University in 1972. Nemazee has not...
- Currently serving 12 years in Federal prison for fraud, and founder and CEO of Nemazee Capital Group - Maury PovichMaury PovichMaurice Richard "Maury" Povich is an American TV talk show host who currently hosts his self-titled talk show Maury.-Personal background:...
- Host of MauryMaury (TV series)Maury is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Maury Povich.When the series first aired in 1991, the show was called The Maury Povich Show and was produced by MoPo Productions in association with Paramount Domestic Television...
, a syndicated talk showTalk showA talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host.... - John Jacob Rhodes IIIJohn Jacob Rhodes IIIJohn Jacob "Jay" Rhodes III was a Republican Representative from Arizona's 1st congressional district. He was born in Mesa, Arizona.-Youth and education:Rhodes' father and namesake also represented the 1st district...
- Former Congressman (RRepublican Party (United States)The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
-AZArizonaArizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
) - Rich Roll - Ultraman Triathlete
- Tom Scott - Co-Founder of Nantucket NectarsNantucket NectarsNantucket Nectars is a beverage company created by Tom First and Tom Scott who met at Brown University in 1985. After graduation they headed to Nantucket where they started Allserve, a floating convenience store servicing boats in Nantucket Harbor, delivering everything from newspapers to...
- Teddy SearsTeddy SearsEdward M. "Teddy" Sears is an American television actor, best known for his roles on One Life to Live and the TNT series Raising the Bar.- Early life :...
- Actor, plays Richard Woolsley on the television series Raising the BarRaising the Bar (TV series)Raising the Bar is an American legal drama, which ran on TNT network from September 1, 2008 to December 24, 2009. The series revolves around a group of lawyer friends who find themselves on opposite sides of the criminal law.-Production:... - John Shiffman - 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist in National Reporting
- Topper ShuttTopper ShuttCharles "Topper" Shutt is Chief Meteorologist at WUSA Channel 9 in Washington, DC and forecaster for WHUR-FM.-Career:In 1981, Shutt began his television weather career with CNN in Atlanta, Georgia, working as a weather producer and substitute weather anchor. In 1984,he moved on to a weekday weather...
- Chief Meteorologist, WUSA-TV - Mike Stevens - Television, film writer and producer
- Thomas TammThomas TammThomas Tamm is a former lawyer in the United States Department of Justice's Office of Intelligence Policy and Review during the period in 2004 when senior Justice officials fought against the widening scope of warrantless NSA surveillance—and was the anonymous initial whistleblower to The...
- US Justice Department Attorney, Illegal Wiretapping Whistleblower - Matt Ward - Tewaaraton TrophyTewaaraton TrophyThe Tewaaraton Trophy is an award given annually, since 2001, to the most outstanding American college lacrosse player. It is the lacrosse equivalent of football's Heisman Trophy. The trophy is presented by the Greater Washington Sports Alliance and the University Club of Washington, D.C...
winner and NCAA Lacrosse All-American, currently plays for the Washington Bayhawks - Charles WhitebreadCharles WhitebreadCharles H. Whitebread Charles H. Whitebread Charles H. Whitebread (April 2, 1943-September 16, 2008 was the George T. Pfleger Professor of Law at the University of Southern California Law School. He was an authority on criminal law and criminal procedure, writing and lecturing on those and other...
- Noted legal scholar and professor of law - Win Wilson - World class swimmer, member International Scholar Athlete Hall of Fame, author of Good Swimming
- Ian Healy (lacrosse)Ian Healy (lacrosse)Ian Healy is a professional lacrosse player with the Washington Bayhawks of Major League Lacrosse.-International career:2009 : Currently plays internationally for Lacrosse Scotland.-College career:...
- Former College Lacrosse player for the University of MarylandUniversity of MarylandWhen the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:...
, and former Major League Lacrosse Player