The Hill School located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles northwest of Philadelphia and is part of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization. The schools endowment is approximately $120.3 million. Founded in 1851 by the Rev. Matthew Meigs as the Family Boarding School for Boys and Young Men, it opened on May 1, 1851, enrolling 25 boys for the first year, the first of its kind in America.
Notable alumni
Frederick Ayer '1908. Textile tycoon and philanthropist from Boston. Brother-in-law of WWII General George S. Patton.
John Backus '42. Computer scientist; inventor of the FORTRAN computer language.
James Baker III '48. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Perry R. Bass '33. Billionaire, Philanthropist from Texas.
Pinckney Benedict '82. Screen writer and author.
Josiah Bunting III '57. Former headmaster of The Lawrenceville School, President of Virginia Military Institute.
John Dickson Carr '25. American author of detective stories, who also published under the pen names Carter Dickson, Carr Dickson and Roger Fairbairn.
Robert Davis Carey '1896. Governor and Senator from Wyoming
Henry S. Coleman c. '44, acting dean of Columbia College, Columbia University who was held hostage during the Columbia University protests of 1968.
Paul Collins (writer) '86. Historian and memoirist.
James Cromwell '58. Academy Award-nominated television and film actor.
Briggs Swift Cunningham '26. Sportsman, motor enthusiast. Won America's Cup yacht race in 1958.
Kingman Douglass '14. investment banker and deputy director of CIA. Brother-in-law of actor Fred Astaire
Lincoln Ellsworth '19 polar explorer. first to sight geographic north pole along with explorer Roald Amundsen.
John Heaphy Fellowes '51, U.S. Navy captain, pilot, and P.O.W. during the Vietnam War.
Leonard Firestone '27[citation needed]. US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974–77,US Navy (WWII, Lt.), Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Trustee of University of Southern California. President (1943–70)Member of the Board of Wells Fargo Bank. Son of rubber tire baron Harvey Firestone.
George Garrett (poet) '41. Poet, Novelist. Taught at Princeton University, University of Michigan and University of Virginia
Harry Hamlin '70. Actor (Clash of the Titans, L.A. Law)
Mahlon Hoagland '40, discoverer of transfer RNA.
Randy Hopper '85 Wisconsin State Senator
Clark Hoyt '60. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington editor of Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
James Calhoun Humes '52. Nominated for Pulitzer prize. Speechwriter to five Presidents. Authored the text on the Apollo 11 lunar plaque.
Lamar Hunt '51. Businessman, owner and founder of the Kansas City Chiefs, FC Dallas, Columbus Crew and a founder of the American Football League and Major League Soccer. Coined the name "Super Bowl"
Jarvis Langdon Jr. '23. Aviator and railroad pioneer. President of several of the nation's leading railroads, including Penn Central, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific. Grand-nephew of Mark Twain.
Lewis Lehrman '56. Founder of Rite Aid. Republican gubernatorial candidate against NY State Governor Mario Cuomo in 1982.
Robert A. Lovett ’14, the fourth United States Secretary of Defense.
Charles Horace Mayo II '50 Physician and son of Charles Horace Mayo founder of Mayo Clinic
Sandy McNally ’58, President of the Rand-McNally Company
James A. Michener, A.B. (Faculty, department of English) 31, Pulitzer Prize winning author
Frank Pace '29. Secretary of the Army & CEO of General Dynamics
George Patton IV '42. Major General in the United States Army and the son of World War II General George Patton
William Porter '44. Olympic gold medalist of 1948 Olympics 110m Hurdles.
Winston L. Prouty '24. Served as U.S. Senator from Vermont (1959 to 1971)
William Proxmire '34. Served as U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (D).
Ernest Simpson '15. British shipping tycoon best known as the second husband of Wallis Simpson, who later would marry the former King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, elder brother of King George VI
Oliver Stone '64. Academy Award-winning producer/director.
Prince Alexander "SASHA" Torre Tasso '58. Imperial Family and European Royalty.
Don Thompson '52. Co-Producer of The Fantasticks, the world's longest running musical.
Juan T. Trippe '17. Airline pioneer, founder of Pan Am
Donald Trump Jr. '96. Son of billionaire business tycoon Donald Trump.
Eric Trump '02. Son of billionaire business tycoon Donald Trump. Hill board of trustees.
John M. Walker '27 was an American physician and investment banker. A member of the prominent Bush-Walker family, he was a maternal uncle of US President George H.W. Bush.
Douglas Sandy A. Warner III '64. former CEO of J. P. Morgan & Co.
Russell Watson '57. Senior Editor at Newsweek Magazine
John Weyerhaeuser, Jr. '17 CEO and owner of Weyerhaeuser timber company - one of the largest pulp and paper companies in the world
Harry Elkins Widener 1902. Business man, book collector. son of wealthy business man
George Dunton Widener, grandson of extremely wealthy railroad tycoon Peter A.B. Widener. Two buildings donated in his namesake.
Nelson Bunker Hunt Scion of the Hunt Oil Company family. Did not graduate. Donated the costs to renovate his namesake building on campus.
Edmund Wilson Writer.
Tobias Wolff, writer, novelist, English and writing professor at Stanford. Class of 1964, but did not graduate.