St. John's College, U. S.

St. John's College describes itself as one college on two campuses: St. John's College, Annapolis and St. John's College, Santa Fe. St. John's College, Annapolis was chartered in 1784, making it one of the oldest institutions of higher learning in the U.S. The College incorporated the assets of King William's school, a grammar or preparatory school founded in 1696.

Notable people associated with St. John's

• James M. Cain, novelist; was professor of journalism at St. John's from 1923 to 1924. Later famous for hard-boiled noir novels such as The Postman Always Rings Twice.
• Elliott Carter, composer, taught courses in physics, mathematics and classical Greek, as well as music, at St. John's from 1939 to 1941.
• Hillary Fields, alumna; romance novelist; won the Pushcart Prize for a short story in 1998
• Jac Holzman founded Elektra Records in 1950 while a student at St. John's
• Francis Scott Key, alumnus;