The Hill School

The Hill School (a.k.a. The Hill) is an historic American prep school for boys and girls in grades nine through twelve. Since its founding in 1851, The Hill has been considered one of the United States' most prestigious boarding schools. Historically, many of The Hill's graduates entered the Ivy League or elite colleges and universities. The Hill is located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, about forty-five minutes west of Philadelphia.

Notable Alumni

• Chris Collingwood '85. Musician, Fountains of Wayne
• F. Barton Harvey III '67. CEO and Chairman of The Enterprise Foundation
• Harry Hamlin '66. Actor (Clash of the Titans, L.A. Law)
• Oliver Stone '64. Academy Award-winning producer/director.
• Douglas Sandy A. Warner III '64. CEO of J.P. Morgan
• Clark Hoyt '60. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Washington editor of Knight Ridder/Tribune Information Services
• Jon Shirley ?59. Former President of Microsoft
• James Cromwell '58. Actor, nominated for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the movie Babe
• Sandy McNally ?58. President of Rand McNally
• Norman R. Prouty '57. Investment banker and venture capitalist
• Lamar Hunt '51. Businessman, owner and founder of the Kansas City Chiefs and a creator of the American Football League
• James A. Baker III '48. Secretary of State, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
• Roger Horchow '45, Catalog entrepreneur and Broadway Producer
• Norman Pearlstine '60. Editor-in-chief of Time, Inc.
• William Proxmire '33. Senior U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (D).
• Dick Yuengling '33. President of Yuengling Brewery (America's Oldest Brewery)

Years not listed

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• Edmund Wilson. Author.
• Tobias Wolff. Author. Did not graduate.
• Lane Smith. Attended in 1955, did not graduate. Character Actor
• Briggs Swift Cunningham Jr. American sportsman amd motor enthusiast.
• Nelson Bunker Hunt. Heir of the Hunt Oil Company fortune.
• Raj Bhakta. Contestant on season two of The Apprentice; founder of The Coalition for the Advancement of the Republic.