Worcester Academy

Worcester Academy is a private preparatory school located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Worcester Academy include:

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• Eli Thayer 1840, founder of the Oread Institute and the New England Emigrant Aid Society
• Edward Davis Jones 1873, co-founder of Dow Jones
• Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor 1893, founder and first editor of National Geographic magazine
• Clarence Dillon 1904, co-founder of investment bank Dillon, Read and Company, father of C. Douglas Dillon
• Charles E. Merrill 1904, co-founder of Merrill Lynch
• Cole Porter 1909, Broadway composer
• General Norman D. Cota 1915, World War II hero
• William Toomey 1957, gold-medal winning decathlete in the 1968 Olympics
• Rep. Jim McGovern 1977, U.S. Congressman
• Abbie Hoffman,1960s radical
• Willis Goldbeck, 1910, movie producer and writer
• Tony Hulman 1920, Indianapolis Speedway owner
• Arthur Kennedy, 1930, stage and screen actor.
• John Hope, 1890, Educator and founder of Atlanta University
• Charles Starrett, 1922, actor who played the Durango Kid
• Tom Holland, 1962, film director
• Ernest Manley Hopkins, 1896, President of Dartmouth College
• Lou Little, 1912, College football coach
• Royal C. Taft, 1872, Governor of Rhode Island
• Ned Harkness, 1939, college and professional hockey coach

In addition, many student-athletes attend Worcester Academy solely for their senior year, or for a single postgraduate year, to increase their exposure to college coaches or to improve their academic standing. Notable student-athletes include

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• Mark Fidrych 1974
• Rick Carlisle 1979
• Jarrett Jack 2002