EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Oldest public school in the United States.

Location:
Boston, MA

Founding Date:
23-Apr-1635

Enrollment:
2400

Official Website:
http://www.bls.org/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Francis Adams	Diplomat	18-Aug-1807	21-Nov-1886	US Ambassador to the UK, 1861-68
Charles Francis Adams, Jr.	Business	27-May-1835	20-May-1915	President of Union Pacific, 1884-90
Orson Bean	Actor	22-Jul-1928		Anatomy of a Murder
Leonard Bernstein	Conductor	25-Aug-1918	14-Oct-1990	Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Charles Bulfinch	Architect	8-Aug-1763	15-Apr-1844	Architect of the U.S. Capitol
James Freeman Clarke	Religion	4-Apr-1810	8-Jun-1888	Ten Great Religions
Richard A. Clarke	Government	1951		Former US counter-terrorism czar
John Henry Cutler	Publisher	10-Jun-1910	16-Sep-1998	Duxbury Clipper
Paul A. Dever	Politician	15-Jan-1903	11-Apr-1958	Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53
William M. Evarts	Politician	6-Feb-1818	28-Feb-1901	US Secretary of State, 1877-81
Arthur Fiedler	Conductor	17-Dec-1894	10-Jul-1979	Conductor of the Boston Pops
John F. Fitzgerald	Politician	11-Feb-1863	2-Oct-1950	Twice Mayor of Boston
Robert Grant	Novelist	24-Jan-1852	19-May-1940	Unleavened Bread
Nat Hentoff	Critic	10-Jun-1925		The Jazz Life
Joseph P. Kennedy	Business	6-Sep-1888	18-Nov-1969	Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan
John King	Journalist	30-Aug-1963		CNN Chief National Correspondent
Samuel P. Langley	Astronomer	22-Aug-1834	2-Feb-1906	Heavier-than-air flying machine
Howard Lindsay	Playwright	29-Mar-1889	11-Feb-1968	The Sound of Music
Burton Malkiel	Economist	28-Aug-1932		A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Robert J. McCool	Business	c. 1939		Former EVP at Mobil
Wade H. McCree	Judge	3-Jul-1920	30-Aug-1987	US Solicitor General, 1977-81
Edward McGaffigan	Government	8-Dec-1948	2-Sep-2007	NRC Commissioner, 1996-2007
Barry Newman	Actor	7-Nov-1938		Petrocelli
Dexter Perkins	Historian	20-Jun-1889	12-May-1984	The Monroe Doctrine
Sumner Redstone	Business	27-May-1923		Chairman and CEO of Viacom
George Santayana	Philosopher	16-Dec-1863	26-Sep-1952	The Realms of Being
Charles Sumner	Politician	6-Jan-1811	11-Mar-1874	Anti-slavery Senator from Massachusetts
Royall Tyler	Playwright	18-Jul-1757	26-Aug-1826	The Contrast
Andrew J. Viterbi	Engineer	9-Mar-1935		Viterbi Algorithm
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.	Business	13-Sep-1926		CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92
Theodore H. White	Historian	6-May-1915	15-May-1986	The Making of the President
Justin Winsor	Curator	2-Jan-1831	22-Oct-1897	Librarian of Harvard University

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jacob Bigelow	Botanist	27-Feb-1787	10-Jan-1879	American Medical Botany

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