| Noble and Greenough School | |
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10 Campus Drive , 02026 United States | |
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| Type | Private, day & boarding, college-prep |
| Motto | Spes Sibi Quisque —Virgil in the Aeneid ("Each person finds hope within himself or herself."[1]) |
| Established | 1866 |
| Founder | George Washington Copp Noble |
| Headmistress | Catherine J. Hall |
| Faculty | 139 |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Number of students | ~614 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Navy blue and white |
| Athletics conference | ISL |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Newspaper | The Nobleman |
| Website | www.nobles.edu |
The Noble and Greenough School, commonly known as Nobles, is a coeducational, nonsectarian day and five-day boarding school for students spanning from grades seven through twelve. The campus is near Boston on a 187-acre (0.76 km2) campus that borders the Charles River in Dedham, Massachusetts.[2] The current enrollment of 614 students includes a mix of boys and girls.[2]
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History
Nobles was founded in 1866 by George Washington Copp Noble, in Boston, Massachusetts, as an all-boys preparatory school for Harvard University. It became known as Noble & Greenough in 1892. During World War I, the school merged with Boston-based Volkman School, which had faced a drastically declining student population due to the headmaster's German origins. There is a monument to the Volkman School on the Nobles campus. In 1922, the school moved from Boston to its current location in Dedham. The property had previously been the estate of Albert W. Nickerson. The grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.[3] The school discontinued its lower school at this time, which caused parents to start the Dexter School, to fill the gap created. In 1975, Nobles began admitting girls.
| Headmaster | Tenure | Events/Biography | |
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| 1. | George Washington Copp Noble | 1866–1920 | Founder of the school |
| 2. | Charles Wiggins II | 1920–1943 | School relocates to Dedham, Massachusetts. School discontinues lower school. |
| 3. | Eliot T. Putnam | 1943–1971 | Son-in-law of Charles Wiggins |
| 4. | Edward "Ted" S. Gleason | 1971–1987 | School begins to admit girls |
| 5. | Richard "Dick" H. Baker | 1987–2000 | |
| 6. | Robert P. Henderson | 2000–2017 | Oversaw the building of the MAC, arts center, new library, renovation of Baker, castle remodel, and more. |
| 7. | Catherine J. Hall | 2017–present |
Notable graduates
Notable alumni of Noble and Greenough include:
- Justin Alfond, class of 1994, president of the Maine State Senate
- Bill Arnold, class of 2010, former professional hockey player for the Calgary Flames
- Arthur Everett Austin Jr., director of the Wadsworth Atheneum
- Michael Beach, class of 1982, actor featured in ER, Third Watch
- Ayla Brown, class of 2006, singer and daughter of Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown
- Michael Jude Christodal, class of 1986, recording artist, songwriter
- Chris Cleary, class of 1998, professional soccer player
- John Cronin, ice hockey defenseman
- Harry Crosby, founder of the Black Sun Press
- Caroline Ducharme, class of 2021, college basketball player[5]
- Robert Dunham, American actor
- Keith Elam, member of Gang Starr, aka Guru
- Selden Edwards, class of 1959, best-selling novelist
- Mark Fayne, class of 2006, former professional hockey player for New Jersey Devils
- Richard P. Freeman, class of 1888, U.S. Representative
- Seth Goldman, class of 1983, Co-Founder, President and CEO of Honest Tea
- Wycliffe Grousbeck, class of 1979, co-owner of the Boston Celtics
- Tucker Halpern, class of 2009, member of the Grammy-nominated DJ duo Sofi Tukker
- Kevin Hayden, class of 1986, Suffolk County district attorney[6]
- Jimmy Hayes, class of 2008, former professional hockey player for the Boston Bruins
- Kevin Hayes, class of 2010, current professional hockey player for the Philadelphia Flyers
- Melvin Johnson, class of 1927, weapons designer, Harvard professor
- Jonathan Kozol, class of 1954, educator, activist & author
- Mr. Lif, rap artist
- Clarence Cook Little, class of 1906, biologist and president of University of Michigan
- Royal Little, class of 1915, founder of Fortune 500 company Textron and "father of conglomerates"[citation needed]
- A. Lawrence Lowell, class of 1873, President of Harvard (1909–1933)
- Guy Lowell, class of 1888, architect of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the New York State Supreme Courthouse
- Percival Lowell, class of 1872, astronomer
- Ralph Lowell, class of 1907, banker and philanthropist
- Francis Peabody Magoun, World War I ace and scholar of languages and literature
- Philip Ainsworth Means, anthropologist, historian and author
- Samuel Eliot Morison, class of 1901, American historian and author
- Albert Nickerson, class of 1929, former chief executive of Mobil Oil and chairman of Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Sarah Parsons, class of 2005, member of the 2006 Olympic ice hockey team
- William Phillips, class of 1896, United States diplomat
- Roger Putnam, American politician and businessman
- Helen Resor, class of 2004, member of the 2006 Olympic ice hockey team
- Alexander H. Rice Jr., class of 1894, physician and explorer of South America
- Leverett Saltonstall, class of 1910, governor of Massachusetts (1939–1945) and United States Senator (1945–1967)
- Francis Sargent, class of 1935, governor of Massachusetts (1969–1975)
- Henry Lee Shattuck, class of 1897, attorney, philanthropist and politician
- Mayo A. Shattuck III, American businessman, CEO of Constellation Energy
- Louis Agassiz Shaw, inventor of the iron lung, Harvard professor
- Courtney Sims, class of 2003, NBA Basketball player
- Warren Cummings Smith, class of 2011, 2014 Winter Olympics alpine skier
- Robert Storer, former Harvard University football player and decorated war hero
- Richard Clipston Sturgis, class of 1877, Boston architect
- Karen Thatcher, class of 2002, Olympic women's hockey player for Team USA
- J. Rupert Thompson, class of 1986, reality television show producer
- Chris Tierney, class of 2004, professional soccer player, New England Revolution
- Amor Towles, class of 1983, best-selling novelist
- George Clapp Vaillant, anthropologist and author
- Dan Weinstein, class of 1999, Olympic speed skater
- Colin White, class of 2015, professional hockey player
- James N. Wood, class of 1959, former president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust
- Harry F. Stimpson Jr., lawyer and ambassador[7]
- Miles Wood, class of 2015, current professional hockey player for the Colorado Avalanche
- Callahan Burke, class of 2015, current professional hockey player
See also
References
- ^ "With the Help of Others". blog.nobles.edu. September 12, 2013.
- ^ a b "At a Glance".
- ^ "Our Castle Story | Sharing A Piece of Nobles History".
- ^ "Castle project at Noble and Greenough School designed to LEED Gold standard". New England Real Estate Journal. June 20, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "Caroline Ducharme - Women's Basketball". University of Connecticut Athletics.
- ^ "Meet District Attorney Hayden".
- ^ "Obituary for Harry Farnum Stimpson". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2024-02-29.
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