Kimball Union Academy is a private boarding school located in New Hampshire. Founded in 1813, it is the 22nd oldest boarding school in the United States.[1] It is located in the upper Connecticut River Valley village of Meriden, New Hampshire.
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| Type | Private Boarding |
| Established | 1813 |
| Head of School | Tyler Lewis |
| Faculty | approx. 52 |
| Enrollment | approx. 340 |
| Average class size | 11 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campus | Rural |
| Color(s) | Orange & Black |
| Athletics | 20 interscholastic |
| Athletics conference | Lakes Region League |
| Mascot | Wildcat |
| Website | www |
The academy's 1,300-acre (5.3 km2) village campus is 2+1⁄2 hours via major highways from Boston, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut. Nearby bus, train, and plane terminals link the area directly with Boston, New York City, and Manchester, New Hampshire. The academy is governed by a 17-member board of trustees.
Notable alumni
edit- Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995), basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League
- F. Lee Bailey, defense attorney[2]
- Frederick H. Billings, lawyer, financier and President of the Northern Pacific Railway
- Francis B. Brewer, congressman[3]
- Augusta Cooper Bristol (1835–1910), poet, lecturer[4]
- John Graham Brooks (1846-1938), sociologist and author[5]
- Henry E. Burnham, U.S. senator[6]
- Frank Gay Clarke, congressman[7]
- William Cogswell, congressman, general[8]
- William N. Cohen, Justice of the New York Supreme Court
- Frank Dunklee Currier, congressman[9]
- Irving W. Drew, U.S. senator[10]
- Kasim Edebali, NFL player
- Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, Presbyterian minister, Reconstruction politician[11]
- Louis B. Goodall, congressman[12]
- Broughton Harris, Vermont newspaper editor and businessman who was one of the Runaway Officials of 1851 as Secretary of the Utah Territory[13]
- Jordan Harris, NHL player for the Montreal Canadiens[14]
- Doc Hazelton, major league baseball player and college coach[15]
- Chester Bradley Jordan, Governor of New Hampshire[16]
- Ernest Everett Just, African American biologist[17][18]
- Nathan Knight, NBA basketball player[19]
- Edward Chalmers Leavitt, artist[20]
- John C. Lord, Presbyterian minister and nativist[21]
- James D. Lynch, African American politician, minister[22]
- Charles W. Porter, Secretary of State of Vermont[23]
- Samuel L. Powers, congressman[24]
- Will Sheff, rock musician[25]
- Steven Sotloff, Israeli-American journalist[26]
- Taylor Soule, WNBA player[27]
- Dana Stone, Vietnam War photographer[28]
- Bainbridge Wadleigh, U.S. senator[29]
- Aldace F. Walker, railroad president[30]
- James M. Warner, Civil War general, industrialist[31]
- Augustus Washington, African American photographer[32]
- William Wells, Civil War general, Medal of Honor winner[33]
- Andrew Wheating, Olympian[34]
- Benjamin F. Whidden, first ambassador to Haiti[35]
See also
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- New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 77: Kimball Union Academy
References
edit- ^ "Boarding Schools with the Oldest Founding Date". Boardingschoolreview.com. 2015-02-07. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2015-06-04.
- ^ "F. Lee Bailey". notablebiographies.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Francis B. Brewer". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. pp. 123–.
- ^ James E. Mooney, "John Graham Brooks," American National Biography Online, Feb. 2000.
- ^ "Henry E. Burnham". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Frank Gay Clarke". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "William Cogswell". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "CURRIER, Frank Dunklee, (1853 - 1921)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- ^ "Irving W. Drew". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs". Kimball Union Academy. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Louis B. Goodall". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. p. 181 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Jordan Harris Stats and News".
- ^ O'Boyle, Francis Joseph (2000). "Biography: Doc Hazelton". SABR.org. Phoenix, AZ: Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
- ^ "Chester B. Jordan". National Governors Association. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "Ernest Everett Just". biography.com. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ Kenneth Manning (1984). Black Apollo of Science. ISBN 978-0-19-503498-1.
- ^ "Nathan Knight - 2019-20 - Men's Basketball". William & Mary Athletics.
- ^ "Edward Chalmers Leavitt". piercegalleries.com. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Memoir of John C. Lord, D.D. Pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church for thirty-eight years". archive.org. 1878. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
- ^ "James D. Lynch". BlackPast.org#sthash.SApGN2w7.dpuf. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Ullery, Jacob G. (1894). Men of Vermont Illustrated. Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp. 322–323.
- ^ "Samuel L. Powers". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Sheff, Will (February 2017). "Will Sheff: The First Time an Adult Took Me Seriously". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "N.H. school Sotloff attended expresses sorrow". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Taylor Soule - Women's Basketball". Virginia Tech Athletics.
- ^ "Dana Stone's Journey". Vermont Today. Archived from the original on 22 August 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Bainbridge Wadleigh". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Walker, Aldace (1903). Officers and Members: Report of Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, Volume 6. Vermont Bar Association. p. 139.
- ^ "James M. Warner". Arnold Sprague and Claudia Milstead. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Augustus Washington". The Connecticut Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2007-11-14. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "William Wells". VermontCivilWar.Org Database. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ "Andrew Wheating". USA Track & Field, Inc. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
- ^ Proceedings - Grafton and Coös County Bar Association, New Hampshire By Grafton and Coos Bar Association, p. 351-358
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kimball Union Academy.
- Official website
- "Boarding Schools with the Oldest Founding Date". Boarding School Review. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2007-01-02.
- "Kimball Union Academy ~ Mission, Honor Code & Statement of Inclusion". Retrieved 2007-01-02.