This article is about the private school in West Newton, Massachusetts. For the elementary school in Ocala, Florida, see
Fessenden Elementary School .
Private boarding/day school in the United States
The Fessenden School
United States
Type Private boarding/day school Motto
Labor Omnia Vincit (Work conquers all) Established September 1903 School district West Newton, Massachusetts Headmaster Steven J. Armstrong Faculty 81 Enrollment 537 Color(s) Red and grey Athletics Yes Mascot Bear
Nickname Fessy Website
The Fessenden School
The Fessenden School is an independent day (Pre-K – Grade 9) and
boarding school (Grades 5 – 9) for boys, founded in 1903 by
Frederick J. Fessenden as a school for the intellectually gifted, and located at 250 Waltham Street,
West Newton, Massachusetts ,
United States , on a 41-acre (0.17 km2 ) campus.
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Notable alumni
Lex Barker – American actor best known for playing Tarzan in
Tarzan of the Apes .
Hugh DeHaven – American professor at Cornell University and considered the "Father of Crash Survivability".
James Franciscus – American actor who appeared in movies and television programs in the 1960s and 1970s.
Edward Hallowell – Physician and international authority on
attention deficit disorder .
Howard R. Hughes – American aviator, industrialist and film producer/director. He attended the school in 1921.
Porter Goss – Director of the
Central Intelligence Agency from 2004 to 2006, United States Representative from Florida from 1989 to 2004.
Patrick J. Kennedy – former United States Representative from Rhode Island.
Edward M. Kennedy – United States Senator from Massachusetts from 1962 to 2009.
John Kerry – Former United States Secretary of State, Former United States Senator from Massachusetts and Democratic candidate for President of United States in 2004.
Sol Kumin - Businessman, philanthropist and racehorse owner.
Christopher Lloyd – Three-time
Emmy Award -winning actor. Best known for the
Back to the Future trilogy.
Douglas Moore – Pulitzer Prize winner, Columbia music professor, and legendary figure in American Opera for works including The Ballad of Baby Doe, The Devil and Daniel Webster, and Giants of the Earth. Moore also wrote the school song "Song of Fessenden."
Matt Nathanson , Singer-songwriter
William Scranton – Governor of Pennsylvania from 1963 to 1967 and United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1976 to 1977.
Gerardo Torrado – Mexican soccer player who plays for
Cruz Azul in the
Primera División de México .
Sheanon Williams – Member of the U20 U.S. national soccer team. Current member of
MLS ,
Philadelphia Union
Alex Oriakhi – Member of
Erie BayHawks basketball team in the
NBA Development League , former member of
UConn Huskies , 2010–11 national champion and of the
Missouri Tigers basketball team. He was drafted 57th overall by the Phoenix Suns in the
2013 NBA draft
Charles Nesson – the William F. Weld Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
Ben Kurland- an actor best known for his role in the
Academy Award winning film
The Artist .
References
Further reading
Peterson's, Private Secondary Schools 2008 , page 1278.
ISBN
978-0-7689-2399-5 .
Fessenden also operates a co-ed summer camp.
External links
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