Private boarding school in Meriden, NH, USA
Kimball Union Academy
, Type
Private
Boarding Established 1813; 211 years ago (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 .kua .org
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 .
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
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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^
"Henry E. Burnham" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014 .
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"Frank Gay Clarke" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014 .
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"William Cogswell" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 February 2014 .
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"CURRIER, Frank Dunklee, (1853 - 1921)" . Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 16, 2014 .
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"Chester B. Jordan" . National Governors Association. Retrieved 12 February 2014 .
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"Nathan Knight - 2019-20 - Men's Basketball" . William & Mary Athletics .
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"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 .
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"James D. Lynch" . BlackPast.org#sthash.SApGN2w7.dpuf. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2014 .
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Men of Vermont Illustrated . Brattleboro, VT: Transcript Publishing Company. pp.
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^
"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 .
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"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
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