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| Motto | Certa Viriliter (Latin for “Strive Manfully”) |
| Established | 1894 |
| Type | Private, Coeducational, Secondary, Boarding |
| Affiliation | Episcopalian |
| Headmaster | Bradford Hastings '68 |
| Students | 350 |
| Grades | 9–12, PG |
| Location | Pomfret, Connecticut, USA |
| Campus | Rural |
| Mascot | Griffin |
| Website | www.pomfretschool.org |
Pomfret School is an independent coeducational boarding and day school located in Pomfret, Connecticut, United States that educates grades 9 through 12. The school also offers a post-graduate year. It is dedicated to the goals of helping students realize their intellectual, physical and spiritual potential while recognizing their responsibilities as members of a community. Pomfret School was founded by William E. Peck in 1894 on the principles of intellectual rigor and the development of character. Peck is the former head of St. Mark's School. Pomfret operates WBVC, an FM radio station. Pomfret is located next to The Rectory School on Connecticut Route 169.
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Facilities
The campus was designed by noted landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted in 1894. The architect Ernest Flagg (1857-1947) designed the Romanesque stone Clark Memorial Chapel in 1907, and the distinctive brick Georgian school house, four dormitories, infirmary & gymnasium from 1907 to 1917. In October 2004, Pomfret School opened the doors of its new athletic center and student union. The athletic center was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Jon Corzine, parents of a recent Pomfret graduate. Mr. Corzine is the current Governor of New Jersey.
Notable alumni
- Edward Stettinius, Jr., first United States Ambassador to the United Nations and U.S. Secretary of State
- Edward Streeter '10, banker and author of Father of the Bride, and Mr. Hobbs' Vacation.
- William P. Carey, businessman, philanthropist
- Rep. Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr., Member of Congress (D-NY) and U.S. Minister to Hungrey & Portugal
- Eric D. Coleman, State Senator , Deputy President Pro Tempore in the Connecticut Senate
- Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the New York Medical College
- William F. Draper, prominent portrait painter
- Edward B. du Pont, former Chairman of Atlantic Aviation Corporation, Board Member du Pont Company
- Sooho Cho, President of Hanjin Shipping (HJS)
- Adam Hochschild, a founder of Mother Jones, author of Half The Way Home, and of best-selling book King Leopold's Ghost
- Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., son of Senator Robert Kennedy (D-NY)
- Ridley Pearson, best-selling author of The Art of Deception, and co-author of Peter & The Starcatchers.
- Alex Gibney, Emmy- and Grammy-winning writer, film producer and director
- Jeremiah Bogert, New York Times Photo Editor
- John Bockstoce '62, author of Whales, Ice, & Men, and Arctic Discoveries.
- Buzz Yudell, architect, designed U.S. Embassy in Berlin
- Jack Hardy '65, singer-songwriter
- Peter Corbin '64, portrait artist
- Donald E. Williams, Jr., State Senator, President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut Senate
- Prince Lorenzo Borghese, star of ABC's The Bachelor: Rome
- Jimmy Gleacher, author of best-selling book It's How You Play the Game
- John E. Evans, III, attorney, Noted national criminal defense lawyer and indigent legal services advocate
- Eben Ostby, animator at Pixar Studios
- Spencer Bailey, a surviving passenger of United Airlines Flight 232 that crashed on July 19, 1989
- Sarah Vaillancourt, Olympic gold medalist
Notable faculty
Former Faculty
- John N. Dempsey, Pomfret soccer coach and subsequently Governor of Connecticut 1961-1971
- Rep. Horace Seely-Brown, Jr., Member of Congress (R-CT) 1947-49, 1951-59, 1961-63
Current Faculty
- John Corrigan, crime novelist, Pomfret english teacher, and columnist for Golf Today.
Prominent guests & fellows
- David McCullough, writer, historian, and host of The American Experience on public television
- Joyce Carol Oates, national award-winning author
- Robert Ballard, oceanographer, discoverer of Titanic
- Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize wining author of Angela's Ashes
- Carlos Fuentes, Latin American novelist
- Jacques d'Amboise, world renowned dancer with the New York City Ballet Company
- Victor Wooten, Bass guitarist for Bela Fleck & the Flecktones
- Oteil Burbridge, Bass guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band
- Chevy Chase, writer, actor, performer
- Jean-Michel Cousteau, explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer
- Christine Todd Whitman, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
- Donald Johanson, Paleoanthropologist, discovered the 3.2 million-year-old skeleton known as "Lucy"
- Brian Greene, physicist and String Theorist
- Bill Bryson, writer A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
- Rep. Shirley Chisholm, first African American woman elected to the United States Congress
- 2008 Schwartz Visiting Fellow - Carole Simpson former ABC News Anchor
