List of William Penn Charter School people

This List of William Penn Charter School people includes notable alumni of William Penn Charter School, a private school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

List Chris Albright, OPC ’97, professional soccer player Rubén Amaro, Jr., OPC '83, baseball player, former general manager of Philadelphia Phillies, and coach of Boston Red Sox and New York Mets Steven Balbus, OPC '71, Savilian Professor of Astronomy, University of Oxford Donald Barnhouse, OPC '39, preacher, pastor, radio pioneer David Berkoff, OPC ’84, Olympic medalist in swimming Raynal Bolling, OPC '96 (1896), first high-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in World War I Henry Joel Cadbury, OPC '99 (1899), Quaker scholar, teacher, Harvard Divinity chair 1934–1954 Brendan Cellucci, baseball player Bobby Convey, '98 (did not graduate), professional soccer player Charles Gwynne Douglas, III, OPC '60, former Supreme Court justice from the state of New Hampshire, former U.S. congressman Pierre S. du Pont OPC 1886, industrialist, philanthropist, DuPont Corporation director, one-time chairman of General Motors J. Presper Eckert, OPC '37, University of Pennsylvania researcher, computer pioneer, co-creator of the world's first electronic computer, ENIAC Richard B. Fisher, OPC '53, chairman emeritus of Morgan Stanley Adam F. Goldberg, OPC '94, television and film writer, created The Goldbergs and Schooled, both of which take place partially or fully at "William Penn Academy", a fictionalized version of William Penn Charter School Bill Green IV, OPC '83, former chairman of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and former Philadelphia City Council member at-large Crawford Greenewalt, OPC '18, chemist, head of DuPont Corp. '48–'67, developed nylon fabrics John Grotzinger, OPC '75, geologist, professor, co-investigator on the Mars 2020 Rover Mark Gubicza, OPC '81, former professional baseball pitcher, current color commentator for Los Angeles Angels George Hauptfuhrer, OPC '44, third overall selection in the 1948 BAA Draft1997 Athletic Honor Society Inductees. Penn Charter School. Retrieved on February 5, 2013. Howard Head, OPC ’32, founder of Head Ski Company & Prince Manufacturing Inc. 1914–1991 Joseph M. Hoeffel, OPC '68, Pennsylvania 13th District congressman Leicester Bodine Holland, architect and archaeologist Fame Ijeboi, OPC '24, college football running back for the Purdue Boilermakers John B. Kelly Jr., OPC '45, Olympic medalist and former president of the U.S. Olympic Committee, brother of Grace Kelly Kenny Koplove, OPC '12, professional baseball player, 2012 Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year Rob Kurz, OPC '04, NBA player David Leebron, OPC '73, president of Rice University in Houston, Texas Richard Lester, director of the Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night and Help! Douglas Macgregor PhD., senior military officer and author Mike McGlinchey, OPC '13, offensive tackle for the Denver Broncos Jack Meyer, OPC '50, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies David Montgomery, OPC '64, president of the Philadelphia Phillies David W. Oxtoby, OPC '68, president of Pomona College and professor of chemistry Endicott Peabody, former governor of Massachusetts, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (defense for Harvard) Robert Picardo, OPC '71, The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager William T. Read, lawyer, president of the New Jersey Senate, treasurer of New Jersey Tony Resch, OPC '81, former professional lacrosse player, current coach, and NLL Hall of Fame inductee Grover C. Richman, Jr., U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey (1951–53) and New Jersey attorney general (1954–58) David Riesman, OPC '26, former Harvard University sociology professor, lawyer, author of sociology classic The Lonely Crowd Matt Ryan, OPC '03, former quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons and Indianapolis Colts Vic Seixas, OPC '41, former professional tennis player, won Wimbledon in 1953 and the US Open in 1954 Michael Siani, OPC '18, professional baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals, 2018 Gatorade Pennsylvania Player of the Year Sammy Siani, OPC '19, professional baseball player, drafted 37th overall in 2019 MLB draft by Pittsburgh Pirates Sean Singletary, OPC '04, professional basketball player David Sirota, OPC '94, author, journalist, and political strategist J.C. Spink OPC 1990, manager and producer, principal at Benderspink J. David Stern, OPC 1902, publisher of The Philadelphia Record (1928–47) and other newspapers Jesse Watters (did not graduate), Watters' World, Fox News Frederick F. Woerner, Jr., OPC '51, former commander-in-chief, United States Southern Command (1987–89) Daryl Worley, OPC '13, professional football player

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