List of William Penn Charter School people

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

• Chris Albright, OPC ’97, current Philadelphia Union and US National Team soccer player^[1]
• Rubén Amaro, Jr., OPC '83, baseball manager Philadelphia Phillies, coach Boston Red Sox, player ^[2]
• Richard Balderston, OPC '69, orthopedic surgeon ^[3]
• William Barker, OPC '71, best-known interpreter of Thomas Jefferson in Colonial Williamsburg, VA, and on television
• David Berkoff, OPC ’84, Olympic medalist in swimming^[4]
• Colonel Raynal Cawthorne Bolling, OPC '96 (1896), the 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 1934–54^[5]
• Bobby Convey, '98 (did not graduate), Toronto FC and US National Soccer Team player^[6]
• Charles Gwynne Douglas, III, OPC '60, former Supreme Court Justice from the state of New Hampshire, former US Congressman^[7]
• Irénée duPont OPC 1892, DuPont Corporation Director.^[8]
• Pierre S. DuPont 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^[9]
• Richard B Fisher, OPC '53, chairman emeritus of Morgan Stanley
• Mark Gubicza, OPC '81, former pitcher for the Kansas City Royals^[10]
• Adam F. Goldberg, OPC '94, television and film writer.
• William J. Green IV, OPC '83, former chairman of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission and former Philadelphia City Council member at-large^[11]
• Crawford H. Greenewalt, OPC '18, chemist, head of DuPont Corp. '48–'67, developed Nylon fabrics.^[12]
• George Hauptfuhrer, OPC '44, third overall selection in the 1948 BAA Draft^[13]
• Howard Head, OPC ’32, founder of Head Ski Company & Prince Manufacturing Inc. 1914–1991^[14]
• Joseph M. "Joe" Hoeffel, OPC '68, Pennsylvania 13th District Congressman^[15]
• John B. Kelly Jr., OPC ’45, brother of Grace Kelly, Olympic medalist and former president of the U.S. Olympic committee
• Rob Kurz, OPC '04, NBA Power Forward^[16]
• David Leebron, OPC '73, president of Rice University in Houston, Texas^[17]
• Richard Lester, director of The Beatles' films A Hard Day's Night, and Help!
• Colonel Douglas Macgregor PhD., is a retired American senior military officer and author.
• John Robert "Jack" Meyer, OPC '50, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies^[18]
• David Montgomery, OPC '64, President of the Philadelphia Phillies^[19]
• David W. Oxtoby, OPC '68, President of Pomona College and Professor of Chemistry^[20]
• Endicott Peabody, former Governor of Massachusetts, member of the College Football Hall of Fame (defense for Harvard).^[21]
• Robert Picardo, OPC '71, The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager^[22]
• Tony Resch, OPC '81, former professional lacrosse player, current coach, and NLL Hall of Fame inductee^[23]
• Grover C. Richman, Jr., U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey (1951–53) and New Jersey Attorney General (1954–58)^[24]
• David Riesman, OPC '26, former Harvard University sociology professor, lawyer, author of sociology classic "The Lonely Crowd"^[20]
• Matt Ryan, OPC '03, quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons ^[25]
• Vic Seixas, OPC '41, former professional tennis player, won Wimbledon in 1953 and the US Open in 1954.
• Sean Singletary, OPC '04, University of Virginia and Charlotte Bobcats point guard^[26]
• David Sirota, OPC '94, The New York Times Bestselling author, journalist, and political strategist
• J.C. Spink OPC 1990, Manager and Producer, Principal at Benderspink.
• General Frederick F. Woerner, Jr., OPC '51, former Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command (1987–89)
• J. David Stern, OPC 1902, Publisher of The Philadelphia Record (1928–47) and other newspapers

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