List of Baylor School alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni from Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

1900s

• Jo Conn Guild, 1905, electric utility manager and anti-TVA campaigner
• George Hunter, 1907, Coca-Cola bottler and philanthropist; namesake of Hunter Hall on campus

1910s

• Thomas Cartter Lupton, Coca-Cola bottler and philanthropist

1920s

• Albert Hodges Morehead, 1925, bridge editor, The New York Times
• Herman Hickman, 1928, College Football Hall of Fame member for the University of Tennessee; head football coach for Yale University

1930s

• Thomas J. Anderson, 1930, author, farmer, and American Party presidential candidate
• Hugh Beaumont, 1930, actor who played Ward Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver

1940s

• Ralph Puckett, 1943, Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in the Korean War
• David M. Abshire, 1944, former ambassador to NATO; former director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; adviser to president Ronald Reagan
• William E. Duff, 1945, author and FBI counterintelligence specialist
• John T. Lupton II, 1944, Coca-Cola bottler and philanthropist
• Scott L. Probasco, Jr., 1946, banker and philanthropist
• Sidney A. Wallace, 1945, U.S. Coast Guard rear admiral

1950s

• Dave Bristol, 1951, former Major League Baseball manager
• Fob James, 1952, former governor of Alabama
• Coleman Barks, 1955, poet and interpreter of the Sufi poet Rumi
• Barry Moser, 1958, artist, illustrator, publisher
• Charlie Norwood, 1959, dentist and congressman for Georgia in the 104th and six subsequent Congresses
• Robert Taylor Segraves, 1959, psychiatrist, author

1960s

• Philip Morehead, 1960, head of music staff of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists, and the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center; conductor; editor; author
• Wendell Rawls, Jr., 1960, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner
• Shelby Coffey III, 1964, journalist, editor of the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and U.S. News & World Report; trustee of the Newseum
• Brian Gottfried, 1969, World No. 3-ranked tennis player
• John Hannah, 1969, NFL football player for the Patriots, Hall-of-Famer; after three years at Baylor, graduated from Albertville High School in Albertville, Alabama
• Roscoe Tanner, 1969, professional tennis player, Australian Open winner; Wimbledon runner-up
• Allen Trammel, football player

1970s

• Arthur Golden, 1974, author, Memoirs of a Geisha
• Robert E. Cooper, Jr., 1975, Tennessee attorney general
• Bill Dedman, 1978, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of the bestselling book Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
• Francis M. Fesmire, 1978, emergency physician, heart research scientist, "hero" of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and winner of the 2006 Ig Nobel Prize

1980s

• Geoff Gaberino, 1980, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
• Alan Shuptrine, 1981, realist painter, gilder
• Tim Kelly, 1985, current mayor of Chattanooga
• Andy Berke, 1986, attorney, former Tennessee state senator, and former mayor of Chattanooga

1990s

• Devin Galligan, 1990, founder of the charity Strain the Brain
• Aaron McCollough, 1990, poet

2000s

• Blaire Pancake, 2000, Miss Tennessee
• Luke List, 2003, professional golfer
• Jacques McClendon, 2006, professional football player (guard)
• Harris English, 2007, professional golfer
• Brad Hamilton, 2008, competitive swimmer, multiple Jamaican record holder
• Stephan Jäger, 2008, professional golfer
• Keith Mitchell, 2010, professional golfer

2010s

• Reggie Upshaw, 2013, basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Nick Tiano, 2015, American football player

2020s

• Nick Kurtz, 2021, professional baseball player

References

Further reading

• Hitt, James E.; It Never Rains After Three O'Clock: A History of the Baylor School, 1893-1968; Baylor School Press (Chattanooga, Tennessee), 1st Edition, (1971).