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revised by Jerry Morse 9/04/2026
Classical High Graduates of note who were not members of the Class of 1965
Information will be posted here as it becomes available.
Samuel Behrman – playwright, screenwriter and writer
Jennie Clough – Teacher at Thomas Street School
Noah Gordon – New York Times Best Selling Author of Fiction
William Howland – composer, conductor and university administrator
Stanley Kunitz – 10th Poet Laureate of the United States; During his lifetime most prolific and well – regarded poet in the United States
Milton Meltzer – America’s leading nonfiction writer for children and young adults
Francis Perkins – U.S. Secretary of Labor – first woman in U.S. cabinet
Ben Porter – witnessed in person the flag being raised on Iwo Jima. Cousin of Jerry Morse
Irving Peskin – Musician, Orchestra Leader and Composer, Prominent Individual Early in the Jazz Era
Sarah Wilson – Teacher at Belmont Street School