List of Baylor School alumni

Last updated September 30, 2023

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^[1]
George Hunter, 1907, Coca-Cola bottler and philanthropist; namesake of Hunter Hall on campus^[2]

1910s

Thomas Cartter Lupton, Coca-Cola bottler and philanthropist

1920s

Albert Hodges Morehead, 1925, bridge editor, The New York Times ^[3]
Herman Hickman, 1928, College Football Hall of Fame member for the University of Tennessee; head football coach for Yale University ^[4]

1930s

Thomas J. Anderson, 1930, author, farmer, and American Party presidential candidate^[5]
Hugh Beaumont, 1930, actor who played Ward Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver ^[6]

1940s

Ralph Puckett, 1943, Medal of Honor recipient for heroism in the Korean War ^[7]
David M. Abshire, 1944, former ambassador to NATO; former director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; adviser to president Ronald Reagan ^[8]
William E. Duff, 1945, author and FBI counterintelligence specialist^[9]
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^[10]

1950s

Dave Bristol, 1951, former Major League Baseball manager
Fob James, 1952, former governor of Alabama^[6]
Coleman Barks, 1955, poet and translator of the Sufi poet Rumi ^[11]
Barry Moser, 1958, artist, illustrator, publisher^[12]
Charlie Norwood, 1959, dentist and congressman for Georgia in the 104th and six subsequent Congresses^[13]
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^[14]
Wendell Rawls, Jr., 1960, journalist, Pulitzer Prize winner^[15]
Shelby Coffey III, 1964, journalist, editor of the Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, and U.S. News & World Report; Trustee of the Newseum^[16]
Brian Gottfried, 1969, World No. 3-ranked tennis player^[17]
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^[18]
Roscoe Tanner, 1969, professional tennis player, Australian Open winner; Wimbledon runner-up^[19]
Allen Trammel, football player^[20]

1970s

Arthur Golden, 1974, author, Memoirs of a Geisha ^[21]
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., 1975, Tennessee attorney general ^[22]
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 ^[23]
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 ^[24]^[25]

1980s

Geoff Gaberino, 1980, swimmer, Olympic gold medalist^[26]
Alan Shuptrine, 1981, realist painter, gilder^[27]
Tim Kelly, 1985, current mayor of Chattanooga^[28]
Andy Berke, 1986, attorney, former Tennessee state Senator, and former mayor of Chattanooga^[29]

1990s

Devin Galligan, 1990, founder of the charity Strain the Brain^[27]
Aaron McCollough, 1990, poet

2000s

Blaire Pancake, 2000, Miss Tennessee ^[30]
Luke List, 2003, professional golfer^[31]
Jacques McClendon, 2006, professional football player (guard)^[32]
Harris English, 2007, professional golfer^[33]
Brad Hamilton, 2008, competitive swimmer, multiple Jamaican record holder^[34]
Stephan Jäger, 2008, professional golfer
Keith Mitchell, 2010, professional golfer
Reggie Upshaw, 2013, basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
Nick Tiano, 2015, American football player

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