List of Chapin School people

Chapin School is an all-girls independent day school located on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City.

The following is a list of its notable alumni.

• Theodora Mead Abel, 1917. Psychology professor. Author, Culture and Psychotherapy. ^[1]
• Mary Abbott, 1939. Painter. Member, New York School of Abstract Expressionists. ^[2]
• Amy Bach, 1986. Lawyer, civil rights journalist. Author, Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court. ^[3]
• Elizabeth Bailey, 1956. Economist. John C. Hower Professor, Wharton School. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• Lake Bell, 1998. Model. Actress, Boston Legal , Million Dollar Arm , The Secret Life of Pets. Filmmaker, In a World.... ^[4]
• Barbara Bennett, 1924. Stage and film actress. Dancer. Literary representative.
• Constance Bennett, 1922. Stage, radio, television and film actress. Star of What Price Hollywood? , Topper , and Two-Faced Woman .
• Joan Bennett, 1928. Stage, film, and television actress. Star of Man Hunt , The Woman in the Window , and Dark Shadows .
• Tonya Bolden, 1976. Author of children's non-fiction such as Pathfinders: The Journeys of 16 Extraordinary Black Souls
• Patricia Bosworth, 1951. Journalist, biographer. Actress, model. Managing editor, Harper's Bazaar . ^[5]
• Jacqueline Bouvier, 1947. First Lady of the United States. Editor. ^[6]
• Elizabeth Mills Brown, 1934. Architectural historian. Author, New Haven: A Guide to Architecture and Urban Design.
• Sunny von Bülow, 1950. Socialite, legal catalyst. ^[7]
• Doris Caesar, 1910. Expressionist sculptor ^[8]
• Stockard Channing, 1962. Actress: stage, film, television
• Frances Sergeant Childs, 1919. Historian. Founding faculty member, Brooklyn College. Author, French Refugee Life in the United States, 1790–1800: An American Chapter of the French Revolution (1940). ^[9]
• Hope Cooke, 1958. Queen of Sikkim. Journalist, urban historian, lecturer ^[10]
• Tricia Nixon Cox, 1964. Board member, medical and Republican causes ^[11]
• Cusi Cram, 1985. Model. Actor, One Life to Live . Writer, Arthur , The Big C , The Octonauts . ^[12]
• Caresse Crosby, 1909. "Literary godmother" to the Lost Generation in Paris. Co-founder, Black Sun Press. Inventor, the bra. ^[13]
• Lindsay Crouse, 1967. Actress: stage, film, television ^[14]
• Fernanda Eberstadt, 1978. Novelist, essayist, critic. Author, Isaac and His Devils,Rat, and The Furies.
• Julie Nixon Eisenhower, 1966. Editor. Author, Pat Nixon: the Untold Story. ^[15]
• Brenda Frazier, 1939. Socialite. "Poor Little Rich Girl" ^[16]
• Alix M. Freedman, 1975. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Ethics editor, Thomson Reuters ^[17]
• Virginia Gilder, 1976. Entrepreneur, writer. Co-owner, WNBA's Seattle Storm. Olympic silver medalist in rowing. ^[17] Author, Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX
• Neva Goodwin Rockefeller, 1962. Economist. Series editor, Evolving Values for a Capitalist World. Philanthropist. ^[18]
• Isabella Greenway, 1904. Rancher, businesswoman, politician. First Arizona congresswoman. ^[19]
• Eileen Rockefeller Growald, 1970. Venture philanthropist
• Anna Roosevelt Halsted, 1924. Journalist, editor, administrator ^[20]
• Deborah Hautzig, 1974. Writer. Author, Hey, Dollface and the Little Witch series for children ^[21]
• Amanda Hearst, 2002. Fashion model, socialite, activist, magazine editor, Marie Claire.
• Frances Hellman, 1974. Physicist. Dean, Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
• Malvina Hoffman, 1903. Sculptor. Author, Heads and Tales . ^[22]
• Helen Hooker, 1923. Sculptor, painter, national tennis champion, philanthropist ^[23]
• Alexandra Isles, 1963. Documentary filmmaker, Porraimos: Europe's Gypsies in the Holocaust. Actress, Dark Shadows ^[7]
• Theodora Keogh, 1937. Dancer, novelist, adventurer. Author, Meg: The Secret Life of an Awakening Girl. ^[24]
• Alexandra Kotur, 1988. Journalist. Style Director, Vogue . Creative Director, Town and Country . ^[25]
• Nicola Kraus, 1992. Writer. Co-author, The Nanny Diaries . ^[26]
• Aerin Lauder, 1988. Businesswoman. Creative director, Estée Lauder. Co-author, Beauty at Home. ^[27]
• Jane Lauder, 1991. Businesswoman. Global director, Estée Lauder. ^[28]
• Ruth du Pont Lord, 1939. Psychotherapist, arts patron. Author, Henry F. du Pont and Winterthur: A Daughter's Portrait. ^[29]
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1924. Writer, aviator. Author, Gift from the Sea and North to the Orient . ^[30]
• Sarah Lyall, 1981. Journalist, The New York Times . Author, The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British. ^[3]
• Emma Fordyce MacRae, 1905. Representational painter. Member, the Philadelphia Ten ^[31]
• Abby Rockefeller Mauzé, 1921. Philanthropist ^[32]
• Neylan McBaine, 1995. Writer. Author, How to Be a Twenty-First Century Pioneer Woman. Editor, Mormon Women Project. ^[33]
• Cynthia McClintock, 1963. Professor, George Washington University. Author, Revolutionary Movements in Latin America.
• Lynden B. Miller, 1956. Public garden designer and author
• Maud Morgan, 1921. Abstract expressionist painter ^[34]
• Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, 1980. Journalist, documentary filmmaker. The Other F Word ^[33]
• Sheila Nickerson, 1960. Writer. Poet laureate, Alaska. Author, Disappearance: A Map and The Song of the Soapstone Carver.
• Galt Niederhoffer, 1994. Producer, director, novelist, screenwriter. Prozac Nation , The Romantics . ^[35]
• Queen Noor of Jordan (Lisa Halaby), 1969. Activist, writer. President, United World Colleges ^[36]
• Jennifer "DJ" (Berinstein) Nordquist, 1985. Government, international organization, and think tank executive.
• Maud Oakes, 1922. Ethnologist, artist, writer. Author, The Two Crosses of Todos Santos: Survivals of Mayan Religious Ritual.
• Sister Parish (Dorothy May Kinnicutt), 1928. Interior designer ^[37]
• Betty Parsons, 1918. Abstract painter, art collector, art dealer ^[38]
• Cosima von Bülow Pavoncelli, 1985. Socialite, philanthropist.
• Joan Whitney Payson, 1921. Art collector. Co-owner, Greentree Stable. Owner, the New York Mets. Philanthropist. ^[39]
• Georgia Pellegrini, 1998. Hunter, chef, writer.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Adela Peña, 1981. Violinist, founding member of the internationally known Naumburg Award-winning Eroica Trio.
• Rosamond Pinchot, 1922. Actress. "Loveliest woman in America." ^[40]
• Lilly Pulitzer, 1949. Fashion designer ^[41]
• Lee Radziwill, 1951. Socialite and interior designer.
• Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller, 1927. Philanthropist. President, Museum of Modern Art.
• Eileen Rockefeller, 1970. Philanthropist.
• Samantha Ronson, 1995. Singer-songwriter, deejay.
• Margot Roosevelt, 1968. Journalist.
• Laura Rothenberg, 1999. Writer. ^[42]
• Edith Finch Russell, 1918. Biographer. Author, Carey Thomas of Bryn Mawr. ^[43]
• Rachel Rutherford, 1994. Dancer. Soloist, New York City Ballet. ^[44]
• Lilian Swann Saarinen, 1930. Sculptor, illustrator, Olympic skier. ^[45]
• Najla Said, 1992. Writer, actor, playwright. Author, Looking for Palestine: Growing Up Confused in an Arab-American Family ^[46]
• Lydia Sargent, 1959. Feminist activist. Co-founder, South End Press and Z Magazine. Author, I Read About My Death in Vogue Magazine.
• Louise Serpa, 1943. Rodeo photographer ^[47]
• Delia Sherman, 1968. Fantasy writer, editor. Author, The Porcelain Dove and The Freedom Maze. ^[3]
• Gladys Vanderbilt Széchenyi, 1904. Heiress ^[48]
• Ivanka Trump, 2000. Businesswoman. Executive Vice President, the Trump Organization ^[49]
• Nancy Tuckerman, 1947. Social secretary for Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, 1963–1994. Co-author, revised edition of Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette.
• Anne Walker, 1991. Architectural historian. Co-author, The Architecture of Delano & Aldrich and The Finest Rooms in America.
• Challis Walker, 1930. Sculptor, painter ^[7]
• Vera Wang, 1967. Former senior editor, Vogue . Fashion designer ^[50]
• Sigourney Weaver, 1968. Actress, producer ^{[51] [52]}
• Aileen Osborn Webb, 1910. Philanthropist. Founder, American Craft Council ^[53]
• Betty Wei, 1949. Historian. Author, Old Shanghai and Liu Chi-Wen: biography of a revolutionary leader.
• Christine Todd Whitman, 1964. Politician, lobbyist. Former Governor of New Jersey ^[54]
• Dorothy Payne Whitney, 1904. Social activist. Co-founder, The New Republic and the New School for Social Research
• Helen Whitney, 1961. Documentary filmmaker, First Edition , Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero, and The Mormons. ^[55]
• Lauren Willig, 1995. Historical novelist. Author, Pink Carnation series and The Forgotten Room. ^[56]
• Jane Wyatt, 1928. Actress, Father Knows Best ^[57]
• Kiran Gandhi, 2007. Musician and activist. ^[58]

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