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List of Lake Forest Academy alumni

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This list of alumni of Lake Forest Academy includes graduates and non-graduate former students.

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Business and law

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Government and public service

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Journalism and letters

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Science

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Athletics

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References

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  1. ^ Vallance, Tom (10 April 2002), "John Agar: Strappingly handsome actor married to Shirley Temple (obituary)", The Independent, archived from the original on July 27, 2010, retrieved 13 April 2010, Born in Chicago in 1921, Agar was the eldest of four sons of an affluent executive of a meat-packing company. Educated at the Harvard School for Boys and Lake Forest Academy, he excelled in athletics but did not receive good enough grades to attend college.
  2. ^ "Bix Beiderbecke". PBS. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  3. ^ "Biographical Note" (Temple Hoyne Buell Architectural Records,WH1397, Western History Collection). biographical sketch. Denver Public Library. Retrieved 13 April 2010. Temple Hoyne Buell was born in Chicago on September 9, 1895. He grew up in Chicago and attended Lake Forest Academy.
  4. ^ "Jay Chandrasekhar: Director, actor, writer". biographic sketch. Office of the Clerk of Cook County. 2009. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
  5. ^ O'Dowd, John (2007). Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye: The Barbara Payton Story. BearManor Media. p. 148. ISBN 978-1-593-93063-9.
  6. ^ a b Sweeney, Annie (27 January 1998), "Diversity Apparent In An Unlikely Place", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 14 April 2010, Past students include such luminaries as former U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, the late actor McLean Stevenson and Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, who attended Ferry Hall, which merged with LFA in 1974.
  7. ^ Moore, Matthew Douglas (22 February 2010). "BEARD, CHARLES EDMUND (1900–1982)". biographic sketch. Texas State Historical Association/University of North Texas. Retrieved 13 April 2010. Charles Beard, airline executive, was born in Toledo, Ohio, on November 23, 1900, the son of Hiram Edmund and Mamie (Reiser) Beard. He received his early education at Lake Forest Academy.
  8. ^ Medcalf, Myron P. (29 March 2006), "James R. Cargill, grandson of firm's founder; The fourth-wealthiest Minnesotan retired from the company in 1989 but still worked on other interests", Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA), archived from the original on 3 November 2012, retrieved 13 April 2010, He was born in 1923 in Chicago and raised in Minneapolis. After graduating from Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Ill., …
  9. ^ Moran, Dan (5 February 2007), "Destroyer museum plans could be sinking Waukegan", The News Sun (Waukegan, Illinois), The Conolly is named for World War II Adm. Richard Lansing Conolly, who was born in Waukegan and attended Lake Forest Academy.
  10. ^ "a.b.c...." Who's Who in America 2011 65th Edition, Vol. 1 + A-L. New Providence, N.J.: Marquis Who's Who. pp. 1003–1004.
  11. ^ The Encyclopedia Americana, vol. 20, New York: The Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1919, p. 462, American theologian: b. Bayfield, Wis. 24 Dec. 1863. He was educated at Lake Forest Academy and University ...
  12. ^ Andres, Alfred Theodore (1886), History of Chicago, vol. 3, Chicago: The A. T. Andreas Company, p. 578, Charles H. Wacker ... received his education in the graded and high schools of the city, also studying one year at Lake Forest Academy.
  13. ^ Waterman, Arba Nelson (1908), Historical review of Chicago and Cook county and selected biography, vol. 3, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, p. 1116, Charles Henry Wacker was born in Chicago ... He attended the public schools of Chicago and the Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy.
  14. ^ Hirsch, Susan (Summer 2016). "Ethnic and Civic Leadership: Charles H. Wacker and Chicago". Journal of American Ethnic History. 35 (4): 5–31. doi:10.5406/jamerethnhist.35.4.5.
  15. ^ Leonard, John (2001-09-27). "Looking for Mr. Goodbomb". The Nation. Retrieved 2007-01-01.
  16. ^ "Northbrook Skater Wins Midwest Title: Neil Blatchford Leads Triumph by Illinois as Field Accounts for 29 Records", Milwaukee Journal, p. 11, 3 February 1964, While Blatchford, a star athlete at Lake Forest (Ill.) academy was winning the ...