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Maureen Dowd column on Landon
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Anonymous
| What do expect from a school whose most famous alum is Maury Povich? They're breeding a lot of rocket scientists over there. |
Anonymous
| nouveau riche - blowhard culture - that's a pretty good description of Landon, from the parents who scream on the sidelines of lacrosse teams to the big white lexus SUVs with gold trim they drive away in. |
Anonymous
| Is Maury more famous than George Huguely? |
Anonymous
| I'm no fan of Landon, but how do we really know that the obnoxious post citing salaries was by a Landon parent? Anyone can impersonate a Landon parent on this anonymous forum, and that post is almost too obvious a ploy to make Landon look bad (or worse than they already look). |
Anonymous
| The school is its own worst enemy. There are some wonderful teachers there, the campus is lovely, and the school enrolls and graduates some of the nicest, brightest young men you could meet, many of whom go on to excellent colleges. It has excellent art and music programs and is very well run. BUT, the dominant culture is one of wealth and privilege. The board is made up of mostly rich, lacrosse-playing businessman alums, and the parent body skews white, wealthy, Republican, and country club. The moms mostly don't work, and everyone drives a monster SUV. They're still trying to get the hang of the diversity thing, and they need to accept that if they want to keep getting the smart young men, they're going to have to kick some of these spoiled sons of alums to the curb. Pronto. But nobody wants to change the status quo. |
Anonymous
Oh no! The return of the dreaded troll slayer! How dare you say anything negative about STA! Don't you realize you will forever labeled as a troll! |
Anonymous
| Does Landon have any gay couples who are parents? |
Anonymous
| Or does Landon have students who are openly gay? |
Anonymous
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16:29 there have been a few others
Notable alumni/Landon School Tully Alford - cult figure, inspiration for character of same name in The Addams Family (film) Yannique Barker - aka Stacks, rapper, CEO of SoBe Entertainment Michael D. Barnes - Former Congressman (D-MD) Alan Brinkley - Historian and Columbia University provost Ryan Curtis - NCAA Lacrosse All-American, member of USA Lacrosse national team, head coach of Vermont lacrosse Donald Dell - Former Davis Cup player and coach, and subsequently, a prominent sports agent Ahmet Ertegün - Atlantic Records founder and Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame honoree Fred Hetzel - Former #1 NBA draft pick, played six seasons in NBA Rush Holt - Physicist and Congressman (D-NJ) Sandy Hume - distinguished political journalist for The Hill magazine Ken Jenkins - NFL running back from 1983 to 1986 with Detroit Lions and Washington Redskins; finished third in league in combined return yards in 1985 Knight Kiplinger - Editor-in-Chief of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine Gregory S. Martin - Retired U.S. Air Force four-star general, Distinguished Service Medal recipient, former Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe James McEwan - World class whitewater canoeing specialist, bronze medalist at 1972 Summer Olympics Fred McNair - Former #1 ranked Professional Tennis Doubles player Hassan Nemazee - multimillionaire investor and founder and CEO of Nemazee Capital Group Frank Parsons - Captain of the U.S. Olympic Rifle Team 1952 Maury Povich- Host of Maury, a syndicated talk show John Jacob Rhodes III - Former Congressman (R-AZ) Teddy Sears - Actor, plays Richard Woolsley on the television series Raising the Bar Topper Shutt - Weather Reporter, WUSA-TV Tom Scott - Co-Founder of Nantucket Nectars Matt Ward - Tewaaraton Trophy winner and NCAA Lacrosse All-American> |
Anonymous
| TOPPER SHUTT WENT TO LANDON? wow. |
Anonymous
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Looking at the Trustees listed on their website, http://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=327 they ARE virtually all Alum, and only 3 of 29 are women. A group like that might well be expected to relieve their (remembered or fantasy) childhood vicariously through their sons.
I find there IS a pattern here that I dont see at STA, Prep, etc., and when you look at the governence, it too fits that pattern. My sense is that the other boys schools Trustees are more likely 1/3 women, 1/3 alum, 1/3 independent, faculty or dad. |
Anonymous
| I must live a cloistered life -- other than Maury Povich and Topper Shutt, I've never heard of any of those people. |
Anonymous
| Uh, this is an all boys school ... if they are all virtually alum, how can any trustees by women? Are they wives of alum? |
Anonymous
And imagine what we don't know. |
Anonymous
Yeah. Basically a bunch of nobodies. Go to the wiki pages of sta or gtown prep to see a real list of notable alumni |