Morristown–Beard School

Morristown Beard School is a coeducational, independent, college-preparatory day school located in Morristown, in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Serving students in sixth through twelfth grades, the school has two academic units: an Upper School (9-12) and a Middle School (6-8).

Morristown Beard School
Address
70 Whippany Road

Morristown
,
(Morris County)
,
New Jersey
07960

United States
Information
TypePrivate Independent day school
MottoAd Astra per Aspera
("Through adversity to the stars")
Established1891
NCES School ID00869014[1]
Faculty90 FTEs[1]
Grades6–12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment564 (as of 2017–18)[1]
Average class size12-14
Student to teacher ratio6.3:1[1]
Campus size22 acres (0.089 km2)
Color(s)  Crimson
  White
  Black[2]
Athletics conferenceNorthwest Jersey Athletic Conference
Team nameCrimson[2]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools
NewspaperCrimson Sun
YearbookSalmagundi
Tuition$45,500 (2020-21 Upper School)[4]
Head of SchoolLiz Morrison
Head of Upper SchoolRyan Liese
Head of Middle SchoolAlonda Casselle
Websitewww.mbs.net
Morristown School
Morristown–Beard School is located in Morris County, New Jersey
Morristown–Beard School
Morristown–Beard School is located in New Jersey
Morristown–Beard School
Morristown–Beard School (New Jersey)
Morristown–Beard School is located in the United States
Morristown–Beard School
Morristown–Beard School (the United States)
LocationJct. of Whippany Road and Hanover Avenue, Morris Township, Morristown, New Jersey
Coordinates40°48′13″N 74°26′58″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1896
ArchitectBoring Brothers, et al.; Collins, John D.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.96000047[5]
Added to NRHPFebruary 28, 1996

The present-day Morristown Beard School was formed from the 1971 merger of two single-sex schools: the Beard School for Girls and the Morristown School for Boys. The Commission on Secondary Schools at the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools has accredited the school since 1973.[3]

Peter J. Caldwell served as Morristown Beard School's Head of School from 2011-2021.[6] Liz Morrison assumed the role of Head of School on July 1, 2021.

Student body and faculty

As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 564 students and 90 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.3:1.[1] Of the 2018–19 school year, Morristown Beard School had 435 Upper School students and 140 Middle School students. The student body (46% male, 54% female) come from 90+ towns in New Jersey.[7]

Ninety-two faculty members teach at Morristown Beard School as of the 2018–19 school year. The school has a faculty–to-student ratio of 1:7 and an average class size of 13 students. Seventy-two percent of the faculty hold advanced degrees, and nineteen percent hold PhDs.[7]

History

Morristown School

The Episcopal Church founded Morristown School as St. Bartholomew's School in 1891. Rev. Frank E. Edwards, a graduate of Harvard University (1891), served as the school's first headmaster, and classes took place in Morristown's Normandy Park area. St. Bartholomew's school was noted for hosting a speech by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes novels, in 1894.[8]

Three years later, St. Bartholomew's School moved its classes to Whippany Road after building a new campus near the Morristown railroad station. Designed by architects Edward Lippincott Tilton and William A. Boring[9] (co-designers of Ellis Island's Immigrant Station), the buildings for this campus required only 90 days to construct.[10] The blended Colonial Revival and Classical Revival architecture styles reflect the colonial history of the Morristown area.[11] Ford Mansion in Morristown (now part of Morristown National Historical Park) served as one of George Washington's headquarters during the American Revolutionary War.

When St. Bartholomew's School faced financial challenges in late 1897, three of its teachers from Harvard University Class of 1888 reorganized St. Bartholomew's School as the Morristown School. These three co-founders of Morristown School were Francis Call Woodman, Arthur Pierce Butler, and Thomas Quincy Browne. Aiding their work to start the new school, a large donation from wealthy businessman Henry Lee Higginson[12] (known for founding the Boston Symphony Orchestra) provided critical seed funding. The school also benefited from large financial gifts of three other notable philanthropists: businessmen Charles Francis Adams III, Larz Anderson III, and Joseph Lee.[13] Adams (a great-grandson of President John Quincy Adams) and Anderson (a son of General Nicholas Longworth Anderson) graduated from Harvard in the same class year as Morristown School's co-founders. (Lee graduated from Harvard five years earlier.)

Morristown School prepared its students for Harvard University, other Ivy League schools, and engineering schools.[14] The school opened in September 1898 with 23 students and eight staff members.[11] Just two years later, enrollment more than tripled to educate 75 students;[15] the student body increased to 173 by 1923.[16] In 1908, Morristown School achieved recognition as one of only two schools outside New England to send students to Harvard for ten consecutive years (1899–1908).[17] Strengthening the connection with Harvard, Morristown School leaders hosted the Harvard Club of New Jersey. The club's April 1909 meeting brought visits from Harvard President Charles Eliot, New Jersey Governor John Fort, and New Jersey Chancellor Mahlon Pitney (later a U.S Supreme Court justice).[18] Eleven years later, the Morristown School ran a $500,000 fundraising campaign to establish an endowment. Several Harvard graduates served on the campaign's executive committee, including graduates of Harvard and the Morristown School (writer Roger Burlingame, journalist Samuel T. Williamson, and businessman Felix Knauth).[13]

During World War I, 65 of Morristown School's first 103 graduates (63%) served in the U.S. military.[19] Their service reflected the value of community service emphasized by Morristown School to its student body. During the war, students at the school raised funds to purchase and equip the Morristown School Ambulance. They then presented this ambulance to the American Field Service for use in France. The American Field Service awarded Morristown School a certificate and a brass plaque to show its appreciation for the ambulance.[20] In 1913, a group of 40 of Morristown School's students helped the Morristown Fire Department extinguish a forest fire that had spread over three miles on Horse Hill; the students used portable chemical extinguishers to fight the flames.[21] Nine years later, the full student body (173 students) helped fight a large fire that had destroyed two nearby houses.[16] In 1957, the basketball team donated a trophy to Delbarton School (the school rival) to honor Paul Kreutz, a Delbarton player who drowned in 1956.[20]

Beard School

In 1891, sisters Lucie Beard, Eliza Mills Beard, and Ettie Beard Foster started a school for kindergarten students on Claredon Place in Orange, New Jersey.[22] The three sisters were cousins of historian James Truslow Adams, a Pulitzer Prize winning writer.[23] Eliza Beard oversaw the school's financial management, and Lucie Beard ran the educational activities.[24] Their mother, Hester Truslow Beard, also assisted with the establishment of the school.[25] The Beard school had an initial enrollment of 13 students.[22] The all-girls school moved to Berkley Avenue in 1900[24] and continued adding grades until it graduated its first class in 1903. Taking the role of a preparatory country day school, Beard School prepared its students for the Seven Sisters and other colleges and universities.

Earning notoriety for this purpose, the Beard School received financial support from capitalist Sidney Morse Colgate of Colgate-Palmolive.[26] In 1928, the school hosted a speech by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, a social justice activist, at its commencement ceremony.[27] Fosdick's visit reflected Beard School's commitment to service for its student body. During World War I, the students made bandages and wound dressings and began a tradition of sewing and knitting items to donate to the American Red Cross. This tradition extended into and past the Great Depression of the 1930s. During World War II, Beard School's students worked for the Junior Red Cross and assisted the American war effort by contributing their time and money.[28]

On November 30, 1953, a large fire swept through Beard School's campus in the middle of the night. Reaching a peak of fifty feet in the air, the fire engulfed two of the school's five buildings and left them unusable. The fire destroyed an auditorium, 16 classrooms, and Beard School's gymnasium. After calling the fire department, Headmistress Edith Sutherland awakened the 20 boarding students and led them to safety on the school's front lawn.[29]

Salvaging wood from the school's ruined buildings, a machinist repairman who lived nearby built a two-story garage for his family's home. His daughter later penned an essay about her childhood that described her memories surrounding the fire. Submitting the essay to Unico National, an Italian-American service organization, she earned second place in their Ella T. Grasso literary contest.[30] Rebuilding, Beard School launched the Beard Fund campaign in Fall 1954 to fund construction of a new building to replace the two buildings devastated by the fire. The campaign hosted a Hawaiian-themed benefit dance on October 22, 1954, to raise some of the funds.[31] In the spring of that school year, the Beard School opened the new fireproof building for use by classes.[32] Eleven years later, the Beard School had discussions with Short Hills Country Day School about a potential merger of the two schools.[33] The two schools did not merge, however. Short Hills Country Day School later merged with the Pingry School in Bernards, New Jersey.

Morristown Beard School

The all-boys Morristown School merged with the all-girls Beard School in 1971. The new co-ed school elected to use Morristown School's campus in Morristown and close the Beard School's campus in Orange. (The former campus of the Beard School now houses the White House Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center.)[32] On Prize Day, June 5, 1971, the Morristown School officially transitioned into Morristown Beard School, a name chosen to reflect the importance of the history of its predecessor schools.[34]

Recognizing their collective legacy, Morristown Beard School adopted the Beard School's Latin motto of ("Ad Astra per Aspera") and the Morristown School's school shield.[34] (The Morristown School had two Latin mottos: "Civitas" and "Orbis Aratro Pendet". The former means citizenship, and the latter means: "The world hangs in the work of the plow.") Morristown Beard School also renamed its Main Building as Beard Hall. The first class of the school graduated in June 1972.[34] Twenty-two years later, the school expanded its Middle School's student body from two grades (7-8) to three (6-8).

Many notable figures have visited Morristown Beard School to speak to students, faculty, and staff. Colonel Jack H. Jacobs, a Medal of Honor recipient, spoke on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Jacobs received the medal for bravery during the Vietnam War.[35] Other notable speakers have included: businesswoman Bobbi Brown,[36] authors Rachel Simmons[37] and Bryan Burrough,[38] and Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen.[39]

During the George Floyd protests three seniors where recorded saying slurs and mocking George Floyd.[40] Following this the three students had their admissions to various prestigious colleges revoked.[41] Following the incident the Headmaster, Peter Caldwell, stepped down and Elizabeth Morrison was brought in to reshape school culture to be more diverse and inclusive and to empower the school's black students, however, this sudden change in management has been met with some push back with many of the teachers seeking employment elsewhere.[42][43]

Facilities

Supported by a $16.2 million capital campaign, Morristown Beard School constructed the Middle School building and Founders Hall, a performing arts facility. The Middle School building opened during fall 2008, and Founders Hall, which houses a 630-seat surround-sound theatre, opened during winter 2009.[44] In 2011, Morristown Beard School transformed Wilkie Hall, which had previously contained the performing arts center, into a technology center with multiple computer labs.[34]

Renovated in 2004, Grant Hall now houses the Center for Academic Writing, the English Department, and the World Languages Department. That year, Morristown Beard also opened the renovated Beard Hall with space for Anderson Library and offices for the History Department, College Counseling, Admissions, and the Headmaster. In 2007, the school renovated South Wing, which now houses the MBS Center for Teaching and Learning (formerly the Center for Learning) and visual arts classrooms.[45] Morristown Beard School's students have access to a film production studio with a green screen, a studio for multi-track digital audio recording, and a post-production studio.[46]

Founders Hall
New Middle School

School-wide iPad program

2010–2011 iPad pilot

In the fall of 2010, Morristown Beard School became one of the first schools in the U.S. to integrate the iPad tablet made by Apple Inc. into its curriculum. For their pilot program, six teachers and 60 students used iPads inside and outside the classroom.[47] During the pilot program, executives from Apple, Inc. visited Morristown Beard School to observe how their iPads enhanced instructional practices and stimulated students' learning.[48]

Campus iPad integration

Beginning with the 2011–2012 academic year, Morristown Beard School now requires all students to purchase an iPad and use the tablet device to assist schoolwork.[49] The school's curriculum includes multiple electives that teach software development for iOS, the operating system that drives iPads, iPhones, and Apple TVs. Morristown Beard School also runs a dedicated 1000 Mbit/s Wi-Fi network to enable students' and faculty iPads to access the Internet.[50]

In 2013, Morristown Beard School equipped all classrooms on its campus and many of the school's public spaces with ceiling mounted LCD projectors and wireless media streaming through Apple TV.[51] That year, students Graham Dyer and Lena Rajan created the MBS Now app for iPads to help members of the school community quickly access information about school happenings. The MBS Now app provides information on class schedules, homework assignments, school calendars, lunch menus, extracurricular activities, athletic competitions, and school news. The app also provides school forms for various activities and information on senior projects.[52] Members of the Morristown Beard School community contribute content to MBS Now by posting updates at the app's home portal. Publication of the source code for each update to MBS Now on GitHub enables students at other K-12 schools to develop similar iOS apps.[53]

Clubs and extracurricular activities

Community service

Upper School (grade 9-12) students must complete at least eight hours of community service during each semester and write reflections on their experiences.[54] Fulfilling their service requirement, many Morristown Beard students organize campus blood drives or assist local programs like Adopt-A-Trail. Other students volunteer for area nonprofit organizations, such as The Seeing Eye, Neighborhood House, Habitat for Humanity, and the Matheny Medical and Educational Center.

Campus clubs

The Crimson Sun, the student newspaper, has won three gold medalist awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.[55] Salmagundi, the school's yearbook, has published annually since 1904. The debate team has competed against area schools since a 1923 competition among Morristown School, Pingry School and Montclair Academy.[56] The Quiz Bowl team has become increasingly prominent in recent years, hosting the first ever Morristown Beard Fall Invitational tournament in 2019. Other clubs and extracurricular activities at MBS include: Art Club, Business Finance and Investment Club, Contemporary Music Workshop, Drama Club, Drone Club, Film Club, Foster Care Club, GLOW Club (Girls Leadership, Outreach and Worth), Mariah (art & literary magazine), Mu Alpha Theta, Model United Nations, Service Committee, Young Republicans Club, Progressive Caucus, and the Student Government Association.

Theatre and arts

In recent years, Morristown Beard School's theatre program has received multiple nominations from Paper Mill Playhouse's Rising Star Awards program. In 2012, student Carina Steficek won a Student Achievement Award for her role as a master electrician and board operator in Bat Boy: The Musical.[57] The following year, Morristown Beard School captured two awards at Montclair State University's Theatre Night Awards Ceremony. The school received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for its performance of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Student Alexa Rojek also received an award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Classical Work for her role in the play.[58]

In 2013, student Jack Lindberg earned two awards for his singing accomplishments. He won first place for high school men singing classical voice at the Doris Lenz Festival for High School Students. Lindberg also captured a special commendation at the New Jersey All-State High School Opera Festival.[59]

Athletics

The Morristown Beard School Crimson[2] competes in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Morris, Sussex and Warren counties, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[60][61] Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Colonial Hills Conference which included public and private high schools in Essex, Morris and Somerset counties in west Central Jersey.[62] With 335 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public B for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 37 to 366 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group I for public schools).[63] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group B (equivalent to Group I for public schools) for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 64 to 223 students.[64]

Cheered on by the bear (the school mascot), Morristown Beard School's teams compete as the Crimson,[2] a reflection of historical ties with Harvard. The school's 20 varsity teams have captured championships in several sports. Five of Morristown Beard School's teams (football, girls' ice hockey, boys' cross country, girls' tennis, girls' volleyball) have attained undefeated seasons in their athletic histories. During the 1990s, the athletic facilities at Morristown Beard School played host to floor hockey competition of the New Jersey Special Olympics Winter Games.[65]

In 2012, Lou Lamoriello, general manager of three Stanley Cup-winning New Jersey Devils teams, presented the keynote address at the induction ceremony for the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[66] The following year, Tony Siragusa, a former NFL player who played on a Super Bowl-winning Baltimore Ravens football team, spoke at Morristown Beard School. Siragusa, father of Morristown Beard School student Samantha Siragusa '15, worked as a sideline reporter for NFL games on Fox Sports from 2003 to 2016.[67]

Ice hockey

Boys' Ice Hockey Team

As one of the oldest hockey programs in the U.S., the boys' ice hockey team traces its history to the late 19th century. (The earliest media coverage about the program ran in the 1900–1901 academic year.)[68] Since its founding, the boys' ice hockey team has captured 16 NJISAA Prep B Titles (1928, 1974–1975, 1980, 1982–1984, 1991, 1997, 2005, 2007–2010, 2012, and 2013 (co-champion)). The team won the Gordon Cup of the Gordon Conference in 1965 and 1966. Jon Vlachos, star center on those teams, received induction into the NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.

Since joining the Morris County Conference, the boys' ice hockey team has won 10 Mennen Cups (1980, 1982–1983, 1994 (co-champion), 2006, 2009–2011, 2014, and 2015).[69] Head Coach John Puskar earned the NJ Boys Ice Hockey Coach of the Year Award twice during his tenure from 2003 to 2009. In 2009, Former NHL player Randy Velischek took over as Head Coach of the boys' ice hockey team. Under his leadership, the sixth-ranked 2013–14 boys' ice hockey team defeated Delbarton School to reach the non-public state championship for the first time in school history.[70] After tying Christian Brothers Academy in overtime of the state championship game on March 9, 2014, Morristown Beard School earned a share of the non-public state title. They finished the 2013–14 season with an overall record of 21-5-2. On April 7, 2014, the New Jersey Devils honored Morristown Beard's hockey team during a game at Prudential Center played against the Calgary Flames.[71]

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, the hockey team competed against Kent School in holiday rivalry games played at Madison Square Garden. They played for the Ranger trophy donated by Colonel John S. Hammond, first president of the New York Rangers.[72] After receiving a personal message of good luck from President Franklin Roosevelt,[73] the team went on an overseas tour in Europe during the 1933–1934 school year. They competed against several club and school teams from Switzerland, Germany, and France.[74]

Girls' Ice Hockey Team

The girls' ice hockey team began competition in the Women's Interscholastic Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic (WIHLMA) in 2005. Since then, the team has won the league championship seven times (2007–2008, 2010–2014). The girls' hockey team notched their fifth straight WIHLMA title in a game played against Portledge School from Locust Valley, New York, on February 16, 2014.[75] The team finished as the runner-up to Shady Side Academy in 2015,[76]

On April 13, 2014, the New Jersey Devils awarded player Kendall Cornine '15 their High School Ice Hockey Girls' Player of the Year Award during a game against the Boston Bruins. Cornine, who played the position of forward, notched 26 goals and 24 assists during the season and earned All-State selection from The Star-Ledger.[77] In 2015, NJ.com selected Cornine as their Girls Ice Hockey Player of the Year for 2014–2015 after she became Morristown Beard's all-time scoring leader. During her high school career, Cornine notched 104 goals and 94 assists to accumulate 198 total points in 75 games.[78]

During the 2010–2011 school year, the girls' hockey achieved an undefeated 18–0 season during the 2010–2011 academic year. The girls' ice hockey team also notched 45 consecutive victories during the period from January 10, 2010, to February 15, 2012.[79][80] Former NHL player Bruce Driver, who played on a Stanley Cup-winning NJ Devils team, has coached the girls' ice hockey team since the 2000–2001 season. He received the NJ Girls Ice Hockey Coach of the Year Award in 2007 and earned his 200th win in December 2013. Driver's daughter Whitney, Morristown Beard Class of 2004, played on the girls' ice hockey team, as well as on the softball and girls' soccer teams. She also helped create the school's sportsmanship award.[81]

Football

Morristown Beard School's football team has a history that dates back to 1898. Coached by Princeton graduate Irvin Dickey and then Dartmouth graduate D.B. Rich, Morristown School's football team won 22 of 25 games (88%) during the 1898–1900 seasons. Speedy Harold Hathaway Weekes, who graduated in 1899, played a pivotal role in the team's success during the 1898 season.[15] After playing his college career for the Columbia Lions football team of Columbia University, Weekes received induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. His brother, Bradford Gage Weekes, followed in Harold's footsteps during his own notable football career at Morristown School.[82]

Continuing this success through the 20th century, the football team achieved 11 undefeated seasons (1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1948, 1987). They won the state championship in 1987 and finished as runner-up for the state championship at Giants Stadium in 2007.[83][84] Theatre critic John Mason Brown, who received the superlatives of "Best All-Around", "Most Popular", Wittiest", at graduation, played guard on the football team during his years at the school (1917–1919).[85]

Baseball and softball

Morristown Beard School's baseball team won the 2005 and 2010 NJSIAA Non-Public North B state championships. They also captured the 2007 Prep B state championship.[86] John Sheppard, Head Coach of the baseball team, notched his 400th win in 2016, defeating Randolph High School to win the Morris County Tournament, the first tournament title in school history.[87] On March 30, 2014, he received induction into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Hall of Fame.[88] Pitching coach Mike Sturgeon trained Boston Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello during his days at Seton Hall Preparatory School. (Sturgeon is also an alumnus of the high school.)[89]

In 1984 and 1986, Morristown Beard School's softball team won titles. Spike Billings, who served for many years as the school's athletic director, and visual arts teacher Laurie Hartman coached those teams.[90] Morristown Beard School elected Billings to its Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.[91]

Boys' and girls' soccer

In 2014, the girls'[92] and boys'[93] soccer teams finished runner-up for the Non-Public North B state title at DePaul Catholic in Wayne, New Jersey. The girls' soccer team won the Prep B Title in 2004 (shared with Rutgers Prep) and 2013.[94] The boys' soccer team won the state championship in both 1968 and 1974.[95] George Tilghman, who served as headmaster of Morristown School (1926–1939), played on the soccer team during his years as a student at the school.[96]

In 2018, the girls soccer team finished the season with a 10–9–3 record after defeating St. Rose High School by a score of 2–0 to win the Non-Public B state championship at Kean University.[97][98]

Boys' and girls' basketball

The boys' basketball team debuted in the 1910–1911 school year.[99] In 2011 and 2012, the team won consecutive conference championships in under Head Coach Eddie Franz. Franz netted his 300th win as Head Coach in 2013. He also received induction into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association (NJSCA) Hall of Fame that year.[100]

In 2014, the girls' basketball team won their conference in 2014 for the first time in school history. The team reached the quarterfinal round of the Morris County Tournament for the first time after defeating Morris Knolls High School.[101] On March 15, 2015, the girls' basketball team defeated the Pennington School to capture the Prep B title for the first time in school history.[102]

Other sports
Cross Country and Track

The boys' cross country team achieved consecutive undefeated 17–0 seasons in 1960 and 1961. They won the Prep B title in both seasons.[103]

Lacrosse

The boys' lacrosse team defeated Immaculata High School to win the Non-Public B state championship in 2008[104] and won the Prep B Title in 2008 and 2009.[105] The girls' lacrosse team won the Prep B title in 2009, 2010, and 2014.

Tennis

The girls' tennis team won the Prep B title and the conference championship in an undefeated 12–0 season in 2011.[106]

Volleyball

The girls' volleyball team went undefeated in the 1986 season and captured the state championship.[107]

Golf

The golf team won the school's first Prep B Title in the sport in 2009.[108]

Field hockey

The girls' field hockey team has won the Prep B title in both 2008 and 2011.[109]

Discontinued sports
Wrestling

Before its merger with the Beard School, Morristown School had a highly successful wrestling team. The wrestling team won three consecutive NJSIS Class B Championships from 1964 to 1966.[110] In 1999, Morristown Beard School honored the 1965 wrestling team by electing it to the Athletics Hall of Fame.[111]

Notable alumni

Morristown Beard School alumni have collectively received election to selective national societies for achievements in the arts, literature, science, theatre, and athletics. They have also attained several nationally prestigious awards. Morristown Beard School alumni have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Distinguished Service Cross, the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Honor Award, the Medal for Merit, and France's Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre for achievements in governmental and military service. For achievements in literature and journalism, they have attained a Newbery Medal, two Caldecott Honor Awards, The Bollingen Prize, the Peabody Award, three Emmy Awards, and the Library of Congress' Children's Book of the Year Award. Morristown Beard School alumni have attained the Vetlesen Prize (the highest award in geology/geophysics), the American Chemical Society's Industry Award, the Alexander Agassiz Medal, and a Rhodes Scholarship for achievements in science, innovation, and scholarship. Their humanitarian accomplishments have earned Lions Clubs International's Lions Humanitarian Award and the National Coalition of Hispanic Mental Health and Human Services' National Humanitarian Award. Morristown Beard School alumni have also captured gold medals in the Olympics and the Pan American Games.

Architects, designers, and engineers
Athletes and coaches
Authors, illustrators, and publishers
Business executives and financial professionals
Civil rights advocates, civic leaders, and humanitarians
Government officials
Journalists and writers
Physicians and healthcare advocates
Military officers
Performing artists and media personalities
Educators, scientists, and scholars
Visual artists and poets

Notable faculty, staff, and coaches

Notable trustees and advisory board members

Heads of School

St. Bartholomew's School

Rev. Frank E. Edwards (1891–1898)

Morristown School

Beard School

  • Lucie C. Beard (1891–1946)
  • Sara Clarke Turner (1946–1948)
  • Edith M. Sutherland (1948–1970)
  • George Burr (1970–1971)

Morristown Beard School

  • Thompson D. Grant (1971–1974)
  • Philip L. Anderson (1974–1992)
  • William C. Mules (1992–1998)
  • L. Laird Davis (1998–2004)
  • Alex Curtis (2004–2011)
  • Peter J. Caldwell (2011–2021)
  • Liz Morrison (2021-)

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  103. "Athletic Hall of Fame Welcomes New Members" "For two years in a row, Coach Mackin coached the Morristown Cross Country team to an undefeated 17-0 record. The crew of 2 1/2 mile runners, captained by Bob Dyer '62, also captured the coveted Prep "B" State Title both years and the prestigious Ivy League trophy in the 1960–1961 season."
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  107. "Homecoming Weekend Slated for October 17 - 18". Accessed September 13, 2013. "The 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees are Eddie Franz and Gretel Oakes Merrill '88...She helped the volleyball team go undefeated and win the 1986 state championship."
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  124. Bobal, Brian. "A decade of greatness: Meet the 15 best N.J. girls ice hockey players from 2010-19", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 28, 2020. Accessed April 11, 2020. "Kendall Cornine, Morristown-Beard, Class of 2015 Cornine was the program’s all-time leading scorer before Ally Detre bested her mark by one point in 2018. She was NJ.com’s Player of the Year for the 2014-15 season, where she recorded 34 goals and 32 assists, scoring at least one goal in every game."
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  217. Joan Caulfield, Actress, Obituaries Today. Accessed October 23, 2007. "At Miss Beard's, a local private school, Joan made her stage debut in A Kiss for Cinderella."
  218. "Class Notes". Crimson Magazine (Winter Issue). 2011.
  219. "Alumni Spotlight: Jeff Grace '92". Crimson Magazine (Winter Issue): 22–23. 2011.
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  221. Durant, William; Grant Rose, Alexander (1996). The Durant genealogy: a history of the descendants of George and Elizabeth (---------) Durant of Malden, Mass. and Middletown, Conn. pp. 208–209.
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  223. Adams, Marjory (June 17, 1951). "Bermuda and Brattle reformed Hurd Hatfield--Professionally". The Boston Globe.
  224. "Edward K. Jewett". Radio Announcers, 1933. C. Dewitt White Co. 1932. p. 17.
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  226. "Meet Rachel Moss, Morristown-Beard's future movie star".
  227. "Isabel Hussa Bride-Elect; Chooses Oct. 11 for Her Wedding to Bernard Paul Pearse". The New York Times. September 23, 1940.
  228. About Christina Ricci "The family moved to Montclair, New Jersey, where she grew up attending Edgemont Elementary School, Glenfield Middle School, and Montclair High School as well as the Morristown–Beard School."
  229. "Paid Notice: Deaths Rigg, Elizabeth Schultz". The New York Times. November 26, 2001.
  230. Thomas, Robert Jr. (November 23, 1996). "Sloan Simpson, 80, an Ex-Model Who Married a New York Mayor". The New York Times.
  231. "MBS Graduate's Song Featured on HBO's "True Blood"".
  232. Derby, George; White, James Terry. "Carpenter, John Alcott". National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. p. 115.
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  234. "Martha Leeb is Bride; Fulbright Scholar Married to Dimitri Hadzi in Rome". The New York Times. April 7, 1954.
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  236. "Ridgely Hunt". The Yale University Library Gazette. 8 (1): 42. 1933.
  237. Yale University, School of Forestry, ed. (1913). Biographical Record of the Graduates and Former Students of The Yale Forest School. "He was prepared at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., at Craigie's School and at the Morristown School, Morristown, N. J."
  238. "Distinguished Alumni: 2000 - Walter C. Pitman III - 1949" Archived September 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine "Walter Pittman is a Professor of Marine Geology at Columbia University's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory. He has travelled and researched most of the world's oceans, done years of complex data analysis and worked closely with his partner William Ryan and leading scientists from numerous disciplines."
  239. Richards, Katharine Lambert (1934). How Christmas Came to the Sunday-schools: The Observance of Christmas in the Protestant Church Schools of the United States, and Historical Study. Dodd Head.
  240. Selman, Carol. "The Write Stuff". Crimson Magazine (Winter 2013).
  241. "Class Notes". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 57 (29): 33. 1957.
  242. Harvard University, ed. (1920). The Harvard University Register, Volume 47, 1920-1921.
  243. "Flower Seller", American born 1901, Oil on canvas, Eleanor Ingersoll Maurice Archived January 4, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  244. Lehman Lecture: Craig Slaff '78 - Painting Stories
  245. Wheelock, John Hall. The Last Romantic:A Poet Among Publishers : the Oral Autobiography of John Hall Wheelock, p. 24. University of South Carolina Press, 2002. ISBN 9781570034633. "JOHN HALL WHEELOCK Born 1886, at Far Rockaway, L. I. Prepared at Morristown School."
  246. Branson's History Archived February 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine "In April 1920, Miss Katharine Fleming Branson, a teacher at Miss Beard's School in Orange, New Jersey, was appointed headmistress, and the trustees renamed the school in her honor."
  247. Gordon, Dennis (2000). The Lafayette Flying Corps. Schiffer Pub. "From 1924–1930 Buffum taught French and science at the Morristown School, Morristown, New Jersey. He next worked for the Bethlehelm Shipping Corporation until the fall of 1932 when he returned to the Morristown School where he served as master until 1938."
  248. "Appoint T. J. Campbell Assistant Graduate Treasurer Of H. A. A." The Crimson. December 15, 1922. "Since graduation, he has had varied experience as a football and baseball coach. In the year 1912–1913, he was coach of all branches of athlctics at the Morristown School, Morristown, New Jersey"
  249. Hageny, John Christian. "Bruce Driver: A Devil of a Coach", NJ.com, March 6, 2008. Accessed August 13, 2017. "Though his professional playing days are over (he continues to actively play in adult recreational leagues here in New Jersey), Driver never stops giving back. These days, he can still be found at the rink as he stepped behind the bench for a ninth consecutive season as coach at Morristown-Beard."
  250. "Stearns Morse, 83, Former Professor at Dartmouth, Dies". The New York Times. September 6, 1976. "Professor a Morse joined the Dartmouth Faculty in 1923 after serving two years as head of the English Department at the Morristown School in New Jersey"
  251. Glenn, Justin (2014). The Washingtons: A Family History: Volume 5 (Part One): Generation Nine of ... p. 49.
  252. Anthology of Children's Literature. 1959. p. 1210. "Shippen, Katherine (1892- ), was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, graduated from Bryn Mawr, and took her M.A. in history from Columbia University. From 1917 to 1926 she taught history at Miss Beard's School in Orange, New Jersey."
  253. "Dr. Maud Thompson, 91". The New York Times. September 27, 1962.
  254. Koob, Andrew. "No. 5 Morristown-Beard ice hockey relies on defense in 4-1 win over Bergen Catholic", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 30, 2016. Accessed August 13, 2017. "'I don’t believe we’ll be a big scoring team and that’s what happened today until the third period,' Morristown-Beard coach Randy Velischek said."
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  257. "Morristown Victor, 11-4". The New York Times. May 14, 1937.
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