Landon School

{{Short description|Prep school in Bethesda, Maryland, US}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox school | name = Landon School | logo = | motto = ''Virtute et non vi'' | motto_translation = {{Langx|en|"By virtue, not by force."}} | established = 1929 | type = Private, College-prep | gender = Boys | headmaster = Jim Neil | address = 6101 Wilson Lane | city = Bethesda | state = Maryland | country = United States | zipcode = 20816 | coordinates = {{coord|38.9905|-77.1254|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | campus = Suburban | campus_size = {{convert|75|acre|ha}} | grades = 3–12 | enrollment = 715 | enrollment_as_of = 2025-2026 | teaching_staff = 85.9 (on a FTE basis) | ratio = 6.1 | athletics = 22 interscholastic sports | colors = Brown and white<br />{{Color box|BROWN|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|WHITE|border=darkgray}} | nickname = Bears | athletic_conference = Interstate Athletic Conference | tuition = $55,750 Grades 6-12, $50,250 Grades 3-5 | website = {{URL|landon.net/}} | footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=20810&Miles=10&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=00580271 |title=Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Landon School |work=National Center for Education Statistics |publisher=United States Department of Education |access-date=July 28, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232033/http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=20810&Miles=10&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=00580271 }}</ref> }}

'''Landon School''' is a private, college preparatory school for boys in grades 3–12, with an enrollment of approximately 710 students, in Bethesda, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C.<ref name="niche">{{Cite web |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/landon-school-bethesda-md/ |title=Landon School |website=Niche |language=en-US |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>

==Background== Paul Landon Banfield and his wife, Mary Lee, founded Landon School in 1929. The school's first location was a former residence in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C., now home to the Embassy of Estonia. Banfield moved Landon to its present {{convert|75|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus in Bethesda in 1935. The farmhouse, stables, and barn from the previous use of the Bethesda property still stand on the campus and are used today.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paul Banfield, Founder, Head of Landon School|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/06/07/paul-banfield-founder-head-of-landon-school/d497f97c-8926-4d39-bacc-56a723ffbe7c/|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=March 14, 2017}}</ref>

In September 2022, as a part of the Landon School's redesign of its campus, the 100-year-old Andrews House was relocated in order to make space for the new Boehly Upper School building. Moving the 9,000-square-foot, 1,122-ton historic building was a delicate operation that required months of planning.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Walter |date=2022-09-06 |title=Historic Bethesda School Building Being Moved |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/historic-bethesda-school-building-being-moved/3148638/ |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=NBC4 Washington |language=en-US}}</ref>

The school has a reputation for cultivating athletes.<ref name="niche" /><ref name="washingtonian">{{cite magazine |last=Jaffe |first=Harry |date=October 1, 2003 |title=From the Archives: 'Our Sons Have Something To Say' |url=https://washingtonian.com/2003/10/01/from-the-archives-our-sons-have-something-to-say/ |magazine=Washingtonian |access-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref>

[[File:Embassy of Estonia-Washington, DC.jpg|thumb|The school's original location in Washington, D.C. is now the Embassy of Estonia.]]

==Demographics== The demographic breakdown of the 690 boys enrolled for the 2022-2023 school year was:<ref>{{cite web |title=Landon at a Glance: FACTS + FIGURES |url=https://www.landon.net/ |website=Landon School}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bestplaces.net/schools/maryland/bethesda/landon_school |title=Landon School |website=www.bestplaces.net |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>

41% of the student body identified as non-Hispanic white. *Native American/Alaskan – 0% *Asian – 7.7% *Latino/Hispanic – 5% *Middle Eastern American – 1.9% *International students – 2.3% *Black – 15.2% *Multiracial – 6.4% *Caucasian – 59% *Other - 3%

==Academics== Landon School is a college preparatory school for boys in grades 3-12. The school's daily schedule is from 8:00&nbsp;a.m. – 3:40&nbsp;p.m., with flexible and extended hours for before/aftercare and athletics. The school states that the schedule for each division is age-appropriately designed to maximize students' most attentive hours.

The Lower School schedule includes periods for each subject, consisting of language arts, science, social studies, math, music, and ethics classes, broken up by movement opportunities, athletics training, and quiet reading time.<ref name="landon.net">{{Cite web |title=Landon Private Elementary School {{!}} Bethesda MD {{!}} D.C. Area |url=https://www.landon.net/lower-school |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.landon.net |language=en-US}}</ref>

Middle School and Upper School utilize rotating block schedules that are similarly designed to maximize students' attention, with breaks for movement and club meetings in between. In 2023, the School moved the sixth grade from the Middle School to the Lower School.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Landon Private Boys Middle School {{!}} Bethesda, MD {{!}} Near D.C. |url=https://www.landon.net/middle-school |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.landon.net |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Landon Private High School {{!}} Bethesda, MD {{!}} D.C. Area |url=https://www.landon.net/upper-school |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=www.landon.net |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="landon.net"/>

In 2018, Landon announced it would discontinue AP courses to focus on offering its own set of high-level "advanced" courses that better align with their Mission, Philosophy, and Portrait of a Graduate.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dean |first=Louise |date=2018-07-02 |title=Courses need development focus |journal=Early Years Educator |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=6 |doi=10.12968/eyed.2018.20.3.6 |s2cid=56963331 |issn=1465-931X}}</ref> 84% of the Class of 2022 is attending a college or university where they applied for early decision or early action.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Achievements - Landon 2021 |url=https://www.landon.net/achievements |access-date=2022-12-21 |website=www.landon.net |language=en-US}}</ref>

Funded by its namesake Cary M. Maguire '46, the Maguire Ethics Scholarship Program awards a merit-based scholarship of $10,000 to a student entering Upper School who demonstrates the highest standards of ethics, integrity, and character. Scholarships are available to both new applicants and current eighth-grade students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2015 Landon Spring Magazine by Landon School - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/landonschool/docs/landonmag_spring15_forweb |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=issuu.com |date=May 13, 2015 |language=en}}</ref>

==Extracurriculars== The school offers 22 athletics options, including varsity interscholastic sports such as swimming, soccer, water polo, football, cross country, ice hockey, wrestling, basketball, baseball, track, tennis, golf, rugby and lacrosse.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://usatodayhss.com/2017/landon-school-md-up-to-no-2-in-super-25-boys-lacrosse-rankings |title=Landon School (Md.) up to No. 2 in Super 25 boys lacrosse rankings |date=April 6, 2017 |work=USA Today |access-date=April 18, 2017 |language=en-US}}</ref> Landon also offers interscholastic club sports such as riflery, fencing, squash and ultimate Frisbee, as well as intramural sports and strength and conditioning.<ref>{{cite news |title=Landon School |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/allmetsports/landon/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 14, 2017}}</ref>

In collaboration with Holton-Arms School, Landon School performs three productions per year, a musical and a non musical, and spring One-Acts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Landon Magazine Summer 2019 by Landon School |url=https://issuu.com/landonschool/docs/landon_magazine_summer-2019_without_names |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=Issuu |date=August 12, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In addition to acting, students can learn lighting, sound and set design. The School offers theatrical class, boys Improv Club and Director's Workshop where students can create and direct their own original play.

Additionally, the school teaches arts such as painting, advanced drawing, architecture, ceramics, digital art, sculpture and photojournalism. Students can submit their work to regional and national competitions or to the school's on campus magazine entitled, ''Prometheus Unbound''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prometheus Unbound 2022 by Landon School |url=https://issuu.com/landonschool/docs/prometheusunbound_2022_final |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=Issuu |date=May 20, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

== Athletics == Landon competes in the Interstate Athletic Conference (IAC) alongside six other schools in D.C., MD, and VA. The IAC consists of 12 sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and wrestling.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interstate Athletic Conference |url=https://www.iacathletics.com/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Interstate Athletic Conference |language=en}}</ref>

===Lacrosse===

In 2017, Landon was in the top 2 of ''USA Today''{{'s}} Super 25 boys lacrosse rankings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-06 |title=Landon School (Md.) up to No. 2 in Super 25 boys lacrosse rankings |url=https://usatodayhss.com/2017/landon-school-md-up-to-no-2-in-super-25-boys-lacrosse-rankings |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=USA TODAY High School Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Wrestling===

Landon School wrestler Joel Brown was named All-Met Wrestler of the Year by ''The Washington Post'', after a 32-3 season.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-03-28 |title=Winter 2022-23 All-Met Players of the Year |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/03/28/winter-2022-23-all-met-players-year/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> In 2023, The Landon School's wrestling team won the Interstate Athletic Conference title, its fourth since 2018. 13 of 14 Landon wrestlers reached the finals, eight of whom won their final matches.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Landon wrestling leaves no doubt who rules the IAC |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/02/04/landon-iac-westling-champions/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

===Hockey===

The Landon School's hockey team won the Interstate Athletic Conference title in February 2023. The team defeated Bullis to claim the win after a tied score forced a shootout.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Landon rallies to beat Bullis in shootout, claim IAC hockey crown |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/02/16/landonbullis-iac-hockey/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> The Hershey Bears hockey team signed Landon School alumnus Sam Anas to play in the 2022-2023 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pr |first=Ahl |date=2022-08-15 |title=Bears sign Anas to deal for 2022-23 |url=https://theahl.com/bears-sign-anas-to-deal-for-2022-23 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=theahl.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2011, Anas led the Landon Bears in a 25-0-1 season.

===Soccer===

In 2022, The Landon School's soccer team beat St. Albans to win the Interstate Athletic Conference championship.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Landon makes adjustments, tops St. Albans for a share of the IAC title |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/11/03/landon-boys-soccer-iac/ |access-date=2023-05-04 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Landon School alumnus Kristian Fletcher signed a contract in 2022 to play professional soccer for D.C. United. While playing for Landon School, Fletcher was named the All-Met Player of the Year in boys' soccer by ''The Washington Post''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kristian Fletcher Signs With D.C. United {{!}} Club Soccer {{!}} Youth Soccer |url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/kristian-fletcher-signs-with-dc-united_aid51183 |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=TopDrawerSoccer.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Baseball===

In 2016, The Landon baseball team won its first Interstate Athletic Conference title since 2011, beating Bullis by a score of 8-4.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eilerson |first=Nick |date=2016-05-20 |title=Landon rallies late, then holds off Bullis for IAC baseball title |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/highschools/landon-rallies-late-then-holds-off-bullis-for-iac-baseball-title/2016/05/20/757667b6-1de1-11e6-b6e0-c53b7ef63b45_story.html |access-date=2023-05-04 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

== Heads of School == Since its founding in 1929, Landon School has had six headmasters.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-27 |title=Landon School History: Founding, Timeline, and Milestones - Zippia |url=https://www.zippia.com/landon-school-careers-1198683/history/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.zippia.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Paul Landon Banfield (1929-1970)

Hugh C. Riddleberger (1970-1981)

Malcolm Coates (1981-1990)

Damon F. Bradley (1990-2004)

David M. Armstrong (2004-2015)

Jim Neill (2015-2026)

== Controversies == In spring 2010, it was revealed that students allegedly planned a fantasy football-like "draft" in which female students at other local schools were chosen for each "team," and "points" were to be scored on the basis of sexual encounters with those students.<ref name="dowd">{{cite news |title=Their Dangerous Swagger |first=Maureen |last=Dowd |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/opinion/09dowd.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 9, 2010 |page=A21 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610103316/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/09/opinion/09dowd.html |archive-date=June 10, 2010}}</ref> The revelations came in the wake of the news about George Huguely V—a former Landon lacrosse player and football quarterback<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Nakamura |first1=David |last2=Yanda |first2=Steve |last3=de Vise |first3=Daniel |date=May 23, 2010 |title=The Complex Life of Murder Suspect George Huguely |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/bs-xpm-2010-05-23-bs-md-lacrosse-huguely-wapo-20100523-story.html |access-date=July 30, 2022 |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref>—who was charged in the murder of his girlfriend Yeardley Love.<ref name="nbc">{{cite news |last=Reyes |first=Elaine |date=June 10, 2010 |title=Students Allegedly Tab Girls for "Fantasy Sex Draft" |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/landon-school-students-caught-choosing-girls-for-fantasy-sex-draft/1870388/ |work=WRC-TV |access-date=June 10, 2020}}</ref>

In September 2022, several Landon School students were seen in a viral video singing a racial slur while riding the Washington Metro. The school issued a statement that it was aware of the incident and "deeply concerned".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Umana |first1=Jose |title=Landon School 'deeply concerned' after video shows students using racial slur on Metro |url=https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2022/09/landon-school-deeply-concerned-after-video-shows-students-using-racial-slur-on-metro/ |access-date=September 3, 2022 |work=WTOP-FM |date=September 3, 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, the parents of Landon student Charlie Schnell withdrew their son after he was accused of drawing disturbing images of Black people and sharing it with a Black classmate. Schnell was bullied over the incident and disturbed by another student's threat of a school shooting.<ref>{{cite news |date=July 6, 2024 |title=Wrongful-death suit against prep school over teen's suicide moves forward |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/06/landon-lawsuit-teen-suicide-maryland/ |access-date=July 6, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Less than two weeks later, Schnell committed suicide using a Landon banner, and his parents held the school responsible, saying that their biggest mistake was sending their son to Landon. Lawyers for the school sought unsuccessfully to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the student's parents.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 2024 |title='Landon failed Charlie': Parents sue school after 16-year-old son's death by suicide |url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/landon-failed-charlie-parents-sue-school-after-16-year-old-sons-death-by-suicide/3512826/ |access-date=January 10, 2024 |newspaper=News4}}</ref> A confidential settlement was reached in 2025.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 17, 2025 |title=Family of student reach settlement with Landon School before wrongful death trial |url=https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2025/02/family-of-student-reach-settlement-with-landon-school-before-wrongful-death-trial/ |access-date=February 17, 2025|newspaper=wtop}}</ref>

In the fall of the 2002-2003 school year, ten Landon students were caught cheating on their SAT exams. Among these students were eight who admitted to the offense one month later after rumors had spread throughout the school.<ref name="eight">{{cite news |last=Schulte |first=Brigid |date=November 23, 2002 |title=Eight at Landon School Admit Cheating on SAT |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/11/23/eight-at-landon-school-admit-cheating-on-sat/e74d9ef8-490f-409f-a92d-0695ba8be57f/ |access-date=November 23, 2020}}</ref> Those eight students were suspended for the remaining month of the fall semester, though they were allowed to take their fall semester exams. Two other students were pressed to withdraw from Landon or face expulsion.<ref name="eight" />

==Notable alumni== * Sam Anas – hockey player for HC Dinamo Minsk<ref>{{cite web | title=Sam Anas signs two-year extension with the KHL's Dinamo Minsk| date=January 31, 2024| url=https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2024/01/31/sam-anas-signs-two-year-extension-with-the-khls-dinamo-minsk/}}</ref> * Jaye Andrews – former professional basketball player in the British Basketball League<ref>{{cite web |last=Joseph |first=Remi |url=https://evergreen.greenhill.org/eigth-grade-math-teacher-jaye-andrews-life-before-greenhill/ |title=Eighth-grade Teacher Jaye Andrews' Global Life Before Greenhill |date=May 17, 2021 |work=The Evergreen Online |access-date= April 25, 2022}}</ref> * Darion Atkins – basketball player for Maccabi Ironi Ramat Gan of the Israeli Basketball Premier League<ref>{{cite web |title=Darion Atkins, Basketball Player, Stats, Height, Age |url=https://www.proballers.com/basketball/player/56431/darion-atkins}}</ref> * Ned Bittinger – portrait painter and illustrator<ref>{{cite web |url=https://artgallery.gvsu.edu/Detail/entities/1466 |title=Ned Bittinger |website=Grand Valley State University Art}}</ref> * Todd Boehly – part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chelsea Football Club<ref>{{cite news |last1=Olley |first1=James |title=Chelsea bid expected by L.A. Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly - sources |url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/chelsea-engchelsea/story/4608665/chelsea-bid-expected-by-la-dodgers-part-owner-todd-boehly-sources |work=ESPN |access-date=March 4, 2022}}</ref> * Robbie Bordley – first modern-era captain of the United States national rugby union team, teacher and renowned lacrosse coach at Landon School<ref>{{cite news |last1=Caplan |first1=Callie |title=Boys' lacrosse Top 10: After more than 40 years, Rob Bordley coaches final Landon game |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/recruiting-insider/wp/2018/05/15/boys-lacrosse-top-10-after-over-40-years-rob-bordley-coaches-final-landon-game/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=May 15, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> * Alan Brinkley – historian and Columbia University provost from 2003 to 2009<ref>{{cite news |title=Alan Brinkley, historian of liberalism, dies at 70 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/alan-brinkley-historian-of-liberalism-dies-at-70/2019/06/17/741d634c-9124-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=June 17, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> * Donald Dell – former Davis Cup player and coach, first sports agent in professional tennis <ref>{{cite news |last1=Lorge |first1=Barry |title=Donald Dell: All Over the Tennis Court |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1977/09/04/donald-dell-all-over-the-tennis-court/c3f93d53-a509-4383-a926-d5d3d98120cb/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=September 4, 1977 |language=en}}</ref> * Bill Eacho – former US Ambassador to Austria (2009–2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://austria.usembassy.gov/ambassador.htm|title=austria.usembassy.gov}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> * Ahmet Ertegun – Turkish-American businessman, founder of Atlantic Records<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Trow |first=George W. S. |date=1978-05-29 |title=Ahmet Ertegun and the American Art of Making a Hit |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/06/05/eclectic-reminiscent-amused-fickle-perverse-ii |access-date=2025-02-04 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US |issn=0028-792X}}</ref> * Nicholas Hammond – American actor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Charlie |title=Our Man in Arlington |url=https://www.fcnp.com/2016/03/02/our-man-in-arlington-168/ |website=Falls Church News Press|date=March 2, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Weingus |first1=Leigh |title=This Is What Happened To The Original 'Sound Of Music' Cast |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/original-sound-of-music-cast_n_4385790 |website=Huffpost|date=December 5, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Parker |first1=Ryan |title='Spider-Man' TV Star Nicholas Hammond Wasn't Approached for 'No Way Home' — But He Sure Wanted to Be |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/spider-man-tv-star-nicholas-hammond-no-way-home-1235019437/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 8, 2021 }}</ref> * Fred Hetzel – played six seasons in NBA, top pick of 1965 NBA draft<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dcbasketball.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/landons-fred-hetzel-named-to-southern-conference-hall-of-fame/ |title=Landon's Fred Hetzel Named to Southern Conference Hall of Fame |author=Bijan C. Bayne |date=July 7, 2010 |work=DC Basketball Blog |access-date=July 13, 2010}}</ref> * Rush Holt – physicist and former Congressman (1999–2015) (D-NJ)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Strauss |first1=Robert |title=Rush Holt, The Lone Physicist in the U.S. Congress, Has Become New Jersey's Voice For Innovation and Education-www.njmonthly.com |url=https://njmonthly.com/articles/jersey-living/jerseys-man-of-science/ |work=New Jersey Monthly |date=November 15, 2011}}</ref> * George Huguely – University of Virginia student convicted of second-degree murder of Yeardley Love, a fellow student at UVA.<ref>{{cite news|last=Timanus|first=Eddie|title=Lawyer calls Virginia lacrosse murder case an 'accident'|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/lacrosse/2010-05-03-virginia-huguely-murder-charge_N.htm|newspaper=USA Today|date=May 4, 2010|author2=Brady, Erik|access-date=May 15, 2010}}</ref> * Ken Jenkins – NFL running back and kick return specialist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JenkKe00.htm |title=Ken Jenkins Career Statistics |publisher=pro-football-reference.com |access-date=September 18, 2015}}</ref> * Rufus G. King III – Chief Judge, DC Superior Court, 2000–2008<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dccourts.gov/dccourts/docs/DCSC_Bio_King.pdf | title = The Honorable Rufus G. King, III, Chief Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia | author = Superior Court of the District of Columbia | work = (Official Biography) | access-date = July 14, 2010 }}</ref> * Knight Kiplinger – editor ''emeritus'' of ''Kiplinger's Personal Finance'' magazine<ref>{{cite news |last1=Levey |first1=Bob |title=Ann S. Miller Is Married to Knight Kiplinger |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/30/archives/ann-s-miller-is-married-to-knight-kiplinger.html |work=The New York Times |date=December 30, 1979}}</ref> * Bronson La Follette – Wisconsin Attorney General from 1974 to 1986<ref>'Wisconsin Blue Book 1985–1986,' Biographical Sketch of Bronson C. La Follette, pg. 6</ref> * Gregory S. Martin – retired U.S. Air Force four-star general<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=1799&pback=1783 |title=General Greg Martin '66 |publisher=Landon School |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621031158/http://www.landon.net/page.cfm?p=1799&pback=1783 |archive-date=June 21, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6314 |title=General Gregory S. Martin |work=(Official Biography) |publisher=U.S. Air Force |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120717023043/http://www.af.mil/information/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6314 |archive-date=July 17, 2012 }}</ref> * Nick Martin – founder and CEO of TechChange<ref name="Martin Forbes">{{cite web |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/eshachhabra/2014/05/27/when-and-how-to-scale-dc-startup-at-crossroads/ |title=When and How to Scale: DC Startup at a CrossRoads |work=Forbes |date=May 27, 2014 |access-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref> * James McEwan – whitewater canoeing bronze medalist at 1972 Summer Olympics<ref>{{cite news |title=In a splash, Olympics disappear for paddlers – Final U.S. berths won on Savage River |first=Bill |last=Free |newspaper=Baltimore Sun |date=May 18, 1992 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/05/18/in-a-splash-olympics-disappear-for-paddlers-final-us-berths-won-on-savage-river/ }}</ref> * Doug McKelway – television "journalist" for Fox News<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carmody |first1=John |title=The TV Column |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/12/26/the-tv-column/fdea9c50-88f7-4a97-9bc7-780111523ccc/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=December 26, 1989}}</ref> * Fred McNair – professional tennis player, 1976 French Open doubles champion<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usta.com/About-USTA/Organization/Yearbook/23068_2008_USTA_Yearbook__Junior_USTA_Interscholastic_Championships/ |title=Junior USTA Interscholastic Championships |work=USTA Yearbook |publisher=United States Tennis Association |access-date=July 13, 2010}}</ref> * Sam Potolicchio – educator<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princetonreview.com/best-professors-press-release.aspx|title=Best 300 Professors Press Release|work=princetonreview.com|access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref> * Maury Povich – television personality, host of ''Maury'', a syndicated talk show<ref>{{cite news |last1=Glover |first1=Mary Clare |title=New Neighbors: Povich and Chung Are Moving Back to Washington |url=https://washingtonian.com/2009/11/12/new-neighbors-povich-and-chung-are-moving-back-to-washington/ |work=Washingtonian |date=November 12, 2009}}</ref> * Danny Rubin (born 1991) – American-Israeli basketball player for Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Basketball Premier League<ref>{{cite news |last1=Giannotto |first1=Mark |title=Danny Rubin goes from Landon to Boston College walk-on to ACC starter |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/rubin-starts-with-a-surprise/2011/02/03/ABjnP5E_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=February 4, 2011}}</ref> * Mike Rutenberg – defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-cloud-times/190149172/|newspaper=St. Cloud Times|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 13, 2009|page=33|title=Deal puts N.M. assistant at low end of pay scale}}</ref> * Jonathan D. Schiller – American lawyer who is a co-founder and managing partner of the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner LLP<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dichiara |first1=Tom |title=No Trial Too Daunting |url=https://issuu.com/landonschool/docs/landonmag_summer_2017_8.14.17_for-w/47 |magazine=Landon Magazine |access-date=August 14, 2017}}</ref> * Tom Scott – co-founded Nantucket Nectars<ref>{{cite web |title=Breaking down the walls that divide us |url=https://www.landon.net/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=1555 |website=Landon |access-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref> * Teddy Sears – actor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://landonunited.org/page.cfm?p=370&eid=69 |title=Summer '08 – Lowell in the Big City |author=Lowell Davis |date=August 19, 2008 |work=Lowell's Blog |publisher=Landon School |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727013616/http://landonunited.org/page.cfm?p=370&eid=69 |archive-date=July 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://onelifetolive.about.com/library/bios/blsears_bio.htm |title=Teddy Sears |author=Katherine Thurston |date=October 2002 |work=About One Life to Live Fans Guide |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230248/http://onelifetolive.about.com/library/bios/blsears_bio.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Topper Shutt – TV weatherman<ref>{{cite news |title=Topper Shutt |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/about-us/team-bios/topper-shutt-chief-meteorologist/65-72614410 |work=WUSA9 |date=February 8, 2018}}</ref> * Thomas Tamm – US Justice Department attorney, illegal wiretapping whistleblower<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historycommons.org/timeline.jsp?timeline=civilliberties&startpos=300&civilliberties_surveillance=%7ctitle=www.historycommons.org|title=US Civil Liberties|work=historycommons.org|access-date=July 28, 2015}}</ref> * Thomas A. Wadden - Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://magazine.college.unc.edu/tar-heel-spotlights/thomas-wadden/|title=New gift marks the importance of support for clinical psychology graduate students|work=Carolina Arts & Sciences Magazine|date=October 2021 |access-date=December 27, 2025}}</ref> * Matt Ward – Tewaaraton Trophy winner and NCAA lacrosse All-American<ref>{{cite web |url=http://virginiasports.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/ward_matt00.html |title=Player Bio: Matt Ward |author=University of Virginia Athletics Men's Lacrosse |work=UVA Athletics |publisher=University of Virginia |access-date=July 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306113945/http://virginiasports.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/mtt/ward_matt00.html |archive-date=March 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Spring 2002 All-Met Lacrosse |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/hssports/longterm/allmets/spring02/lacrosse.htm }}</ref>

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