{{Multiple issues| {{COI|date=November 2020}} {{Undisclosed paid|date=November 2020}} }} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2026}} {{Infobox school | name = Dwight School | logo = Dwight School New York logo.svg | motto = Igniting the spark of genius in every child | established = {{start date and age|1872}} | religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian | founder = Julius Sachs | city = New York City | state = New York | address = 291 Central Park West, Manhattan | country = United States | zipcode = 10024 | coordinates = {{Coord|40|47|15|N|73|58|05|W|display=inline,title|type:edu_region:US-NY}} | type = {{flatlist| *Private *Independent *day *college-preparatory school }} | affiliations = | principal_label = Head of School | principal = Dianne Drew | enrollment = 574 | enrollment_as_of = 2013–14 | teaching_staff = 175.9 (FTE) | ratio = 3.3<ref name="ed.gov">{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=A0302186|title=Search for Private Schools – School Detail for Dwight School|work=ed.gov|access-date=June 3, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205658/http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=A0302186|url-status=live}}</ref> | campus = Urban | gender = Co-Ed | grades = Preschool – 12 | accreditation = | tuition = $67,900<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dwight.edu/newyork/admissions/tuition-financial-aid|title=Tuition & Financial Aid|website=dwight.edu|access-date=March 27, 2026}}</ref> | athletic_conference = New York State Association of Independent Schools<br>Independent Schools Athletic League | mascot = Lion | nickname = Lions | colors = Blue and White<br>{{color box|navy}} {{color box|white}} | newspaper = | yearbook = | website = http://www.dwight.edu/ }} '''Dwight School''' is a private independent for-profit college preparatory school located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kim |first=Hyejin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nF-pDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22dwight+schools%22+%22for+profit%22&pg=PA49 |title=How Global Capital is Remaking International Education: The Emergence of Transnational Education Corporations |date=August 14, 2019 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-981-329-672-5 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The Face of Private-School Growth, Familiar-Looking but Profit-Making|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/nyregion/22private.html|access-date=January 13, 2021|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 21, 2010|language=en-US|last1=Anderson|first1=Jenny|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121070735/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/nyregion/22private.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Dwight offers the International Baccalaureate curriculum to students ages two through grade twelve.
==History== Founded in 1872 by Julius Sachs as part of the Sachs Collegiate Institute, Dwight School was first known as "The Sachs School," then The Franklin School. Originally located on West 34th Street and Broadway, it relocated several times as it grew, ultimately moving to 18 West 89th Street in 1912. Sachs, a noted educator and author (and scion of the Goldman–Sachs family) headed the school until at least 1901 when he was appointed Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcrecord.org/Signin.asp?cc=1&r=2|title=TCRecord: Signin|access-date=June 19, 2011|archive-date=July 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723080554/https://www.tcrecord.org/Signin.asp?cc=1&r=2|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Timothy Dwight V - hires.jpg|thumb|Timothy Dwight V, in honor of whom the school was named.]] In 1880, the New York School of Languages was founded on 15 West 43rd Street as an academy of classical studies. Timothy Dwight, President of Yale University asked the school to pioneer a math and science program to replace traditional Greek and Latin as an entrance requirement. The New York School of Languages was later renamed Timothy Dwight School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dwight.edu|title=Dwight School: Igniting the spark of genius in every child|work=dwight.edu|access-date=April 27, 2015|archive-date=May 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502093609/http://www.dwight.edu/|url-status=live}}</ref> in honor of that historic partnership.
In the late 1960s Moe C. Spahn and his wife bought the school for their son Stephen to run;<ref name=NYTAnderson>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Jenny |title=For-Profit Private School Is Calling Its Own Shots |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/nyregion/in-manhattan-a-for-profit-private-school-that-calls-its-own-shots.html |access-date=February 27, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=May 27, 2012 |archive-date=June 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621010303/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/nyregion/in-manhattan-a-for-profit-private-school-that-calls-its-own-shots.html |url-status=live }}</ref> after serving as assistant headmaster Stephen became headmaster on June 1, 1967.<ref>{{cite news |title=Constance Perlman Married to Stephen Spahn in Suburbs |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/03/19/107185054.pdf |access-date=February 27, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=March 19, 1967 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701100734/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/03/19/107185054.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false |url-status=live }}</ref> Stephen's father Moe was the headmaster of the Franklin School<ref>{{cite news |title=Moe Spahn, 79, Dies; Headed Private School |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/13/obituaries/moe-spahn-79-dies-headed-private-school.html |access-date=February 27, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=June 13, 1991 |archive-date=April 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426190708/https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/13/obituaries/moe-spahn-79-dies-headed-private-school.html |url-status=live }}</ref> which would later merge with Dwight. Owner Stephen Spahn's sister and her husband own New York City's York Preparatory School.<ref name=NYTAnderson />
Dwight School merged with the Bentley School in 1977, in order to add elementary and middle school programs to its curriculum.
In 1993, Dwight School merged with the Franklin School (which had adopted the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program in 1980) and moved from 402 East 67th Street to its present location at 291 Central Park West. In 1996, Dwight School became the first school in North America to offer the full International Baccalaureate (IB) program from preschool through grade 12.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/thedwightschool/docs/admissionsviewbook|title=Admissions Viewbook by Dwight School - Issuu|date=July 27, 2011|website=issuu.com}}</ref>
Today, one-third of Dwight's students come from overseas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dwight.edu/aboutdwight/schoolhistoryandti.asp|title=International Private School in New York - Dwight School|work=dwight.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721205239/http://www.dwight.edu/aboutdwight/schoolhistoryandti.asp|archive-date=July 21, 2011}}</ref> Under Spahn's leadership, Dwight also expanded internationally, establishing a network of affiliated schools in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East as part of the Dwight Schools Global Network.<ref name="Dwight Schools Global Network">{{cite web |url=https://www.dwight.edu/newyork/about/global-network |title=Dwight Schools Global Network |website=Dwight School |access-date=March 15, 2026}}</ref>
==Institution==
===Chancellor===
Stephen H. Spahn has served as the school's owner and chancellor since 1967.<ref name="Leadership">{{cite web |url=https://www.dwight.edu/newyork/about/leadership |title=Leadership |website=Dwight School |access-date=March 15, 2026}}</ref> Spahn also serves on the boards of the International Baccalaureate Fund and the Rubin Museum of Art, and was a founding member of the Guild of International Baccalaureate Schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://issuu.com/thedwightschool/docs/dwight_today_summer_2018 |title=Dwight Today: Summer 2018 |website=Issuu |date=September 26, 2018 |access-date=March 15, 2026}}</ref> In 2011, he received the Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award from the National Child Labor Committee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nationalchildlabor.org/lha.html |title=Lewis Hine Awards |website=National Child Labor Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727112814/http://www.nationalchildlabor.org/lha.html |archive-date=July 27, 2011 |access-date=March 15, 2026}}</ref>
Blake Spahn, a Dwight alumnus, serves as vice chancellor of the Dwight Schools network and is involved in the management and development of the school's global campuses.<ref name="Leadership"/>
===Divisions and houses===
[[File:Dwight School 291 CPW jeh.JPG|thumb|291 Central Park West]] thumb|433 West 66th Street There are four co-educational divisions at Dwight School: The Riverside campus (preschool-kindergarten) occupies three buildings on Riverside Boulevard between West 66th and 68th Streets. The Lower School (grades 1–5) is located on the main campus and occupies a brownstone at 17 West 88th Street. The middle school (grades 6–8) and the upper school (grades 9–12) are also located on the main campus but primarily use the buildings at 18 West 89th Street and 291 Central Park West. In 2012, the school added additional classrooms and athletics space by expanding into the adjoining brownstone located at 22 West 89th Street.
Within divisions, the grades are further separated into houses: Timothy House (grades 1–5), Bentley House (grades 6–8), Franklin House (grades 9–10), and Anglo House (grades 11–12). A dean oversees each house. An executive team consisting of the Head of School and the heads of the upper, middle, and lower schools manage the academic and pastoral areas of the school. The Head of School works closely with the school's chancellor and vice-chancellor, who also oversee admissions and the business office.
===Admissions=== Admission to Dwight School is selective. Kindergarten, sixth grade, and ninth grade are Dwight's largest entry points, with 40 students entering kindergarten, 15 entering sixth grade and 25 entering ninth grade. Each year, a smaller number of students are accepted in other grades. Dwight offers rolling admissions for international families due to the wide range of academic calendars around the world.
The admissions process at Dwight School is based on school reports, teacher recommendations, ERB/ISEE test results,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/thedwightschool/docs/faculty_handbook_with_separate_page|title=Faculty Handbook 2013-14 by Dwight School - Issuu|date=August 21, 2013|website=issuu.com}}</ref> and student/parent interviews.
===Dwight Schools Global Network=== The Dwight Schools Global Network is a group of affiliated international campuses connected with Dwight School in New York City. These include Dwight Global Online School, Dwight School London in the United Kingdom, Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School in China, Dwight School Seoul in South Korea, Dwight School Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, and Dwight School Hanoi in Vietnam.<ref name="Dwight Schools Global Network"/>
Dwight School's association with Dwight School London goes back over 40 years when Stephen Spahn, Chancellor of Dwight School New York opened the school. In 2008, what was known as Woodside Park International School was renamed as The North London International School (NLIS) and later renamed Dwight School London in 2012. In 2010, Dwight London opened a partner school in London called The Holmewood School (THSL) which aims to provide special education for children of high cognitive ability with difficulties associated with autism. In 2009, Dwight entered into the first joint diploma program in China with the Capital Normal High School, attached to Capital Normal University, in Beijing.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/c-m-rubin/the-global-search-for-edu_b_871399.html|title=The Global Search for Education: How to Develop World Leaders|work=The Huffington Post|access-date=April 27, 2015|date=June 7, 2011|archive-date=February 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226031037/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/c-m-rubin/the-global-search-for-edu_b_871399.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Through this program, each student receives a joint Capital Normal/Dwight School diploma with strong emphasis on English as a Second Language.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dwight.edu/DSC/index.asp|title=International Private School in New York - Dwight School|work=dwight.edu|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075118/http://www.dwight.edu/DSC/index.asp|archive-date=July 7, 2011}}</ref>
In 2010, Dwight was chosen from 180 foreign schools by the government of Seoul, Korea, to open Dwight School Seoul as a model IB School for five hundred forty students in grades K-12. Opened in fall 2012, the school is housed within a new multimillion-dollar media and culture complex, Seoul's Digital Media City.<ref>[http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110307000773 "N.Y. school starts work on building Seoul branch"], ''the Korea Herald'', March 8, 2011 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110309192311/http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110307000773|date=March 9, 2011}}</ref>
== Academics – International Baccalaureate Program == In 1996, Dwight became the second school in North America to offer all three International Baccalaureate (IB) Programs: the IB Primary Years Program, for students grades 3 to 12; the IB Middle Years Program, for students in grades 6–10; and the IB Diploma Program, for students in grades 11–12. A Certificate Program is available to students who do not wish to pursue the full IB Diploma Program and instead take some elective courses. Approximately half the graduating seniors receive the full IB diploma.
== Athletics == Dwight has fielded athletic teams since the founding of the school. It is a member of the ISAL league and the ACIS league as well as the New York State Association of Independent Schools (NYSAIS). Dwight has an off-campus sport facility called the Dwight School Athletic Center, or DSAC, for short. DSAC is located on 109th street on the Upper East Side/Harlem. DSAC is equipped with a full-sized swimming pool, a full sized basketball and volleyball court, a smaller weight-lifting room, and has turf on the roof for soccer. Dwight participates in the following sports:
{{Div col|colwidth=10em}} * Basketball * Track and Field * Indoor Track * Cross-Country * Fencing * Baseball * Softball * Volleyball * Soccer * Swimming * Golf * Rugby * Tennis * Jiu Jitsu {{Div col end}}
==Demographics== The demographic breakdown of the 574 students enrolled for the 2013–14 school year was as follows.<ref name="ed.gov"/>
{{Div col|colwidth=10em}} *Asian – 5.1% *Black – 3.8% *Hispanic – 3.1% *White – 59.2% *Multiracial – 28.8% {{Div col end}}
==Notable alumni== [[File:Truman Capote 1924 1.jpg|thumb|180px|Truman Capote]] [[File:Paris hilton universal photo retouched.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Smiling blonde woman|Paris Hilton]] [[File:Fiorello La Guardia Age 13.png|thumb|180px|Fiorello La Guardia]] * Dana Barron, actress<ref name="dwight london"/> *Richard K. Bernstein, physician and an advocate for a low-carbohydrate diabetes diet<ref>{{Cite web |title=RICHARD K. BERNSTEIN, M.D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.N., F.C.C.W.S |url=http://www.diabetes-book.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DrBernstein_CV1.pdf |access-date=June 11, 2022 |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919040654/http://www.diabetes-book.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/DrBernstein_CV1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *Antonio Campos, film director, screenwriter and film producer * Truman Capote (1924–1984), author<ref name="dwight_alumni">{{cite news |title=Dwight School New York - alumni |url=https://www.dwight.edu/community/alumni |publisher=Dwight.edu |date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-date=October 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001061757/http://www.dwight.edu/community/alumni |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="dwight london"/> * Julian Casablancas, musician, The Strokes<ref name="dwight london">{{cite web|title=Dwight School London - History of Dwight|url=https://www.dwightlondon.org/about/history-of-dwight|website=Dwight School London|access-date=November 1, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161101032614/http://www.dwightlondon.org/about/history-of-dwight|url-status=live}}</ref> *Addison O'Dea, documentary filmmaker * Joseph Cullman, tobacco magnate<ref name="historylesson"/> * Damon Dash, entrepreneur, music producer and actor<ref name="dashdwight">{{cite web|title=Why Damon Dash Hates Mondays|url=https://nymag.com/news/profiles/17268/index3.html|website=New York magazine|date=June 8, 2006 |access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-date=July 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730035403/https://nymag.com/news/profiles/17268/index3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Doug Davis (born 1972), entertainment lawyer and Grammy and Emmy Award-winning record producer *Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark, socialite, actor, member of non-reigning Greek royal family and extended Danish royal family * Harry L. Fisher (1885–1961), noted chemist * Julius J. Gans, lawyer, politician, and judge<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/560957/?offset=0#page=158&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= |title=The New York Red Book, 1936 |publisher=Albany, N.Y. |year=1936 |editor-last=Hutchins |editor-first=Mason C. |location=Albany, N.Y. |pages=103–104 |language=en |via=FamilySearch |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701100738/https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/560957-redirect#page=158&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q= |url-status=live }}</ref> *Jonah Goldberg, syndicated columnist, ''Los Angeles Times''<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1370547038841094148|user=JonahDispatch|title=According to the Wikipedia page (and, fwiw, I think there are some errors) I don't even make the list.|author=Jonah Goldberg}}</ref> * Lizzie Grubman, publicist, manager and socialite<ref name="lizzie grubman">{{cite web|title=Reversal of Fortune|url=https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/5017/|website=New York magazine|date=July 30, 2001 |access-date=March 25, 2018|archive-date=July 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730050900/https://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/5017/|url-status=live}}</ref> * Paris Hilton (born 1981), socialite, heiress, entrepreneur<ref name="lifetimeparis">{{cite web|title=BIOGRAPHY: Paris Hilton Lifetime|url=http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-paris-hilton|website=www.lifetime.co.uk|access-date=November 1, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103234838/http://www.lifetimetv.co.uk/biography/biography-paris-hilton|archive-date=November 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="heiress">{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2006/09/johnson200609?currentPage=3|title=Heiress vs. Heiress|last=Andrews|first=Suzanna|date=September 2006|publisher=vanityfair.com|pages=3|access-date=January 10, 2010|archive-date=December 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227004630/http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2006/09/johnson200609?currentPage=3|url-status=live}}</ref> * Race Imboden, Olympic fencer<ref name="dwight_alumni"/> * Kamara James (1984–2014), Olympic fencer<ref name="dwight_alumni"/> * Casey Johnson, socialite<ref name="heiress"/> * Lincoln Jones (1933–2013), US Army major general<ref name="Executive1985">{{cite book |author=US Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel |date=1985 |title=DA Pamphlet 360–10: Army Executive Biographies |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Army_Executive_Biographies/zqRPfg2-KCEC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22lincoln+jones%22+born+1933&pg=PA279&printsec=frontcover |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Headquarters, Department of the Army |page=279 |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="Owls">{{cite news |date=April 5, 1950 |title=Owls Have Small Track Turnout |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news-owls/185584106/ |work=The Daily Home News |location=New Brunswick, New Jersey |page=35 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name="Appointees">{{cite news |date=November 19, 1953 |title=West Point, Annapolis appointees |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-star-ledger-appointees/185584517/ |work=The Star-Ledger |location=Newark, New Jersey |page=13 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> * Robert Kalloch, Hollywood costume designer<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jorgensen|first1=Jay|last2=Scoggins|first2=Donald L.|title=Creating the Illusion: A Fashionable History of Hollywood Costume Designers|location=Philadelphia|publisher=Running Press|date=2015|isbn=9780762456611|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4G4uCgAAQBAJ|pages=181–182|access-date=March 10, 2019|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601032904/https://books.google.com/books?id=4G4uCgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> * Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882–1947), Mayor of New York<ref name="dwight_alumni"/><ref name="dwight london"/><ref name="derogatis"/> * Serge Kovaleski, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, ''The New York Times''<ref name="dwight_alumni"/> * Sam Lansky, journalist for ''Time'' and other publications<ref name=wild>CONNELLY, SHERRYL (January 14, 2016), [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/sam-lansky-reveals-wild-days-memoir-gilded-razor-article-1.2483669 "Time magazine culture editor Sam Lansky reveals his wild days in new memoir 'The Gilded Razor'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504194045/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/sam-lansky-reveals-wild-days-memoir-gilded-razor-article-1.2483669 |date=May 4, 2017 }}". ''NEW YORK DAILY NEWS''. Retrieved April 6, 2017.</ref> * Herbert Henry Lehman, governor of New York state<ref name="historylesson"/> * Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), artist<ref name="dwight_alumni"/><ref name="dwight london"/><ref name="derogatis"/> * Walter Lippmann, author<ref name="historylesson"/> * Curtis McDowald (born 1996), fencer * Gerald Mohr (1914–1968), American radio, film, and television character actor and frequent leading man * Fabrizio Moretti, musician, The Strokes<ref name="dwight_alumni"/> * Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891–1967), US Secretary of the Treasury<ref name="derogatis">{{cite journal|last1=DeRogatis|first1=Jim|journal=Penthouse|title=Article by Jim DeRogatis|issue=November 2001|url=http://www.jimdero.com/OtherWritings/OtherStrokes.htm|access-date=November 1, 2016|archive-date=August 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819175332/http://www.jimdero.com/OtherWritings/OtherStrokes.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="historylesson">{{cite web|title=A Dwight History Lesson|url=https://www.dwight.edu/about/history/a-dwight-history-lesson|website=dwight.edu|access-date=November 1, 2016|archive-date=November 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103234529/https://www.dwight.edu/about/history/a-dwight-history-lesson|url-status=live}}</ref> * Robert Moses (1888–1981), noted city planner<ref name="Caro1975">{{Caro: The Power Broker|page=35}}</ref><ref name="derogatis"/> * Josh Ostrovsky (born 1982), "The Fat Jewish", entrepreneur, social media personality, and plus size model * Harold Prince (1928–2019), theatre director and producer<ref name="dwight london"/> * Keith Raywood, designer * Paul J. Sachs (1878–1965), businessman and museum director<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arthistorians.info/sachsp|title=Paul J. Sachs – Dictionary of Art Historians|work=arthistorians.info|access-date=March 23, 2018|archive-date=March 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324040842/http://arthistorians.info/sachsp|url-status=live}}</ref> * Aarón Sánchez (born 1976), chef and Food Network personality * Alix Smith, photographer<ref name="dwight london"/> * Irwin Steingut (1893–1952), lawyer, businessman, and politician * Paul Strauss (born 1964), politician, attorney, senior United States shadow senator from the District of Columbia<ref name="dwight_alumni"/> *Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger (1892–1990), heiress, socialite, newspaper executive, philanthropist, and owner of ''The New York Times'' *Elinor Tatum, publisher and Editor in Chief of the ''New York Amsterdam News'' * Scott A. Travers, author and numismatist * Vanessa Trump (born 1977), actress, ex-wife of Donald Trump Jr.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/style/vanessa-trump-divorce.html|title=Unbecoming a Trump: The Vanessa Trump Divorce|last1=Rosman|first1=Katherine|author-link1=Katherine Rosman|last2=Bernstein|first2=Jacob|date=March 22, 2018|website=The New York Times|access-date=September 30, 2019|archive-date=March 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331084503/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/style/vanessa-trump-divorce.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * Nick Valensi, musician, The Strokes<ref name="dwight london"/> * Hans Zinsser, immunologist<ref name="historylesson"/>
==Notes== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.dwight.edu}}
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