the arena was never built. The team practices off campus. Notable alumni Business Morton May, Chairman, May Department Stores John McDonnell, Chairman, McDonnell-Douglas Corporation William F. Ruprecht, CEO, Sotheby's Auction House George Herbert Walker IV, Chairman and CEO of Neuberger Berman Government and Politics John Danforth, U.S. Senator and Episcopal priest Thomas Eagleton, U.S. Senator and Democratic Nominee for Vice President of the United States William McChesney Martin, Jr., Federal Reserve Bank chairman Mark McCloskey, attorney and U.S. Senate candidate James W. Symington, U.S. Congressional Representative Pete Wilson, Mayor of San Diego, U.S. Senator and Governor of California Alan Webber, Mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico Sports and Entertainment Drew Baur, Owner, St. Louis Cardinals Graham Bensinger, sports broadcaster Sterling K. Brown, actor Joe Buck, sports broadcaster Dwight F. Davis, founder of the Davis Cup international tennis competition and U.S. Secretary of War (attended CDS precursor Smith Academy) William DeWitt, Jr., owner, St. Louis Cardinals Betty Grable (attended, did not graduate), actress and World War II pin-up girl Jim Lee, comic book artist Robby McGehee, 1999 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Vincent Price, actor Devon Windsor, model Michael Scherer, football coach at University of Nevada, Las Vegas Arts, Sciences, and Education William S. Barker, president of Covenant Theological Seminary (St. Louis), 1977–1984 Sally Benson, author of Meet Me in St. Louis and Junior Miss Louis Daniel Brodsky, poet Edmond La Beaume Cherbonnier, professor and scholar of religious studies Winston Churchill (novelist), author of Richard Carvel, The Crisis (novel), and The Crossing (Churchill novel), among others. William Henry Danforth, chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis T.S. Eliot, poet (attended CDS precursor Smith Academy) Peg Fenwick, screenwriter and playwright Irving Fisher, economist, statistician, inventor, and Progressive social campaigner (attended CDS precursor Smith Academy) Landon Jones, editor and author Shepherd Mead, author, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying Nick Reding, journalist and author of Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town Hadley Richardson, first wife of Ernest Hemingway Irma S. Rombauer, author of Joy of Cooking Frederick Seidel, poet Peter Taylor, short-story writer and novelist Sara Teasdale, poet Harry Weber (sculptor), Sculptor Linda Wells, founder and editor-in-chief, Allure magazine; annual guest judge on the Bravo reality television series Shear Genius Sterling K. Brown, Actor “This Is Us (television), Black Panther (movie) Marshall (movie)” References External links Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School Elementary schools in