Johnson, professor at Howard University Law School; he married Ellen Spencer Mussey, who became one of the first female attorneys in the District of Columbia and who was leading suffragist. She also became a founder of the Washington College of Law. John W. Candler, member of Congress from Massachusetts during the 1880s Benjamin Perley Poore, journalist, newspaper editor and founder of the Gridiron Club Yu Kil-chun, Korean reformist and the first Korean to study in the West, entered the school in 1884 Frank Crowe (1901), civil engineer and dam builder (Hoover Dam, Shasta Dam) William Summer Johnson (1932), professor of chemistry at Stanford who was awarded the National Medal of Science Benjamin A. Smith II (1935), U.S. senator from Massachusetts, 1960–62 Joe Hoague (1937), professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers Ted Bergmann, American TV and film producer and screenwriter Niles Perkins (1938), athlete and physician Dodge Morgan (1950), the first American to sail solo around the globe with no stops (1986) Michael Stonebraker (1961) Receiver of the ACM Turing Award also referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Computing" Jeb Bradley (1970), U.S. congressman, 2003–2007; New Hampshire state senator 2009- Steve Bucknall (1985), professional basketball player, LA Lakers Carrie Walton Penner (1988), Walton Family, Charter School Growth Fund Dan Gadzuric (1998), professional basketball player, Golden State Warriors Nat Baldwin (1999), bassist and singer, member of Dirty Projectors Song, Chang-il (2000), known by his stage name Double K, a South Korean rapper Derek Falvey (2001), Executive Vice President and Chief Baseball Officer for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball (MLB) Didit Hediprasetyo (2001), fashion designer Benn Ferriero (2004), former professional ice hockey player for the San Jose Sharks Robert Francois (2004), professional football player, Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Super Bowl champion 2010-11 Alexandra Carpenter (2011), Olympic women's hockey player Duncan Robinson (2012), professional basketball player, Miami Heat Jake Picking (2010), American actor Matt Peart (2015), professional football player for the New York Giants of the NFL References Further reading External links The Governor's Academy on Instagram. Archived from the original on ghostarchive.org 1763 establishments in Massachusetts Boarding schools in Massachusetts Educational institutions established in 1763 Independent School League Newbury, Massachusetts Private boarding schools in the United States Private high schools in Massachusetts Private preparatory schools in Massachusetts Schools in Essex County, Massachusetts