founded The Training School in Vineland, New Jersey. L. Fred Gieg (1890–1977), football and basketball player and coach. Benjamin Golub (class of 2003), economics professor who has taught at Harvard and Northwestern. Louise Manning Hodgkins (1846–1935), 19th-century educator, author and missionary newspaper editor. George Howell (1859–1913), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Dontae Johnson (born 1991, class of 2010), cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL. Robyn Jones (born 1985), professional soccer goalkeeper who played two years for the Philadelphia Independence of Women's Professional Soccer. William Mastrosimone (born 1947, class of 1966), playwright. Eddie Picken (1907–1994, class of 1927), early professional basketball player. Ralph Lane Polk (1849–1923), founder, publisher and president of R.L. Polk & Company. James Fowler Rusling (valedictorian, Class of 1852) brigadier general in the American Civil War, author of "Men and Things I Saw in the Civil War Days", "Across America", and "European Days and Ways". Casey Ramirez (born 1989), soccer defender who played for the Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League Myles Stephens (born 1997), basketball player for Kangoeroes Mechelen. Stephen Tan (born 1961), executive director of Asia Financial Group and chairman of Bangkok Mercantile (Hong Kong) Company Ltd. Robert Love Taylor (1850–1912), represented Tennessee's 1st district in the United States House of Representatives from 1879 to 1881, Governor of Tennessee from 1887 to 1891, and again from 1897 to 1899, and subsequently served as a United States Senator from 1907 until his death. Ethan Vanacore-Decker (born 1994), professional soccer player for the Swope Park Rangers in the United Soccer League. Kenneth Yen (1965–2018), Taiwanese businessman, former Chairman of Yulon References External links The Pennington School website History of The Pennington School Data for The Pennington School, National Center for Education Statistics The Association of Boarding Schools profile 1838 establishments in New Jersey Boarding schools in New Jersey Educational institutions established in 1838 New Jersey Association of Independent Schools Private high schools in Mercer County, New Jersey Private middle schools in New Jersey Methodist schools in the United States Pennington, New Jersey Christian schools in New Jersey