Clement Clarke Moore, author of "The Night Before Christmas" Walter C. Pitman III (class of 1949), Columbia University geophysicist whose research evidenced the Morley–Vine–Matthews hypothesis of seafloor spreading Katharine Lambert Richards Rockwell (class of 1909), theology professor at Smith College and sister of physician Dickinson W. Richards Carol Selman (class of 1964), governor's appointee to the New Jersey Historical Commission George Hammond Tilghman (class of 1915), 3rd headmaster of the Morristown School and military officer Brenda Pruden Winnewisser (class of 1957), physicist and oral historian who helped develop the study of terahertz spectroscopy Visual artists and poets Nathaniel Choate (class of 1918), sculptor, painter, and inductee of the National Academy of Design Eleanor Maurice (class of 1921), abstract and realist painter; recipient of Audubon Artists' Emily Lowe Memorial Award Craig Slaff (class of 1978), aviation artist and recipient of the National Museum of Naval Aviation's Director's Choice Award. Gertrude Tiemer (class of 1915), painter, photographer, and poet John Hall Wheelock (class of 1904), editor, poet, and 13th recipient of the Robert Frost Medal Notable faculty, staff, and coaches Katharine Fleming Branson, first headmistress of the Branson School Thomas Bradley Buffum (1924–1930; 1932–1938), military aviator and member of the elite Lafayette Flying Corps in World War I Thomas J. Campbell (1912–1913), athletic director at the Morristown School and head football coach at three colleges and universities: Bowdoin College, the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia Bruce Driver (born 1962), former NHL player on a Stanley-Cup winning New Jersey Devils team. Stearns Morse (1921–1923), English professor at Dartmouth College and head of the English Department at Morristown School Alice Rumph (1922–1942), painter, etcher, and co-founder of the Birmingham Art Club, which established the Birmingham Museum of Art Katherine Binney Shippen (1917–1926), children's writer and 2-time recipient of the Newbery Honor Award Maud Thompson (1918–1926), educator, suffragist, speaker, and writer Randy Velischek (born 1962), former NHL player for the New Jersey Devils, Minnesota North Stars, and Quebec Nordiques. Notable trustees and advisory board members Jerome Davis Greene, banker and head of John D. Rockefeller's business and philanthropic interests John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University Henry Smith Pritchett, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Charles Scribner II, president of Charles Scribner's Sons publishing company; founding president of the Board of Trustees at the Morristown School and namesake of its Scribner Field for baseball games after him