GILMAN SCHOOL

Gilman School is a private all-boys school located in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Founded in 1897 as the Country School for Boys, it was the first country day school in the United States.

Contents

History

Academics

Athletics

Notable alumni

References

External links

History

Gilman was founded by Baltimorean Anne Galbraith Carey, with assistance from Daniel Coit Gilman (first president of Johns Hopkins University). The Country School for Boys opened its doors on September 30, 1897, in the Homewood mansion on the Johns Hopkins campus. In 1910, the Country School moved to its current 68-acre (275,000 m²) campus in Roland Park and changed its name to The Gilman Country School for Boys. In 1951 the "Country" was dropped, and the school became Gilman School.

Academics

Gilman School has a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum. In addition, the school has a comprehensive honor system, a community service program, an assembly program, and many leadership opportunities.

Athletics

Gilman is well-known for its athletic program. In the 2005 season, Gilman was ranked 11th in the nation on USA Today's Super 25 high school football poll after going undefeated and winning its second consecutive Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) "A" Conference Championship. Since 1998 Gilman has surrendered only one conference championship (2003).
Gilman is also nationally recognized for their outstanding lacrosse program. The school has captured a remarkable 14 conference titles in MIAA (formerly the Maryland Scholastic Association (MSA)) lacrosse competition.

Notable alumni

★ Victor Abiamiri, Former Notre Dame Defensive End, 2nd round draft pick (57th overall) of the Philadelphia Eagles of the 2007 NFL draft

★ George Bauernschmidt, Rear Admiral USN

★ Ryan Boyle, Professional Lacrosse Player

★ Frank Deford, sports journalist and author, Senior contributing writer for ''Sports Illustrated''

★ Bob Ehrlich, Former Governor of Maryland ^[1]

★ James Gregory Elkins, Artist, Sculptor

★ Redmond C.S. Finney, Class of 1947, Headmaster 1968-1992. Finney and Jim Brown are the only two people in the history of NCAA to be first team All-American in two sports in the same academic year. Each was All-American in both football and lacrosse.

★ Fritz and Lecky Haller, World Champions and Olympians in Whitewater Canoe

★ Hall Hammond, Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals 1966-1972

★ Matthew Lawrence, Mid 1980's venture capitalist and oil tycoon. He later became a national award winning foreign language professor.

★ Walter Lord, Author of ''A Night to Remember''

★ Jon Markham, Business Writer for MSNBC.com

★ Timothy Parker, TV Producer and Crossword Editor of USA Today

★ John Sarbanes, Maryland Congressman ^[2]

★ Charles Francis Stein, Champion Sailboat Skipper

★ Mark Shapiro, General Manager of the Cleveland Indians

★ Charles Steinberg, Executive Vice President of the Boston Red Sox

★ Stuart O. Simms, Maryland Politician

★ Fife Symington, Former Governor of Arizona

★ Jon Theodore, Former Drummer of The Mars Volta

★ Stan White Jr., Former Ohio State fullback, and now with the Cincinnati Bengals

★ Ambrose Wooden Jr., Current cornerback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish

References

1. Robert L. Ehrlich, Maryland Governor
2. John P. Sarbanes, U.S. Representative

External links

★ Gilman School website

★ The Gilman News, the official student newpaper of the Gilman School

★ Season of Life, a New York Times bestselling book about NFL footbal star Joe Ehrmann and the Gilman football team he coached during the 2001 season