Morristown–Beard School

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 616 students and 94.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 6.6:1. The school's student body was 73.1% (450) White, 8.6% (53) Black, 6.3% (39) Hispanic, 6.0% (37) two or more races,, 5.7% (35) Asian and 0.3% (2) American Indian / Alaska Native.[https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00869014 School data for The Morristown Beard School], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2023. Of the 2018–19 school year, Morristown Beard School had 435 Upper School students and 140 Middle School students. The student body (46% male, 54% female) come from 90+ towns in New Jersey.[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=517 Fast Facts about MBS], Morristown–Beard School. Accessed December 20, 2018.

Ninety-two faculty members teach at Morristown Beard School as of the 2018–19 school year. The school has a faculty–to-student ratio of 1:7 and an average class size of 13 students. Seventy-two percent of the faculty hold advanced degrees, and 19% hold PhDs.

The Episcopal Church founded Morristown School as St. Bartholomew's School in 1891. Rev. Frank E. Edwards, a graduate of Harvard University (1891), served as the school's first headmaster, and classes took place in Morristown's Normandy Park area. St. Bartholomew's school was noted for hosting a speech by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes novels, in 1894.{{cite book | title=Welcome to America, Mr. Sherlock Holmes | first=Christopher | last=Redmond | year=1987}}

Three years later, St. Bartholomew's School moved its classes to Whippany Road after building a new campus near the Morristown railroad station. Designed by architects Edward Lippincott Tilton and William A. Boring{{cite journal | journal=The Brickbuilder | volume=22 | year=1913 | title=Recent American Group-Plans: V.--Preparatory Schools and Institutions | first=Alfred Morton | last=Githens}} (co-designers of Ellis Island's Immigrant Station), the buildings for this campus required only 90 days to construct.{{cite book | title=Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris County, New Jersey, Volume 2 | editor=John Hill | year=1899}} The blended Colonial Revival and Classical Revival architecture styles reflect the colonial history of the Morristown area.{{NRHP url|id=96000047|title=National Register of Historic Places: 96000047}} Ford Mansion in Morristown (now part of Morristown National Historical Park) served as one of George Washington's headquarters during the American Revolutionary War.

When St. Bartholomew's School faced financial challenges in late 1897, three of its teachers from Harvard University Class of 1888 reorganized St. Bartholomew's School as the Morristown School. These three co-founders of Morristown School were Francis Call Woodman, Arthur Pierce Butler, and Thomas Quincy Browne. Aiding their work to start the new school, a large donation from wealthy businessman Henry Lee Higginson{{cite book | title=Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume 25 | editor=Harvard University | year=1922}} (known for founding the Boston Symphony Orchestra) provided critical seed funding. The school also benefited from large financial gifts of three other notable philanthropists: businessmen Charles Francis Adams III, Larz Anderson III, and Joseph Lee.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=$500,000 Sought by School; Morristown Institution to Start Campaign for Endowment Fund | date=June 4, 1920}} Adams (a great-grandson of President John Quincy Adams) and Anderson (a son of General Nicholas Longworth Anderson) graduated from Harvard in the same class year as Morristown School's co-founders. (Lee graduated from Harvard five years earlier.)

Morristown School prepared its students for Harvard University, other Ivy League schools, and engineering schools.{{cite book |last=Rae |first=John | year=2002 |title=Morristown: A Military Headquarters of the American Revolution}} " The school opened in September 1898 with 23 students and eight staff members. Just two years later, enrollment more than tripled to educate 75 students;{{cite book | title=Yale Alumni Weekly, Volume 10 | year=1900 | publisher=Yale University}} the student body increased to 173 by 1923.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Schoolboys Help Fight Fire | date=October 19, 1923}} In 1908, Morristown School achieved recognition as one of only two schools outside New England to send students to Harvard for ten consecutive years (1899–1908).{{cite journal | journal=Harvard Alumni Bulletin | title=The Morristown School | year=1911 | volume=14 | number=14}} Strengthening the connection with Harvard, Morristown School leaders hosted the Harvard Club of New Jersey. The club's April 1909 meeting brought visits from Harvard President Charles Eliot, New Jersey Governor John Fort, and New Jersey Chancellor Mahlon Pitney (later a U.S Supreme Court justice).{{cite journal | journal=The Harvard Graduates' Magazine | year=1909 | title=Harvard Clubs -- New York, Eastern | volume=17 | publisher=Harvard University}} Eleven years later, the Morristown School ran a $500,000 fundraising campaign to establish an endowment. Several Harvard graduates served on the campaign's executive committee, including graduates of Harvard and the Morristown School (writer Roger Burlingame, journalist Samuel T. Williamson, and businessman Felix Knauth).

During World War I, 65 of Morristown School's first 103 graduates (63%) served in the U.S. military.{{cite journal | journal=Harvard Alumni Bulletin | volume=21 | number=11 | title=Morristown School | year=1918}} Their service reflected the value of community service emphasized by Morristown School to its student body. During the war, students at the school raised funds to purchase and equip the Morristown School Ambulance. They then presented this ambulance to the American Field Service for use in France. The American Field Service awarded Morristown School a certificate and a brass plaque to show its appreciation for the ambulance.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1497 |title=Morristown School: Ideals and Values |access-date=January 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145548/http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1497 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }} In 1913, a group of 40 of Morristown School's students helped the Morristown Fire Department extinguish a forest fire that had spread over three miles on Horse Hill; the students used portable chemical extinguishers to fight the flames.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Schoolboys Whip A Big Forest Fire; Turn Out Forty Strong on Fire Warden's Call And Fight Three Miles of Flame | date=May 4, 1914}} Nine years later, the full student body (173 students) helped fight a large fire that had destroyed two nearby houses. In 1957, the basketball team donated a trophy to Delbarton School (the school rival) to honor Paul Kreutz, a Delbarton player who drowned in 1956.

In 1891, sisters Lucie Beard, Eliza Mills Beard, and Ettie Beard Foster started a school for kindergarten students on Claredon Place in Orange, New Jersey.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Miss Lucie Beard, A School Founder | date=September 12, 1946}} The three sisters were cousins of historian James Truslow Adams, a Pulitzer Prize winning writer.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Miss Eliza Beard, A School Founder | date=March 13, 1941}} Eliza Beard oversaw the school's financial management, and Lucie Beard ran the educational activities.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Miss Eliza Beard, A School Founder | date=March 13, 1940}} Their mother, Hester Truslow Beard, also assisted with the establishment of the school.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | date=June 28, 1936 | title=Mrs. S. M. Beard Jr.}} The Beard school had an initial enrollment of 13 students. The all-girls school moved to Berkley Avenue in 1900 and continued adding grades until it graduated its first class in 1903. Taking the role of a preparatory country day school, Beard School prepared its students for the Seven Sisters and other colleges and universities.

Earning notoriety for this purpose, the Beard School received financial support from capitalist Sidney Morse Colgate of Colgate-Palmolive.{{cite book | title=The Colgate Story | last=Hardin | first=Shields T. | page=158 | publisher=Vantage Press}} In 1928, the school hosted a speech by Rev. Harry Emerson Fosdick, a social justice activist, at its commencement ceremony.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Beard Girls Hear Fosdick; New York Pastor Speaks at Graduation Exercises in Orange | date=June 7, 1928}} Fosdick's visit reflected Beard School's commitment to service for its student body. During World War I, the students made bandages and wound dressings and began a tradition of sewing and knitting items to donate to the American Red Cross. This tradition extended into and past the Great Depression of the 1930s. During World War II, Beard School's students worked for the Junior Red Cross and assisted the American war effort by contributing their time and money.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1498 |title=Beard School |access-date=January 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145545/http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1498 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

On November 30, 1953, a large fire swept through Beard School's campus in the middle of the night. Reaching a peak of fifty feet in the air, the fire engulfed two of the school's five buildings and left them unusable. The fire destroyed an auditorium, 16 classrooms, and Beard School's gymnasium. After calling the fire department, Headmistress Edith Sutherland awakened the 20 boarding students and led them to safety on the school's front lawn.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Girls' School Fire Routed 40 in Orange. | date=November 26, 1953}}

Salvaging wood from the school's ruined buildings, a machinist repairman who lived nearby built a two-story garage for his family's home. His daughter later penned an essay about her childhood that described her memories surrounding the fire. Submitting the essay to Unico National, an Italian-American service organization, she earned second place in their Ella T. Grasso literary contest.{{Cite web |url=http://dolcebob.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:my-dad-one-italian-immigrant-story&catid=3:newsflash&Itemid=64 |title=My Dad: One Italian Immigrant's Story |access-date=January 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202110057/http://dolcebob.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:my-dad-one-italian-immigrant-story&catid=3:newsflash&Itemid=64 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }} Rebuilding, Beard School launched the Beard Fund campaign in Fall 1954 to fund construction of a new building to replace the two buildings devastated by the fire. The campaign hosted a Hawaiian-themed benefit dance on October 22, 1954, to raise some of the funds.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Dance to Aid School; East Orange Fete on Friday Will Assist Beard Fund | date=October 16, 1954}} In the spring of that school year, the Beard School opened the new fireproof building for use by classes.{{cite book | title=Orange: A Postcard Guide to Its Past | first1=Don | last1=Dorflinger | first2=Marietta | last2=Dorflinger | year=1999}} Eleven years later, the Beard School had discussions with Short Hills Country Day School about a potential merger of the two schools.{{cite book | title=A History of Millburn Township | first=Marian | last=Meisner | year=2002 | publisher=Millburn/Short Hills Historical Society and the Millburn Free Public Library | url=http://www.millburn.lib.nj.us/ebook/1966.htm}} The two schools did not merge, however. Short Hills Country Day School later merged with the Pingry School in Bernards, New Jersey.

The all-boys Morristown School merged with the all-girls Beard School in 1971. The new co-ed school elected to use Morristown School's campus in Morristown and close the Beard School's campus in Orange. (The former campus of the Beard School now houses the White House Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center.) On Prize Day, June 5, 1971, the Morristown School officially transitioned into Morristown Beard School, a name chosen to reflect the importance of the history of its predecessor schools.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1499 |title=History: Morristown–Beard School |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201145746/http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1499 |archive-date=February 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Recognizing their collective legacy, Morristown Beard School adopted the Beard School's Latin motto of ("Ad Astra per Aspera") and the Morristown School's school shield. (The Morristown School had two Latin mottos: "Civitas" and "Orbis Aratro Pendet". The former means citizenship, and the latter means: "The world hangs in the work of the plow.") Morristown Beard School also renamed its Main Building as Beard Hall. The first class of the school graduated in June 1972. Twenty-two years later in 1994, the school expanded its Middle School's student body from two grades (7–8) to three (6–8).

Morristown-Beard was the subject to a sex-scandal in 2011 due to a sexual relationship between a student, Sharon Zelnick, and a teacher, Edward Sherman. The couple where engaged in a sexual relationship since at least 2010, a date an MBS employee went on record stating he saw Zelnick and Sherman engage in a physical relationship. The relationship was made apparent to Sharon's parents when she feigned an illness during a school trip to Greece in 2011 and was 'chaperoned' by Sherman until she recovered which went against school rules. The school initially requested Zelnick's parents be lenient to Sherman, but claimed to have no knowledge of the relationship at the time. By December 2011 MBS administration received numerous calls from concerned parents about the relationship, and performed an internal investigation, but never notified the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCPP) with parents having to go directly to the DCPP to get them involved. Shortly after the DCPP got involved Sherman fled to Israel and following her graduation after not physically attending classes Senior year Sharon also moved to Israel. Sharon's parents sued the school in December 2015 for gross negligence, breach of contract, negligent infliction of emotional distress, and fraud.{{cite web |title=ZELNICK v. MORRISTOWN BEARD SCHOOL (2015) |url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/nj-superior-court/1731926.html |website=FindLaw |access-date=4 November 2024}} Shortly after the DCPP began their investigation in 2011 headmaster Alex Curtis stepped down, being replaced by Peter Caldwell.{{cite web |last1=Primerano |first1=Jane |title=New School Leader Looking at More than Academics |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/morris/new-school-leader-looking-at-more-than-academics |website=Patch Media |access-date=4 November 2024}} In 2016 the lawsuit was dismissed as the judge ruled Sharon's parents had no standing to sue, and that only Sharon herself could sue, but the judge did acknowledge that Sharon was sexually assaulted by Sherman.{{cite web |title=Parents can't sue prep school over alleged teacher-student relationship, judge rules |url=https://www.nj.com/essex/2016/01/parents_cant_sue_prep_school_over_teacher-student.html |website=NJ.com |access-date=4 November 2024}}

Many notable figures have visited Morristown Beard School to speak to students, faculty, and staff. Colonel Jack H. Jacobs, a Medal of Honor recipient, spoke on the Friday before Memorial Day weekend in 2015. Jacobs received the medal for bravery during the Vietnam War.{{cite web | url=http://www.mbs.net/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=602 | title=Col. Jack Jacobs Speaks about Character, Service}} Other notable speakers have included: businesswoman Bobbi Brown,[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1410&newsid=91 Bobbi Brown Speaks at MBS] authors Rachel Simmons{{Cite web |url=http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182981 |title=MBS News: Rachel Simmons Speaks at MBS |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154817/http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182981 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }} and Bryan Burrough,{{cite news | newspaper=Crimson Sun | title=Bryan Burrough reveals ups and downs of his writing life | first1=Emily | last1=Kellogg | first2=Jessica | last2=Small | year=2012 | volume=13 | number=5}} and Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen.{{Cite web |url=http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182872 |title=Congressman Visits MBS |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154701/http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182872 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

During the George Floyd protests three seniors where recorded saying slurs and mocking George Floyd.{{cite web |last1=Gomez |first1=Jessie |title=Morristown-Beard grad caught on camera using racial slur will not attend Cornell |url=https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2020/07/06/morristown-nj-nate-panza-not-go-cornell/5382968002/ |website=www.dailyrecord.com |access-date=15 November 2022}} Following this the three students had their admissions to various prestigious colleges revoked.{{cite web |last1=Coughlin |first1=Kevin |title=Third Morristown-Beard student gets cold shoulder from college after racist video |url=https://morristowngreen.com/2020/06/24/third-morristown-beard-student-gets-cold-shoulder-from-college-after-racist-video/ |website=morristowngreen.com |date=June 24, 2020 |access-date=15 November 2022}} Following the incident the Headmaster, Peter Caldwell, stepped down and Elizabeth Morrison was brought in to reshape school culture to be more diverse and inclusive and to empower the school's black students, however, this sudden change in management has been met with some push back with many of the teachers seeking employment elsewhere.{{cite web |last1=Coughlin |first1=Kevin |title=Rocked by racist incidents, Morristown-Beard School taps new leader with message of inclusion |url=https://morristowngreen.com/2020/09/30/rocked-by-racist-incidents-morristown-beard-school-taps-new-leader-with-message-of-inclusion/ |website=morristowngreen.com |date=September 30, 2020 |access-date=15 November 2022}}{{cite web |last1=Westhoven |first1=William |title=Morristown-Beard leadership: 'We failed' to empower Black students |url=https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2020/07/21/morristown-beard-trustees-we-failed-empower-black-students/5477910002/ |website=www.dailyrecord.com |access-date=15 November 2022}}

Supported by a $16.2 million capital campaign, Morristown Beard School constructed the Middle School building and Founders Hall, a performing arts facility. The Middle School building opened during fall 2008, and Founders Hall, which houses a 630-seat surround-sound theatre, opened during winter 2009.[http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=180929 "Morristown-Beard Unveils "Founders' Hall" at Gala"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723203508/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=180929 |date=July 23, 2011 }}, Morristown–Beard School, April 27, 2009. Accessed September 29, 2010. In 2011, Morristown Beard School transformed Wilkie Hall, which had previously contained the performing arts center, into a technology center with multiple computer labs.

Renovated in 2004, Grant Hall now houses the Center for Academic Writing, the English Department, and the World Languages Department. That year, Morristown Beard also opened the renovated Beard Hall with space for Anderson Library and offices for the History Department, College Counseling, Admissions, and the Headmaster. In 2007, the school renovated South Wing, which now houses the MBS Center for Teaching and Learning (formerly the Center for Learning) and visual arts classrooms.[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=509 Our Campus] Morristown Beard School's students have access to a film production studio with a green screen, a studio for multi-track digital audio recording, and a post-production studio.[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1369&pback=1367 Media in the Curriculum]

From 2016 to 2017 a large renovation and construction project took place in the north-western corner of Morristown Beard's campus which saw the demolition of the old Math Building and the Science Annex to make away for the new "Math and Science building". The original math building was a Depression era residential building, while the Science annex where two double-wide trailers that where constructed as "temporary" classrooms and where in-use for 15 years. The new Math and Science building was connected via an annex to the dining hall, while the old science classrooms under the dining hall where renovated into a collaborative technological space. The renovations cost over $30 million that was the result of a 10 to 12 year fundraiser.{{cite web |last1=Westhoven |first1=William |title=Transformation at Morristown-Beard School |url=https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/news/2016/04/25/transformation-morristown-beard-school/83392324/ |website=Daily Record |access-date=4 November 2024}} The building was designed by NK Architects and completed in time to be opened for the 2017 school-year.{{cite web |title=Morristown-Beard School's new Math & Science Building opens |url=https://www.nkarchitects.com/news/2017/9/11/morristown-beard-schools-new-math-science-building-opens |website=NK Architects |access-date=4 November 2024}}

In 2021 the school dedicated its main quad to the Class of 2020 due to their graduation and senior year being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Class of 2020 Returns to Campus for Quad Dedication |url=https://www.mbs.net/morristown-beard-school-news/~board/news/post/class-of-2020-returns-to-campus-for-quad-dedication |website=MBS |access-date=4 November 2024}}

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In the fall of 2010, Morristown Beard School became one of the first schools in the U.S. to integrate the iPad tablet made by Apple Inc. into its curriculum. For their pilot program, six teachers and 60 students used iPads inside and outside the classroom.Staff. [http://newjerseyhills.com/morris_news_bee/latest_news/article_612a3788-4746-5f63-89be-7b4d7ef19360.html "Mo-Beard? iPad "], Morris NewsBee, September 3, 2010. Accessed September 12, 2013. "This September, six Morristown–Beard School (MBS) teachers will be giving their students Apples instead of the other way around, as 60 MBS students begin using Apple iPads both inside and outside of their classrooms.... In embarking on the program, MBS becomes one of the first schools in the country not only to integrate this new tablet technology into its curriculum, but to use it in a way that makes the student experience and input a major aspect of the program's design." During the pilot program, executives from Apple, Inc. visited Morristown Beard School to observe how their iPads enhanced instructional practices and stimulated students' learning.{{Cite web |url=http://secure.mobeard.org/mbs/news/printNews.php?id=182084 |title=Apple Executives Visit Campus |access-date=January 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202154707/http://secure.mobeard.org/mbs/news/printNews.php?id=182084 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

Beginning with the 2011–2012 academic year, Morristown Beard School now requires all students to purchase an iPad and use the tablet device to assist schoolwork.[http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=181385 "MBS to Kick Off Apple iPad Pilot Program"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723204021/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=181385 |date=July 23, 2011 }}, Morristown–Beard School, August 21, 2010. Accessed September 29, 2010. The school's curriculum includes multiple electives that teach software development for iOS, the operating system that drives iPads, iPhones, and Apple TVs. Morristown Beard School also runs a dedicated 1000 Mbit/s Wi-Fi network to enable students' and faculty iPads to access the Internet.{{Cite web |url=http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=181605 |title=Student iPad Program Q&A |access-date=January 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109205830/http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=181605 |archive-date=January 9, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

In 2013, Morristown Beard School equipped all classrooms on its campus and many of the school's public spaces with ceiling mounted LCD projectors and wireless media streaming through Apple TV.[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=1368&pback=1367 iPad 1-2-1] That year, students Graham Dyer and Lena Rajan created the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502135103/http://campus.mbs.net/mbsnow/home/ MBS Now] app for iPads to help members of the school community quickly access information about school happenings. The MBS Now app provides information on class schedules, homework assignments, school calendars, lunch menus, extracurricular activities, athletic competitions, and school news. The app also provides school forms for various activities and information on senior projects.[http://campus.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=182936 The Time Has Come for the MBS Now App] Members of the Morristown Beard School community contribute content to MBS Now by posting updates at the app's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140502135103/http://campus.mbs.net/mbsnow/home/ home portal]. Publication of the source code for each update to MBS Now on GitHub enables students at other K–12 schools to develop similar iOS apps.[https://github.com/gdyer/MBS-Now gdyer/MBS Now]

Due to being one of the first school's in the country to implement a 1:1 iPad program, Morristown Beard was recognized as an Apple Distinguished School since 2024.{{cite web |title=MBS Recognized as an Apple Distinguished School |url=https://www.mbs.net/morristown-beard-school-news/~board/news/post/mbs-recognized-as-an-apple-distinguished-school |website=Morristown-Beard School |access-date=4 November 2024}}

Upper School (grade 9–12) students must complete at least eight hours of community service during each semester and write reflections on their experiences.[http://www.mbs.net/mbs/baseTemplateA.php?id=8 "Community Service Program"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929003932/http://mbs.net/mbs/baseTemplateA.php?id=8 |date=September 29, 2013 }} "Each student is required to complete eight hours of community service each semester and to complete reflections about the experience" Fulfilling their service requirement, many Morristown Beard students organize campus blood drives or assist local programs like Adopt-A-Trail. Other students volunteer for area nonprofit organizations, such as The Seeing Eye, Neighborhood House, Habitat for Humanity, and the Matheny Medical and Educational Center.

The Crimson Sun, the student newspaper, has won three gold medalist awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association.[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cspa/pdfs/2013CSPAConventionAdvisoryProgram.pdf CSPA 89th Annual Scholastic Convention], Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Accessed September 12, 2013. "Ida Picker has advised the Crimson Sun newspaper at Morristown–Beard School in Morristown, NJ since 2004. For the past three years, the Crimson Sun has received the CSPA Gold Medalist." Salmagundi, the school's yearbook, has published annually since 1904. The debate team has competed against area schools since a 1923 competition among Morristown School, Pingry School and Montclair Academy.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Debating Flourishes in Jersey Schools; Pupils at Pingry Are Preparing for March Triangular | date=November 6, 1938}} The Quiz Bowl team has become increasingly prominent in recent years, hosting the first ever Morristown Beard Fall Invitational tournament in 2019. Other clubs and extracurricular activities at MBS include: Art Club, Business Finance and Investment Club, Contemporary Music Workshop, Drama Club, Drone Club, Film Club, Foster Care Club, GLOW Club (Girls Leadership, Outreach and Worth), Mariah (art & literary magazine), Mu Alpha Theta, Model United Nations, Service Committee, Young Republicans Club, Progressive Caucus, and the Student Government Association.

In recent years, Morristown Beard School's theatre program has received multiple nominations from Paper Mill Playhouse's Rising Star Awards program. In 2012, student Carina Steficek won a Student Achievement Award for her role as a master electrician and board operator in Bat Boy: The Musical.{{cite news | newspaper=Independent Press | title=Morristown-Beard and Summit high schools win Rising Star Awards for their musicals | date=June 9, 2012 | url=http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2012/06/morristown-beard_and_summit_hi.html}} The following year, Morristown Beard School captured two awards at Montclair State University's Theatre Night Awards Ceremony. The school received an award for Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for its performance of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Student Alexa Rojek also received an award for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Classical Work for her role in the play.[https://blogs.montclair.edu/oeco/2013/05/02/2013-theatre-night-awards-ceremony/ 2013 Theatre Night Awards Ceremony]

In 2013, student Jack Lindberg earned two awards for his singing accomplishments. He won first place for high school men singing classical voice at the Doris Lenz Festival for High School Students. Lindberg also captured a special commendation at the New Jersey All-State High School Opera Festival.{{cite news | newspaper=The Item of Millburn and Short Hills | date=November 14, 2013 | title=Millburn Township Student receives two state singing awards}}

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The Morristown Beard School Crimson[https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/morristown-beard-school Morristown–Beard School], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. competes in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Morris, Sussex and Warren counties, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[https://www.nwjerseyac.com/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=235 Home Page], Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference. Accessed August 27, 2020. "The Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference prides itself on being one of New Jersey's premier high school conferences and is comprised of 39 high schools located in Northwest New Jersey."[https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020. Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Colonial Hills Conference which included public and private high schools in Essex, Morris and Somerset counties in west Central Jersey.[https://web.archive.org/web/20101119074316/http://www.colonialhillsconference.com/ Home Page], Colonial Hills Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive, as of November 19, 2010. Accessed December 15, 2014. With 335 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public B for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 37 to 366 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group I for public schools).[https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group B (equivalent to Group I/II for public schools) for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 140 to 686 students.[https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-08/football-2024-2026.pdf NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.

Cheered on by the bear (the school mascot), Morristown Beard School's teams compete as the Crimson, a reflection of historical ties with Harvard.{{citation needed|date=May 2015}} The school's 20 varsity teams have captured championships in several sports. Five of Morristown Beard School's teams (football, girls' ice hockey, boys' cross country, girls' tennis, girls' volleyball) have attained undefeated seasons in their athletic histories. During the 1990s, the athletic facilities at Morristown Beard School played host to floor hockey competition of the New Jersey Special Olympics Winter Games.{{cite news | newspaper=The Star-Gazette | location=Hackettstown, New Jersey | title=Special Olympics Kicks Off Its 1993 Games on Jan. 31 | date=January 21, 1993}}

In 2012, Lou Lamoriello, general manager of three Stanley Cup-winning New Jersey Devils teams, presented the keynote address at the induction ceremony for the school's Athletic Hall of Fame.[http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182063 Hall of Fame Celebrates 25 Years] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111003245/http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182063 |date=January 11, 2014 }} "The event was highlighted by a keynote address from Lou Lamoriello, the CEO and General Manager of the New Jersey Devils hockey team." The following year, Tony Siragusa, a former NFL player who played on a Super Bowl-winning Baltimore Ravens football team, spoke at Morristown Beard School. Siragusa, father of Morristown Beard School student Samantha Siragusa '15, worked as a sideline reporter for NFL games on Fox Sports from 2003 to 2016.[http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182795 Football & "Man Caves" Star to Speak at MBS Tonight] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111002510/http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182795 |date=January 11, 2014 }} "The Morristown Beard Crimson Club invites you to an evening with Tony Siragusa, former professional football player and host of the DIY Channel's "Man Caves", on Thursday, April 25 from 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. in Wilkie Hall. Join us as Tony shares stories about growing up in New Jersey, his journey to the NFL, winning the Super Bowl, and his adventures on and off the field! Siragusa, MBS parent of Samantha '15, is a former NFL defensive tackle with the Indianapolis Colts and the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens." In 2019 Trevor Baptiste was inducted into the school's athletic hall of fame.{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame to Induct Trevor Baptiste '14 and Whitney Brusman Shelton '94 |url=https://www.mbs.net/morristown-beard-school-news/~board/news/post/hall-of-fame-to-induct-trevor-baptiste-14-and-whitney-brusman-shelton-94 |website=www.mbs.net |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=22 October 2019}}

As one of the oldest hockey programs in the U.S., the boys' ice hockey team traces its history to the late 19th century. (The earliest media coverage about the program ran in the 1900–1901 academic year.){{cite book |last=Whitney |first=Caspar |year=1901 |title=Outing: An Illustrated Magazine of Sport, Travel, Adventure, and College Life, Volume XXXVII, October 1900{{snd}}March 1901}}"Morristown School is new, and her teams lack the traditions which stimulate the traditions of so many of the schools but she is building wisely..." Since its founding, the boys' ice hockey team has captured 16 NJISAA Prep B Titles (1928, 1974–1975, 1980, 1982–1984, 1991, 1997, 2005, 2007–2010, 2012, and 2013 (co-champion)). The team won the Gordon Cup of the Gordon Conference in 1965 and 1966. Jon Vlachos, star center on those teams, received induction into the NJ High School Ice Hockey Hall of Fame in 2012.

Since joining the Morris County Conference, the boys' ice hockey team has won 10 Mennen Cups (1980, 1982–1983, 1994 (co-champion), 2006, 2009–2011, 2014, and 2015).[http://mcssihl.org/cups/mennen.htm Mennen Cup] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212030524/http://mcssihl.org/cups/mennen.htm |date=December 12, 2013 }}, Morris County Secondary Schools Ice Hockey League. Accessed September 3, 2012. Head Coach John Puskar earned the NJ Boys Ice Hockey Coach of the Year Award twice during his tenure from 2003 to 2009. In 2009, Former NHL player Randy Velischek took over as Head Coach of the boys' ice hockey team. Under his leadership, the sixth-ranked 2013–14 boys' ice hockey team defeated Delbarton School to reach the non-public state championship for the first time in school history.[http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/2649708780000320756/morristown-beard-4-at-delbarton-2-njsiaa-tournament-semifinal-round-non-public-boys-ice-hockey/#/0 Ice Hockey: No. 6 Morristown-Beard stuns No. 1 Delbarton; Heading to first-ever NJSIAA finals] After tying Christian Brothers Academy in overtime of the state championship game on March 9, 2014, Morristown Beard School earned a share of the non-public state title. They finished the 2013–14 season with an overall record of 21–5–2. On April 7, 2014, the New Jersey Devils honored Morristown Beard's hockey team during a game at Prudential Center played against the Calgary Flames.[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=639&newsid=185 NJ Devils to Honor MBS Hockey Team]

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, the hockey team competed against Kent School in holiday rivalry games played at Madison Square Garden. They played for the Ranger trophy donated by Colonel John S. Hammond, first president of the New York Rangers.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Scholastic Activities | first=Kingsley | last=Childs | date=December 18, 1932}} After receiving a personal message of good luck from President Franklin Roosevelt,{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | date=December 16, 1933 | title=Roosevelt Wishes Morristown Six Success As Team Embarks for European Tour}} the team went on an overseas tour in Europe during the 1933–1934 school year. They competed against several club and school teams from Switzerland, Germany, and France.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Morristown School Hockey Squad Returns After Creditable Showing in Switzerland | date=January 10, 1934}}

The girls' ice hockey team began competition in the Women's Interscholastic Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic (WIHLMA) in 2005. Since then, the team has won the league championship seven times (2007–2008, 2010–2014). The girls' hockey team notched their fifth straight WIHLMA title in a game played against Portledge School from Locust Valley, New York, on February 16, 2014.{{cite news | newspaper=The Star Ledger | title=Ice Hockey: Cornine, Dolan hit, O'Connell has 14 saves as Morristown-Beard wins fifth straight WIHLMA title | date=February 16, 2014 | url=http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-6793256088493334219/morristown-beard-2-at-portledge-ny-0-girls-ice-hockey/}} The team finished as the runner-up to Shady Side Academy in 2015,{{cite news | newspaper=NJ.com | title=Morristown-Beard pulls its goalie to tie the score and force overtime, but falls 3–2 in WIHLMA finals vs. Shady Side | url=http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-2012421154640907300/shady-side-pa-3-at-morristown-beard-2-wihlma-finals-girls-ice-hockey/ | first=John Christisn | last=Hageny | date=February 17, 2015}}

On April 13, 2014, the New Jersey Devils awarded player Kendall Cornine '15 their High School Ice Hockey Girls' Player of the Year Award during a game against the Boston Bruins. Cornine, who played the position of forward, notched 26 goals and 24 assists during the season and earned All-State selection from The Star-Ledger.[http://www.mbs.net/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=225 Kendall Cornine '15 Honored by NJ Devils] In 2015, NJ.com selected Cornine as their Girls Ice Hockey Player of the Year for 2014–2015 after she became Morristown Beard's all-time scoring leader. During her high school career, Cornine notched 104 goals and 94 assists to accumulate 198 total points in 75 games.{{cite news | newspaper=NJ.com | title=Kendall Cornine of Morristown-Beard is the NJ.com Girls Ice Hockey Player of the Year for 2014–15 | url=http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-7736864038138885980/kendall-cornine-of-morristown-beard-is-the-njcom-girls-ice-hockey-player-of-the-year-for-2014-15/ | first=John Christian | last=Hageny | date=March 16, 2015}}

During the 2010–2011 school year, the girls' hockey achieved an undefeated 18–0 season during the 2010–2011 academic year. The girls' ice hockey team also notched 45 consecutive victories during the period from January 10, 2010, to February 15, 2012.{{cite web |url = http://morris.patch.com/groups/schools/p/morristown-beard-girls-ice-hockey-wins-championship |title = Morristown-Beard Girls' Ice Hockey Wins Championship |last = Shaskan |first = Kathy |date = 15 February 2011 |website = Morristown Patch |access-date=September 12, 2013 }}[http://www.nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/117203631398570.xml&coll=1 "Maffei sisters lead the state's growth of girls ice hockey"], The Star-Ledger by John Christian Hageny, February 21, 2007. "The twins, sophomore standouts at Morristown–Beard School in Morris Township, eat, sleep and breathe hockey, and it showed this season as they helped Morristown-Beard to a 16–2–1 record and the championship of the Women's Interscholastic Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic Tournament." Former NHL player Bruce Driver, who played on a Stanley Cup-winning NJ Devils team, has coached the girls' ice hockey team since the 2000–2001 season. He received the NJ Girls Ice Hockey Coach of the Year Award in 2007 and earned his 200th win in December 2013. Driver's daughter Whitney, Morristown Beard Class of 2004, played on the girls' ice hockey team, as well as on the softball and girls' soccer teams. She also helped create the school's sportsmanship award.[http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=181269 "MBS News: Whitney Driver Conducts Leadership Seminars at MBS"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107034909/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=181269 |date=January 7, 2014 }} "As a student at Morristown–Beard School, Driver played ice hockey, soccer and softball, and she was instrumental in creating the School's Sportsmanship Award."

Morristown Beard School's football team has a history that dates back to 1898. Coached by Princeton graduate Irvin Dickey and then Dartmouth graduate D.B. Rich, Morristown School's football team won 22 of 25 games (88%) during the 1898–1900 seasons. Speedy Harold Hathaway Weekes, who graduated in 1899, played a pivotal role in the team's success during the 1898 season. After playing his college career for the Columbia Lions football team of Columbia University, Weekes received induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954. His brother, Bradford Gage Weekes, followed in Harold's footsteps during his own notable football career at Morristown School.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Athletics at Columbia | date=December 6, 1901}}

Continuing this success through the 20th century, the football team achieved 11 undefeated seasons (1901, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1941, 1948, 1987). They won the state championship in 1987{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} and finished as runner-up for the state championship at Giants Stadium in 2007.[http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=Non%2DPublic%2C%20Group%20I 2007 Football - Non-Public, Group I], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 9, 2008.Hague, Jim. [https://archive.today/20130131143151/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1718292421.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec+01,+2007&author=JIM+HAGUE&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Betz's+toughness,+leadership+shines+through+for+Crimson&pqatl=google "Betz's toughness, leadership shines through for Crimson"], Daily Record, December 1, 2007. Accessed July 5, 2011. "After his Morristown-Beard football team left the field at Giants Stadium Friday night having endured a tough 28–7 loss to Paterson Catholic in the NJSIAA Non-Public Group I state championship game, Mike Betz looked like someone who had been in a war." Theatre critic John Mason Brown, who received the superlatives of "Best All-Around", "Most Popular", Wittiest", at graduation, played guard on the football team during his years at the school (1917–1919).{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=John Mason Brown, Critic, Dead | date=March 17, 1969}}

Morristown Beard School's baseball team won the 2005 and 2010 NJSIAA Non-Public North B state championships. They also captured the 2007 Prep B state championship.[http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=107442&tclass=Non-Public%20Finals 2005 Baseball - Non-Public Finals], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 14, 2007. John Sheppard, Head Coach of the baseball team, notched his 400th win in 2016, defeating Randolph High School to win the Morris County Tournament, the first tournament title in school history.Bove, Matt. [http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-2921224266597508804/randolph-3-at-morristown-beard-4-morris-county-tournament-final-round-baseball/ "Morristown-Beard tops Randolph after disputed play to win 1st Morris County baseball title"], NJ Advance Media, May 21, 2016. Accessed November 6, 2016. "The title is the first in school history in any sport for Morristown-Beard and gave coach John Sheppard his 400th career victory, but those accomplishments might have been temporarily forgotten in the wild final inning." On March 30, 2014, he received induction into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Hall of Fame.[http://www.mbs.net/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=180 Sheppard to be inducted into NJSCA Hall of Fame] Pitching coach Mike Sturgeon trained Boston Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello during his days at Seton Hall Preparatory School. (Sturgeon is also an alumnus of the high school.){{Cite web |url=http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/12600/Stats/baseball/2010/Gamenotesbig10.pdf |title=2010 Seton Hall Pirates Baseball |access-date=January 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111171827/http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/12600/Stats/baseball/2010/Gamenotesbig10.pdf |archive-date=January 11, 2014 |url-status=dead }}

In 1984 and 1986, Morristown Beard School's softball team won titles. Spike Billings, who served for many years as the school's athletic director, and visual arts teacher Laurie Hartman coached those teams.[http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/printNews.php?id=181721 "Hall of Fame to Honor Arnold '97, Barnes '86 and Tucker '02"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111180536/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/printNews.php?id=181721 |date=January 11, 2014 }} "Taryn Barnes '86 played four years of Varsity Field Hockey and Softball while at MBS. Coached by Spike Billings and Laurie Hartman she played on two championship softball teams (1984 & 1986)" Morristown Beard School elected Billings to its Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=549 Hall of Fame]

In 2014, the girls'{{cite news | newspaper=The Daily Record | title=Online Exclusive: Villa Walsh soccer earns berth in Non-Public B title match | url=http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/sports/high-school/soccer/2014/11/14/online-exclusive-villa-walsh-soccer-earns-berth-non-public-b-title-match/19009905/ | date=November 14, 2014 | last=Knego | first=Lauren}} and boys'{{cite news | newspaper=The Daily Record | title=Morristown-Beard boys soccer falls in Non-Public B semifinal | url=http://www.dailyrecord.com/story/sports/high-school/soccer/2014/11/13/morristown-beard-boys-soccer-falls-non-public-b-semifinal/19002075/ | date=November 14, 2014 | last=Knego | first=Lauren}} soccer teams finished runner-up for the Non-Public North B state title at DePaul Catholic in Wayne, New Jersey. The girls' soccer team won the Prep B Title in 2004 (shared with Rutgers Prep) and 2013.[http://www.rutgersprep.org/alumni/enews/dec04/girls_soccer.pdf "Alumni Ties: The Guaranteed Dividend"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926025715/http://www.rutgersprep.org/alumni/enews/dec04/girls_soccer.pdf |date=September 26, 2013 }} "Our season began on August 16th and ended on November 7th when we competed for the State Prep "B" Championship. The result was a 1–1 tie after 80 minutes of regulation play and 2 golden goal 10 minute overtime periods. The State has adopted that no championship game shall be determined by penalty kicks so we were named co-champions with Morristown Beard" The boys' soccer team won the state championship in both 1968 and 1974.[http://mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=182942 "MBS News: Soccer Alumni Reunite to Honor Coach Chavonelle"] "Coach Chavonelle led the boys' soccer team to two state championships: in 1968 and 1974." George Tilghman, who served as headmaster of Morristown School (1926–1939), played on the soccer team during his years as a student at the school.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Morristown School Wins at Soccer | date=December 5, 1914}}

In 2018, the girls soccer team finished the season with a 10–9–3 record after defeating St. Rose High School by a score of 2–0 to win the Non-Public B state championship at Kean University.[https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-girls-soccer.pdf NJSIAA History of Girls Soccer], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.Gould, Brandon. [https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/article/morristown-beard-girls-soccer-beats-st-rose-wins-1st-ever-non-public-b-title/ "Morristown-Beard girls soccer beats St. Rose, wins 1st ever Non-Public B title (PHOTOS)"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 11, 2018, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed January 24, 2021. "Genevieve Pike found space in the attacking third midway through the second half at Kean University and called for the ball.... The Crimson added another goal a minute later and then ran off the final 18 for a historic 2–0 win on Sunday that secured the program's first-ever Non-Public B title. The title victory came just three days after Morristown-Beard beat rival Villa Walsh to win the program's first North, Non-Public B championship.... Morristown-Beard (10–9–3) started playing its best soccer in the postseason and went though Morris County rivals Morris Catholic and Villa Walsh to get it done in the sectional playoffs."

The boys' basketball team debuted in the 1910–1911 school year.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Morristown Basket Ball | date=March 10, 1911}} In 2011 and 2012, the team won consecutive conference championships in under Head Coach Eddie Franz. Franz netted his 300th win as Head Coach in 2013. He also received induction into the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association (NJSCA) Hall of Fame that year.[https://archive.today/20130913063659/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=182719 "News: Eddie Franz Wins 300th Game"] Accessed September 13, 2013. "He enjoyed one of his most successful seasons in 2011–2012, when the Crimson jumped out to a perfect 18–0 record before finishing the season with a 21–5 mark and their second consecutive conference championship." Marquis Webb, a former Rutgers basketball player, has been head coach of the boys' basketball since 2023.{{Cite web |title=Morristown-Beard high school Boys Basketball |url=https://highschoolsports.nj.com/school/morristown-morristown-beard/boysbasketball/season/2023-2024 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=highschoolsports.nj.com |language=en}}

In 2014, the girls' basketball team won their conference in 2014 for the first time in school history. The team reached the quarterfinal round of the Morris County Tournament for the first time after defeating Morris Knolls High School.{{cite news | newspaper=The Daily Record | title=Morristown-Beard looks to carry momentum into quarterfinals | date=February 12, 2014}} On March 15, 2015, the girls' basketball team defeated the Pennington School to capture the Prep B title for the first time in school history.{{cite news | newspaper=The Pocono Post | date=March 15, 2015 | url=http://www.buckslocalnews.com/articles/2015/03/16/pennington_post/sports/doc54e74343ce940628283675.txt | title=GIRLS BASKETBALL: Pennington falls to Morristown-Beard in Prep B title game}}

The boys' cross country team achieved consecutive undefeated 17–0 seasons in 1960 and 1961. They won the Prep B title in both seasons.[https://archive.today/20130913054759/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=182493 "Athletic Hall of Fame Welcomes New Members"] "For two years in a row, Coach Mackin coached the Morristown Cross Country team to an undefeated 17–0 record. The crew of 2 1/2 mile runners, captained by Bob Dyer '62, also captured the coveted Prep "B" State Title both years and the prestigious Ivy League trophy in the 1960–1961 season."

The boys' lacrosse team defeated Immaculata High School to win the Non-Public B state championship in 2008 and 2019,{{cite web |title=Varsity Boys Lacrosse - Schedules & Scores {{!}} MBS |url=https://www.mbs.net/athletics/teams-programs/morristown-beard-varsity-boys-lacrosse |website=www.mbs.net |access-date=4 November 2024 |date=17 March 2025}}[https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-06/21-boys-lacrosse-history.pdf NJSIAA Boys Lacrosse Championship History], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023. and won the Prep B Title in 2008 and 2009.{{cite web |url = http://athletics.wheatoncollege.edu/sports/mlax/2012-13/bios/brian_neiman |title = Wheaton Men's Lacrosse: Brian Neiman |website = Wheaton College |access-date=September 12, 2013 | quote=Two-sport athlete at Morristown–Beard School... member of lacrosse Prep B champions in ('08, '09) and state championship team in ('08)}} The girls' lacrosse team won the Prep B title in 2009, 2010, and 2014.

The girls' tennis team won the Prep B title and the conference championship in an undefeated 12–0 season in 2011.[http://mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=181920 "Girls Tennis Wins Championship."] Accessed September 13, 2013. "Congratulations to the MBS varsity girls' tennis team which recently capped a perfect 12–0 season record by clinching the conference championship and a Prep B championship."

The girls' volleyball team went undefeated in the 1986 season and captured the state championship.[https://archive.today/20130913054712/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/printNews.php?id=180718 "Homecoming Weekend Slated for October 17–18"]. Accessed September 13, 2013. "The 2008 Hall of Fame Inductees are Eddie Franz and Gretel Oakes Merrill '88...She helped the volleyball team go undefeated and win the 1986 state championship."

The golf team won the school's first Prep B Title in the sport in 2009.{{cite web |url = http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=180968 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130913044625/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=180968 |url-status = dead |archive-date = September 13, 2013 |title = MBS Golfers Capture Prep B Championship |date = 21 May 2009 |website = Morristown–Beard School |access-date = 12 September 2013 }} "The Morristown-Beard golf team captured its first Prep B state championship in school history on May 14th, as the Crimson edged Montclair-Kimberley Academy by five strokes at Peddie Golf Course in Hightstown."

The girls' field hockey team has won the Prep B title in both 2008 and 2011.Tober, Steve. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121107090820/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/access/1694680681.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+03,+2008&author=STEVE+TOBER&pub=Daily+Record&desc=Morristown-Beard+uses+corners+to+capture+Prep+B&pqatl=google "Morristown-Beard uses corners to capture Prep B"], Daily Record, November 3, 2008. Accessed July 5, 2011. "First-half corners led to goals by Julie Guempel and Hillary Smith, each off well-placed assists delivered from fellow forward Emily Leahy, to spur the Crimson to a 2–0 victory over Montclair Kimberley Academy for the Prep B championship on Sunday."

Before its merger with the Beard School, Morristown School had a highly successful wrestling team. The wrestling team won three consecutive NJSIS Class B Championships from 1964 to 1966.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | date=February 28, 1966 | title=Morristown School Mat Victor}} In 1999, Morristown Beard School honored the 1965 wrestling team by electing it to the Athletics Hall of Fame.[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=570 Hall of Fame], Morristown–Beard School. Accessed May 7, 2015.

Morristown Beard School alumni have collectively received election to selective national societies for achievements in the arts, literature, science, theatre, and athletics. They have also attained several nationally prestigious awards. Morristown Beard School alumni have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Distinguished Service Cross, the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal, the Distinguished Honor Award, the Medal for Merit, and France's Legion of Honour and Croix de Guerre for achievements in governmental and military service. For achievements in literature and journalism, they have attained a Newbery Medal, two Caldecott Honor Awards, The Bollingen Prize, the Peabody Award, three Emmy Awards, and the Library of Congress' Children's Book of the Year Award. Morristown Beard School alumni have attained the Vetlesen Prize (the highest award in geology/geophysics), the American Chemical Society's Industry Award, the Alexander Agassiz Medal, and a Rhodes Scholarship for achievements in science, innovation, and scholarship. Their humanitarian accomplishments have earned Lions Clubs International's Lions Humanitarian Award and the National Coalition of Hispanic Mental Health and Human Services' National Humanitarian Award. Morristown Beard School alumni have also captured gold medals in the Olympics and the Pan American Games.

• Julie Beckman (class of 1991), architect who co-designed the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial[http://pentagonmemorial.org/news/pentagon-memorial-designers%E2%80%99-statement-background-information-project-description-bios "Pentagon Memorial Designers' Statement, Background Information, Project Description, and Bios"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401081612/https://pentagonmemorial.org/news/pentagon-memorial-designers%E2%80%99-statement-background-information-project-description-bios |date=April 1, 2020 }}. Accessed September 6, 2013. "On March 3, 2003, it was announced that their design for the Pentagon Memorial had been unanimously selected by the competition jury as the proposal that was to be built. Shortly thereafter, Keith and Julie relocated KBAS (Kaseman Beckman Advanced Strategies) from New York to Alexandria, VA to dedicate themselves to the immense task at hand."[http://www.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=14 "Distinguished Alumni: 2009 - Julie Beckman - 1991"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202164919/http://mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=14 |date=February 2, 2014 }}. Accessed September 6, 2013. "After graduating from Morristown-Beard in 1991, Julie earned a bachelor's degree from Bryn Mawr College and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation."
• Sandra Carpenter (1934–2003, class of 1952), Hilton Hotels' chief information officer{{cite web | url=http://articles.philly.com/2003-07-24/news/25451594_1_robert-carpenter-memorial-service-quanex | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529064712/http://articles.philly.com/2003-07-24/news/25451594_1_robert-carpenter-memorial-service-quanex | url-status=dead | archive-date=May 29, 2015 | title=Sandra Carpenter, executive}}
• Reginald Davis Johnson (1882–1952, class of 1900), California architect and designer of 2 National Historic Landmarks: Hale Solar Laboratory and Baldwin Hills Village{{cite book | title=Johnson, Kaufman, Coate: Partners in the California Style | first1=Jay | last1=Belloli| first2=Lauren Weiss| last2=Bricker | year=1992}}
• Winthrop Jones (1917–1999), artist, architect, and designer of schools and public buildings{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}
• Clive Meredith (1892–1932, class of 1910), radio engineer and founding owner of WSYR-AM, Syracuse's 2nd oldest station; grandson of Congressman Anson Burlingame{{cite book | title=Harvard Freshman Red Book, Volume 1914 | page=40 | year=1910}}
• Samuel Shackford Otis (1891–1974, class of 1910), Illinois architect and designer of hotels and housing complexes{{cite book | title=The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects | chapter=Samuel S. Otis, Architect & Engineer (firm), Roster Questionnaire, 1946 | publisher=The American Institute of Architects Archives | url=http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/AIA%20scans/Rosters/OtisSamuel_roster.pdf | access-date=February 2, 2014 | archive-date=March 3, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222927/http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/AIA%20scans/Rosters/OtisSamuel_roster.pdf | url-status=dead }}
• Austie Rollinson (class of 1986), principal designer for Callaway Golf's research and development unit; designed custom putters for Phil Mickelson and Ernie Els{{citation needed|date=November 2016}}

• Ingersoll Arnold (1915–2004, class of 1935), hockey player, coach, and referee{{cite news | newspaper=The Concord Monitor | title=Player, coach, ref, you name it: 'Ingy' Arnold All about hockey | date=December 3, 2010 | last=Faretra | first=Gavin}}
• Arthur Ayrault Jr. (1935–1990, class of 1952), two-time Olympic gold medalist in rowing (1956 Olympics and 1960 Olympics) and 7th headmaster at Lakeside School[http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=570 Morristown–Beard School: Athletics Hall of Fame]
• Trevor Baptiste (born 1996, class of 2014), professional lacrosse midfielder for Atlas LC.Havsy, Jane. [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/sports/game-on/2018/04/18/morristown-beard-alumnus-trevor-baptiste-picked-no-1-major-league-lacrosse-draft/530572002/ "Morristown-Beard alumnus Trevor Baptiste picked No. 1 in Major League Lacrosse draft"], Daily Record, April 18, 2018. Accessed September 9, 2018. "Baptiste, a Morristown-Beard alumnus who grew up in Roxbury and Denville, was picked first overall by the Boston Cannons on Wednesday night."{{cite news | newspaper=NJ.com | last=Chris | first=Ryan | title=Boys lacrosse: Former Morristown-Beard star Trevor Baptiste named Big East Midfielder of the Year | date=April 29, 2015 | url=http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-8825707507622939505/boys-lacrosse-former-morristown-beard-star-trevor-baptiste-named-big-east-midfielder-of-the-year/}}
• Penelope Probert Boorman (class of 1951), Pan American Games gold medalist in swimming and champion equestrian{{cite journal | journal=Crimson Magazine | volume=Spring 2012 | year=2012 | title=A 66-Year Friendship That Began on the Beard School Athletic Field}}
• Nancy Tasman Brower (class of 1947), former coach and athletic director who launched 4 girls' lacrosse programs[http://mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=6 1999 - Nancy Tasman Brower - 1947] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202141522/http://mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=6 |date=February 2, 2014 }} "Taz Brower was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award for her many contributions to MBS and to her community. She brought women's lacrosse to MBS, the Peck School, Newark Academy and Madison High School. She has been active in the Town & Country Swimming and Diving League, New Jersey Junior Tennis Assoc. and the MBS Hall of Fame Committee. Taz formerly was a member of the MBS Board of Trustees, The MBS Alumni Association and a member of the Peck School Board of Trustees."
• Kendall Cornine (born 1996, class of 2015), ice hockey forward for the Metropolitan Riveters of the NWHL.Bobal, Brian. [https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/2020/02/a-decade-of-greatness-meet-the-15-best-nj-girls-ice-hockey-players-from-2010-19.html "A decade of greatness: Meet the 15 best N.J. girls ice hockey players from 2010-19"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 28, 2020. Accessed April 11, 2020. "Kendall Cornine, Morristown-Beard, Class of 2015 Cornine was the program’s all-time leading scorer before Ally Detre bested her mark by one point in 2018. She was NJ.com’s Player of the Year for the 2014–15 season, where she recorded 34 goals and 32 assists, scoring at least one goal in every game."
• Harry Fanok (born 1940), Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals[https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=fanok-001har Harry Fanok]
• Charlotte Glutting (1910–1996, class of 1927), amateur golfer and member of the U.S. Women's Amateur Golf Team for three Curtis Cups[https://www.mbs.net/beyond-the-classroom/athletics/athletics-welcome/hall-of-fame Hall of Fame], Morrisown-Beard School. Accessed November 6, 2016.
• Anna Harrington (class of 2008), All-American archer on a Columbia Lions team that won the gold medal at the Intercollegiate Archery Championships{{Cite web |url=http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182338 |title=Harrington '08 Hits the Target |access-date=February 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301175116/http://mobeard.org/mbs/news/news.php?id=182338 |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• Suzanne Hoyt (1934-2010, class of 1952), champion equestrian, philanthropist, and rancher{{cite book | title=Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 55 | editor=Princeton University | year=1954}}
• Carl Kinscherf (1919–2006, class of 1938), National Football League defensive back and punter on the New York Giants (1943–1944)
• Dwight Mayer (1927–2013, class of 1945), champion croquet player and first president of PGA National's Croquet Club; descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Samuel Huntington{{cite news | newspaper=Palm Beach Daily News | date=June 13, 2013 | title=Champion Croquet Player Dwight J. Mayer Dies | first=Andrew | last=Davis}}
• Holly Ponichtera (class of 2003), figure skater on four national championship teams at Dartmouth College{{Cite web |url=http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=638&newsid=212&ncat=6%2C3%2C5%2C4%2C9%2C1 |title=Ponichter '03 Delivers Cum Laude Address |access-date=June 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605051047/http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=638&newsid=212&ncat=6%2C3%2C5%2C4%2C9%2C1 |archive-date=June 5, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• Ann Probert (class of 1960), amateur golfer, 14-time winner of the Garden State Championship, and past co-chair of the Curtis Cup{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Ann Linen Bride of E.W. Probert, A Yale Graduate | date=July 3, 1960}}
• Ernest Savignano (1919–1994, class of 1938), assistant athletic coach at Brown University and football player for the Brown Bears{{Cite web |url=http://www.brownbears.com/exceptional_bears/hallfame/Bios/savignano_ernest |title="Ernest T. Savignano" |access-date=February 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227052655/http://www.brownbears.com/exceptional_bears/hallfame/Bios/savignano_ernest |archive-date=February 27, 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• Jackman Stewart (1930–2000, class of 1950), athletic director and coach at the Berkshire School{{cite news | newspaper=The Boston Globe | title=Jackman Stewart, 70, Was Prep School Teacher, Coach | date=June 11, 2000}}
• Jyles Tucker (born 1983, class of 2003), National Football League linebacker for the San Diego Chargers[http://chargers.com/team/roster/jyles-tucker.htm Jyles Tucker] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020031204/http://chargers.com/team/roster/jyles-tucker.htm |date=October 20, 2007 }}, San Diego Chargers. Accessed November 21, 2007.
• Harold Weekes (1880–1950, class of 1899), three-time Walter Camp All-American, captain of the Columbia Lions football team, and College Football Hall of Fame inductee{{cite book |last1=Weyland |first1=Alexander W. |year=1962 |title=Football Immortals}} "Although Weekes had played well in the backfield at Morristown School in New Jersey, Sanford started him..."
• Alice Francis Wolf (1907–1990, class of 1924), squash and tennis player who reached the ranking of 10th best U.S. woman's player{{cite book | title=American Lawn Tennis, Volume 26 | year=1932 | publisher=American Lawn Tennis Publishing Company}}

• Lindsay Barrett George (born 1952, class of 1970), children's writer, illustrator, and recipient of the Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year Award[http://newjerseyhills.com/morris_news_bee/news/artist-alum-speaks-at-mo-beard/article_22aec88a-b439-11e2-a231-001a4bcf887a.html Artist alum speaks at Mo-Beard]
• Esther Eberstadt Brooke (1894–1987, class of 1915), vocational counselor, author of seven books, and sister of policy adviser Ferdinand Eberstadt{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Esther E. Brooke New Jersey Bride; Writer Is Married to Robert H. Baldwin, President of Insurance Company | date=June 24, 1933}}
• John Mason Brown (1900–1969, class of 1919), theatre critic for The Saturday Review, author of 13 books, and great-great-grandson of U.S. Senator John Brown of KentuckyStevens, George Cooper; and Brown, John Mason. [https://books.google.com/books?ei=3n4vUoLHJO-u4AP3k4DIDw&id=bNYhAAAAMAAJ&dq=%221917-19%2C+at+the+Morristown+School+in+Morristown%2C+New+Jersey%22 Speak for yourself, John: the life of John Mason Brown, with some of his letters and many of his opinions], p. 16. Viking Press, 1974. Accessed September 10, 2013.
• Roger Burlingame (1889–1967, class of 1909), book editor at Charles Scribner's Sons, author of 26 non-fiction books, and grandson of Congressman Anson Burlingame{{cite book | editor = Harvard University | title = Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume 25 | year=1922}}
• Frank Damrosch Jr. (1888–1966, class of 1906), author, Episcopal priest, and son of Frank Damrosch, founder of the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School){{cite journal |last=Smith |first=Hobart M. |title=Chapman Grant, Herpetologica, and the Herpetologists' League |journal=Herpetologica|volume=42 |date=March 1986 |page=1 | quote=In 1906, he attended Morristown School in New Jersey, where his classmates included John V. Bouvier III, father of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, [Frank Damrosch] and radical writer John Reed.}}
• Elizabeth Hoffman Honness (1904–2003, class of 1922), novelist and author of 20 children's books{{cite book | title=Something about the Author | year=1971 | first=Anne | last=Commire}}
• Hannah Lyons Bourne (1942–1999, class of 1959), author of eight children's books, including three cookbooks{{cite news | newspaper=The Cape Cod Times | date=April 4, 1999 | title=Hannah Lyons Bourne, 57; Children's book author, reporter, editor, teacher}}
• Charles Morton (1899–1967, class of 1916), Associate Editor of The Atlantic Monthly and author of 6 books{{cite book | first=John | last = Rae | title = Morristown: A Military Headquarters of the American Revolution | year = 2002}}
• William Pène du Bois (1916–1993, class of 1934), Newbery Award recipient and founding art editor of The Paris Review; son of painter Guy Pène du BoisCollier, Laura; and Nakamura, Joyce. [https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcBkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22William+Pène+du+Bois%22 Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults: A Selection of Sketches from Something about the Author, Volume 5], p. 1853. Gale, 1993. {{ISBN|9780810377028}}. Accessed September 10, 2013. "Education: Attended Miss Barstow's School, NY, 1921–24, Lycee Hoche, Versailles, France, 1924–28, Lycee de Nice, Nice, France, 1928–29, and Morristown School, New Jersey, 1930–34."{{cite book |first1=Alethea |last1=Helbig |first2=Agnes |last2=Perkins |year=1986 |title=Dictionary of American Children's Fiction, 1960–1984: Recent Books of Recognized Merit|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=9780313252334 |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofamer00alet |url-access=registration }}
• Frederick Roberts Rinehart (1902–1981, class of 1920), co-founder of Farrar & Rinehart and Rinehart & Co.; son of famed mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart{{cite book | last=Cohn | first=Jan | title=Improbable Fiction: The Life of Mary Roberts Rinehart | url=https://archive.org/details/improbablefictio00janc | url-access=registration | year=1980| publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | isbn=9780822934011 }}{{cite book | last=Tabbel | first=John | year=1978 | title=A history of book publishing in the United States: The golden age between two wars : 1920–1940}} "I was born September 14, 1902 in Allegheny, now a part of Pittsburgh, Pa., of two parents. I went to public and private schools there and in Sewickley until, in 1917, I went to Morristown School in New Jersey...and then to Harvard, which I entered on condition, remained at on probation, graduated from without honors. This was in 1924. ... I started with George H. Doran in 1924, working in the shipping room as long as Mark Weisman could stand."
• Stanley Rinehart Jr. (1897–1969, class of 1915), co-founder of Farrar & Rinehart and Rinehart & Co.; son of famed mystery writer Mary Roberts Rhinehart
• Margaret Farrand Thorp (1891–1970, class of 1909), English professor at Smith College, author of 7 books, and niece of Cornell University President Livingston Farrand{{cite book | title=The Monthly Supplement: a current biographical reference service, Volumes 1–2 | chapter=Thorp, Margaret Farrand | page=112 | year=1940}}
• Jim Weaver (class of 1981), author and Share Our Strength Chef of the Year for activities addressing childhood hunger{{cite news | newspaper=US 1 Newspaper | date=February 16, 2005 | first=Euna Kwon | last=Brossman | url=http://www.princetoninfo.com/index.php/component/us1more/?key=02-16-2005_p_05 | title=Spring is Here -- Almost | access-date=January 27, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607123124/http://www.princetoninfo.com/index.php/component/us1more/?key=02-16-2005_p_05 | archive-date=June 7, 2015 | url-status=dead }}

• John Vernou Bouvier III, father of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
• Edward G. Chace (class of 1900), vice president and treasurer of Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates, a predecessor of Berkshire Hathaway{{cite book | title=Sexennial Record of the Class of 1904 Yale College | author=Yale College, Class of 1904 | chapter=Edward Gould Chace | page=273}}
• William C. Dabney (class of 1912), president of Devoe & Raynolds Company (paints) and first soldier from Louisville, Kentucky, injured in World War I
• Edward M. Douglas (class of 1921), senior IBM executive and vice president of sales and special administrative matters{{cite news | newspaper=The Boston Globe | title=Edward M. Douglas; Was IBM Vice President | date=February 17, 1983}}
• Gerald W. Fogelson (class of 1951), president of Fogelson Group (real estate) who developed properties in eight states and Chicago's Central Station{{cite journal | journal=Journal of the Proceedings | publisher=City of Chicago, Office of the City Clerk | pages=9302–9303 | title=Congratulations Extended To Chicago Association Of Realtors And 2003 Hall Of Fame Recipients Gerald W. Fogelson And /Albert C. Hanna | date=October 1, 2003}}
• George Delancey Harris (class of 1914), president of D.P. Harris Manufacturing Co., an early manufacturer of bicycles and roller skates{{cite journal | journal=American Bicyclist and Motorcyclist | volume=80 | year=1959 | title=George D. Harris | page=55 | publisher=Cycling Press}}
• Alfred S. Harris (class of 1909), president of Harris-Seybold (now Harris Corporation) and offset printing innovator{{cite book | title=The National Cyclopædia of American Biography, Volume 36 | year=1950 | chapter=Harris, Alfred Stull | pages=184–185 | last1=Derby | first1=George | last2=White | first2=James Terry}}
• Walter Elsaesser (class of 1942), senior Pan-American Airlines executive and divisional vice president for Atlantic operations{{citation | journal=Princeton Alumni Weekly | year=1999 | issue=May 19 | title=Memorials}}
• José Ferré (class of 1920), Puerto Rican businessman, government official, and brother of Puerto Rican Governor Luis Ferré{{cite journal | journal=Salmagundi | year=1920 | volume=1919–1920 | publisher=Morristown School}}
• Connie Kemmerer (class of 1962), co-owner of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Jackson Hole, Wyoming{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=James E. Gray Weds Miss Constance Kemmerer | date=June 11, 1972}}
• Harris L. Kempner (class of 1920), chairman of the Board of Imperial Sugar, president of H. L. Kempner Co., and Galveston, Texas, philanthropist{{cite news | newspaper=The Galveston Daily News | title=A Paramount Figure in Galveston; Harris Kempner, Sr: Personality Profile | last=McGrath | first=Peggy | date=June 27, 1969}}
• Isaac Herbert Kempner Jr. (class of 1924), president of Imperial Sugar and Galveston, Texas philanthropist{{cite news | newspaper=The Galveston Daily News | title=Special News | page=7 | date=December 17, 1922}}
• Kenneth Komoski (class of 1946), founding executive director of the Educational Products Information Exchange Institute{{cite news | newspaper=The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date=December 2, 1950 | title=Engagements in Eisaman, Baker, Ridall, Armstrong, Parrish Families | first=Ann Ryan | last=Lesh}}
• Felix Knauth (class of 1914), executive director of the Latin American Economic Institute in Boston{{cite book | title=Report of the Harvard Class of 1918 | publisher=Harvard University | year=1943}}
• Oswald Knauth (class of 1905), executive vice president of Macy's, president of Associated Dry Goods, and head of NYC Bureau of Economic Relief{{cite news | newspaper=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle | title=Relief Czar: A Very Human Person | date=April 14, 1935 | page=69 | last=Thomas | first=Richard W.}}
• Louis LaMotte (1896–1984, class of 1914), senior IBM executive and one of IBM's 50 Builders; father of Peter LaMotte, the NY Mets' first team physician{{cite web | url=http://centennialbook.afs.org/Celebrations/WWIDrivers/2576 | title=Centennial of the American Field Service: Louis Howell Lamotte Jr. | access-date=August 3, 2014 | archive-date=June 1, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601094847/http://centennialbook.afs.org/Celebrations/WWIDrivers/2576 | url-status=dead }}
• Naneen Neubohn (class of 1957), managing director of Morgan Stanley's London office and co-director of the Frankfurt, Germany, office{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Naneen Hunter, Smith Graduate, To Wed in June | date=March 4, 1964 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/04/naneen-hunter-smith-graduate-to-wed-in-june.html?_r=0}}
• George W. Merck (class of 1911), president of Merck & Co. and head of the U.S. War Research Service during World War II{{cite book |last1=Harvard University|year=1922 |title=Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume 25}} "Rorger Burlingame, Morristown '09, Harvard '13, Theodore W. Knauth, Morristown '03, Harvard '07, and George W. Merck, Morristown '11, Harvard '15, are now trustees of the school."
• Donald Stralem (class of 1920), president of the National Travelers Aid Association and partner at Hallgarten & Company{{cite book | title=The Harvard University Register, Volume 47 | year=1921 | editor=Harvard University}}
• Walter Tuckerman (class of 1899), developer of Bethesda, Maryland's Edgemoor neighborhood and co-founder of Burning Tree Club; descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Oliver Wolcott{{cite book | title=Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume 21 | editor=Harvard University | year=1922}}
• Thomas Watson Jr., former CEO of IBM, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, and son of IBM founder Thomas J. Watson{{cite book | title=The Maverick and His Machine: Thomas Watson Sr. And the Making of IBM | url=https://archive.org/details/maverickhismachi00mane | url-access=registration | first=Kevin | last=Maney | page=[https://archive.org/details/maverickhismachi00mane/page/267 267] | publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | year=2003| isbn=9780471414636 }} "After another dismal year at Cartaret Academy, Watson pulled Tom out and placed him at the Morristown School in nearby Morristown, New Jersey."
• Finn Wentworth (class of 1976), President and CEO of the New Jersey (now Brooklyn) Nets; co-founder of the YES TV Network; real estate investor[http://www.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=5 "Finn Wentworth"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921030134/http://www.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=5 |date=September 21, 2011 }} "Finn Wentworth, since graduation from MBS and Lehigh University, became Executive VP of Gale and Wentworth, Inc. and served on Gov. Christie Whitman's New Jersey Master Plan Commission where he was co-chairman of the Real Estate Task Force. He also serves as co-chair and CEO of the New Jersey Nets and is on the NBA Board of Governors."
• Harvey Ladew Williams Jr. (1900–1986, class of 1916), founding board member of American Airlines and President of the United States Council for International Business; descendant of Roger Williams[http://www.hray.com/usf/AckermanArchivesf.html The Harvey Ladew Williams II Papers, 1917–1918]

• Jane Barus (class of 1909), delegate to the New Jersey Constitutional Convention that drafted the current NJ State Constitution[http://slic.njstatelib.org/slic_files/searchable_publications/constitution/constitutionv2/NJConst2n947.html N.J. Constitutional Convention: Vol. 2, Page 947 – Biographies of Delegates], New Jersey State Library. Accessed December 7, 2013. "Born in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1892. Family moved to New Jersey in 1895. Graduated from Miss Beard's School of Orange, and from Smith College in 1913."
• Justin Brande (class of 1935), founding executive director of the Vermont Natural Resources Council; son of writer Dorothea Brande{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Roosevelt Wishes Morristown Six Success As Team Embarks for European Tour | date=December 16, 1933}}
• Rosamond Carr (class of 1929), founder of Imbabazi, a Gisenyi, Rwanda organization providing educational, skills training, and income generating opportunities{{cite news | title=Miss Halsey Betrothed: South Orange Girl Will Become the Bride of Kenneth Carr | date=October 9, 1941 | newspaper=The New York Times}}
• Helen Day (class of 1904), social worker, child welfare advocate, and head of Sheltering Arms in New York City{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Helen Day; Welfare Worker; Ex-Aide of Sheltering Arms's Children's Service | date=May 13, 1962}}
• Mary Dyckman (class of 1905), social worker and labor law activist for state laws regulating child labor and migrant labor{{cite book | last1=Lurie | first1=Maxine | last2=Mappen | first2=Marc | title=Encyclopedia of New Jersey | year=2004}}
• Randolph Guggenheimer (class of 1924), lawyer, philanthropist, co-founder of North General Hospital in Harlem, and nephew of civic leader Samuel Untermyer{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Randolph Guggenheimer, 91; Saved Hospital | date=July 2, 1999 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/02/nyregion/randolph-guggenheimer-91-saved-hospital.html}}
• Katherine C. Kelly (1942), Electoral College Delegate and advocate for women's rights and LGBT rights[http://www.blackradionetwork.com/death_of_rights_activist_katherine_kelly_mourned Death Of Rights Activist Katherine Kelly Mourned]
• Margaret C. McCulloch (class of 1919), civil rights activist who supported racial integration in Tennessee{{cite book | last1=Houck | first1=Davis | last2=Dixon | first2=David | title=Women and the Civil Rights Movement, 1954–1965 | year=2009}}
• Virginia Mathews (class of 1942), literacy advocate who helped develop Sesame Street and co-founded the American Indian Library Association; daughter of author John Joseph Mathews{{Cite web |url=http://campus.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=9 |title=Distinguished Alumni: 2004 – Virginia Hopper Mathews – 1942 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213072204/http://campus.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=9 |url-status=dead }}
• Scott Michael Robertson (class of 1999), disability rights activist, co-founder Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN, 2006)[http://conversations.psu.edu/episodes/scott_michael_robertson Conversations from Penn State (2009)],{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920192500/http://conversations.psu.edu/episodes/scott_michael_robertson |date=September 20, 2011 }} Pennsylvania State University.
• Marjory Swope (class of 1958), executive director of the New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions{{cite news | newspaper=The Concord Monitor | date=April 18, 2007 | title=Conservationist, civic leader}}

• Eleanor Bontecou (class of 1909), World War II war crimes investigator at the U.S. Department of War and civil rights attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice{{cite book | editor=Bryn Mawr College | title=Register of Alumnae and Former Students | year=1917}}
• Luis A. Ferré (class of 1920), Governor of Puerto Rico and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom[http://www.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=12 "Distinguished Alumni: 2008 – Luis A. Ferre – 1920"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920180044/http://www.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=12 |date=September 20, 2011 }}, Morristown–Beard School, Accessed September 6, 2013. "Luis A. Ferre, a 1920 graduate of Morristown School, is the first posthumous recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award... Don Luis was a founding father of the New Progressive Party and was elected Puerto Rico's third Governor in 1968...In recognition of his years of distinguished service to America, he was awarded the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991."
• Dorcas Hardy (class of 1964), first woman commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration (1986–1989)[http://www.yatedo.com/p/Dorcas+R+Hardy/normal/8c6a9be3c77d05d22f33b45e26efc6f9 Dorcas R Hardy]"Principal, DRHardy&Associates...The Beard School...United States"
• Alfred Jaretzki Jr. (class of 1909), special consultant to Secretary of War Henry Stimson and a drafter of the Investment Company Act{{cite book | editor= Ethical Culture School (New York, N.Y.) | title=Ethical Culture School Record | year=1916}}
• Theodore Knauth (class of 1903) chief of religious affairs for the American Zone of Occupation in Germany after World War II{{cite book | editor=Harvard University | title=Secretary's Report: Harvard University Class of 1907, Volume 4 | year=1917}}
• Joseph Nye (class of 1954), National Intelligence Council Chairman and political scientist who co-founded neoliberalism and soft power (international relations)[http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=181670 "Foreign Affairs Expert Joe Nye '54 Speaks on Campus"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109002049/http://www.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=181670 |date=January 9, 2014 }}, MBS News, March 29, 2011. Accessed September 3, 2012. "MBS alumnus Joseph Nye '54 has knowledge of the world stage that is impressive and far reaching. On March 11th, he returned to Morristown–Beard School to speak at Morning Meeting, where he offered insights into the changing landscape of power and politics."
• David W. K. Peacock Jr. (class of 1942), Deputy Undersecretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce{{cite news | newspaper=The Hackesttown Gazette | date=November 19, 1959 | title=Flanders Man Gets Commerce Position}}
• Herbert Pell, Congressman from New York, UN War Crimes Commission's U.S. Representative, and father of U.S. Senator Claiborne PellMiller, G. Wayne. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uQi3-7T_G28C&pg=PA36 An Uncommon Man: The Life & Times of Senator Claiborne Pell], p. 36. University Press of New England, 2011. {{ISBN|9781611681871}}. Accessed September 11, 2013. "Herbert attended St. Bartholomew's School in Morristown, New Jersey, and then the Pomfret School, in Pomfret, Connecticut, graduating in 1902."
• Marcie Berman Ries (class of 1968), U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria; former U.S. Ambassador to Albania.{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Miss Berman Is Betrothed | date=May 26, 1974}}
• Ileana Saros (class of 1968), Deputy Attorney General for New Jersey and first woman president of the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units[http://mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=13 Distinguished Alumni: 2008 – Ileana Saros – 1968] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212114614/http://mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=13 |date=December 12, 2013 }}

• Warren Bobrow (class of 1980), journalist, author, chef, and master mixologist for several liquor brands[http://www.indeed.com/r/Warren-Bobrow/c096bc729a5adedc Warren Bobrow]
• Georgianna Brennan (class of 1954), society editor for The Newark Star-Ledger and daughter-in-law of U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Miss Franklin, W. J. Brennan 3d, Will Be Married; Feature Writer Financee of Son of a Supreme Court Justice | date=April 3, 1960}}
• Herbert Brucker, editor-in-chief of The Hartford Courant and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Columbia Names Aid to Journalism Dean | date=January 6, 1932}}
• Kendall Foss (class of 1923), journalist and contributing editor to Time magazine who helped found the Free University of Berlin{{cite book | first=Winfield Scott | last=Downs | title=Encyclopedia of American biography: New series, Volume 36 | year=1967}}
• William A. Greene (class of 1932), public relations official who headed the Crusade for Freedom to fund Radio Free Europe{{cite journal | journal=Tide: The Newsmagazine of Advertising and Marketing |volume=28 | year=1954 | title=Crusade for Europe gets an active, athletic head | page=202 | publisher=Tide Publishing Company}}
• Victor Knauth (class of 1914), editor-in-chief of The Bridgeport Times-Star and owner of two radio stations
• Betty Fible Martin (class of 1925), journalist and writer for The New York Times and other periodicals{{cite book | editor1=Don Marion Wolfe | editor2=Charles Irving Glicksberg | title=New Voices, Volume 2 | year=1955}}
• Marion Clyde McCarroll (class of 1910), first woman journalist issued a press pass by the New York Stock Exchange{{cite book | title=The National Cyclopædia of American Biography, Volume 60 | year=1981 | first1=George | last1=Derby | first2=James Terry | last2=White}}
• Churchill Newcomb (class of 1918), sports journalist and great-grandnephew of the donors of the land for Churchill Downs, the Kentucky Derby's home
• John Reed (class of 1906) journalist who wrote Ten Days that Shook the World, the only American buried in the Kremlin, and subject of the Oscar-winning film Reds.Munk, Michale. [http://www.marxists.org/archive/reed/bio/portland.htm John Reed], marxists.org. Accessed November 4, 2007. "In the fall of 1904, Jack left Portland to attend Morristown School in New Jersey."{{cite book |last1=Ehrlich |first1=Eugene |last2=Carruth |first2=gorton |year=1982 |title=The Oxford illustrated literary guide to the United States.|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-503186-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordillustrate00euge |url-access=registration }}
• Alan Rinehart (class of 1919), writer, producer, and playwright; son of mystery writer Mary Roberts Rinehart{{cite book | title=The Harvard University Register, Volume 47 | editor=Harvard University | year=1921}}
• Jeffrey Schaub (class of 1977), broadcast journalist and recipient of 3 Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award[http://mobeard.org/mbs/pdfs/CrimsonMagWinter2013.pdf Crimson Magazine- Winter 2013] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213073752/http://mobeard.org/mbs/pdfs/CrimsonMagWinter2013.pdf |date=December 13, 2013 }}, "Jeffrey Schaub '77 is a newsman through and through. He's worked extensively in print, television and radio news – currently with KCBS 740 AM/106.9 FM, the San Francisco Bay area's number one radio outlet."
• Samuel T. Williamson (class of 1912), founding editor-in-chief of Newsweek magazine and New York Times White House correspondent (Harding Administration){{cite news | title= Samuel T. Williamson, 70, Dies; Long on the Sunday Staff | newspaper=The New York Times | date=June 19, 1962}}

• Aubrey Barr (class of 1985), marathon runner, cancer treatment advocate, and namesake of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Aubrey Fund.
• Alfred Jaretzki III (class of 1937), Columbia University medical professor who helped develop vascular surgery and clinical research standards for myasthenia gravis; son of Alfred Jaretzki Jr. and husband of filmmaker Alexandra Isles{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Lasell--Jaretzki | date=July 27, 1945}}
• Martha MacGuffie (class of 1942), surgeon and founder of SHARE Africa, which supports communities affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa{{Cite web |url=http://campus.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=2 |title=Distinguished Alumni: 1995 – Martha M. MacGuffie – 1942 |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-date=December 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213072045/http://campus.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=2 |url-status=dead }}
• Eliot Porter (class of 1920), biomedical researcher and nature photographer who popularized color photography in landscape photography{{cite web |url = http://www.cartermuseum.org/collections/porter/about.php?sec=chron|title = Eliot Porter, A Chronology |website = Amon Carter Museum, Eliot Porter Collection Guide. |access-date=September 11, 2013}} "Enters Morristown School, a boarding school in New Jersey, and photographs athletic events there"
• Judith Tobin (class of 1944), physician and Assistant State Medical Examiner for Delaware[http://mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=4 Distinguished Alumni: 1998 – Judith G. Tobin – 1944] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213071750/http://mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=4 |date=December 13, 2013 }}

• David Guy (class of 1915), pilot in the Lafayette Flying Corps during World War I{{cite book | editor=Princeton University | title=Princeton Alumni Weekly, Volume 61 | year=1960}}
• Carter Harman (class of 1936), helicopter pilot for the first U.S. military helicopter mission during World War II and executive with CRI Records{{cite journal | journal=Princeton Alumni Weekly | issue=April 17 | year=2007 | title=Memorial: Carter Harman '40 *42}}
• Samuel T. Hubbard Jr. (class of 1903), military intelligence officer who served on General John Pershing's staff during World War I{{cite book | title=3rd Report of the Harvard College Class of 1907 | year=1913 | publisher=Harvard University}}
• James Rogers McConnell, co-founder of the elite Lafayette Escadrille in the French Air Service in World War I{{cite book |last1=Powell |first1=Williams S. |year=1991 |title=Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: L–O, Volume 4}} "James was educated in private schools in Chicago, Morristown, N.J., and Haverford, Pa"
• David S. Pallister (class of 1934), vice commander of Pease Air Force Base in New Hampshire{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=BEATRICE IMHOFF ENGAGED; She Will Become Bride in June of David S. Pallister | date=April 1, 1939}}
• Charles W. Plummer (class of 1910), World War I aviator and recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for defending a reconnaissance squadron{{cite book | title=Secretary's Report, Harvard College (1780–) Class of 1914 | editor=Harvard University | year=1921}}

• Kathryn Allison (class of 2010), actor and winner of the New York Musical Theatre Festival's 2014 Next Big Broadway Sensation contest{{cite web | url=http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=638&newsid=445 | title=Talented Alumni Return to Founders Hall Stage | access-date=January 24, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128132335/http://www.mbs.net/page.cfm?p=638&newsid=445 | archive-date=January 28, 2015 | url-status=dead }}
• Prince Lorenzo Borghese, Italian-American businessman who starred on the ABC-TV show The Bachelor{{cite news | newspaper=The Item of Millburn and Short Hills | date=December 7, 2006 | first=Patricia | last=Harris}}
• Joan Caulfield, actress in Broadway plays, films, and situational TV comedies[http://www.obituariestoday.com/Obituaries/ObitShow.cfm?Obituary_ID=30178 Joan Caulfield, Actress], Obituaries Today. Accessed October 23, 2007. "At Miss Beard's, a local private school, Joan made her stage debut in A Kiss for Cinderella."
• Eleanor Caulkins (class of 1954), namesake of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House at the Denver Performing Arts Complex{{cite journal | journal=Crimson Magazine | title=Class Notes | year=2011 | issue=Winter Issue}}
• Jeff Grace (class of 1992), independent film director, producer, and writer{{cite journal | journal=Crimson Magazine | title=Alumni Spotlight: Jeff Grace '92 | year=2011 | issue=Winter Issue | pages=22–23}}
• Herbert Dudley Hale Jr. (class of 1910), documentary film producer at RKO Pathé for the U.S. State Department, Air Force, and Army.{{cite book | title=The Harvard Freshman Red Book | year=1911 | page=30 | chapter=Register of the Class}}
• Basil Durant (class of 1909), ballroom dancer who performed in vaudeville and other shows.{{cite book | title=The Durant genealogy: a history of the descendants of George and Elizabeth (---------) Durant of Malden, Mass. and Middletown, Conn | year=1996 | pages=208–209 | first1=William | last1=Durant | first2=Alexander | last2=Grant Rose}}
• Jennifer Heller Wold (class of 1980), former SiriusXM radio host and co-founder of dating service Rose & Heller{{cite journal | journal=Crimson | issue=Fall 2014 | year=2014 | page=47 | title=Alumni Class Notes}}
• Hurd Hatfield, actor who starred in The Picture of Dorian Gray and other movies, as well as TV shows{{cite news | newspaper=The Boston Globe | title=Bermuda and Brattle reformed Hurd Hatfield--Professionally | last=Adams | first=Marjory | date=June 17, 1951}}
• Ted Jewett (class of 1922), character actor on NBC radio, including The March of Time and Cavalcade of America{{cite book | title=Radio Announcers, 1933 | publisher=C. Dewitt White Co. | year=1932 | chapter=Edward K. Jewett | page=17}}
• Nancy Lessler (class of 1964), ballroom dancer and 2-time winner of the Fred Astaire national ballroom dancing competition{{cite journal | journal=Crimson Magazine | volume=Summer 2012 | publisher=Morristown–Beard School}}
• Rachel Moss (class of 2013), Off Broadway actor and TV guest star{{cite web | url=http://morristowngreen.com/2013/04/19/meet-rachel-moss-morristown-beards-future-movie-star/ | title=Meet Rachel Moss, Morristown-Beard's future movie star| date=April 19, 2013}}
• Isabel Pearse (class of 1930), actress who starred in plays in New York City, Maryland, and Michigan{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Isabel Hussa Bride-Elect; Chooses Oct. 11 for Her Wedding to Bernard Paul Pearse | date=September 23, 1940}}
• Christina Ricci, Emmy-nominated actor[https://web.archive.org/web/20160603105326/http://www.mtv.com/artists/christina-ricci/biography/ About Christina Ricci] "The family moved to Montclair, New Jersey, where she grew up attending Edgemont Elementary School, Glenfield Middle School, and Montclair High School as well as the Morristown–Beard School."
• Gus Schirmer Jr. (1918–1992), actor, director/producer, and agent who discovered Lee Remick, Shirley Jones, and Sandy Duncan
• Elizabeth Schultz Rigg (class of 1939), ballroom dancer, singer, and pianist; descent of Declaration of Independence signer Francis Lightfoot Lee{{cite news | date=November 26, 2001 | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Paid Notice: Deaths Rigg, Elizabeth Schultz}}
• Sloan Simpson, First Lady of New York City during Mayor William O'Dwyer's administration; fashion commentator on TV/radio, fashion consultant, and model{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Sloan Simpson, 80, an Ex-Model Who Married a New York Mayor | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/23/nyregion/sloan-simpson-80-an-ex-model-who-married-a-new-york-mayor.html | date=November 23, 1996 | last=Thomas | first=Robert Jr.}}
• Will Taggart (class of 2013), former School of Rock All Star{{cite web | url=http://www.mbs.net/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=359 | title=MBS Graduate's Song Featured on HBO's "True Blood"}}

• Mary Travis Arny (class of 1928), biology professor at Montclair State College (now Montclair State University), naturalist, historian, and author
• John A. Carpenter (class of 1938), Fordham University history professor who studied the Reconstruction era{{cite book | title=National Cyclopaedia of American Biography | page=115 | chapter=Carpenter, John Alcott | first1=George | last1=Derby | first2=James Terry | last2=White}}
• Maunsell Crosby (class of 1904), ornithologist and close friend of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt; son of reformer Ernest Howard Crosby{{cite book | title=Secretary's Third Report: Harvard College (1780–) Class of 1908 | pages=115–116 | year=1920 | chapter=Records of the Class}}
• Chapman Grant (class of 1906), herpetologist, historian, and grandson of U.S. President Ulysses Grant
• Martha Leeb Hadzi (class of 1937), archeologist and art history professor at 4 of the Seven Sisters (Vassar, Smith, Wellesley, and Mount Holyoke){{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Martha Leeb is Bride; Fulbright Scholar Married to Dimitri Hadzi in Rome | date=April 7, 1954}}
• James M. Howard Jr. (1922–2002, class of 1938), 13th headmaster of Blair Academy{{Cite web |url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20020620/NEWS03/306209998 |title=Obituaries {{!}} SouthCoastToday.com |access-date=December 30, 2013 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813181506/http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20020620/NEWS03/306209998 |url-status=dead }}
• Ridgely Hunt Jr. (class of 1905), supervisor of the Yale University libraries and grandson of U.S. Navy Secretary William H. Hunt{{cite journal | journal=The Yale University Library Gazette | title=Ridgely Hunt | volume=8 | number=1 | page=42 | year=1933}}
• Barrington Moore Sr. (1883–1966), forester and father of sociologist Barrington Moore Jr.; great-grandson of Clement Clarke Moore, author of "The Night Before Christmas"{{cite book | editor=Yale University, School of Forestry |title=Biographical Record of the Graduates and Former Students of The Yale Forest School |year=1913}} "He was prepared at St. Mark's School, Southboro, Mass., at Craigie's School and at the Morristown School, Morristown, N. J."
• Walter C. Pitman III (class of 1949), Columbia University geophysicist whose research evidenced the Morley–Vine–Matthews hypothesis of seafloor spreading[http://www.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=7 "Distinguished Alumni: 2000 – Walter C. Pitman III – 1949"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920214705/http://www.mobeard.org/mbs/alumni/distAlumni.php?id=7 |date=September 20, 2011 }} "Walter Pittman is a Professor of Marine Geology at Columbia University's Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory. He has travelled and researched most of the world's oceans, done years of complex data analysis and worked closely with his partner William Ryan and leading scientists from numerous disciplines."
• Katharine Lambert Richards Rockwell (class of 1909), theology professor at Smith College and sister of physician Dickinson W. Richards{{cite book | title=How Christmas Came to the Sunday-schools: The Observance of Christmas in the Protestant Church Schools of the United States, and Historical Study | year=1934 | first=Katharine Lambert | last=Richards | publisher=Dodd Head}}
• Carol Selman (class of 1964), governor's appointee to the New Jersey Historical Commission{{cite journal | journal=Crimson Magazine | title=The Write Stuff | issue=Winter 2013 | last=Selman | first=Carol}}
• 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{{cite journal | journal=Princeton Alumni Weekly | volume=57 | issue=29 | year=1957 | page=33 | title=Class Notes}}

• Nathaniel Choate (class of 1918), sculptor, painter, and inductee of the National Academy of Design{{cite book | editor=Harvard University | title=The Harvard University Register, Volume 47, 1920–1921 | year=1920}}
• Eleanor Maurice (class of 1921), abstract and realist painter; recipient of Audubon Artists' Emily Lowe Memorial Award[http://www.letrianonantiques.com/artlarge.asp?prodID=Art+M2 "Flower Seller", American born 1901, Oil on canvas, Eleanor Ingersoll Maurice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104214724/http://www.letrianonantiques.com/artlarge.asp?prodID=Art+M2 |date=January 4, 2014 }}
• Craig Slaff (class of 1978), aviation artist and recipient of the National Museum of Naval Aviation's Director's Choice Award.{{Cite web |url=http://campus.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=182218 |title=Lehman Lecture: Craig Slaff '78 - Painting Stories |access-date=December 8, 2013 |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211100645/http://campus.mbs.net/mbs/news/news.php?id=182218 |url-status=dead }}
• Gertrude Tiemer (class of 1915), painter, photographer, and poet
• John Hall Wheelock (class of 1904), editor, poet, and 13th recipient of the Robert Frost MedalWheelock, John Hall. [https://books.google.com/books?id=EMCX8VBu33YC&pg=PA34 The Last Romantic:A Poet Among Publishers : the Oral Autobiography of John Hall Wheelock], p. 24. University of South Carolina Press, 2002. {{ISBN|9781570034633}}. "JOHN HALL WHEELOCK Born 1886, at Far Rockaway, L. I. Prepared at Morristown School."

• Katharine Fleming Branson, first headmistress of the Branson School[http://www.branson.org/domain/21 Branson's History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203130822/http://www.branson.org/domain/21 |date=February 3, 2014 }} "In April 1920, Miss Katharine Fleming Branson, a teacher at Miss Beard's School in Orange, New Jersey, was appointed headmistress, and the trustees renamed the school in her honor."
• Thomas Bradley Buffum (1924–1930; 1932–1938), military aviator and member of the elite Lafayette Flying Corps in World War I{{cite book | title=The Lafayette Flying Corps | first=Dennis | last=Gordon | year=2000 | publisher=Schiffer Pub}} "From 1924–1930 Buffum taught French and science at the Morristown School, Morristown, New Jersey. He next worked for the Bethlehelm Shipping Corporation until the fall of 1932 when he returned to the Morristown School where he served as master until 1938."
• 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{{cite news | newspaper=The Crimson | date=December 15, 1922 | title=Appoint T. J. Campbell Assistant Graduate Treasurer Of H. A. A. | url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1922/12/15/appoint-t-j-campbell-assistant-graduate/}} "Since graduation, he has had varied experience as a football and baseball coach. In the year 1912–1913, he was coach of all branches of athlctics at the Morristown School, Morristown, New Jersey"
• Bruce Driver (born 1962), former NHL player on a Stanley-Cup winning New Jersey Devils team.Hageny, John Christian. [http://www.nj.com/hssports/coachoftheweek/index.ssf/2008/03/bruce_driver_a_devil_of_a_coac.html "Bruce Driver: A Devil of a Coach"], NJ.com, March 6, 2008. Accessed August 13, 2017. "Though his professional playing days are over (he continues to actively play in adult recreational leagues here in New Jersey), Driver never stops giving back. These days, he can still be found at the rink as he stepped behind the bench for a ninth consecutive season as coach at Morristown-Beard."
• Stearns Morse (1921–1923), English professor at Dartmouth College and head of the English Department at Morristown School{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Stearns Morse, 83, Former Professor at Dartmouth, Dies | date=September 6, 1976}} "Professor a Morse joined the Dartmouth Faculty in 1923 after serving two years as head of the English Department at the Morristown School in New Jersey"
• Alice Rumph (1922–1942), painter, etcher, and co-founder of the Birmingham Art Club, which established the Birmingham Museum of Art{{cite book | title=The Washingtons: A Family History: Volume 5 (Part One): Generation Nine of ... | first=Justin | last=Glenn | year=2014 | page=49}}
• Katherine Binney Shippen (1917–1926), children's writer and 2-time recipient of the Newbery Honor Award{{cite book | title=Anthology of Children's Literature | year=1959 | page=1210}} "Shippen, Katherine (1892– ), was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, graduated from Bryn Mawr, and took her M.A. in history from Columbia University. From 1917 to 1926 she taught history at Miss Beard's School in Orange, New Jersey."
• Maud Thompson (1918–1926), educator, suffragist, speaker, and writer{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Dr. Maud Thompson, 91 | date=September 27, 1962}}
• Randy Velischek (born 1962), former NHL player for the New Jersey Devils, Minnesota North Stars, and Quebec Nordiques.Koob, Andrew. [http://highschoolsports.nj.com/news/article/-35484530264199584/bergen-catholic-1-at-morristown-beard-4-boys-ice-hockey/ "No. 5 Morristown-Beard ice hockey relies on defense in 4-1 win over Bergen Catholic"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 30, 2016. Accessed August 13, 2017. "'I don’t believe we’ll be a big scoring team and that’s what happened today until the third period,' Morristown-Beard coach Randy Velischek said."

• Jerome Davis Greene, banker and head of John D. Rockefeller's business and philanthropic interests{{cite book | title=Harvard College Class of 1896, Secretary's Fifth Report | year=1916 | publisher=Harvard University}}
• John Grier Hibben, president of Princeton University{{cite journal | journal=Princeton Alumni Weekly | volume=XIX | number=17 | page=34}}
• 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{{cite news | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Morristown Victor, 11–4 | date=May 14, 1937}} for baseball games after him{{cite book | title=Mansions of Morris County | year=1999 | first=John W. | last=Rae}}
• Anson Phelps Stokes, philanthropist, civil rights activist, and clergyman{{cite journal | journal=The Yale Review | volume=1}}
• Grinnell Willis, second president of the Morristown School's Board of Trustees and funder of its gymnasium and Headmaster House (now the Alumni House); son of noted poet Nathaniel Parker Willis{{cite book | title=Harvard College Class of 1870, Tenth Report | publisher=Harvard University | year=1929}}

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• Francis Woodman (1898–1917)
• Arthur Pierce Butler (1917–1926)
• George Tilghman (1926–1939)
• Rev. James Holiday Stone Fair (1939–1940)
• Rev. Earl N. Evans (1940–1942)
• Valleau Wilkie (1942–1956)
• Thompson D. Grant (1956–1971)

• Lucie C. Beard (1891–1946)
• Sara Clarke Turner (1946–1948)
• Edith M. Sutherland (1948–1970)
• George Burr (1970–1971)

• Thompson D. Grant (1971–1974)
• Philip L. Anderson (1974–1992)
• William C. Mules (1992–1998)
• L. Laird Davis (1998–2004)
• Alex Curtis (2004–2011)
• Peter J. Caldwell (2011–2021)
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