GRADUATES

Larry Page and Sergey Brin - Founders of Google
Jeff Bezos - Financial analyst and founder of Amazon.com
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Noble Prize winner for Literature
Katherine Graham - Owner/editor of the Washington Post
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis - Editor and former First Lady
Anne Frank - famous diarist
David Blaine - Magician, endurance artist
Melissa and Sarah Gilbert - Actresses
Julia Child - famous chef, author and star of cooking shows
Prince William and Prince Harry - English royal family
George Clooney - Actor
Sean P. Diddy - Musician, producer and businessman
Dakota Fanning - Actress
T. Berry Brazelton - noted Pediatrician and author

PIONEERS AND ADVOCATES

Alexander Graham Bell - Inventor, he and his wife Mabel founded the Montessori Education Association in 1913. They also provided financial support to Dr. Montessori to establish the first classroom in Canada and one of the first in America
Fred Rogers - children’s TV personality, strong supporter of Montessori education
Thomas Edison - noted scientist and inventor, helped found a Montessori school is US
President Wilson - Montessori classroom in basement of White House when he was in office. His daughter was a trainer Montessori teacher.
Alice Waters- restaurateur and former Montessori teacher
Bruno Bettelheim - noted Psychologist and married to a Montessori teacher
Erik Erikson - noted Anthropologist and author, had Montessori teaching certificate
Jean Piaget - noted Swiss Psychologist, made first observations in Montessori schools, and served as the Head of Swiss Montessori Society for many years
Robert Frost - Poet Laureate

ADVOCATES WHO SENT THEIR CHILDREN TO MONTESSORI

Yo Yo Ma - Cellist
Michael Douglas - Actor
Cher - Actress/singer
Bill and HIllary Clinton - former President and NY Senator
John Bradshaw - Psychologist
Susan St. James - Actress
Stephen Cannell - TV writer/producer
Patty Duke Austin - Actress
Yul Brenner - Actor