Lawrence Woodmere Academy

History

Notable alumni

• Andrew Barth-Feldman, winner of best actor at the 2018 Jimmy Awards and star of Dear Evan Hansen on broadway
• Roger Berlind Theatrical producer and long-time board member of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. and Lehman Brothers Inc, a founders f Carter, Berlind, Potoma & Weillin 1960, a company that would later through Sandy Weill become Shearson Loeb Rhoades, which was eventually sold to American Express in 1981 for approximately $930 million in stock.
• Michael Pertschuk chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 1977 to 1981 and a commissioner until 1984, he worked to strengthen the FTC's consumer protection powers. In 1985, Pertschuk was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board. He was also co-founder and co-director of the Advocacy Institute. He founded the Smoking Control Advocacy Resource Center, which as part of the Advocacy Institute provided guides, training, strategic counseling, and other resources to combat the tobacco industry. On May 1, 2013, he received the Champion Award from the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids for his five decades of leadership in the fight against tobacco.
• Steven Ross, military historian, William V. Pratt Chair in Military History at the United States Naval War College, awarded the United States Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
• Jay Robbins Former Senior investigator the Federal Centers for Disease Control
• William Silver Founding partner Weiskopf Silver; Former member of the Board of the American Stock Exchange where he has been a member since 1963
• Ruth Levin Edenbaum, author of Chow, Venice!
• Andrew Warshaw, M.D. Surgeon-in-Chief, Emeritus; Director, Pancreatic Biology Laboratory, Mass General Cancer Center; Director, Andrew L. Warshaw Institute for Pancreatic Cancer Research
• James Dalsimer, M.D. Trustee Emeritus Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
• Stuart Beck, Lawyer and diplomat for Palau who helped negotiate the Compact of Free Association, which established Palau as an independent nation in free association with the United States in 1994.
• Matthew Blank,, CEO of Showtime Networks
• Karen Burstein, Politician and former judge who was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for New York State Attorney General in 1994.
• Michael Cohen, Executive Vice-President, Trump Organization; Special Counsel to Donald Trump.
• David Aaron Kessler, Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner and best-selling author
• Victor LaValle, Author
• Richard LeFrak, Real-estate developer
• Neil David Levin, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
• Tyrone Nash Professional basketball player
• Tony Petitti, Chief Operating Officer of Major League Baseball
• Philanthropist, Clothing designer
• Clothing designer
• Robin Wagner Olympic figure-skating coach.
• Bob Wolff, sports radio broadcaster.
• Barbara Heldt, emerita professor of Russian and Slavic studies.