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{{Short description|Boys prep school in Dallas, Texas, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox school | name = St. Mark's School of Texas | logo = StMarksTexas.jpg | established = 1906 | motto = Courage and Honor | type = Private, [[Day school|day]], [[University-preparatory school|college-prep]] boys' school | headmaster = David W. Dini | streetaddress = 10600 Preston Road | city = [[Dallas]] | state = [[Texas]] | zipcode = 75230 | campus = | campus_size = {{convert|42|acre|ha}} | faculty = 97 full-time teachers | students = 917 | endowment = $181 million (June 30, 2024) | gender = All-boys | tuition = $34,305 (average) | grades = [[First grade|1]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]] | colors = Blue & Gold<br> {{colorbox|navy}} {{colorbox|gold}} | mascot = [[Lion of Saint Mark|Lion]] | accreditation = [[Independent Schools Association of the Southwest|ISAS]] | conference = [[Southwest Preparatory Conference|SPC]] | website = {{url|smtexas.org}} | coordinates = {{Coord|32.890363|-96.800762|type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} }} '''The St. Mark's School of Texas''' is a private, [[sectarian|nonsectarian]], [[College-preparatory school|college-preparatory]] [[day school]] in [[Dallas|Dallas, Texas]]. Established in 1906, St. Mark's educates roughly 900 boys in grades 1-12. St. Mark's is one of the wealthiest day schools in the United States. The school's [[financial endowment]] stands at nearly $181 million as of June 30, 2024. 14.7% of students are on financial aid, and students with family incomes under $140,000 receive scholarships worth, on average, 90% of tuition. ==History== === Terrill School for Boys === In 1906, Menter B. Terrill started the '''Terrill School for Boys''' in Dallas. The former president of North Texas Normal College (now the [[University of North Texas]]),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Bud |date=2018-04-24 |title=Terrill School For Boys |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/terrill-school-for-boys |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref> Terrill had found himself out of a job in 1901 when the State of Texas acquired the formerly private institution.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-03 |title=The Terrills: A Family of Educators |url=https://blogs.library.unt.edu/unt125/2021/03/03/terrill-family/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=UNT University Libraries |language=en}}</ref> The thirty-year-old Terrill elected to get his second bachelor's degree from [[Yale University|Yale]], and graduated in just two years as the class valedictorian. After a year teaching at Pennsylvania's [[The Hill School|Hill School]], Terrill moved back to Texas to start his own private school. The six original teachers included Terrill, his wife Ada (one of the first female graduate students at Yale), and his father, James, a former college president.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lindsley |first=Philip |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=POoxAQAAMAAJ&dq=terrill&pg=PA242 |title=A History of Greater Dallas and Vicinity |date=1909 |publisher=Brookhaven Press |isbn=978-1-58103-438-7 |pages=242 |language=en}}</ref> Terrill sought to build his school "in the manner of the great eastern prep schools."<ref name=":0" /> He heavily prioritized academics. By 1915, Terrill School sent 14 of its 33 graduates to [[Ivy League]] colleges.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} The school also fielded an excellent football program, which went 144-23-8 from 1910 to 1932. 19 of Terrill's 23 losses were to college freshman squads.<ref name=":0" /> In 1916, Terrill sold his school to a new headmaster, citing health problems. The school began to decline, in part due to competition from the Texas Country Day School (see below).<ref name=":0" /> In 1946, it transferred its assets to the [[Episcopal Diocese of Dallas]] and re-emerged as the '''Cathedral School for Boys'''.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Bud |date=2018-08-16 |title=Cathedral School For Boys |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cathedral-school-for-boys |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref> Terrill also foresaw a need for a strong girls' school in Dallas. He encouraged Ela Hockaday to open a girls' school in Dallas in 1913, and put her in contact with prominent Dallas businessmen who wanted their daughters to get a high-quality education.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.hockaday.org/about/history |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Hockaday School}}</ref> Schools descended from Terrill have had some affiliation with the [[Hockaday School]] for over a century, with shared social events, artistic performances, and some classes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-05 |title=Lions and Daisies: A Tradition of Collaboration |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1279094 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas |language=en}}</ref> === Texas Country Day School === In the late 1920s, several Terrill School parents worried that Menter Terrill's successors were focusing too much on football and not enough on academics. They recruited the semi-retired Terrill to tutor their sons. Following Terrill's death in 1931, these parents started the Texas Country Day School (TCD) in 1933.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Brooks |first=Bud |date=2018-08-16 |title=Texas Country Day School |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/texas-country-day-school |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Texas State Historical Association |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://www.uncoveredtexas.com/texas-historical-markers-detail.php?city=Dallas&county=Dallas&type=&an=5113012846&page=14%25C2%25B6m1=valu1%25C2%25B6m2=value2/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123102114/http://www.uncoveredtexas.com/texas-historical-markers-detail.php?city=Dallas&county=Dallas&type=&an=5113012846&page=14%25C2%25B6m1=valu1%25C2%25B6m2=value2/ |archive-date=November 23, 2021 |access-date=January 7, 2022}}</ref> Within two years of its creation, TCD was advertising that its faculty included a "[[Rhodes Scholar]] and [[Harvard]], [[Dartmouth College|Dartmouth]], and [[Amherst College|Amherst]] men."{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Under the leadership of board chairmen Wirt Davis (the head of Republic Bank) and [[Eugene McDermott]] (the founder of [[Texas Instruments]]), TCD heavily prioritized academics in the same manner as the early Terrill School.<ref name=":2" /> To bankroll his aspirations, McDermott recruited his Texas Instruments co-founder [[Cecil Howard Green|Cecil Green]] as another key donor.<ref name="CAN ST. MARK’S STAY ON TOP">{{Cite web |last=Rodrigue |first=George |date=July 1982 |title=Can St. Mark's Stay on Top? |url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1982/july/can-st-marks-stay-on-top/ |access-date=2021-11-23 |website=D Magazine |language=en}}</ref> However, a devastating campus fire pushed the school to consider a merger with another school.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Mackintosh |first=Prudence |date=1996-04-01 |title=The St. Mark’s Mystique |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1996/april/the-st-marks-mystique/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=D Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> === Merger === In 1950, Texas Country Day School merged with the Cathedral School for Boys to form '''St. Mark's School of Texas'''.<ref name=":2" /> TCD headmaster Robert Iglehart headed the merged institution,<ref name=":2" /> but representatives of both schools sat on the board of trustees.<ref name=":1" /> The new St. Mark's was and still is a nonsectarian institution, but the religious name reflected Cathedral's influence,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Langton |first=Elizabeth |date=20 Apr 2007 |title=St. Mark's celebrates centennial |url=https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-dallas-morning-news/20070420/282303905694285 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407141804/https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-dallas-morning-news/20070420/282303905694285 |archive-date=Apr 7, 2023 |access-date=12 July 2023 |publisher=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |language=en |via=[[PressReader]]}}</ref> and the school continued to employ an Episcopal chaplain.<ref name="CAN ST. MARK’S STAY ON TOP" /> Several St. Mark's headmasters have gone on to run leading Episcopal schools, such as Christopher Berrisford (who took over Los Angeles' [[Harvard-Westlake School|Harvard School]] and New York's [[Trinity School (New York City)|Trinity School]] after the St. Mark's board fired him in 1969<ref name="CAN ST. MARK’S STAY ON TOP" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 1982 |title=OUSTER AT ST. MARK'S CAUSES CONTROVERSY |url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1982/june/ouster-at-st-marks-causes-controversy/ |access-date=2021-11-23 |website=D Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Oliver |first=Myrna |date=1998-04-21 |title=Christopher Berrisford; Led Harvard School |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-apr-21-me-41436-story.html |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>) and David Hicks (who became rector of New Hampshire's [[St. Paul's School (New Hampshire)|St. Paul's School]] in 1983).<ref name=":13">{{Cite magazine |last=Shoumatoff |first=Alex |date=2009-06-08 |title=A Private-School Affair |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2006/01/st-pauls-school200601 |access-date=2024-03-19 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref> In 1964, St. Mark's [[Integration of schools|integrated]] by admitting the African-American Lee Smith, who graduated in 1965 and became "one of the approximately 30 Black Harvard students in the graduating class of 1969."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee S. Smith ’65 Courage & Honor Award |url=https://www.smtexas.org/alumni/alumni-awards/lee-s-smith-65-courage-and-honor-award |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=St. Mark’s School of Texas}}</ref> In 2024, the school reported that 52% of the student body were nonwhite.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |title=At a Glance |url=https://www.smtexas.org/about-us/at-a-glance |access-date=May 1, 2024 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas}}</ref> ==== Academics ==== The school has continued to emphasize academics following the merger. In 1982, [[Stanford University|Stanford]]'s admissions dean praised St. Mark's as "among the top handful of schools in the country."<ref name="CAN ST. MARK’S STAY ON TOP" /> In 1995, 19 of St. Mark's 67 seniors were [[National Merit Scholarship Program|National Merit Scholarship]] semifinalists.<ref name=":3" /> In 2024, 25 of St. Mark's 96 seniors received that distinction.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=School Profile 2024-2025 |url=https://smtexas.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/73/download/download_10228683.pdf |website=St. Mark's School of Texas}}</ref> The Class of 2025 had a middle 50% SAT range of 1400-1570.<ref name=":4" /> Five SM seniors have been named U.S. [[Presidential Scholars Program|Presidential Scholars]] between 2020 and 2024, including two in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-10 |title=Two Marksmen Named Presidential Scholars |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1333824&fromId=195526 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas |language=en}}</ref> ''Niche'' ranked St. Mark's as the nation's best private K-12 school in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Best Private K-12 Schools in America |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929234005/https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |archive-date=2020-09-29 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Niche}}</ref> 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Best Private K-12 Schools in America |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615161403/https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |archive-date=2021-06-15 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Niche}}</ref> and 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Best Private K-12 Schools in America |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626232414/https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |archive-date=2022-06-26 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Niche}}</ref> as well as #2 in 2019<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 Best Private K-12 Schools in America |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125121751/https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |archive-date=2018-11-25 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Niche}}</ref> and 2023<ref>{{Cite web |title=2023 Best Private K-12 Schools in America |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407154149/https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-private-k12-schools/ |archive-date=2023-04-07 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Niche}}</ref> (although St. Mark's is not actually a K-12 school). The school is said to downplay these rankings, as no one school is the best fit for every boy and it is difficult to compare schools in different areas and with different goals.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} Since the merger, St. Mark's has heavily emphasized science. Headmaster Ted Whatley called St. Mark's "a [[Sputnik crisis#Response|''Sputnik'' school]] founded by industrialists to improve science and math education in Dallas."<ref name=":3" /> Green and McDermott donated extensive math and science facilities in the 1960s and 1970s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} At least one alumnus, [[Alan Stern]], traces his [[NASA]] research to his participation in the St. Mark's planetarium, observatory, and astronomy club.<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-05-30 |title=Alan Stern's tenacity |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/feature-how-alan-stern-s-tenacity-drive-and-command-got-nasa-spacecraft-pluto}}</ref> The school redeveloped its science facilities in 2019, when it unveiled the [[Robert A.M. Stern]]-designed Winn Science Center.<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Mark's School of Texas - Winn Science Center |url=http://www.ccsdifference.com/portfolio/st-marks-school-of-texas-winn-science-center/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426055717/http://www.ccsdifference.com/portfolio/st-marks-school-of-texas-winn-science-center/ |archive-date=April 26, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 17, 2017 |title=Groundbreaking for New Science Center |url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=886559}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 30, 2014 |title=Winn Family Announces $10,000,000 Gift |url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=734370 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas}}</ref> The new facilities also expand an ongoing project with the [[University of Texas at Austin]] which allows students to have direct internet access to observatories in Alpine, Texas and rural Peru.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}} In 2016, a senior was a finalist in the [[Intel Science Talent Search]]; he was one of forty finalists nationwide and the only Texan.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 26, 2016 |title=Senior Named National Science Finalist |url=http://www.smtexas.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=802455 |newspaper=St. Mark's School of Texas}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=January 28, 2016 |title=Intel STS 2016 Finalists Announced | Society for Science |url=https://student.societyforscience.org/intel-sts-2016-finalists}}</ref> In 2020, a St. Mark's student finished 5th out of 16,000 participants in the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad. In 2019, he finished in the top 20.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 19, 2020 |title=Marksman Places in Team USA Chemistry Olympiad |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1114086&fromId=195526}}</ref> In 2014, a SM student won his second straight Indian national championship in the [[International Mathematical Olympiad]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The ReMarker | September 2014 by St. Mark's School of Texas - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/smtexas/docs/september_2014 |newspaper=Issuu}}</ref> ==== Donors and base ==== In contrast to the Terrill School, which was spearheaded by its founder and failed after he died, St. Mark's has been driven by donors, most of whom have actively served on its board of trustees. This was necessitated by both predecessors' precarious financial position; donor [[Ralph B. Rogers]] joked that "two broke schools merged to form one broke school."<ref name=":3" /> As ''[[D Magazine]]'' asserted in 1982, "St. Mark's has its roots in its board of directors, which in turn is rooted in the city's most-established establishment – oil, high technology and, in the old days, cotton."<ref name="CAN ST. MARK’S STAY ON TOP" /> McDermott and Green donated nearly $50 million to TCD and St. Mark's over five decades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Philanthropy at St. Mark's |url=https://www.smtexas.org/support-st-marks/meet-the-office |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.smtexas.org}}</ref> In addition to McDermott and Green, notable donors include the families of [[Harlan Crow]],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2013-11-05 |title=St. Mark’s School raises $112 million in centennial campaign |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2013/11/05/st-marks-school-raises-112-million-in-centennial-campaign/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Dallas Morning News |language=en}}</ref> [[Kenneth Hersh]],<ref>{{cite web |date=2007-11-05 |title=Donor gives $10 million to St. Mark's School of Texas | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Business Columnists: Robert Miller |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/rmiller/stories/DN-miller_04bus.ART.State.Edition1.35bb3c1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108223034/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/columnists/rmiller/stories/DN-miller_04bus.ART.State.Edition1.35bb3c1.html |archive-date=November 8, 2007 |accessdate=2021-11-23}}</ref> [[Lamar Hunt]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Athletics {{!}} Facilities |url=https://www.smtexas.org/athletics/facilities |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas}}</ref> [[Tom Hicks]],<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=The Future of Athletics Takes Shape |url=https://athleticcomplex.smtexas.org/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=Marksman Athletic Complex}}</ref> and [[Elliott Roosevelt (general)|Elliott Roosevelt]].<ref>{{cite web |title=New organ at St. Mark's School of Texas {{!}} Dallas Morning News |url=http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/new-organ-at-st-marks-school-for-boys.html/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008065950/http://artsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/new-organ-at-st-marks-school-for-boys.html/ |archive-date=2014-10-08 |website=artsblog.dallasnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 17, 2013 |title=St. Mark's School of Texas ~ Roosevelt Gift to Fund New Pipe Organ |url=https://www.smtexas.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=662271 |access-date=May 1, 2015 |work=smtexas.org}}</ref> The school continues to raise large amounts of money from deep-pocketed donors, completing a $112 million fundraising campaign in 2013.<ref name=":5" /> In the 2020–21 school year, St. Mark's had a financial endowment of $167.8 million,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Endowment |url=https://smtexas.myschoolapp.com/page/support-st-marks/endowment?siteId=906&ssl=1 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas}}</ref> larger than the investment portfolios of every day school in [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chavez-Dreyfuss |first=Gertrude |date=2023-07-05 |title=Wall Street wealth helps boost endowments at posh New York City private schools |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/us/wall-street-wealth-helps-boost-endowments-posh-new-york-city-private-schools-2023-07-05/ |access-date=2024-10-27 |work=Reuters}}</ref> In 2018, ''[[Architectural Digest]]'' named St. Mark's the most beautiful private high school campus in Texas.<ref name=":17">{{Cite web |last=Huber |first=Hannah |date=2018-03-29 |title=The Most Beautiful Private High School in Every State in America |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/most-beautiful-private-high-schools-in-america |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018123237/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/most-beautiful-private-high-schools-in-america |archive-date=2023-10-18 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=[[Architectural Digest]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In [[Tornado outbreak of October 20–22, 2019|October 2019]], an [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF-3 tornado]] damaged multiple buildings on campus. Classes quickly resumed, and certain buildings were repaired or rebuilt.<ref>{{cite web |date=2019-10-31 |title=Episcopal School of Dallas, St. Mark's getting back to normal — and football — after tornado damage |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/football/2019/10/31/episcopal-school-of-dallas-st-marks-getting-back-to-normal-and-football-after-tornado-damage/ |access-date=2019-11-20 |website=Dallas News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 28, 2019 |title=St. Mark's School Set to Reopen Wednesday |url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/St-Marks-School-Damaged-in-Dallas-Tornado-Set-to-Reopen-Tuesday-564008891.html |access-date=2019-11-20 |website=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth |language=en}}</ref> However, the school's athletic facilities were badly damaged, prompting the school to redevelop its athletic campus.<ref name=":6" /> === Headmasters === Primary source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Headmasters |url=https://www.smtexas.org/head-of-school-search/headmasters |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=St. Mark’s School of Texas}}</ref> * Menter B. Terrill (1906–1916), Terrill School<ref>{{Cite web|title=April|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1996/april/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=D Magazine|language=en}}</ref> * M. B. Bogarte (1916–1931), Terrill School * Sam "Pop" Davis (1931–1933), Terrill School * John Kirby (1933–1946), Terrill School * Rev. Charles A. Mason (1946–1948), Cathedral School<ref>"The Gargoyle, 1947" Cathedral School for Boys, Dallas, TX</ref> * Rev. Alfred L. Alley (1948–1950), Cathedral School<ref>"The Gargoyle, 1950" Cathedral School for Boys, Dallas, TX</ref> * Kenneth Bouvé (1933–1949), Texas Country Day * Robert Iglehart (1949–1957), Texas Country Day and St. Mark's * L. Ralston Thomas (1957–1958), St. Mark's (interim) * Thomas B. Hartmann (1958–1964) * Christopher Berrisford (1964–1969)<ref name=":9" /> * John T. Whatley (1969–1982)<ref name="CAN ST. MARK’S STAY ON TOP" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiwEAAAAMBAJ&dq=ted.whatley&pg=PA76|title=Texas Monthly|date=September 1974|publisher=Emmis Communications|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024}}</ref> * George O. Edwards (1982–1983) (interim) * David Hicks (1983–1992)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Enright|first=Angela|title=INSIDERS|url=http://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-magazine/1983/december/insiders/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=D Magazine|date=December 1983 |language=en}}</ref> * J. Robert Kohler (1992–1993) (interim) * Arnold Holtberg (1993–2014)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-03-13 |title=Arnold Holtberg, longtime St. Mark’s School of Texas headmaster, announces retirement |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2013/03/13/arnold-holtberg-longtime-st-marks-school-of-texas-headmaster-announces-retirement/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Dallas Morning News |language=en}}</ref> * David Dini (2014–present)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing the New Headmaster |url=https://www.smtexas.org/head-of-school-search/announcing-the-new-headmaster/about-david |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas}}</ref> ==Admissions and student body== In 2024, St. Mark's reported a 15% acceptance rate. 89% of admitted students chose to enroll at St. Mark's.<ref name="ReferenceB" /> In the 2024-25 school year, the school educated 917 boys, with 152 Lower Schoolers (grades 1-4), 337 Middle Schoolers (grades 5-8), and 428 Upper Schoolers (grades 9-12).<ref name="ReferenceB" /> There are 102 seniors in the Class of 2025.<ref name=":4" /> == Finances == === Tuition and financial aid === In the 2024-25 school year, St. Mark's charged students an average tuition of $35,683,<ref name="ReferenceB" /> ranging from $31,435 for first-graders to $39,355 for twelfth-graders.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Tuition and Financial Aid |url=https://www.smtexas.org/admission/tuition-and-financial-aid |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=St. Mark’s School of Texas}}</ref> 14.7% of students were on financial aid,<ref name="ReferenceB" /> which covered, on average, $21,000.<ref name=":8" /> The school's website states that for students with household incomes under $140,000, the average grant is approximately 90% of tuition; separately, approximately half of scholarship students come from families with household incomes over $175,000.<ref name=":8" /> In the 2023-24 school year, the Dallas ABC affiliate reported that St. Mark's charged the third-highest tuition in Dallas, after the [[Greenhill School (Addison, Texas)|Greenhill School]] and the [[Episcopal School of Dallas]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-29 |title=These are the most expensive private high schools in DFW |url=https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/dallas-texas-most-expensive-private-high-schools-dfw/287-967b8e58-375e-46f0-8243-ce5ef99e8295 |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=wfaa.com |language=en-US}}</ref> === Endowment and expenses === St. Mark's' [[financial endowment]] stands at $181.0 million as of June 30, 2024.<ref name=":7" /> The school reports an operating budget of $43 million and total assets of $367 million.<ref name="ReferenceB" /> The 2022-23 annual fund yielded over $5 million for the 2nd consecutive year. Over 3000 individuals donate each year. This number includes about 85% of current parents and, for the 15th consecutive year, over half of all living alumni.<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Mark's School of Texas | the St. Mark's Fund |url=https://www.smtexas.org/support-st-marks/the-st-marks-fund/the-st-marks-fund}}</ref> ==Athletics== === History === During the decade of the 1910s, Terrill began to recruit enough athletes (including boarders in a postgraduate year) to successfully compete against much larger high schools as well as teams of college freshmen from Rice, SMU, and TCU. The football team's record during that decade was 67 wins, 2 ties, and one loss (in 1915 to the freshman team from the University of Texas at Austin).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bailey |first=George M. |date=1924-10-22 |title=Houston Post-Dispatch (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 201, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 22, 1924 |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth607847/m1/11/ |access-date=2021-11-23 |website=The Portal to Texas History |language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hazel |first=Michael V. |date=2000 |title=Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 12, Number 2, Fall, 2000 |url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35101/m1/29/ |journal=Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas |language=English |volume=12 |issue=2 |issn=1071-0426}}</ref> Five games between 1912 and 1918 ended with Terrill's football team shutting out their opponents while scoring over 100 points.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=High Scoring Football Games |url=http://www.luckyshow.org/football/High%20Scoring%20Games.htm |accessdate=2021-11-23 |publisher=Luckyshow.org}}</ref> These undefeated seasons continued through the 1920s, with the teams often being led by well-known coaches.<ref name="American sports publishing Company">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cw_iAAAAMAAJ&dq=%2522terrill%2520school%2522%2520athlete%2F&pg=PA177 |title=Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide ...: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by the Rules Committee ... |date=1919 |publisher=American sports publishing Company |language=en}}</ref> For example, one head coach of that era, [[Eugene Neely]], had starred in football at Dartmouth, despite having lost an arm in a hunting accident at age 14. Another coach, [[Monroe Sweeney]], left Terrill for [[Major League Baseball]], where he umpired 412 games. Another, [[Pete Cawthon]], left Terrill to coach at [[Austin College]], bringing with him 7 of his Terrill players;<ref>{{cite web |title=TSHA | Cawthon, Peter Willis |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cawthon-peter-willis}}</ref> Cawthon went on to become head football coach for [[Texas Tech]] and the [[Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL)|Brooklyn Dodgers]] of the [[National Football League]] as well as the athletic director for the [[University of Alabama]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=TSHA | Cawthon, Peter Willis |url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cawthon-peter-willis |access-date=2021-11-23 |website=www.tshaonline.org}}</ref> In 1930, the football team was undefeated and unscored upon, and the basketball team won a prep school national championship.<ref name="American sports publishing Company" /> === Athletic program === St. Marks fields 45 Upper School teams in 16 sports. Varsity teams primarily compete with the sixteen other private schools in Texas and Oklahoma comprising the [[Southwest Preparatory Conference]] (SPC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/about-us/at-a-glance|title=St. Mark's School of Texas | at a Glance}}</ref> For the 2022-23 school year, St. Mark's won the SPC Directors Cup, an overall measure of conference success. This was the school's 13th Directors Cup in the last 16 years (the school finished 2nd those other 3 years).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail-sports?pk=1118405&fromId=195777|title=Best in SPC|date=August 19, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spcsports.org/|title=Southwest Preparatory Conference|work=spcsports.org|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.chron.com/neighborhood/memorial/sports/article/Consistency-carries-Falcons-to-SPC-elite-7955121.php|title = Consistency carries Falcons to SPC elite| newspaper=Chron |date = May 31, 2016 | last1=Jenkins | first1=By Jeff }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/high-schools/st-marks-news/headlines/20120208-legendary-wrestling-coach-at-st.-marks-ready-for-retirement.ece|title=Legendary wrestling coach at St. Mark's ready for retirement|work=dallasnews.com|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> Some individual teams have had lengthy periods of success. Lacrosse won 9 conference championships between 2004 and 2013. The swim team won 20 conference championships between 1995 and 2016. The tennis team won 13 conference championships between 1975 and 1990. Water polo won 15 regional championships between 2001 and 2016. Wrestling won 37 conference championships between 1973 and 2015, as well as 13 state championships. The water polo team won 7 Texas state championships between 2014 and 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smtexas.org/athletics/championships|title=Sports Championships|website=St. Mark's School of Texas|access-date=September 14, 2019}}</ref> === Notable recent athletes === Thirteen of the 100 members of the class of 2023 signed to play intercollegiate sports after graduation; since 2018, a total of 68 SM seniors have signed to play college sports.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1285484&fromId=195343 | title=College-bound athletes | date=June 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1107652&fromId=195343|title = Collegiate Athletes|date = June 2020}}</ref> In the 3 years between 2021 and 2023, SM seniors signed letters of intent to play intercollegiate college sports in all of the sports offered at the school, as well as in one sport (squash) that isn't available on campus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smtexas.org/athletics/alumni-athletes | title=St. Mark's School of Texas | Alumni Athletes }}</ref> Some well-known alumni were athletes while at St. Mark's. [[Luke Wilson]] ‘90 was part of a 1989 record-setting 4x400 relay team (3:21.38); that time was the conference record for over 20 years and a school record until April 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail-sports?pk=1230149&fromId=195777 | title=Lion Sports Update (04/19) | date=April 20, 2022 }}</ref> Before taking up acting professionally, [[Tommy Lee Jones]] ‘65 was an all-conference offensive lineman for [[Harvard]]'s football team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spcsports.org/spc-track-field-records/|title=SPC Track & Field Records|work=spcsports.org|access-date=June 10, 2015|archive-date=June 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602144956/http://www.spcsports.org/spc-track-field-records/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/blog/playbook/trending/post/_/id/14514/video-tommy-lee-jones-on-football-vs-acting-at-harvard|title=Video: Tommy Lee Jones on football vs. acting at Harvard|work=ESPN.com|date=February 23, 2013|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005561/bio|title = Luke Wilson|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref> [[Boz Scaggs]] ‘62 was a track and soccer star while at St. Mark's.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/boz-scaggs/biography|title = Boz Scaggs|magazine = [[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> Four St. Mark's alumni have played (or are playing) in the 21st century [[National Football League]]: [[Ty Montgomery]] '11, [[Sam Acho]] '07, [[Emmanuel Acho]] ('08), and [[Kalen Thornton]] ('00). At least 5 Terrill alumni from the 1920s played in the NFL during its first decade: [[J. B. Andrews]] (1926),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/andr01400.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604063402/http://www.profootballarchives.com/andr01400.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AndrJa20.htm|title=Pro Football Reference, Jaby Andrews|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref> [[Deck Shelley]] (1926),<ref>{{Cite journal | url=https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35101/m1/29/ |title = Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 12, Number 2, Fall, 2000|journal = Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas|year = 2000|volume = 12|issue = 2|last = Hazel|first = Michael V.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/sp/eybb?school=1104205&year=1926|title=Terrillian Yearbook 1926|work=e-yearbook.com|access-date=February 2, 2020}}</ref> [[Lou Jennings]] (1923),<ref>{{cite web|title=Lou Jennings|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=Pro-Football-Reference.com|access-date=August 19, 2020|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JennLo20.htm}}</ref> [[Charley Malone]] (1929) and Bill Vaughn (1920).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/vaug00600.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 16, 2016 |archive-date=June 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604064056/http://www.profootballarchives.com/vaug00600.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Multiple alumni have leadership roles in professional sports. [[Taylor Jenkins]] '03, is head basketball coach of the [[NBA]]'s [[Memphis Grizzlies]]. For [[MLB]]'s [[Tampa Bay Rays]], [[Matthew Silverman]] '94 is President of Baseball Operations, [[Brian Auld]] '95 is President, and Barry Newell '05 is vice president for business operations and analytics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/rays/team/front-office|title = Rays Front Office|website = [[MLB.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2020/10/22/rays-postseason-success-the-product-of-the-innovative-vision-of-two-st-marks-grads/|title=Rays' postseason success the product of the innovative vision of two St. Mark's grads|date=October 23, 2020}}</ref> David Christoff '10 began studying football data on his own after graduating from MIT and is now Director of Football Analytics for the [[NFL]]'s [[Las Vegas Raiders]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/smtexas/docs/2019_december|title = The ReMarker | December 2019 by St. Mark's School of Texas - Issuu| date=December 13, 2019 }}</ref> [[Clark Hunt]] '83 is CEO and co-owner of the [[NFL]]'s [[Kansas City Chiefs]] and [[MLS]]'s [[FC Dallas]], while [[Ross Perot, Jr.]] '77 previously owned the [[NBA]]'s [[Dallas Mavericks]]. Of these seven, none played the varsity college sport for which they are known, though Newell played varsity football at Princeton for 3 years, Auld captained Stanford's varsity lacrosse team, and Hunt captained SMU's varsity soccer team. Aside from Jenkins, who interned for the [[San Antonio Spurs]] after college, all of these alumni entered sports management from the business world. As of 2024, [[Harrison Ingram]] '21 is the starting forward for college basketball's [[North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball|North Carolina Tar Heels]]. Earlier, he played two years for [[Stanford Cardinal|Stanford]], where he was voted the Pac 12 freshman of the year after leading conference freshmen in scoring, rebounds, assists, and steals.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://pac-12.com/news/2022/3/8/2021-22-pac-12-mens-basketball-all-conference-honors-and-annual-performance.aspx|title=2021-22 Pac-12 Mens Basketball All Conference Honors|date= March 8, 2022|website=Pac-12.com}}</ref> While at St. Mark's, Ingram was evaluated to be the best basketball player in the state and was named to the 24-player [[McDonald's All-American]] team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1161371&fromId=195526|title = Senior Named McDonald's All American|date = February 25, 2021}}</ref> The summer after graduating from SM, Ingram was a member of the [[United States men's national under-19 basketball team|United States]] team that won the [[2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup|2021 FIBA Under-19 World Cup]] in Latvia.<ref>{{cite web |last=Riddle |first=Greg |title=Former Lancaster star Mike Miles, former St. Mark's star Harrison Ingram help U.S. win U19 World Cup |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/high-school-sports/basketball/2021/07/11/former-lancaster-star-mike-miles-former-st-marks-star-harrison-ingram-help-us-win-u19-world-cup |website=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |access-date=July 12, 2021 |date=July 11, 2021}}</ref> The following St. Mark's teams have won Texas state championships.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.smtexas.org/Page/Athletics/Marksman-Championships |title=St. Mark's Website |access-date=May 18, 2016 |archive-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610045046/http://www.smtexas.org/Page/Athletics/Marksman-Championships |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web|url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail-Sports?pk=820416&fromId=195777|title=Lions Win State & SPC|date=May 2, 2016}}</ref><ref name="books.google.com">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cw_iAAAAMAAJ&q=%22terrill+school%22+athlete&pg=PA177 |title = Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide ...: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by the Rules Committee|year = 1919}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smtexas.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=763669|title=St. Mark's School of Texas|work=smtexas.org|date=May 5, 2015|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail-Sports?pk=817138&fromId=195777|title=Lions Sports Update 04/20|date=April 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.laxpower.com/hschamps/champs.php?year=2013&gender=B Archived copy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611203425/http://www.laxpower.com/hschamps/champs.php?year=2013&gender=B |date=June 11, 2016 }} </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/smtexas/docs/december_book/21|title = The ReMarker | December 2012 by St. Mark's School of Texas - Issuu| date=December 13, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/sportsdaydfw/2012/02/08/legendary-wrestling-coach-at-st.-marks-ready-for-retirement |title=Legendary wrestling coach at St. Mark's ready for retirement {{!}} SportsDay |website=sportsday.dallasnews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109112624/http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/sportsdaydfw/2012/02/08/legendary-wrestling-coach-at-st.-marks-ready-for-retirement |archive-date=2016-01-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=839238702383656964|user=DallasStars|title=Mar. 2, 1929: Terrill Prep School (now @SMTXathletics) def. Breckenridge HS to win first Texas State HS Ice Hockey…<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=March 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail-sports?pk=884447&fromId=195777|title = Water Polo Wins State| newspaper=St. Mark's School of Texas |date = May 8, 2017}}</ref> {| style="width:88%; height:140px" border="2" |+ style="background:blue; color:white" | St. Mark's Texas State Championships |- ! Sport ! Year |- | Crew | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2019, 2022 |- | Fencing | 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001 |- | Football | 1918 |- | Ice Hockey | 1929 |- | Lacrosse | 2013 |- | Water Polo | 1975, 1977, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 |- | Wrestling | 1982, 1983, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 |} ==Extracurricular activities== As of 2018, St. Mark's recognized 90 extra-curricular clubs and offered 24 fine arts courses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smtexas.org/Page/Campus-Life/Student-Publications/The-ReMarker |title=St. Mark's School of Texas | the ReMarker |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213230125/http://www.smtexas.org/page/campus-life/student-publications/the-remarker |archive-date=December 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://2014hs.igem.org/Team:SMTexas/team|title=Team:SMTexas/team|work=igem.org|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> === Academic tournaments === The [[debate team]] has won four national [[policy debate]] titles.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-10-24 |title=St. Mark's Hosts Debate Tournament |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=641239 |access-date=2021-11-23 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 12, 2016 |title=Debate team wins national championship |url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail?pk=815575&fromId=195777}}</ref> In addition, the team won the "world championship" at the 2015 International [[Public Policy]] Forum.<ref>{{cite web |title=St. Mark's debate team wins international competition |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/dallas/20150508-st.-marks-debate-team-wins-international-competition.ece |access-date=June 10, 2015 |work=dallasnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 5, 2015 |title=St. Mark's School of Texas |url=http://www.smtexas.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=763715 |access-date=June 10, 2015 |work=smtexas.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=International Public Policy Forum Debate – IPPF |url=http://www.ippfdebate.com/ippf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509063230/http://www.ippfdebate.com/ippf |archive-date=May 9, 2015 |access-date=June 10, 2015 |work=ippfdebate.com |df=mdy-all}}</ref> The 4-student Upper School [[Quiz Bowl]] team won the Small School [[National Academic Quiz Tournaments]]'s National Championship in 2024. The school’s “B” team finished 3rd in that competition, while the “C” team finished in a tie for 17th. Teams from St Mark’s had earlier won that competition in 2017, 2021, and 2022. In 2023, competing against public and private high schools of any size, the 5-student St. Mark's team finished 5th at the PACE National Scholastic Championship in Chicago and 8th at the High School National Championship Tournament in Atlanta.<ref>[https://www.naqt.com/stats/tournament/standings.jsp?tournament_id=14701]</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=June 16, 2023 |title=Academic Team earns national acclaim |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1288040&fromId=195526}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceD">{{Cite web |date=2017-05-11 |title=Quiz Bowl Teams Wins State |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=883084&fromId=195777/ |access-date=2021-11-23 |website=St. Mark's School of Texas |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 28, 2021 |title=Marksmen Win National Quiz Bowl Title |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1173596&fromId=195526}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 29, 2022 |title=National Quiz Bowl Champions |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1231972&fromId=195777}}</ref> For the 4th consecutive year, the 2023-24 SM 4th grade class finished 1st nationally in the most competitive division of the [[WordMasters]] Challenge, a series of 3 tests taken annually by 125,000 4th graders around the country.<ref>[https://www.wordmasterschallenge.com/year-end-results-2023-2024]</ref> The tests focus on vocabulary, analogies, word usage, and critical thinking. In both 2023 and 2024, an SM 4th grader finished first nationally and a total of 7 other students finished within the top 15 in those 2 years. SM 4th grade classes had also finished 1st nationally in the 4 years between 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 20, 2023 |title=Fourth grade wins national vocabulary challenge |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1285883&fromId=195777}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Results Meet #2 2021-2022 |url=https://www.wordmasterschallenge.com/results-meet-2-2021-2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Year-End Results 2020-2021 |url=https://www.wordmasterschallenge.com/year-end-results-2020-2021 |accessdate=2021-11-23 |publisher=Wordmasterschallenge.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 10, 2016 |title=National WordMasters Champions |url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail?pk=821965&fromId=195526}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 9, 2016 |title=At St. Mark's, Vocabulary Lessons Come with Wild Cheering and Championship Titles |url=http://keranews.org/post/st-marks-vocabulary-lessons-come-wild-cheering-and-championship-titles}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 18, 2018 |title=Word Masters |url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=955848&fromId=195777}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=January 12, 2021 |title=Fourth Grade Earns Highest Honors |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1150752&fromId=195526}}</ref> In 2003 and 2019, respectively, an St. Mark's middle schooler won the [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]]. In the more recent competition, a 7th grader tied for first after having also won the 2018 national spelling bee for students of South Asian descent and after having placed in the top 40 in the Scripps competition in both 2017 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 29, 2018 |title=The Wordsmith |url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=944920&fromId=195526}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Asian Spelling Bee Finals |url=https://southasianspellingbee.com/2018-winners/finals/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907071443/https://southasianspellingbee.com/2018-winners/finals/ |archive-date=September 7, 2018 |access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=May 31, 2019 |title=3 North Texas Kids Among 8 co-champions at National Spelling Bee |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/3-north-texas-kids-among-8-champions-national-spelling-bee/ |website=[[CBS News]]}}</ref> === School publications === All five 2022-23 St. Mark's publications earned Gold Crowns from the [[Columbia Scholastic Press Association]], an honor that goes to six to sixteen publications per category in the country. It was the 20th consecutive for ''The ReMarker'', the newspaper, extending the school's national record for winning this award, which is given to only 6 high school newspapers each year. ''The Marque'', the school's literary magazine, won its 9th Gold Crown in 10 years. In the category of "Special Interest Magazines", St. Mark's publications won two of the six Gold Crowns awarded in 2021-22; these awards were the 4th straight for ''Focus'' and the 3rd straight for ''Scientific Marksman''. The ''Marksmen'', the St. Mark's yearbook, won its 8th Gold Crown, overall, but its first since 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cspa.columbia.edu/recepient-lists/2021-awards-student-work-crown-awards-scholastic-recipients|title = 2021 - Awards for Student Work Crown Awards - Scholastic Recipients | Columbia Scholastic Press Association}}</ref> In 2019, the middle school magazine won its 3rd consecutive Gold Crown, an award given to only 1 or 2 publications in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1166256&fromId=195526 |title=St. Mark's School of Texas | Publications Earn Four Gold Crowns |publisher=Smtexas.org |date=2021-03-22 |accessdate=2021-11-23}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceE">{{cite web | url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=875343&fromId=195777 | title=Publications Win National Awards| date=March 20, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smtexas.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=758092|title=St. Mark's School of Texas|work=smtexas.org|access-date=May 1, 2015|date=April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cspa.columbia.edu/recepient-lists/2014-awards-student-work-crown-awards-scholastic-recipients-0#High%20School%20Newspaper%20Gold%20Crowns|title=2014 – Awards For Student Work Crown Awards – Scholastic Recipients|work=columbia.edu|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> In 2023, ''The ReMarker'' won a [[National Pacemaker Award]], the top award from the [[National Scholastic Press Association]]; as of 2023, the newspaper had won this award 15 of the prior 19 years. SM's ''Scientific Marksman'' was one of 6 specialty magazines in the country to win a 2023 Pacemaker, while ''The Marque'', was one of 6 literary magazine winners. In 2022, SM's ''The Focus'' was one of 2 specialty magazine to win the NSPA's top award, its 4th consecutive Pacemaker. In 2025, the mini-Marque, the middle school's literary magazine, was the only middle school publication in the country to win a Pacemaker. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://studentpress.org/nspa/2023-newspaper-newsmagazine-pacemakers/#specialty | title=NSPA - 2023 Newspaper/Newsmagazine Pacemakers }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=855518&fromId=195526 |title = Publications Honored|date = November 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=879330&fromId=195777 | title=Yearbook Wins National Award| date=April 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://studentpress.org/nspa/2022-newspaper-newsmagazine-specialty-magazine/ | title=NSPA - 2022 Pacemakers in Newspaper/Newsmagazine and Specialty Magazine }}</ref> St. Mark's seniors were named journalist of the year in the state of Texas for eight consecutive years (2013–2020) by the NSPA. In 2019, a senior was named NSPA's national journalist of the year; he became the fourth St. Mark's student in 7 years to rank among the country's top three high school journalists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smtexas.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=754924|title=St. Mark's School of Texas|work=smtexas.org|access-date=May 1, 2015|date=March 9, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail?pk=808363&fromId=197898 |title = Senior Named Journalist of the Year|date = February 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=868063&fromId=195526 | title=Journalist of the Year| date=February 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.smtexas.org/page/news-detail?pk=942829&fromId=195777 | title=Journalist of the Year| date=March 21, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://jea.org/wp/home/awards-honors/journalist-of-the-year/journalist-of-the-year-winners/ | title=National High School Journalist of the Year Winners - Journalism Education Association}}</ref> For the 15th time in 16 years, 2022 St. Mark's Photography was named "Top Program" in the annual contest sponsored by the Association of Texas Photography Instructors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atpi.org/topprogram/|title=ATPI Top Program Award}}</ref> The contest annually draws about 7000 entries from about 90 schools.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://spark.adobe.com/page/hQLTGcx7XwK23/ | title=Atpi Top Program}}</ref> === Arts === In 2021, the Texas Commission on the Arts named a SM student the state [[poetry]] champion through its [[Poetry Out Loud]] recitation competition.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 8, 2021 |title=St. Mark's School of Texas | Junior Lauded as State Poetry Champion |url=https://www.smtexas.org/news-detail?pk=1163590&fromId=195526 |accessdate=2021-11-23 |publisher=Smtexas.org}}</ref> In 2016, the [[President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities]] named an St. Mark's senior one of the 5 National Student Poets, selected from over 20,000 applicants.<ref>{{cite web |title=National Student Poets Program | Scholastic Art & Writing Awards |url=http://www.artandwriting.org/the-awards/national-student-poets-program/ |url-status= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116011054/http://www.artandwriting.org/the-awards/national-student-poets-program/ |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |website=www.artandwriting.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 8, 2016 |title=Marksman Honored at the White House |url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail?pk=835028&fromId=195777 |newspaper=St. Mark's School of Texas}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=September 2, 2016 |title=Two Indian-Americans selected for prestigious National Students Poets Program - Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/Two-Indian-Americans-selected-for-prestigious-National-Students-Poets-Program/articleshow/53984894.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Between 2015 and 2017, four St. Mark's students won top awards for design from the nationwide [[YoungArts]] competition. In addition, seventeen St. Mark's students were finalists in that YoungArts competition between 2009 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners | YoungArts |url=http://www.youngarts.org/winners}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=http://youngarts.org/storage/app/media/Winners%20Documents/2017-youngarts-winners-award-level.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202153348/http://youngarts.org/storage/app/media/Winners%20Documents/2017-youngarts-winners-award-level.pdf |archive-date=February 2, 2017 |access-date=January 23, 2017}}</ref> Since 2010, multiple St. Mark's students have had their films selected for inclusion in the [[South by Southwest|SXSW]] film festival.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 5, 2014 |title=Student Films Selected for SXSW |url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail?pk=699055&fromId=208473}}</ref> One student had his work profiled in ''Popular Photography'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 28, 2014 |title=Student Featured in Popular Photography |url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail?pk=706306&fromId=208473}}</ref> === Other === In 2014, a St. Mark's student won the national high school chess championship<ref>{{cite web |title=Archived copy |url=https://www.utdallas.edu/chess/chess-team/spring-break-2015-brochure.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208033106/https://www.utdallas.edu/chess/chess-team/spring-break-2015-brochure.pdf |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=2017-04-05 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> and also became the youngest chess [[International Grandmaster|international grandmaster]] in the Americas.<ref>{{cite news |title=The ReMarker | February 2014 |url=https://issuu.com/smtexas/docs/remarker |newspaper=Issuu}}</ref> Two other St. Mark's students have earned [[National Master]] status while still in high school (in 2012 and 2016).<ref>[https://smtexas.myschoolapp.com/ftpimages/73/download/download_3369881.pdf Upper School head named] myschoolapp.com</ref> In 2024, a SM senior won the [[Princeton Prize in Race Relations]], an award that goes to 29 high school students in the country each year.<ref>[https://pprize.princeton.edu/]</ref> In 2012, a student earned seventeen of Scouting's Palm Awards in addition to earning the Eagle Scout rank (a feat achieved by two dozen boys in the history of Scouting).<ref>{{cite web |date=October 24, 2012 |title=The Pride | Summer 2012 by St. Mark's School of Texas - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/smtexas/docs/2012spride}}</ref> ==Notable alumni== {{div col}} * [[Roscoe DeWitt]], 1910{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[architect]] and one of the [[Monuments Men]]; 1st student enrolled at Terrill <ref>{{Cite web|title=DeWitt, Lt. Col. Roscoe P. | Monuments Men and Women | Monuments Men Foundation|url=https://www.monumentsmenfoundation.org/dewitt-lt-col-roscoe-p|access-date=2021-11-23|website=MonumentsMenFdn|language=en}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceF">{{Cite journal|url=http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth35101/m1/25/|title=Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas, Volume 12, Number 2, Fall, 2000|journal=Legacies: A History Journal for Dallas and North Central Texas|year=2000|volume=12|issue=2|last4=Hazel|first4=Michael V.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://photographyblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/today-in-dallas-photo-history-1950-terrill-prep-boys-class-of-1910-hold-reunion.html/ |title=Today in Dallas photo history – 1950: Terrill Prep boys – class of 1910 – hold reunion {{!}} {{!}} Dallas Morning News |website=photographyblog.dallasnews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603210520/http://photographyblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/today-in-dallas-photo-history-1950-terrill-prep-boys-class-of-1910-hold-reunion.html/ |archive-date=2016-06-03}}</ref> * [[Edward Musgrove Dealey]], 1910{{efn|name=Terrill}} - president of [[A.H. Belo]]; [[publisher]] of the ''[[Dallas Morning News]]''; 2nd student at Terrill <ref name="ReferenceF"/> * [[Charles J. Stewart (business)|Charles J. Stewart]], 1914{{efn|name=Terrill}} - first president and chairman, [[Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company|Manufacturers Hanover Trust]]; captain of [[1917 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale's 1917 football team]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cTM6AQAAMAAJ&dq=charles+stewart+%22terrill,school%22&pg=PA841|title = Yale Alumni Weekly|date = September 22, 1916|volume=26|number=1|publisher=Yale University}}</ref> * [[Toddie Lee Wynne]], 1915{{efn|name=Terrill}} - investor; co-developer, [[Six Flags Over Texas]], [[Dallas Cowboys]], and 1st private rocket into space * [[Lorenzo Sabin]], 1917{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[Vice admiral (United States)|vice admiral]], [[US Navy]]. Recipient of 3 [[Navy Distinguished Service Medal]]s, the French [[Legion of Honor]], and the British [[Distinguished Service Order]] * [[Edwin F. Blair]], 1919{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[Lawyer|attorney]], corporate leader, All-American lineman for the undefeated [[1923 Yale Bulldogs football team|Yale's 1923 football team]], "Mr. Yale" * [[Ralph Jester]], 1919{{efn|name=Terrill}} - Hollywood [[costume designer]]. Twice nominated for an [[Academy Award]], including for ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' in 1956 * [[Stuart P. Wright]], 1921{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[major general (United States)|major general]], [[US Air Force]]. Recipient of the [[Legion of Merit]], [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]], [[Bronze Star Medal]] and [[Air Medal]]. [[University of Texas Men's Athletics Hall of Honor|Athletic Hall of Honor, University of Texas]] for track, basketball, and football * [[Lou Jennings]], 1923{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[lineman (gridiron football)|offensive and defensive lineman]] for the [[NFL]]'s [[Providence Steam Rollers]] and [[Portsmouth Spartans]]; [[professional wrestler]] * [[Jerry Bywaters]], 1924{{efn|name=Terrill}} - artist and critic. Director, [[Dallas Museum of Fine Arts]]. Professor, [[Southern Methodist University]]. * [[John Astin Perkins]], 1924{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[architect]] and [[interior designer]] * [[Deck Shelley]], 1925{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[running back]] for the [[NFL]]'s [[Portsmouth Spartans]], [[Green Bay Packers]], and [[Chicago Cardinals]] * [[J.B. Andrews]], 1926{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[quarterback]], [[running back]], and [[linebacker]] for the [[NFL]]'s [[St. Louis Gunners]] * [[C.F. "Shorty" Key]], 1927{{efn|name=Terrill}} - fullback for the [[Northwest Football League|NWFL]]'s Des Moines Comets and the CAFL's Fresno Wine Crushers; played for 5 different college teams using 4 different names; [[professional wrestler]] * [[Charley Malone]], 1929{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[Pro Bowl]] [[wide receiver]] for the [[NFL]]'s [[Washington Redskins]] * [[Alan Lomax]], 1930{{efn|name=DifferentHS}}{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[ethnomusicologist]], [[musician]], [[political activist]], winner of the [[National Medal of Arts]] * [[Wiley T. Buchanan, Jr.]], 1931{{efn|name=DifferentHS}}{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[Chief of Protocol of the United States]] and the [[U.S. Ambassador]] to [[Luxembourg]] and [[Austria]] * [[James F. Chambers Jr.]], 1931{{efn|name=DifferentHS}}{{efn|name=Terrill}} - [[newspaperman]]; [[Publishing|publisher]] and [[chairman of the board]], ''[[Dallas Times Herald]]'' * [[Lawrence Marcus]], 1934{{efn|name=DifferentHS}}{{efn|name=Terrill}} - Executive Vice President of [[Neiman Marcus]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=lawrence-marcus&pid=167891876&referrer=0&preview=false|title = Lawrence Marcus Obituary (2013) the Dallas Morning News|website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> * [[Harry W. Bass, Jr.]], 1943{{efn|name=TexasCD}} - in [[oil and gas exploration]]; developer of [[Vail]], [[Aspen]], and [[Beaver Creek Resort|Beaver Creek]] ski resorts; [[coin collector]] * [[Henry Martin (cartoonist)|Henry Martin]], 1944{{efn|name=TexasCD}} - illustrator; ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]'' cartoonist<ref>Princetoniana Committee Oral History Project, [https://webspace.princeton.edu/users/mudd/Accessions/UnivArchives/AC259/AC259_martin.pdf "Interview of Henry Martin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109112623/https://webspace.princeton.edu/users/mudd/Accessions/UnivArchives/AC259/AC259_martin.pdf |date=January 9, 2016 }}, p. 4-5 (pdf).</ref> * [[Richard Bass]], 1946{{efn|name=DifferentHS}}{{efn|name=TexasCD}} - in oil and gas exploration; owner of [[Snowbird ski resort]]; climber of [[Seven Summits]]; [[rancher]] * [[Stanley J. Seeger]], 1947{{efn|name=DifferentHS}}{{efn|name=TexasCD}} - [[art collector]] * [[Michael Rudman]], 1956 - theatre director * [[John Maxson]], 1958 - [[sound engineer]]; winner, [[Emmy Award]]; co-founder, [[Showco]] and [[Vari*Lite]] * [[Jim Adler]], 1960 - attorney; "the Texas Hammer" * [[Ray Lee Hunt]], 1961 - in oil and gas exploration; Chair of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. * [[Steve Miller (musician)|Steve Miller]], 1961{{efn|name=DifferentHS}} - musician<ref name="AChron">{{Cite web|date=November 8, 2002|title=Texas Top 40|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2002-11-08/107855/|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.austinchronicle.com|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/music/dallas-best-forgotten-rock-stories-8981114|title = Dallas' Best, Forgotten Rock Stories}}</ref> * [[Lewis MacAdams]], 1962 - [[poet]], journalist, activist, and filmmaker<ref>{{Cite web|title=TimesMachine: Wednesday June 7, 1967 - NYTimes.com|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1967/06/07/issue.html|access-date=2021-11-23|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com|language=en}}</ref> * [[Boz Scaggs]], 1962 - musician<ref name="AChron" /> * [[Boomer Castleman]], 1963 - musician * [[Michael R. Levy]], 1964 - founder and publisher of ''[[Texas Monthly]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=March/April Gazette: Profiles: Michael Levy '68|url=https://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0300/0300pro3.html|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.upenn.edu}}</ref> * [[John J. Nance|John Nance]], 1964 - writer, pilot, aviation analyst, attorney * [[Robert Hoffman (businessman)|Robert Hoffman]], 1965 - owner of [[Coca-Cola]] Bottling Group (Southwest); co-founder of ''[[National Lampoon (magazine)|National Lampoon]]''; [[art collector]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=2006-08-22|title=Robert K. Hoffman, 59, National Lampoon Founder, Is Dead|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/22/obituaries/22hoffman.html|access-date=2021-11-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> * [[Tommy Lee Jones]], 1965 - [[Academy Award]]-winning actor; [[rancher]]; 1st team All-Ivy League guard on [[Harvard Crimson football|Harvard's football team]] in 1968; [[polo]] player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tommy Lee Jones|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000169/bio|access-date=2021-11-23|website=IMDb}}</ref> * [[William Hootkins]], 1966 - stage and [[character actor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dorkly.com/post/69741/awesome-actors-you-didnt-realize-were-in-everything-you-like|title = Dorkly - YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?pid=15514658|title = William Hootkins Obituary (2005) the Dallas Morning News|website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> * [[Mike Estep]], 1967 - professional [[tennis]] player and [[Coach (sport)|coach]] * [[David Laney]], 1967 - attorney, [[Amtrak]] chair, Republican fundraiser * [[Jerry Carlson]], 1968 - film scholar and filmmaker; professor, [[City University of New York]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/smtexas/docs/thepride2011/49 |title=The Pride | Winter 2011 by St. Mark's School of Texas |date=July 24, 2013 |publisher=issuu |access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> * [[Charles Nearburg]], 1968 - in oil and gas exploration; world-record-setting [[race car driver]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393853/bio|title = William Hootkins|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://engineering.dartmouth.edu/people/board/members/charles-nearburg|title = Charles e. Nearburg}}</ref> * [[John Steakley]], 1969{{efn|name=DifferentHS}} - [[science fiction]] novelist; author of ''[[Armor (novel)|Armor]]'' and ''[[Vampire$]]'' * [[Jeffrey Swann]], 1969 - [[classical pianist]]; [[Faculty (academic staff)|faculty]] at [[New York University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/piano/people/faculty/swann |title=Piano Faculty: Jeffrey Swann - People - Piano Studies - NYU Steinhardt |website=steinhardt.nyu.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501025838/http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/piano/people/faculty/swann |archive-date=2010-05-01}}</ref><ref>"Young Pianist to Present Recital at SMU Wednesday." ''The Dallas Morning News'', May 15, 1966. Retrieved 2010-07-11.</ref> * [[Robert Decherd]], 1969 - [[CEO]] and President of [[A.H. Belo]], a media conglomerate that includes the ''[[Dallas Morning News]]'' * [[Steven D. Wolens]], 1969 - attorney; [[Texas]] [[Texas House of Representatives|state representative]] * [[Stephen Arnold (composer)|Stephen Arnold]], 1971 - [[Emmy]]-winning composer, writer of [[jingle]]s, and developer of [[sonic branding]] * [[Mark D. Jordan]], 1971 - [[Andrew Mellon]] Professor, [[Harvard Divinity School]]; scholar of [[gender]], [[sexuality]], and [[theology]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hds.harvard.edu/people/mark-d-jordan|title=Mark D. Jordan}}</ref> * [[Ivan Stang]], 1971 - co-founder of [[Church of the Subgenius]]; author of ''[[High Weirdness by Mail]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in-sightjournal.com/2014/10/01/reverend-ivan-stang-co-founder-author-church-of-the-subgenius/|title=Reverend Ivan Stang: Co-Founder & Author, Church of the SubGenius|date=October 2014}}</ref> * [[George Bayoud]], 1973 - [[real estate developer]]; former [[Texas]] Secretary of State * [[Robert M. Edsel]], 1975 - in oil and gas exploration; historical activist; author of ''[[Monuments Men]]'' and ''[[Rescuing Da Vinci]]'' * [[David M. Lutken]], 1975 - musician, actor, playwright, director; [[Woody Guthrie]] performer and interpreter * [[Alan Stern]], 1975 - [[planetary scientist]]; [[principal investigator]] for [[NASA]]'s [[New Horizons]] project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/stern_bio.html|title=NASA – Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate <br /> S. Alan Stern|work=nasa.gov|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> * [[Michael Weiss (composer)|Michael Weiss]], 1976{{efn|name=DifferentHS}} - [[jazz pianist]], [[composer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.michaelweiss.info/|title=Welcome to the Official Web Site of Pianist and composer, Michael Weiss|work=michaelweiss.info|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> * [[:fi:Markus Nummi]], 1977 - [[Finns|Finnish]] [[film director]], [[screenwriter]], [[poet]], [[novelist]] * [[H. Ross Perot, Jr.]], 1977 - real estate developer<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20020806231721/http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/02_07/b3770090.htm "Another Time, Another Ross Perot"], ''Business Week'', February 18, 2002.</ref> * [[Mark Stern]], 1977 - [[mathematician]]; [[professor]] at [[Duke University]] * [[Kerry Sulkowicz]], 1977 - business consultant, [[advisor]], [[psychiatrist]] * [[Randall Zisk]], 1977 - television producer and director, ''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'', ''[[Lois and Clark]]'', ''[[the Mentalist]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957198/|title=Randall Zisk|work=IMDb|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> * [[Wallace L. Hall]], 1978 - in oil and gas exploration; outspoken member of the [[University of Texas]] [[Board of Regents]]<ref>{{cite web|title = Is This the Most Dangerous Man in Texas? – Texas Monthly|url = http://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/is-this-the-most-dangerous-man-in-texas/|website = Texas Monthly|date = July 10, 2014|access-date = 2015-12-29}}</ref> * [[Paul Rice]], 1978 - [[social entrepreneur]]; President and CEO of [[Fair Trade USA]] * [[Jeff Turpin]], 1978 - in oil and gas exploration; in tennis, college All American and former [[Grand Prix Tour]] professional * [[Kurt Eichenwald]], 1979 - [[journalist]], senior editor, ''[[Newsweek]]'', author, ''[[The Informant (book)|The Informant]]'' * [[Frank Rolfe]], 1979 - one of the country's largest owners of [[mobile home]] parks. Co-owner, Mobile Home University * [[Kenneth A. Hersh]], 1981 - CEO, NGP Energy Capital Management.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20101018-Dallas-area-energy-investor-Ken-Hersh-6003.ece |title=Dallas-area energy investor Ken Hersh burns bright | Dallas Morning News |access-date=June 17, 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053507/http://www.dallasnews.com/business/headlines/20101018-Dallas-area-energy-investor-Ken-Hersh-6003.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref> CEO, [[George W. Bush Presidential Center]]<ref name="namespresida"> {{cite news | title=Kenneth Hersh Named President & CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center | url=http://www.bushcenter.org/about-the-center/newsroom/press-releases/2016/05/hersh-named-bush-center-president.html | publisher=www.bushcenter.org | date =May 13, 2016 | access-date = 2016-08-25 }}</ref> * [[Jeff Miller (American businessman)|Jeff Miller]], 1982 - [[President (corporate title)|President]], [[CEO]], and [[Chairman of the Board]], [[Halliburton Corporation]]; former professional [[rodeo]] roper * [[David Hudgins]], 1983 - television writer and producer, ''[[Everwood]]'', ''[[Friday Night Lights (TV series)|Friday Night Lights]]'', ''[[Parenthood (2010 TV series)|Parenthood]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wmeimgspeakers.azurewebsites.net/speaker/david-hudgins |title=David Hudgins | WME|IMG Speakers |access-date=January 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214221805/http://wmeimgspeakers.azurewebsites.net/speaker/david-hudgins |archive-date=December 14, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * [[Clark Hunt]], 1983 - co-owner and chairman of the [[NFL]]'s [[Kansas City Chiefs]] and [[Major League Soccer]]'s [[FC Dallas]]; former captain and Academic All American, [[Southern Methodist University|SMU]] varsity soccer <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040917123135/http://www.kcchiefs.com/front_office/clark_hunt/ "Clark Hunt, Chairman of the Board, Kansas City Chiefs"]. Kansas City Chiefs website. Accessed October 11, 2008. </ref> * [[Craig Zisk]], 1983 - television and film producer and director, ''[[Weeds (TV series)|Weeds]]'', ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', ''[[The English Patient]]''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0957197/ | title=Craig Zisk | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref> * [[Victor Vescovo]], 1984 - [[underwater]] [[explorer]], [[Aircraft pilot|pilot]], [[mountain climber]], [[private equity]] investor * [[Steve Jurvetson]], 1985 - [[venture capitalist]]; former managing director of [[Draper Fisher Jurvetson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dfj.com/content/steve-jurvetson|title=Steve Jurvetson|work=dfj.com|access-date=June 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502145632/http://dfj.com/content/steve-jurvetson|archive-date=May 2, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/5416878895|title=My Favorite Math Teacher|work=Flickr – Photo Sharing!|date=May 21, 2010|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> * [[Charles Olivier]], 1987 - [[Emmy]]-winning writer and producer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.askmen.com/men/entertainment_150/188c_charles_olivier.html|title=Men|work=AskMen|access-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130920112804/http://ca.askmen.com/men/entertainment_150/188c_charles_olivier.html|archive-date=September 20, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * [[Owen Wilson]], 1987{{efn|name=DifferentHS}} - actor, writer, producer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ca.askmen.com/men/entertainment_150/188c_owen_wilson.html|title=Men|work=AskMen|access-date=May 1, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707175245/http://ca.askmen.com/men/entertainment_150/188c_owen_wilson.html|archive-date=July 7, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/headlines/20120929-dossier-dallas-owen-wilson.ece |title=Dossier Dallas: Owen Wilson {{!}} Dallas Morning News |website=www.dallasnews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604154351/http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/headlines/20120929-dossier-dallas-owen-wilson.ece |archive-date=2016-06-04}}</ref> * [[Paul Wylie]], 1987{{efn|name=DifferentHS}} - [[figure skater]]; Olympic [[silver medalist]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iceartistry.com/about/2003usfig_wylie_kanal.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610070101/http://iceartistry.com/about/2003usfig_wylie_kanal.pdf |archive-date=June 10, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref> * [[Rhett Miller]], 1989 - musician; songwriter; lead singer of the [[Old 97's]]<ref>"[http://www.law.com/jsp/law/sfb/lawArticleSFB.jsp?id=1129626317686 Dallas Solo's Practice Helps Him Perfect His Music Label]." ''[[Texas Lawyer]]''. October 20, 2005.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/rhetts-exploding-6400975|title=Rhett's exploding}}</ref> * [[Luke Wilson]], 1990 - actor<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ww7.wilson-brothers.com/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 23, 2021 |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116073543/http://ww7.wilson-brothers.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Ali Rowghani]], 1991 - managing partner, YC Continuity at [[Y Combinator]]; former [[chief financial officer]] at [[Pixar]] and former [[chief operating officer]] at [[Twitter]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smtexas.org/page/News-Detail?pk=820627&fromId=195777|title = Alumni Return to Campus|date = May 3, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/06/ex-pixar-and-twitter-exec-ali-rowghani-joins-y-combinator-as-a-part-time-partner/|title=Ex-Pixar and Twitter Exec Ali Rowghani Joins y Combinator as a Part-Time Partner|date=November 7, 2014 }}</ref> * [[Sam Dealey]], 1992 - journalist and media consultant; former Editor in Chief of the ''[[Washington Times]]'' * [[Matthew Silverman]], 1994 - President of Baseball Operations, [[Tampa Bay Rays]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2005/10/30/Rays/The_Rays__hottest_pro.shtml|title=Rays: The Rays' hottest prospect? Silverman|work=sptimes.com|access-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> * [[Brian Auld]], 1995 - President, Tampa Bay Rays<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/tampa-bay-rays-president-moves-past-public-stumble-before-city-council/2219621/|title = Tampa Bay Rays president moves past public stumble before City Council}}</ref> * [[Richard B. Spencer]], 1997 - [[neo-nazi]]; proponent of the [[alt-right]]; President, [[National Policy Institute]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-07-08|title=Who is Richard Spencer?|url=http://www.irehr.org/issue-areas/race-racism-and-white-nationalism/567-who-is-richard-spencer|access-date=2021-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708073242/http://www.irehr.org/issue-areas/race-racism-and-white-nationalism/567-who-is-richard-spencer|archive-date=July 8, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/10/richard-spencer-trump-alt-right-white-nationalist|title=Meet the white nationalist trying to ride the Trump train to lasting power}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/white-nationalist-who-will-advise-donald-trump-white-house|title=The white nationalist propagandist who will advise President Trump}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/alt-right/|title = My Journey to the Center of the Alt-Right}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.npiamerica.org|title= National Policy Institute|access-date= November 13, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170211012448/http://www.npiamerica.org/|archive-date= February 11, 2017|url-status= usurped|df= mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/richard-spencer-alt-right-twitter-ban-banned-donald-trump-white-nationalist-supremacist-national-policy-institute/|title = Richard Spencer: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|date = November 16, 2016}}</ref> * [[Graeme Wood (journalist)|Graeme Wood]], 1997 - political journalist; [[contributing editor]] at ''[[The Atlantic]]''; lecturer at [[Yale]] * [[Evan Daugherty]], 2000 - screenwriter, ''[[Divergent (film)|Divergent]]'', ''[[Snow White and the Huntsman]]'', ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/movies/headlines/20120525-growing-up-with-fairy-tales-inspires-dallas-evan-daughertys-snow-white.ece|title=Growing up with fairy tales inspires Dallas' Evan Daugherty's 'Snow White'|work=dallasnews.com|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref> * [[Kalen Thornton]], 2000 - [[marketing director]] for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]; former [[linebacker]] for the [[Dallas Cowboys]] *[[Ned Price]], 2001 - Deputy to the U.S. Representative to the United Nation; former Spokesperson for the State Department * [[Miles Fisher]], 2001 - actor * [[Taylor Jenkins]], 2003 - head [[basketball]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]] for the [[NBA]]'s Memphis Grizzlies * [[Sam Acho]], 2007 - [[ESPN]] analyst, author, former [[NFL]] [[linebacker]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://samacho.com/about/|title=About – Sam Acho|work=Sam Acho|access-date=June 10, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/leaderboard/v3/dallas/stmarks/stories/102606dnspostmarks.304ee64.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 8, 2015 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114713/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/highschools/leaderboard/v3/dallas/stmarks/stories/102606dnspostmarks.304ee64.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Emmanuel Acho]], 2008 - [[Fox Sports]] analyst, social commentator, television host, former [[NFL]] linebacker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Eagles-Acquire-LB-Acho-From-Browns-/eb345e14-7f14-4864-b3c2-97fa1b8ab9a6|title=Eagles Acquire LB Acho From Browns|work=philadelphiaeagles.com|access-date=May 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109112622/http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Eagles-Acquire-LB-Acho-From-Browns-/eb345e14-7f14-4864-b3c2-97fa1b8ab9a6|archive-date=January 9, 2016|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> * [[Ty Montgomery]], 2011 - [[wide receiver]], [[running back]], and [[kickoff returner]] for the [[NFL]]'s [[New Orleans Saints]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/11/13/stanford-wide-receiver-ty-montgomerys-one-big-happy-family/|title=Stanford wide receiver Ty Montgomery's one big happy family|date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> * [[Harrison Ingram]], 2021 - college basketball player for the North Carolina Tar Heels<ref>{{cite web |title=Harrison Ingram - Men's Basketball |url=https://gostanford.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/harrison-ingram/19197 |website=Stanford University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> {{div col end}} === Notes === {{notelist|refs= {{efn|name=DifferentHS|Alumnus, but graduated from different high school.}} {{efn|name=Terrill|Terrill School}} {{efn|name=TexasCD|Texas Country Day}} }} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Portal|Texas|Schools}} *[http://www.smtexas.org/ St. Mark's School of Texas website] {{Dallas High Schools}} {{Boys' schools in Texas}} {{Southwest Preparatory Conference}} <!--Actually 1-12, but using K-12 for ease of categorization--> {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Mark's School Of Texas}} [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1906]] [[Category:Independent Schools Association of the Southwest]] [[Category:Boys' schools in Texas]] [[Category:Private K–12 schools in Dallas]] [[Category:1906 establishments in Texas]]
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