The Pontefract Society honors all those who have taken the special step of including Pomfret School in their long-term plans through a bequest provision, life-income gift, or other deferred giving arrangement. 

Members of The Pontefract Society have demonstrated a loyalty, foresight, and generosity that will benefit Pomfret and contribute to its excellence for generations to come.

1906
*Buckingham P. Merriman

1914
*P. Blair Lee

1918
*John C. Parsons

1920
*Donald M. Chisholm
*Charles C. Townsend

1923
*John W. Livermore

1924
*John W. Lewis, Jr.
*Barton L. Mallory, Jr.

1926
*Howard S. Kniffin

1928
*Anson M. Beard

1929
*William H. Coverdale, Jr. 
*John T. Hamilton II
*Dwight A. Horne

1930
*Richard B. Bulkeley, Jr.

1931
*George M. Mott
*Douglas B. Robinson

1932
*Bruce M. Ridgway

1934
*David S. Baker, Jr.
*Stephen B. Hard 
*Thomas Wallace
*William F. Whitehouse, Jr.

1935
*Anonymous
*Bogart F. Thompson

1937
*Anonymous
*Henry M. Colvin
*Seth B. French, Jr.
*Eric R. Hansen

1938
*Charles King, Jr.

1939
*Louis L. Lorillard
*William R. Proctor, Jr. 
*William P. Rowland
*L. Prather Stack, Jr.
*L. Prather Stack, Jr.

1940
*S. Prescott B. Clement
*Francis C. Farwell II 
*John R. Gibb
*John T. Lawrence
*Frank Melville III 
*Waldron W. Proctor
*Jeffrey P. Walker

1941
*Paul F. Perkins, Jr. 
*Henry Strong

1942
*Hugh W. & Anne M. Adams
*George R. Bunker

1943
*Anonymous
*Wyatt Garfield
*William Heyburn II 
*Roswell B. Perkins 
*Junius L. Powell, Jr.
*Anonymous

1944
*Ralph T. Gerstle 
*Peter M. Moffitt
*Richard H. Randall, Jr.

1945
*John A. & Mary W. Bogardus, Jr.
Kirk Hollingsworth 
*David S. Proctor
*Frederick C. Pullman 
*Charles C. Townsend, Jr.

1946
*William H. Clark III

1947
*Anonymous
*John H. Bartlett II
*Charles R. Beattie, Jr.
*Henry F. Harris
*Cheston Simmons, Jr.
*John I. Tappen

1948
*Anonymous (3)
Robert B. Fiske, Jr.
*Wendell D. Mansfield HON

1949
*Edward S. Davis
John T. Hoyt, Jr.

1950
Lammot du Pont III
*James L. Lowery, Jr.
*Edward A. Sprague

1951
Anonymous
*James R. Riker 
*Thomas D. Soutter

1952
Gilbert W. Chapman, Jr.    
*Barclay F. Gordon     
Charles V. Henry III    
Theodore R. Robb     
*Barclay Robinson, Jr.     

1953
*Anonymous
Kendrick Harmon     
*Benjamin B. Morgan 
*Arthur K. Salomon     

1954
*Richard L. English    
*Benjamin P. Harris III    
*Chester K. Lasell    
John A. Paine
Bradford P. & Diane Straus

1955
Anonymous
*Henry S. Grant 
E. Brooks Robbins

1956
*Anonymous
*Howard S. Bergman    
Anthony S. Hoyt 
*Richard S. Storrs, Jr.

1957
Tom & Alice Belknap

1958
John R., Jr. & Julia B. Curtis
Galen & Patricia Griffin
*David W. Mason
George T. Shaw 
Samuel N. Stokes

1959
Jeb N. Embree    
Alan Hamerstrom 
*Robert K. Massey, Jr.

1960
Anonymous
*Bennett L. Fisher

1961
Anonymous
David L. Craven 
Herbert Drake, Jr. 
Richard S. Jackson, Jr. 
*Benjamin M. Rowland

1962
*Anonymous
William M. Boehme     
*David C. Twichell 
*Charles A. Willard

1963
Richard J. Fates 
John S. Griswold, Jr. 
James D. Makowsky 
Daniel A. Poor

1964
*Anonymous
Anonymous
John A. & Constance S. Dix
Paul D. Fowler 
Peter B. Kelsey
*Francis & Frederica Paine

1965
Anonymous
Nathaniel R. Clymer
Arthur B. Dielhenn
Frederick E. Findlay
George M. Galpin
Justin P. Klein
James D. Seymour
Robert T. Whitman
Robert J. Yudell    

1966
James G. Stuart

1967
Kenyon W. Clark
David A. Feffer
William H. Hayes
*Joseph H. Twichell

1968
Whitney S. Bodman
Peter G. Canby
Gregory W. Melville
Ruthven A. Wodell

1969
Peter H. Borgemeister
Andrew G. Goldmark
John Herron, Jr.    
Carl E. Rohde II    
Eric A. Schwartz
Robert L. Sims
Gordon B. Wheeler

1970
Anonymous
Richard A. Bensen
Joseph P. Keiffer
*Janet Arvonen Kniffin

1971
Carswell R. Berlin 
Ridley Pearson
*Scott L. Steele

1972
Anonymous
Henry J. Fisher II
David B. Warner

1975
Mark W. Blodgett
Philip B. Rettger

1976
Anonymous
Scott W. & Susanna Maker

1977
Rachel E. Prentiss

1978
Jennifer M. Hoben-Williams

1979
Peter B. Burnham, Jr.

1982
Ronald A. Levene

1985
Anonymous

1986
Brooke A. Toni

1987
Brooke Rorer Brown

1993
Anonymous

1998
Anonymous

1999
Anonymous


Parents & Grandparents
Anonymous (2)
*Anonymous (2)

*Loring M. Bailey, Sr.
*Edith McBride Bass
Virginia K. Cargill
Leslie III & Marilyn Cheek
Homer D. W. & Gertrude Chisholm
*Richard F. Cooper
*Anne Dielhenn
Edith P. Gengras
*Charles Gulden
Betty & Newell D. Hale
*Alison P. Henning
*Theodore & Evelyn M. Herman
*Elinor Johnston
*Waldo C. M. Johnston
*Halleck & Sarah B. Lefferts
Kate C. Lindsey
*Louise M. Olmsted
Andrea & Stephen Perry
*Frederick J. Platt, Jr.
*Thomas A. Potter, Jr.
*Esther Roberts
*Phyllis M. Smith
Virginia Soutter
*Nancy O. Thayer
*Barbara R. H. Ullyot
*Louise M. Warner

Friends
*Denise W. Watkeys Clarke
*Harmony T. Twichell Clement
Celenia Delsol
*Marjorie W. Hard
*Cynthia C. Lefferts
*J. William Mees
*Rosalie Seely-Brown

*deceased