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Line 14: \|grades = K-12 \|president = \|head_of_school = ~~Frank~~Bill JE. ~~Carnabuci III~~Kuhn \|dean = \|faculty = 70<ref name="petersons">[http://www.petersons.com/PSchools/code/instvc.asp?inunid=287&sponsor=1 The Birch Wathen Lenox School – School Overview]. Peterson's. March 12, 2007.</ref> Line 21: \|enrollment = 500 (total)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nysais.org/page.cfm?p=105 \|title=New York State Association of Independent Schools: Birch Wathen Lenox School \|publisher=Nysais.org \|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref><br/> 175 (grades 9–12)<ref name="petersons"/> \|athletics = All major high school varsity sports \|colors = [[~~Green~~Blue]]~~, [[White]],~~ and [[~~Gold (color)\|Gold~~White]] \|mascot = Lion \|campus_type = Brownstone Line 42: The Lenox School had been an all-girls school until 1974, when it went co-educational. Between 1962 and 1989, Birch Wathen was located in the [[Herbert N. Straus House]], an ornate French-style building at 9 East 71st Street across from the [[Frick Collection]]~~, and later home to [[Jeffrey Epstein]].~~ ==Sports== Birch Wathen Lenox fields teams in soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball, baseball~~, softball~~, cross country, track and field, golf, tennis, hockey and ~~hockey~~roblotics. Athletic teams play under the auspices of the [[Independent Schools Athletic League (New York)]] or the Girls Independent School Athletic League, which are leagues in the NYSAISAA (New York State Association of Independent Schools Athletic Association). The robotics team plays in the [[FIRST Robotics Competition\|First Robotics Competition]], more commonly referred to as FRC. ==Notable alumni== [[Alfred A. Knopf Jr.\|Alfred A Knopf, Jr.]], publisher<ref>{{Cite book\|title=The lady with the Borzoi : Blanche Knopf, literary tastemaker extraordinaire\|last=Claridge\|first=Laura\|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux\|year=2016\|isbn=9780374114251\|edition=First\|location=New York\|pages=68\|oclc=908176194}}</ref>▼ [[Kathy Acker]], writer<ref>{{Cite book \|last=McBride \|first=Jason \|title=Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker \|date= \|publisher=Simon & Schuster \|year=2022 \|isbn=978-1-9821-1703-0 \|edition=1st \|location=New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi}}</ref> [[Barbara Walters]], journalist, writer, and media personality<ref name="New York Magazine">{{cite web\|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/28519/index1.html \|title=Can Barbara Walters's Career Survive Rosie and Donald's War?- New York Magazine \|publisher=Nymag.com \|date=March 5, 2007 \|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="New York Times">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/25/books/and-now-back-to-you-barbara.html?exprod=permalink&partner=permalink \|title=And Now Back To You, Barbara \|work=New York Times \|date=March 25, 1990 \|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>▼ [[Hope Cooke]], last Queen of Sikkim [[Barbara Costikyan]], food writer▼ [[Joel Crothers]] (BW '58), actor [[Viola Essen]], dancer [[Judith Krantz]] (BW '44), novelist<ref>Ruark, Liz (February 13, 2001). "[http://www.wellesley.edu/Anniversary/krantz.html Person of the Week: Judith Krantz] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901234531/http://www.wellesley.edu/Anniversary/krantz.html \|date=September 1, 2006 }}". Wellesley College.</ref>▼ [[Robert Gottlieb]], president of Knopf Publishing. [[~~Hope~~John ~~Cooke~~Katzman]], ~~last~~edupreneur, ~~Queen~~CEO of ~~Sikkim.~~Noodle ▲[[Alfred A. Knopf Jr.\|Alfred A Knopf, Jr.]], publisher<ref>{{Cite book\|title=The lady with the Borzoi : Blanche Knopf, literary tastemaker extraordinaire\|last=Claridge\|first=Laura\|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux\|year=2016\|isbn=9780374114251\|edition=First\|location=New York\|pages=68\|oclc=908176194}}</ref> ▲[[Judith Krantz]] (BW '44), novelist<ref>Ruark, Liz (February 13, 2001). "[http://www.wellesley.edu/Anniversary/krantz.html Person of the Week: Judith Krantz] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901234531/http://www.wellesley.edu/Anniversary/krantz.html \|date=September 1, 2006 }}". Wellesley College.</ref> * [[Wendy Mogel]], psychologist and author<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/26/archives/marriage-announcement-2-no-title.html\|title =Wendy Mogel Is Married to Michael Tolkin \|work=New York Times \|date=June 26, 1978 \|access-date=October 14, 2024}}</ref> [[Murray Rothbard]] (BW '42), Founder of [[anarcho-capitalism]] [[Edwin Schlossberg]], designer <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/02/style/caroline-bouvier-kennedy-to-wed-edwin-schlossberg.html \|title=Caroline Bouvier Kennedy To Wed Edwin Schlossberg \|work=New York Times \|date=March 2, 1986 \|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> [[Mary Stolz]] (BW '36), novelist<ref name="biosketch">[http://www.ghslibrary.org/mary_stolz.htm Mary Stolz Biographical Sketch] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714014059/http://www.ghslibrary.org/mary_stolz.htm \|date=July 14, 2007 }}.</ref> [[Gardiner L. Tucker]] (BW '43), former director of [[IBM Research]], Assistant [[Secretary of State (United States)\|Secretary of State]], Assistant [[Secretary General of NATO]]<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Gardiner Luttrell Tucker Obituary (2021) New York Times \|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/gardiner-tucker-obituary?id=31708768 \|access-date=2022-05-02 \|website=Legacy.com}}</ref> ▲[[Barbara Costikyan]], food writer ▲[[Barbara Walters]], journalist, writer, and media personality<ref name="New York Magazine">{{cite web\|url=http://nymag.com/news/features/28519/index1.html \|title=Can Barbara Walters's Career Survive Rosie and Donald's War?- New York Magazine \|publisher=Nymag.com \|date=March 5, 2007 \|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref><ref name="New York Times">{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/25/books/and-now-back-to-you-barbara.html?exprod=permalink&partner=permalink \|title=And Now Back To You, Barbara \|work=New York Times \|date=March 25, 1990 \|access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> [[John Katzman]], edupreneur, CEO of Noodle ==References== ~~;Notes~~ {{Reflist}} Line 72 ⟶ 78: [http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-1933-herbert-straus-mansion-no-9.html Architectural essay] on the midcentury BW building. [http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2012/03/1902-daniel-g-reid-carriage-house-no.html Architectural essay] on the midcentury Lenox building. {{Upper East Side}} {{Education in Manhattan}} {{New York Interschool}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Birch Wathen Lenox School}} [[Category:Private ~~K-12~~K–12 schools in Manhattan]] [[Category:Birch Wathen Lenox School alumni\|]]