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|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>
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|publication = Leaves
|location = 210 East 77th Street
|city = [[Manhattan]], New York City
|state = [[New York (state)|New York]]
|zipcode = 10075
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The '''Birch Wathen Lenox School''' is a
==History==
Birch Wathen Lenox was created in 1991 through the merger of
The Lenox School had been an all-girls school until 1974, when it went co-educational.
Before its merger with Lenox, Birch Wathen was situated starting in 1962 in the [[Herbert N. Straus House]], an ornate French-style building at 9 East 71st Street across from the [[Frick Collection]]. Built in 1933 by architect [[Horace Trumbauer]], it was purchased as a private residence in 1989 by [[Les Wexner]] who later sold it financier [[Jeffrey Epstein]].▼
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==Sports==
Birch Wathen Lenox fields teams in soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball, baseball, cross country, track and field, golf, tennis, hockey and 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|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/908176194|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 |accessdate=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 |publisher=New York Times |date=March 25, 1990 |accessdate=January 8, 2013}}</ref>▼
*[[Hope Cooke]], last Queen of Sikkim
*[[Barbara Costikyan]], food writer
*[[Joel Crothers]] (BW '58), actor
*[[Viola Essen]], dancer
*[[Robert Gottlieb]], president of Knopf Publishing.
*[[John Katzman]], edupreneur, CEO of Noodle
▲*[[Alfred A. Knopf Jr.|Alfred A Knopf, Jr.]], publisher<ref>{{Cite book
*[[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
*[[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 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 |
==References==
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*[http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/18748 Birch Wathen Lenox School] at Private School Review
*[http://www.buntingandlyon.com/detail.asp?ID=711 The Birch Wathen Lenox School] listing in the Bunting & Lyon Blue Book
*[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.
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