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{{Infobox
| name = Lenox School
| image = St. Martin's Hall, Lenox School for Boys, Lenox, Massachusetts.jpg
| caption = St. Martin's Hall
| motto = ''Non Ministrari sed Ministrare'' ("Not to be served but to serve")▼
| motto = {{lang-la|Non Ministrari sed Ministrare}}
| city = [[Lenox, Massachusetts|Lenox]]▼
| affiliation = [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]]▼
| grades = 9-12▼
| coordinates = {{Coord|42|20|58|N|73|16|59|W|display=inline,title}}▼
| type = [[Independent school|Independent]] [[Boarding school|boarding]] & [[Day school|day]] [[Secondary education in the United States|high school]]
| religious_affiliation = Christianity
▲| city = [[Lenox, Massachusetts]]
▲| state = [[Massachusetts]]
| established = {{Start date|1926}}
▲| country = [[United States|U.S.]]
| founder = G. Gardner Monks
▲| coordinates = {{Coord|42|20|58|N|73|16|59|W}}
| status = Closed
| closed = {{End date|1972}}
▲| grades = 9-12
| campus_type = Rural
}}
'''Lenox School''' was
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The school opened in 1926 under the leadership of Rev. G. Gardner Monks, the school's first headmaster. Monks'
Eventually, financial problems led to the school's closure.
The core of the school's campus is now the site of [[Shakespeare & Company (Massachusetts)|Shakespeare & Company]]. An
==Notable alumni==
{{alumni|date=October 2023}}
*[[Robert Seamans
*[[William Anthony Paddon]], (1931) Canadian physician, author, and seventh [[Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
*Francis G. James, Sr. (1932), professor of Irish history at Tulane University for nearly 40 years
*
*[[Stanley Loomis]], (1940), author of four books on French history
*[[John Allen Gable]], (1961), executive director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association until his death
*Kirk Scharfenberg, (1961),
*Robert L. Crosby, (1961), Swift Boat captain in Vietnam, where he died, was a friend of presidential candidate John Kerry
*Clifton O. Dummett, (1961), professor of dentistry at LSU
* Richard Wilhelm, (1964), hotel executive with The Waldorf Astoria, St. Regis and The Plaza Hotels in NYC, President/CEO of Interbank-Brener, Island Outpost Hotels, Trust Hotels & Resorts, EVP & GM Fairfield Communities<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotel-online.com/archives/archive-2765/|title=Richard Wilhelm Named Managing Hotel Director for Vector Holdings|publisher=Hotel Online|access-date=March 7, 2020}}</ref>
* Nathaniel Benjamin, (1965), master wooden boat builder <ref>[
*
*William Homans ([[Watermelon Slim]]), blues musician
* [[William C. Earnshaw|William Earnshaw, Ph.D.]], (1968),
* Oliver (Nol) Putnam<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/video/forging-art-nol-putnam-artist-blacksmith-uc8ilt | title=MPT Presents | Forging Art: Nol Putnam, Artist Blacksmith | website=[[PBS]] }}</ref> (1951) (Faculty 1960-1971), Blacksmith, forged the doors for the National Cathedral in Washington, DC and other notable works.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://
*[http://lenox.squarespace.com/storage/WPhistory2011.pdf/ A History of Lenox School and Its Campus]
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