Marist School is a private Catholic school located in Brookhaven, Georgia, United States, north of the city of Atlanta. Founded in 1901, it is operated independently of the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
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History
Marist School was originally founded by the Society of Mary (Marists) in 1901, opening its doors on October 2 of that year. The school originated as a boys' military school called Marist College and was located in a three-story schoolhouse on Ivy Street, now Peachtree Center Avenue, in downtown Atlanta. In the 1940s, while it was a military school, the boys wore a blue military uniform with a soft cap, and performed a marching drill routine on the field, which was next to the school and in front of the Sacred Heart Catholic School.
Notable alumni
Ken Adamson – AFL Football Player, Denver Broncos (Class of 1956)
Cecil Alexander – Atlanta architect (attended freshman through junior years)
Paul V. Applegarth – first chief executive officer of Millennium Challenge Corporation (class of 1964)
Bret Baier – Fox News correspondent, host of Special Report with Bret Baier (class of 1988)
Marshall Brain – founder of HowStuffWorks
John T. Butler – President of Boston College
Christopher M. Carr – Attorney General – State of Georgia (class of 1990)
Drew Dollar – racing driver in NASCAR and the ARCA Menards Series (class of 2019)
Andrew Economos – NFL long snapper, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Kyle Farmer – Minnesota Twins shortstop
Sean Guenther – MLB pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
Kyle Hamilton – Baltimore Ravens safety, Notre Dame Fighting Irish (class of 2019)
Omari Hardwick – Star of the STARZ hit series Power; former UGA football player
Matt Harpring – NBA player, Utah Jazz
David Hasselhoff – actor Knight Rider, Baywatch, attended but did not graduate
Will Heller – NFL tight end, Detroit Lions (class of 1999)
John Hester – Los Angeles Angels catcher
Kathleen Hersey – Olympic swimmer; finished 8th in the 200-meter butterfly at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing (class of 2008)
Kit Hoover – TV personality
Disco Inferno – WCW wrestler, real name Glenn Gilberti
Ernie Johnson Jr. – Sportscaster for Turner Sports and host of Inside the NBA for TNT
Bobby Jones – golf legend, attended but did not graduate
Chris Krebs – inaugural Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Ed Lafitte – MLB pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (1909–1912), Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914–15), and Buffalo Blues (1915)
Patrick Mannelly – NFL long snapper, Chicago Bears (class of 1993)
Peter Marshall – former world record-holding swimmer in 50 and 100 yard backstroke (class of 2000)
Sean McVay – NFL head coach of the Los Angeles Rams (class of 2004)
Bert Parks – longtime Host (1955–1979) of annual Miss America telecast
Bob Olderman – NFL player
Ryan Roushandel – NASL, Atlanta Silverbacks
Anderson Russell – NFL player
Leigh Torrence – NFL defensive back, New Orleans Saints
Mark Watson – MLB pitcher for the Cleveland Indians (2000), Seattle Mariners (2002), and Cincinnati Reds (2003)
Rob Woodall – Georgia US House of Representatives (7th District)
John Fitzpatrick – NFL player