Guess who attended a
Montessori School as a child?
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin, cofounders of Google.com |
Julia Child, famous chef, star of many TV cooking shows and
author of numerous cookbooks |
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis editor,
former first lady |
Anne Frank, famous diarist from World War
II |
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Melissa and Sarah Gilbert, actors |
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Nobel Prize winner for
Literature |
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Jeff Bezos, financial analyst, founder, Amazon.com |
Elizabeth Berridge, actress (Constanze in Amadeus)
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| Katherine
Graham – owner/editor of the Washington Post |
Sean "P
Diddy" Combs - Record Producer, Actor, Fashion Designer,
Entrepreneur, Dancer, Rapper |
| Prince
Harry and Prince William - Heirs to the British Throne |
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Guess who chose a Montessori
School for their children?
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Patty Duke Austin, actress |
Marcy Carcy, TV producer |
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Yo Yo Ma, cellist |
Michael Douglas, actor |
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Shari Lewis, puppeteer |
Dick Ebersol and Susan St. James,
television executive and actress |
Bill & Hillary
Clinton, Former President, Former First Lady,
and Secretary of State
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Yul Brynner –
actor |
Other Montessori Connections
| Alexander Graham Bell, noted inventor, provided financial support
directly to Dr. Montessori. Helped establish the first Montessori class in
Canada and one of the first in the United States. |
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Thomas Edison, noted scientist and inventor, helped to found
a Montessori school |
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Jean Piaget, noted Swiss psychologist, made his first
observations of children in a Montessori school. |
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Erik Erikson, anthropologist/author, had a Montessori
teaching certificate. |
Bruno
Bettelheim, noted psychologist/author, was married to a
Montessori teacher
Alice Waters, restaurateur and writer, is a former
Montessori teacher
Mister Rogers, children's TV personality, strong
supporter of the Montessori method |
President
Wilson's daughter trained as a Montessori teacher. There
was a Montessori classroom in the basement of the White
House during Wilson's presidency.
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Source: Grand
Traverse Montessori Academy
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