Salisbury School is an elite all-boys, private

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Salisbury, Connecticut Salisbury () is a New England town, town situated in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The town is the northwesternmost in the state of Connecticut; the Connecticut-Massachusetts-New York tri-state marker is located at the northwest ...

. It was founded in 1901 by the Reverend George E. Quaile, former headmaster of St. Austin's Military School in Staten Island, New York. Its

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is ''The Cupola''. Its

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is the

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. In 2015, ''

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'' ranked it the most expensive private high school in the United States.

Notable alumni

* Prince Ali bin Al Hussein (1993) - Brother of

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; Vice-President, Federation Internationale de Football (FIFA) * Mark Arcobello (2006) - Professional hockey player, US Olympic Team, 2018 * Christopher Atkins (1980) - Actor, ''The Blue Lagoon, The Pirate Movie, A Night in Heaven'', and others * Alex Biega (2006) - Professional hockey player,

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* Paul Carey (2007) - Professional hockey player,

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, NHL * Porter Collins (1993) - US Olympic oarsman 1996/2000; three-time World Champion 1995/1998/ 1999 * Ben Greenspan (2002) - college baseball coach * John E. Herlitz (1960) - Automotive Designer - Chrysler Senior VP Product Design * Elliot Hovey (2002) - US Olympic oarsman, 2008/2012 * Jay Kemmerer (1966) - Owner, Jackson Hole Mountain Ski Resort * Thomas Kiefer (1976) - US Olympic Silver Medalist oarsman, 1984 * Patrick Mazeika (born 1993) - baseball player *

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(1968) - Chairman of the Board, McGraw Hill Financial * Brodie Merrill (2001) - Professional

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player, Boston Cannons and

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* DA Pennebaker (1942) – Documentary filmmaker * William B. Ruger (1933) - Co-founder, Sturm, Ruger & Co., preeminent US firearm manufacturing company * Matthew Swift (2006) – Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of the

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* Will Toffey (2014) - professional baseball player * Will Tye (2010) - Professional football player,

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;

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Chief Justice

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