David Winfield Scott ’33, PhD (1916–2009) was a noted American artist and founding director of the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institute.

Thompson and Vivian Webb’s son, Howell Webb ’35 (1918–1993), followed a long tradition of school men (including his grandfather, Sawney, founder of the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee), when he became the founding headmaster of Foothill Country Day School in Claremont.

Charles E. Scripps ’37 (1920–2007) was chairman of the board of the E. W. Scripps Company, a media conglomerate founded by his grandfather, Edward W. Scripps. Under Charles’ leadership and business acumen, the company expanded from a family-owned newspaper into a major, publicly traded media company with several cable television operations. Scripps was a strong advocate of literacy; in 1986, the Scripps Howard Foundation created an annual award in his name to honor literacy efforts by newspapers and broadcast stations.

Otis Booth Jr. ’40 (1923-2008) was the great-grandson of General Harrison Gray Otis, founder of the Los Angeles Times. During the 1950s, Booth was responsible for overseeing the printing of the newspaper, and in 1968 he was named corporate vice president of Times Mirror Corporation in charge of forest products and commercial printing.

James D. Burke ’42 is a retired JPL lunar settlement and exploration expert. He participated in early lunar programs, becoming project manager of Ranger, the first American effort to land operating instruments on the moon. In 2005 Burke and his wife Lin made a generous campaign gift to Webb, which funded the construction of the beautiful Copeland Donahue Theater.

Al Hastings ’42 is a Life Trustee of The Webb Schools. He was a Webb trustee for 38 years and served as Chairman of the Board from 1969 to 1973. While serving as Chairman, Hastings was instrumental in hiring Stephen Longley to be headmaster of the school from 1973 until his untimely death in 1979; Longley’s wife Ann, became the founding headmistress of Vivian Webb School.

John Marin ’44 (1926-2011) was a founding member of Sports Illustrated and a Senior Advisor at Time Inc. He also worked for such noteworthy publications as LIFE, People, and the California Magazine.

A state senator who served in the state legislature for 32 years, Newton R. Russell '45 represented the 21st District, which included Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena. He retired in 1996.

Malcolm McKenna ’48 was the curator of vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History and co-authored the book Classification of Mammals along with Susan K. Bell. In 2000, he was awarded the Romer-Simpson Medal, the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology’s highest honor.