EMMY WINNER FOR COSTUME DESIGN
Jacquline Kegeles Saint Anne is an Overseas School Alumnus. She is a 1964 graduate of Paris High School. Her most recent TV series credit was being set designer for “Quantum Leap.”
JAMES “JIM” PORTO
JAMES CARROLL
AUTHOR & BOSTON GLOBE COLUMNIST
James Carroll is an Army Brat and an Overseas School Alumnus. His father was an Army Lt. General. Carroll attended General HH Arnold High School in Wiesbaden, Germany and was in the graduating class of 1960.
He’s an acclaimed author of several novels and one biography, ‘An American Requiem – God, My Father and the War that Came Between Us’.
JAMES TATE (1943- )
POET
James Tate’s father, a military pilot shot down over Germany, was the subject of his first book, “The Lost Pilot.”
He was the youngest poet to win Yale’s Young Poet’s Competition. In addition to winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1991, he has won the National Book Award. Currently, he teaches at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and is a Chancellor of the Academy of Poets.
JAMES WOODS (1947- )
ACTOR
Army Brat James Woods is the son of an intelligence officer. His father died when he was 12 years old.
He received a full scholarship to Massachusetts Institute of Technology but dropped out in his senior year to pursue his acting career.
JASMINA PERAZIC
1980 OLYMPIC BRONZE MEDALIST
2014 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE
Jasmina Perazic attended Frankfurt American High School. She went on to play basketball for her native Yugoslovia in the ’80 Olympics where they won Bronze, and again in the ’84 Olympics where they came in 6th. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, and is currently the Head Basketball Coach at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, New Jersey.
JEANNE LARSEN
AUTHOR
Novelist Jeanne Larsen is a Military Brat and an Overseas School Alumnus. She is a 1967 graduate of Frankfurt American High School.
Ms. Larsen’s books include “The Silk Road” and “The Bronze Mirror.”
JERI RYAN
TELEVISON & FILM ACTRESS
Jeri Ryan is an Army Brat and Overseas School Alumnus. Her father was an Army Master Sgt. She was born in Munich, Germany. She grew up on Army bases in Hawaii, Kansas, Maryland, Georgia and Texas. When she was 11, her father retired and moved to Paduch, Kentucky.
Ms. Ryan is best known for her role as 7 of 9 on the television series “Star Trek: Voyager.” Previously she was a series regular on NBC’s “Dark Skies.” She has appeared on other television series including: “Matlock”, “Who’s the Boss”, “Murder, She Wrote”, “Reasonable Doubts” and “Diagnosis Murder.”
Jeri Ryan’s film credits include the independent films “The Last Man” and “Men Cry Bullets.”
JESSICA ALBA
TELEVISION STAR
Jessica Alba the star of the television series “Dark Angel” is a military brat. Born in Pomona, California in 1981, Alba grew up on Air Force Bases in Texas, Mississippi, and California. As reported in “People” magazine.
To read more about her go to Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Alba.
JIM MARSHALL (1948- )
U.S. CONGRESSMAN
Congressman Jim Marshall (D) represents the 8th District of Georgia. He was first elected in 2002. An Army Brat, Marshall is the son and grandson of Army Generals. He is a member of the Army Ranger Hall of Fame. His formative years were spent moving from one post to another.
JIM MORRISON (1942-1971)
SINGER, SONGWRITER, POET
Jim Morrison’s father was one of the youngest admirals in the U.S. Navy. In 1961, he graduated from George Washington HS in Alexandria , VA where he was an honor roll student. It is not known if he attended school overseas.
Morrison was the founder and lead singer of the popular group, The Doors.
JIM NELSON (1975- )
NFL LINEBACKER
Jim Nelson, Minnesota Vikings linebacker, is Air Force Brat. He attended 3 high schools in 4 years, including Lakenheath ( England ) High School. His father, Col. James Nelson, was a commander of the Office of Special Investigations which took the family to bases in England , Florida , Maryland and others.
JIM WEBB (1947- )
SENATOR (D-Virginia)
Senator James “Jim” Webb is an Air Force and Overseas Brat.
Webb’s father was a career Air Force officer who flew B-17s and B-29s during World War II and was later involved in the USAF missile program. His father is buried at Arlington National Cemetery . (more…)
JOE PITTS (1939- )
REPRESENTATIVE (R-PA)
Representative Pitts is an Overseas Brat. Pitts was born in Kentucky in a family of strong Christian faith.. His father was an Army chaplain during World War II, serving in the South Pacific. After the war, the elder Pitts returned to the Philippines with his wife and children to serve as a missionary in a war-ravaged country. It was there, where he saw the after-affects of war, that Joe Pitts developed a heart for human rights and commitment to a strong defense. General Douglas MacArthur, a warrior who humbled an empire and taught it to be a democracy, was a childhood hero. (more…)
JOE REEDER
UNDER SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
Secretary Reeder was a military and an Overseas School Alumnus.
He attended Frankfurt American High School 1963-64. He was in the FAHS Class of 1966.
Info from an 18 May 1995 letter from Secretary Reeder.
JOHN DENVER (1943-1997)
SINGER-SONGWRITER, ACTOR, HUMANITARIAN, ENVIRONMENTALIST
Born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. on December 31, 1943 in Roswell, New Mexico, John Denver was an Air Force brat and an overseas school alumnus. His father, Lt Col John “Dutch” Deutschendorf, was a US Air Force pilot who set three international speed records in the B-58 Hustler in 1961.
Denver attended Yokota Elementary School at the Yokota housing annex of Johnson AB from kindergarten through 2nd grade. He graduated from Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth Texas in 1961 while his father was stationed at Carswell AFB. (more…)
JOHN N. ABRAMS
Gen. John N. Abrams is the son of Gen. Creighton Abrams, after whom the Abrams tank was named. John attended school in Frankfurt, Germany, while his father was stationed in Frankfurt from 1959 until 1962.
JOHN S. MCCAIN, III (1936-2018)
U.S. SENATOR
John McCain was born in Panama . Both his father and grandfather were Navy admirals. His father was commander of U.S. Naval Forces in the Pacific when the senator was shot down in Vietnam and became a POW (1967-1973).
In his biography, McCain, a self-described military brat, said that “the longest place he ever lived was at the prison camp in Hanoi .”
The decorated war hero retired from the Navy in 1981. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. In 1986, he was elected to the Senate after Arizona ’s Barry Goldwater retired. In 2000, 2004, & 2008, McCain ran in the Republican primaries for President.
JOHN SCHWAB
ACTOR AND PRODUCER
John Schwab attended Kubasaki High School in Okinawa, Japan, and a DOD high school in Seoul, South Korea. John’s father served in the United States Marine Corps.
JULIA CAMPBELL
FILM & TELEVISION ACTRESS
Julia Campbell is an Army Brat and an Overseas Brat. She is the daughter of a US Army Officer as per PARADE MAGAZINE 3-5-95. She lived in Turkey during her junior high years.
Movies: “Opportunity Knocks” and “Livin’ Large”; Formerly on Soaps: “Ryan’s Hope”, “Santa Barbara” and other TV movies.
JULIANNE MOORE (1961- )
ACTRESS
Julianne Moore (born Julie Anne Smith) is the daughter of a career Army Lawyer/Judge and social worker wife. Born in Fort Bragg , NC , Moore moved around to dozens of military communities. She attended and graduated from Frankfurt High School with the class of 1979.
Moore ’s first significant role came as Annabelle Sciorra’s best friend in the thriller, “The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.” Much more impressive was her revealing role as a spirited artist in Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts.”
She has been nominated for four Oscars: Supporting Actress in “Boogie Nights,” Best Actress in “End of the Affair,” Best Actress in “Far From Heaven” and Best Supporting Actress in “The Hours.”