Former Harriton Chemistry Teacher, Dan Jewett and Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, recently made large gifts to five Philadelphia charities, part of a $2.7 billion nationwide divestment that Jewett and Scott made from the Amazon stock Scott received in her divorce settlement with Bezos.
In March, Erika Kurre, writing in The Banner, Harriton’s student newspaper reported that –
Jewett taught at Harriton for about a decade before moving to Seattle, Washington to teach at the private Lakeside School. At Harriton, Mr. Jewett taught all levels of chemistry (College Prep, Honors, Advanced Placement). He continues to stay in contact with a majority of the Harriton Science Department.
From roughly 2000 to 2010, Mr. Jewett taught alongside science teachers Ms. Lesch, Mr. Gauvin, Mr. Powers, and others. The current Harriton teachers remain friends with Mr. Jewett and have described him as “super nice” and “friendly.” Mr. Gauvin noted how “down to Earth” Dan Jewett was as a teacher at Harriton, and Mr. Powers remembers his love for golf.