List of Phillips Academy Heads of School

Heads of School

This is a complete list of the Principals of Phillips Academy, since the Academy's founding in 1778.[1] From 1778 to 1928, the title of the Head of School was "Principal". In the year 1928, the name was changed to "Headmaster", and finally with the appointment of Barbara Landis Chase, the title was again changed to "Head of School".[2]

Accessus Head of School Exitus
1778 Eliphalet Pearson, LL.D. 1786
1786 Ebenezer Pemberton, A.M. 1793
1795 Mark Newman, A.M. 1809
1810 John Adams, A.M., LL.D. 1833
1833 Osgood Johnson, A.M. 1837
1837 Samuel H. Taylor, LL.D. 1871
1871 Frederic W. Tilton, A.M. 1873
1873 Cecil Bancroft, PH.D., L.H.D., LL.D. 1901
1903 Alfred Stearns, LITT.D., L.H.D., LL.D. 1933
1933 Claude Fuess, PH.D., LITT.D., L.H.D., LL.D. 1948
1948 John M. Kemper, L.H.D., LITT.D., LL.D. 1971
1972 Theodore Sizer, PH.D., PED.D., LITT.D. 1981
1981 Donald McNemar 1994
1994 Barbara Landis Chase 2012
2012 John Palfrey Present

References

  1. ↑ The majority of the list was compiled from the 1973 Edition of the Constitution of Phillips Academy Oliver Wendall Holmes Library, Salina Press, New York, NY, 1973
  2. ↑ the Constitution of Phillips Academy Oliver Wendall Holmes Library, Salina Press, New York, NY, 1973
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