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Website. andover.edu. Phillips Academy (also known as PA, Phillips Academy Andover, or simply Andover) is a co-educational college-preparatory school for boarding and day students located in Andover, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. The academy enrolls approximately 1,150 students in grades 9 through 12, including postgraduate students.
Hollis Frampton, avant-garde filmmaker, photographer, and theoretician (attended 1951 to 1954; never received diploma) Peter Franchot, State Comptroller of Maryland. Andy Frankenberger, poker champion. Ziwe Fumudoh, comedian (graduated 2010) G. Robert A. Gardner, two-time U.S. Amateur golf champion.
Andover 8 (1905–1912) Current win streak. Exeter 3 (2021–present) The Exeter–Andover rivalry (also known as the Andover–Exeter rivalry) is an academic and athletic rivalry between Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter) and Phillips Academy (Andover). It bears many similarities of tradition and practice (as well as athletes) to the Harvard ...
Education. United States Military Academy (1935) Columbia University (M.A.) John Mason Kemper (September 1, 1912 – December 4, 1971) was a military historian and the 11th Headmaster of Phillips Academy Andover, serving for 23 years, from 1948 to 1971. Kemper was born at Fort D.A. Russell in Wyoming into a military family.
Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover, Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy. From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It then collocated with Newton Theological Institution (NTI) in Newton, Massachusetts.
During this period, Phillips also ran a paper mill in Andover. In the midst of the Revolution, and with financial backing from his father and his uncle, Dr. John Phillips, Samuel Phillips Jr. founded Phillips Academy in Andover. It opened April 21, 1778. He was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1780.
Phillips Academy Andover. This is a complete list of the principals of Phillips Academy since its founding in 1778. From 1778 to 1928, the title was "Principal". In the year 1928, the name was changed to "Headmaster", and finally with the appointment of Barbara Landis Chase, the title was changed to "Head of School".
Columbia University ( MA, PhD) Claude Moore Fuess (January 12, 1885 – September 11, 1963) was an American author, historian, educator, and the 10th Headmaster [a] of Phillips Academy Andover from 1933 to 1948. After attending Amherst College and earning a PhD at Columbia University, Fuess taught English at Phillips Academy from 1908 to 1933. [3]