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A view of Phillips Exeter Academy from Phillips Church in 1911. The following is a list of principals of Phillips Exeter Academy, an independent preparatory school in Exeter, New Hampshire, founded in 1781 by John Phillips. [1] There have, since 1783, been 16 principals in total, including one interim principal.
Harlan P. Amen – principal 1895–1913 [2] Lewis Perry – principal 1914–1946; William Saltonstall – principal 1946–1963; William Ernest Gillespie – Latin instructor 1939–1967, vice principal, dean of faculty, interim principal 1963–1964 [3] Richard W. Day – principal 1964–1973; Stephen G. Kurtz – historian; principal 1974 ...
On January 25, 2019, William K. Rawson was appointed by the academy's trustees as the 16th Principal Instructor. [60] He is the fourth alumnus of Exeter to serve as Principal, after Gideon Lane Soule (1838–1873), Harlan Amen (1895–1913), and William Saltonstall (1946–1963).
Previously, he worked at Phillips Exeter Academy, where he began as the Director of College Counseling in 1989, worked as the Dean of Admissions, and was the 14th principal from 2009 until his retirement from the school in 2015.
Lisa MacFarlane (born 1958) is an American educator who served as the 15th principal of Phillips Exeter Academy. [1] Previously she served as the provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of New Hampshire, [1] as well as a teacher of American literature at the university for 28 years.
She became the first female principal of Exeter in 1987, and served until her retirement 1997. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During her time at Exeter, she received significant press coverage over her handling of a scandal involving the firing of a drama teacher, Larry Lane Bateman, over child pornography charges in 1992.
He was principal of Phillips Exeter Academy between 1974 and 1987. [5] In 1981, he received an honorary degree from Princeton. In 1999 he was the acting president of Athens College. Additionally, Kurtz served on the faculties of the College of William & Mary, Columbia University and American University.
Charles Everett Fish (May 26, 1854 – October 23, 1916) was an American educator and the sixth principal of Phillips Exeter Academy. Fish was born in Cotuit, Massachusetts, on May 26, 1854, to John C. and Lavarah Fish. He attended school at Exeter's rival Phillips Academy Andover, then entered Harvard College, as a