List of Phillips Exeter Academy principals explained

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. From the founding of the academy to 1808, the head of school was called preceptor before it was changed to principal.

Principals

ImagePrincipalServed
William Woodbridge1783–1788
Benjamin Abbot1788–1838
Gideon Lane Soule1838–1873
Albert Cornelius Perkins1873–1883
Walter Quincy Scott1884–1889
Charles Everett Fish1890–1895
Harlan Page Amen1895–1913
Lewis Perry1914–1946
William Gurdon Saltonstall1946–1963
William Ernest Gillespie (interim)1963–1964
Richard Ward Day1964–1973
Stephen Guild Kurtz1974–1987
Kendra Stearns O'Donnell1987–1997
Tyler Chapman Tingley1997–2009
Thomas Edward Hassan2009–2015
Lisa MacFarlane2015–2018
William Knox Rawson2019–present

References

  1. Web site: Academy Chronology Phillips Exeter Academy. www.exeter.edu. 2017-05-25.