Alfred E. Stearns
Ph.D
9th Principal of Phillips Academy
In office
1903–1933
Preceded byCecil Bancroft
Succeeded byClaude Moore Fuess
Personal details
Born
Alfred Ernest Stearns

(1871-06-06)June 6, 1871
Orange, New Jersey[1][2]
DiedNovember 15, 1949(1949-11-15) (aged 78)
Andover, Massachusetts[1]
Resting placeChapel Cemetery, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA[1]
Spouse
Kate Deane
(m. 1900)
[3]

Alfred Ernest Stearns (June 6, 1871[2][4] - November 15, 1949[1]) was an American educator and 9th Principal[lower-alpha 1] of Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts from 1903 to 1933. He was featured on the cover of Time for its 8 Feb 1926 edition.[6]

Alfred E. Stearns House, Phillips Academy

Stearns was a guest preacher at Central Congregational Church in Providence, Rhode Island.[7]

Notes

  1. The contemporary name for the position is Head of School.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Andover Townsman 1949, p. 1.
  2. 1 2 Fuess 1917, p. 504.
  3. Fuess 1917, p. 505.
  4. Allis 1979, p. 315.
  5. Trustees of Phillips Academy.
  6. "Education: Schooling". Time. 8 February 1926. Archived from the original on 2022-01-13.
  7. A Paper Presented at the Celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Central Congregational Church. Central Congregational Church. March 10, 1927.

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