Phillips Academy
| Phillips Academy | |
|---|---|
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| Samuel Phillips Hall | |
| type of school | High school with boarding |
| founding | 1778 |
| address |
180 Main Street |
| place | Andover |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 42 ° 38 '50 " N , 71 ° 7' 56" W |
| student | 1146 |
| Teachers | 213.6 ( FTE ) |
| management | Raynard S. Kington |
| Website | www.andover.edu |
Phillips Academy (also known as Andover or Phillips Andover ) is an American high school and boarding school for boys and girls in Andover , Massachusetts , near Boston .
history
It was founded by Samuel Phillips during the American Revolutionary War in 1778. George Washington spoke at the opening. There have been many prominent graduates since then, including Presidents George HW Bush and George W. Bush . In 1896 Harriet Beecher-Stowe , who had lived for a long time on the school premises with her husband, a theologian, was buried here.
Until 1973 it was an all boys' school. That year it merged with the Abbot Academy Girls' School in Andover and has been open to both sexes ever since.
Reputation of the school
The Phillips Academy is one of the world's most famous schools. Many of the graduates enroll later in the Ivy League -universities.
The application process is very selective: less than 15% of applicants are accepted.
Former students
- Bill Belichick (graduated 1971)
- Humphrey Bogart (no qualification, had to leave school in 1918)
- Paul Bremer (graduated 1959)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (graduated 1894)
- George HW Bush (1936-1942)
- George W. Bush (graduated 1964)
- Jeb Bush (graduated 1971)
- Lincoln Chafee , U.S. Senator from Rhode Island (graduated 1971)
- William Sloane Coffin (graduated 1942)
- Bill Drayton , Social Entrepreneur
- Garnet Hathaway , Ice Hockey Player, (Graduated 2010)
- William Le Baron Jenney (graduated 1846)
- John F. Kennedy Jr. (1976–1979)
- Lawrence Kohlberg , American psychologist
- Marvin Minsky
- George P. Murdock
- Samuel Morse (graduated in 1805, then at the age of 14)
- Sarah G. Rafferty (actress)
- Albert Sands Southworth (Photography Pioneer)
- William Vickrey , Nobel Prize in Economics
- Olivia Wilde
- Daniel Lewis James , American writer (pseudonym Danny Santiago)
- James Spader
Web links
- Phillips Academy Homepage (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of the school
- ^ Phillips Academy . National Center for Education Statistics