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. 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 Woodbridge1783–1788Benjamin Abbot1788–1838Gideon Lane Soule1838–1873Albert Cornelius Perkins1873–1883Walter Quincy Scott1884–1889–Charles Everett Fish1890–1895Harlan Page Amen1895–1913Lewis Perry1914–1946–William Gurdon Saltonstall1946–1963–William Ernest Gillespie (interim)1963–1964–Richard Ward Day1964–1973Stephen Guild Kurtz1974–1987–Kendra Stearns O'Donnell1987–1997–Tyler Chapman Tingley1997–2009–Thomas Edward Hassan2009–2015–Lisa MacFarlane2015–2018–William Knox Rawson2019–2026–Jennifer Karlen Elliott2026- present
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