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Mission:
The Elementary School Heads Association (ESHA) was established to promote a sense of identity among heads of independent elementary schools, to encourage and support newly-appointed heads of such schools, and to provide opportunities for exchange of experiences, problems, and successes.
Beginnings:
The Elementary School Heads Association (ESHA) was founded on March 2, 1973, by nine men and one woman who met in Washington, D.C. during the annual conference of the National Association of Independent Schools. These founders agreed that there was a need for an association of school heads whose professional concerns were devoted to the education of younger boys and girls, and who could come together from time to time to share their problems and successes concerning curriculum, techniques of instruction, psychology, fund raising, and the numerous other concerns of school heads. Peter F. Clifton of the Green Vale School acted as chairman pro tem of this meeting.
In the spring of 1973, an invitation was sent to all of the heads of elementary schools listed as members of NAIS to join the newly founded Elementary School Heads Association. Approximately 115 of the 160 heads invited responded affirmatively. Plans were then set in motion for the drafting of bylaws and the convening of the first annual meeting of ESHA at the Henry Chauncey Conference Center in Princeton on October 10-12, 1973. At this meeting, Lewis E. Kimball of the Potomac School was elected the first President, and bylaws were formally adopted. |
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ESHA is governed by an Executive Committee nominated by committee and voted into office at the business meeting at the annual conference. See Contact Us for a current list of Executive Committee members.
The Executive Committee is led by the ESHA President, who serves for a single year in this role. Many of our past presidents remain active or honorary members of ESHA today.
ESHA Presidents:
1973* Peter Clifton
1973-74 Lewis E. Kimball, Jr.
1974-75 Russell A. Anderson
1975-76 David L. Pratt
1976-77 Samuel Parkman
1977-78 Thomas Shaw
1978-79 David D. Hume
1979-80 Ronald L. Fay
1980-81 John F. Marder, Jr.
1981-82 Norman C. Wakely
1982-83 Walter W. Birge III
1983-84 A. Brooks Harlow, Jr.
1984-85 James F. Adams
1985-86 G. David Hardman
1986-87 Kingsley Ervin
1987-88 Douglas R. Lewis
1988-89 M. Joanne Moore
1989-90 Nicholas S. Thacher
1990-91 Brian R. Walsh
1991-92 David Frothingham
1992-93 Betty J. Brown
1993-94 James L. Marks III
1994-95 James K. Bonney
1995-96 C. Randall Plummer
1996-97 Sidney I. DuPont
1997-98 E. John White III
1998-99 Sandra P. Adams
1999-00 Robin Douglass
2000-01 Jane Shipp
2001-02 Merrill Hall
2002-03 Steve Hinds
2003-04 Betty Legenhausen
2004-05 David Trower
2005-06 Joan Lutton
2006-07 Raymond Nance
2007-08 Murray Lopdell-
Lawrence
2008-09 Lenesa Leana
2009-10 Greg O'Melia
*Began serving in March; all other terms began in October
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