Michael Eanes H'90 P'90 GP'20 '23 '25

1979-1991

Michael Eanes H’90 P’90 GP’20 ’23 '25 had been a member of The Gunnery faculty for 15 years when the Board of Trustees appointed him acting Headmaster in 1979, following the departure of David Kern.

• He taught chemistry, coached basketball, served as dorm master of Bourne and Gibson, and was Director of Admissions, Dean of Faculty, Director of Studies and Assistant Headmaster before he was named the school's ninth headmaster in 1980. At the time of his appointment, he and his wife, Susan, had two children Laura, 7 and Christopher, 3.
• In 1981, with a substantial gift from the Preston Tisch family, the Rennie library which had been relocated from Brinsmade to the schoolhouse in 1975, was greatly expanded and updated to become the Tisch Family Library.
• At about the same time, a two-phase plan for the expansion of Memorial Gym was initiated. The building was renamed The Ogden D. Miller Memorial Athletic Center in memory of the sixth headmaster, Ogden D. Miller, who died in 1978.
• In the fall of 1984, Adrian Van Sinderen came to the dedication of the new girls dormitory that would carry his name. The building had previously housed the Van Sinderen Infirmary, which was replaced by a smaller health center in Memorial.
• During Eanes' tenure, the school instituted a senior seminar and introduced Advanced Placement courses.
• When a fire destroyed Kempton in 1986, he ensured that a replica would be built in its place, preserving a piece of school history.