Susan G. Graham H'12

1991-2012

Susan Graham H'12 was named the first female Head of School. Under her aegis, the school completed a three-phase Campus Enhancement Plan as well as the expansion of the curriculum, and infrastructure improvements to address the information technology explosion.

• The Emerson Performing Arts Center and the Lemcke Theater were established in 1996.
• In 2000, an alumni center, named for longtime Latin teacher and baseball coach Edward Buxton, was constructed adjacent to Bourne Hall.
• The Gunnery celebrated its sesquicentennial.
• In 2002, an addition to the dining hall was completed and the space was renamed Virginia Hamilton Solley Hall after one of the school’s primary benefactors.
• A student center was established and the post office and school store were relocated from Brinsmade, creating new classroom space.
• Visual arts and photography studios were created on the lower level of Memorial.
• In 2007, Teddy House, a new freshman boys dorm was made possible by a leadership gift from Dick Ebersol and Susan St. James in memory of their son and Gunnery student, Teddy.
• In 2009, the Tisch family, longtime benefactors of the school, made possible the renovation and expansion of the Schoolhouse.