| Richard Ward Day | |
|---|---|
| 10th Principal of Phillips Exeter Academy | |
In office 1964–1973 | |
| Preceded by | William Gurdon Saltonstall W. Earnest Gillespie (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Guild Kurtz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 14, 1916 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | July 3, 1978 Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mayflower Cemetery Duxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University Harvard University |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/branch | 101st Airborne Division |
| Years of service | 1942–1945 |
| Rank | Major |
| Battles/wars | World War II, Pacific Theater |
Richard Ward Day (August 14, 1916 – July 3, 1978) was an American educator and the 10th principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.
Richard W. Day was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 14, 1916 to Hilbert Francis Day and Elizabeth V. H. Richards. He attended Shady Hill School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Belmont Hill School in Belmont, Massachusetts,[1] and was educated at Yale University, where he graduated in 1938. During World War II, Day was inducted into the U.S. Army in March 1942 and was commissioned in November; he served for a time in the S2 section of the 515th Parachute Infantry Regiment and was assigned as an aide-de-camp to General Gaither in December 1943.[2] He was promoted to major and served with 101st Airborne Division in the Pacific theater as a paratrooper. After the war, he attended Harvard University, where he earned his doctorate in 1950. From 1964–1973, he served as the principal at Exeter. He was appointed in 1963; however, due to other commitments he was unable to assume his position until the following year. William Earnest Gillespie instead served as interim principal. Under him, the Class of 1945 Library, designed by Louis Kahn, was commissioned and built.[3] The academy also became coeducational under Day in 1970.[4] Following his time at Exeter, he served as the principal of Montclair Kimberley Academy. Across his life, he had taught at several institutions, including Germantown Academy, Choate Rosemary Hall, and St. Paul's School in New Hampshire. He also was a trustee of the College Entrance Examination Board, Saddle River Country Day School, and Mount Saint Dominic Academy.[5]
He was married to Katharine MacAusland, with whom he had two sons, Richard W. Day Jr. and Andrew MacA. Day, and a daughter, Lydia Day Hart. He died on July 3, 1978, at the age of 61, in Montclair, New Jersey, and was buried in Mayflower Cemetery in Duxbury, Massachusetts.[6]
Published works[]
- Day, Richard W. (1950). A New England Schoolmaster: The Life of Henry Franklin Cutler. Hildreth Press. pp. 274. https://books.google.com/books?id=YfflAQAACAAJ&dq=A+New+England+Schoolmaster:+The+Life+of+Henry+Franklin+Cutler&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixsJzhgpzWAhVU-WMKHRW5CDkQ6AEIKDAA. Retrieved 11 September 2017.
References[]
- ↑ "Prep Schools: Tackling Man" (in en-US). Time. 1963-06-21. ISSN 0040-781X. http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,874912,00.html.
- ↑ "Lt. Day Appointed Aide-de Camp to General Gaither". Fort Benning, Georgia: The Ledger-Enquirer Company. 23 December 1943. p. 12. https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-90100-494525013/united-states-army-the-bayonet-december-23#fullscreen. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
- ↑ "Phillips Exeter Academy Library - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura" (in en-US). WikiArquitectura. https://en.wikiarquitectura.com/building/phillips-exeter-academy-library/.
- ↑ "Phillips Exeter Academy | Academy Chronology". 2008-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20080617040752/http://www.exeter.edu/libraries/4513_4622.aspx.
- ↑ Times, Special To The New York (1978-07-04). "Richard Ward Day, 61; Principal of Prep School" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/1978/07/04/archives/richard-ward-day-61-principal-of-prep-school.html.
- ↑ "Richard Ward Day (1916 - 1978) - Find A Grave Memorial". https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=38412015.
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