Name Stephen Kurtz | ||
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Died January 24, 2008, Washington, D.C., United States Books The Presidency of John Adams Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Humanities, US & Canada | ||
Stephen Guild Kurtz (September 9, 1926 – January 24, 2008) was an American academic and educator, who served as the eleventh principal of Phillips Exeter Academy.
Kurtz was born on September 9, 1926, in Buffalo, New York. He held degrees from Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania, the former of which he was a member of the class of 1948. In 1961, he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for the field of study of U.S. history.
He served a teaching post as a history teacher at Athens College, in Greece and posts at Wabash College and Hamilton College. He was principal of Phillips Exeter Academy between 1974 and 1987. In 1981, he received an honorary degree from Princeton. In 1999 he was the acting president of Athens College.
Additionally, Kurtz served on the faculties of the College of William & Mary, Columbia University and American University. He was a member of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
Kurtz died January 24, 2008, in Washington, D.C.