The Haverford School
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| The Haverford School | |
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| Haverford, PA, USA | |
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| Religion | None |
| Headmaster | Dr. Joseph Cox |
| Enrollment |
948 total |
| Average class size | 15 students (Upper School) 17 Students (Lower and Middle School) |
| Student:teacher ratio | 8:1 |
| Average SAT scores (2006) | 670 verbal 630 math |
| Type | Private |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Established | 1884 |
| Homepage | www.haverford.org |
The Haverford School is a private, non-sectarian, all-boys college preparatory day school, junior kindergarten through grade twelve. Founded in 1884 as The Haverford College Grammar School, it is located in Haverford, Pennsylvania, nine miles outside of Philadelphia.
The current Headmaster of The Haverford is Dr. Joseph Cox, graduate of West Point.
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[edit] Athletics
The Haverford School is a member of the Inter Academic Athletic Association, the country's oldest inter-scholastic athletic conference.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Bert Bell '14 - NFL commissioner
- Maj. Gen. Smedley Darlington Butler 1898 - Two-time Congressional Medal of Honor recipient; Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps; Director of Public Safety in Philadelphia 1924-1925; political speaker and author; nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker."
- Pete Conrad '47 - Astronaut; third man to walk on the moon.
- Theodore Miller Edison (1898-1992), only child of his inventor father who graduated college; went on to become an inventor with over 80 patents.[1]
- Oscar Goodman '57 - Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada
- John Hickenlooper '70 - Mayor of Denver
- Alec Brownstein '99 - Author and film director
- Al Hunt '60 - Managing editor of Bloomberg News
- Thacher Longstreth '37 - Former Philadelphia, PA City Councilman
- Mike Mayock '76 - Former NFL Player and NFL Analyst
- Maxfield Parrish 1898 - Painter and illustrator
- Ronald Perelman '60 - Billionaire; controlling owner of MacAndrews & Forbes and Revlon
- Steve Sabol '60 - President of NFL Films
- Jeremiah White 2000 - Professional soccer player
- Alex Williamson '79 - Emmy nominated Television Producer
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Categories: Boys' schools in the United States | Private schools in Pennsylvania | Preparatory schools in Pennsylvania | Elementary schools in Pennsylvania | Middle schools in Pennsylvania | High schools in Pennsylvania | Educational institutions established in 1884 | Haverford Township, Pennsylvania
