Stanley Bosworth
Stanley Anselm Bosworth (August 20, 1927 – August 7, 2011) was the founding headmaster of Saint Ann's School in New York City, which he led from 1965 to 2004.[1]
Bosworth was born in New York City and raised in Washington Heights, the child of a shipping clerk and homemaker who had immigrated from Russia.[2] He was drafted into the American Army during the Second World War, where he was a codebreaker stationed in Germany. Afterwards, he lived in Paris, studying poetry and philosophy at the Sorbonne, and would later go on to earn an advanced degree in philosophy at New York University, where he taught for some time.
Bosworth would go on to teach French at the now-defunct Walden School on the Upper West Side. In 1965, he was selected as the first headmaster at Saint Ann's, where he was known for his eccentric, aphoristic leadership.[3] His son, Adam, is Vice President of Product Management at Google.[4]
Death
Stanley Bosworth died of complications of dementia on August 7, 2011; he was 83 years old.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=24&id=45335
- ↑ Lynda Richardson, Eccentric? Sure, but His Students Succeed The New York Times, April 22, 2004.
- ↑ Douglas Martin, Stanley Bosworth, Iconoclastic Head of Brooklyn School, Dies at 83 The New York Times, August 11, 2011.
- ↑ Gudrais, Elizabeth, "Playing With Health," Harvard Magazine, May–June 2012. "He [Bosworth] attended Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, where his father, Stanley, was the inaugural headmaster."
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/12/nyregion/stanley-bosworth-unconventional-founder-of-saint-anns-dies-at-83.html