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John Foster “Jack” McCune
Born in Pittsburgh (and ever a Pirates fan), John Foster “Jack” McCune graduated from Princeton University in 1952 and then served in the Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps. After briefly attending law school, he decided teaching was his calling. He taught at Choate, and, in 1966, after receiving a master’s degree in liberal studies from Wesleyan University, he came to St. Albans as a history teacher.
McCune went on to chair St. Albans’ History Department and to serve as head of Upper School, playing an instrumental role in developing the school’s international travel programs and teaching Omni, an intensive, intertwined history of Europe and the United States. The holder of the Folger Chair in History, McCune also coached basketball and advised the Government Club. Two years after “retiring” in 1995, McCune was invited back to serve as the school’s headmaster from 1997-1999.
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Located in Washington D.C., St. Albans School is a private, all boys day and boarding school. For more than a century, St. Albans has offered a distinctive educational experience for young men in grades 4 through 12. While our students reach exceptional academic goals and exhibit first-rate athletic and artistic achievements, as an Episcopal school we place equal emphasis upon moral and spiritual education.