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William Howell Church
William Howell Church, St. Albans’ headmaster from 1915-1929, descended on St. Albans “like a tiger,” according to the school’s history book. He instituted college board exams and abandoned athletic scholarships. He hired, and he fired.
The changes clearly appealed to area families, and under Church’s careful watch, St. Albans began to grow, with the student body expanding from 92 during World War I to 160 at the end of his tenure.
Born in Bath, N.Y., Church graduated from Hamilton College in 1892 and received a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins. Before coming to St. Albans, he served as headmaster of the Nathan Hale School in New York and the George H. Thurston School in Pittsburgh.
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.