Stephen G. Kurtz

Kurtz was born on September 9, 1926, in Buffalo, New York. He graduated with an A.B. in history from Princeton University in 1948 after completing a senior thesis titled "Humanist Ideals of Education in the Renaissance."[1][2] While an undergraduate student at Princeton, Kurtz was a member of the Princeton Nassoons and the president of the Princeton University Glee Club. He later received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1953 after completing a doctoral dissertation titled "American Politics, 1795-1800."[3] In 1961, he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship for the field of study of U.S. history.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

Kurtz married Katherine Jeanne Godolphin at Princeton University Chapel in September 1947; they had a daughter and two sons.[7][8]

Kurtz died January 24, 2008, in Washington, D.C.[6]

• "Essays on the American Revolution", University of North Carolina Press (June 1973).
• "The Federalists-Creators and Critics of the Union, 1780-1801", John Wiley & Sons (January 1972).
• "The Presidency of John Adams: The collapse of Federalism, 1795-1800", University of Pennsylvania Press (1957).