Meet Our Head of School

William Christ is a gifted and visionary leader. Head of School and a teacher of English at Hathaway Brown since 1987, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University. He also received an M.A. in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Christ is a leading advocate for girls' education nationally and has more than 20 years of experience as a teacher and administrator in girls' schools. "His leadership," says National Coalition of Girls' Schools former director Meg Moulton, "has helped Hathaway Brown stand as a model for other schools as they think sensitively and proactively about what works well for girls in the classroom, on the playing field and in their lives." Please click here to read what he has to say about girls' education.

Among many other honors, In 2005 Bill Christ was named an "Outstanding School Head" by the Columbia University Klingenstein Center for School Leadership. In 2004, he was a finalist for the Athena Awards, recognizing those who show the way for businesswomen.

•  Click here to read Mr. Christ's thoughts on the competitiveness of college admissions
•  Click here to read an August 2005 profile of Bill Christ.