List of 7 news stories.
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Robert Wheaton Rivers - Headmaster from 1915-1929
From the very beginning, Mr. Rivers helped set the tone for the school, supporting and encouraging the founders’ belief that open-air schools were essential for a good education. He promised a school “where good health among the pupils is a first consideration.” He accepted an offer from a group of Boston doctors to be headmaster of the school which opened its doors in 1915 in buildings on Marion Street in Brookline.Read More -
Clarence E. Allen - Headmaster from 1929-1953
Clarence E. Allen was known throughout his 24 years as the school’s second headmaster as “the Boss.” As noted in a Riparian article, “his word went undisputed,” and the Rivers Current of 1944 described him as resourceful, and as a diplomat, teacher, and humanist.Read More -
George H. Blackwell - Headmaster from 1953-1968
Moving the school campus to more spacious quarters was high on George H. Blackwell’s agenda when he became Rivers’ headmaster in 1953. Two camps, pro and con, had been sparring over the benefits of staying on Heath Street in Chestnut Hill or moving, but no consensus had been reached when Mr. Blackwell arrived on campus. With trustee support, Mr. Blackwell won over opponents, using what became known at Rivers as his “undeflatable optimism and confidence.”Read More -
David M. Berwind - Headmaster from 1968-1981
The fourth headmaster of Rivers came from within. David M. Berwind, who succeeded George Blackwell, had been head of the Lower School since 1958 and a history teacher when he became headmaster in 1968.Read More -
Richard A. Bradley - Headmaster from 1981-1991
As the school’s fifth headmaster, Richard A. Bradley was not only a leader, but also a teacher, a builder of buildings and programs, and an inspiration to scores of students and faculty who looked to him for his ever-present perseverance, patience and persistence.Read More -
David B. Harman - Headmaster from 1991-1996
David Harman’s appointment as the school’s sixth headmaster was based in large part on his commitment “to the children,” a common bond that has held the Rivers community together. Rivers also welcomed Mr. Harman for his leadership skills, his grace, and humorRead More -
Thomas P. Olverson - 1997-2014
During Tom Olverson’s 17-year tenure as head of school, The Rivers School grew academically and fiscally, and enhanced its campus physical plant. But the school became much more than that.Read More
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