Thomas Edward Hassan is an American
educator who served as the first gentleman of New Hampshire from 2013 to 2017 as the husband of governor
Maggie Hassan
Margaret Coldwell Hassan (; née Wood; born February 27, 1958) is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States senator from New Hampshire. A Democrat, Hassan was elected to the Senate in 2016 while serving as the 81st ...
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[.] He has served as the President of
School Year Abroad
School Year Abroad (SYA) places American high school sophomores, juniors and seniors in one of three independently operated schools in Italy, France or Spain for a full academic year. From 1994–2020, SYA operated a campus in China. Students int ...
since June 2016. Previously, he worked at
Phillips Exeter Academy, where he began as the Director of College Counseling in 1989, worked as the Dean of Admissions, and was the 14th
principal from 2009 until his retirement from the school in 2015. In 2016, Hassan was censured by The Association of Boarding Schools for failing to disclose sexual misconduct of a former teacher at Phillips Exeter. During his 20 years at Exeter, Hassan taught mathematics and junior studies, served as dorm affiliate, and advised student organizations, including Best Buddies and the Random Acts of Kindness club.
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Hassan earned a bachelor of arts degree at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and earned master's and doctoral degrees in Education at ]Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...
, Cambridge, Massachusetts.[ In 2011, '']The New York Observer
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'' named Hassan as one of 24 "Elite Private School Power Players".[.]
References
External links
Phillips Exeter Academy
Kentucky Derby fundraiser aids scholarships
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1958 births
Living people
Brown University alumni
Phillips Exeter Academy faculty
First Ladies and Gentlemen of New Hampshire
People from Exeter, New Hampshire
Harvard Graduate School of Education alumni
American school principals