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located on two campuses in the

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metropolitan area of the

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. Principia School, located in Town and Country, West St. Louis County, serves students from

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through

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, and Principia College, located about thirty miles away, is on the bluffs overlooking the

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in Elsah,

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History

Founded by Mary Kimball Morgan, Principia School was officially opened in 1898 in St. Louis. By 1906, Principia had graduated its first

class and in 1912, the Junior College was added, becoming one of the first such colleges in America. The year 1917 marked the first graduation ceremony of alumni from the Junior College. In 1934 Principia College awarded its first

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. Principia College students moved to

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, in February, 1935. Principia School later moved to its current location in the St. Louis suburb of

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in 1959. Connection with other schools When two other schools began, Claremont Fan Court School and Huntingtower School, they used the ideas which Principia is founded on as an example.

Institutions

Principia School

All three schools of Principia School are located on a 360-acre campus in the St. Louis suburb of Town and Country. Principia School follows a British-style organization and as such its schools are as follows: * Lower School * Middle School * Upper School

Principia College

Principia College is a private liberal-arts undergraduate college located on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in

. The college does not offer graduate programs. The school offers various B.A. and B.S. majors, comprehensive experiential programs, study abroad and field programs, includes a high participation in athletic programs, and is remarkable for its small size. Distinguished architect, Bernard R. Maybeck, of Maybeck and White, worked through his largest design commission during the original construction phases of Principia College. Principia College was designated a

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and placed on the Registrar of Historic Places in 1993.

Alumni

Notable Principia Alumni. (US) refers to Principia Upper School and (C) refers to Principia College. For another list of Principia College Alumni refer to Principia College. * Larry Groce (C), American singer-songwriter and radio host. *

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(US, C), American actor and filmmaker; Academy Award and Golden Globe Awards nominee. * Ngozi Mwanamwambwa (C), Zambian sprinter. * Joy Osmanski (C), American actress. * Christie Enke (C), American chemist. *

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(C), former United States representative. * David Lovegren (US, C), Film producer. * Ron Charles (US, C), Book critic. *

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(attended C) — Actor and Movie director. *

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(attended C), American news anchor. *

Egil Krogh Egil "Bud" Krogh Jr. (August 3, 1939 – January 18, 2020) was an American lawyer who became infamous as an official of the Nixon Administration and who was imprisoned for his part in the Watergate Affair. He was Senior Fellow on Ethics and Lea ...

(US, C), American lawyer. Genzlinger, Neil (January 21, 2020)
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(attended C), American pioneer pilot. * David Rowland (C), American industrial designer. * Robert Bruegmann (C), historian. * Chandler Burr (C), American journalist and author. * Charles Remington (C), American entomologist. * John Andrews (US, C), American politician. * Ketti Frings (attended C), American author, playwright, and screenwriter. *

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(attended C), American actor and translator. *

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(C), Political scientist. * Aaron Goldsmith (US, C), American sportscaster. * Steve Sydness, American politician. *

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(US, C), American politician. * Yaw Danso (US'06, C'10), Ghanaian footballer.

References

External links

Official website
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