Horace Mann School
Founded in 1887, Horace Mann School is a prestigious college preparatory school in the United States.
The school was founded as a coeducational experimental and developmental unit of Teachers College at Columbia University. The name of the school can still be seen on the western-most building at Teachers College, named Horace Mann Hall. The Horace Mann School for Boys moved to Riverdale in 1912, and during the 1940s, severed formal ties with Teachers College and became Horace Mann School.
The current Head of Horace Mann School is Dr. Eileen Mullady, formerly of the University of Chicago. The last Dean of the Upper School is currently Dr. Lawrence Weiss, formerly of Sidwell Friends School of Washington, D.C. and now Headmaster at St. Anne's School in Brooklyn, New York.
Famous graduates of Horace Mann include New York State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer and Congressmen Allard K. Lowenstein.
