Brinton Webb Woodward, Jr. (Pete)

P.O. Box 265

Holderness, NH 03264

Personal

            Born:                           January 16, 1940, Topeka, KS

            Married:                      Kathleen C. Roberts, July 5, 1985, Concord, NH

            Children:                     Brinton Webb Woodward III, born April 23, 1971

                                                Peter Kendall Woodward, born December 9, 1974

            Hobbies:                      Rare book collection, gardening, squash, hiking, bicycling

Education

            Topeka Public Schools, Topeka, KS

            Topeka High School, 1958

                        High Honor Roll

                        President of Student Congress

                        All-State Basketball

                        AA State Tennis, singles winner

                        National ranking in tennis, 18 and under

            Kansas University, A.B., 1962

                        Dean's Honor Roll

                        Stansbury Scholar (Academic and Athletic)

                                    Majors in English History and Renaissance Humanities

                                    Owl Society (Honorary)

                        Sachem Society (Honorary)

                        Varsity Basketball, letterman (Quarterfinals of NCAA)

                        Varsity Tennis, letterman (runner-up Big Eight singles and doubles)

            General Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1965

                        President, Junior Class, Middle Class, Student Body

                        Menninger Foundation Pastoral Care Program, Topeka, KS

                        Field work in Montclair, NJ, Jersey City, NJ, and Lower East Side, Manhattan

Ordination    

                        Deacon, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Kansas, June 9, 1965

                        Priest, Episcopal Church, Diocese of Kansas, Dec. 12, 1965

Employment

                        Curate, St. David's Episcopal Church, Topeka, KS, 1965-67

                                    Part-time chaplain to Washburn University, Topeka, KS

                                    Board Member and Treasurer of East Topeka Day Care Center       

                                    Board Member of Family Service and Guidance Center

                                    Chaplain to Youth Detention Home

                                    Board Member of Topeka American Cancer Foundation

                                    Appointed member of Topeka Civil Rights Commission

                                    President of Board of "The Ear" (youth coffee house)

                        Chaplain and Chairman of Theology Department, Kent School, Kent,  CT. 1967-77

                        Teacher -- Theology, English Seminars, Renaissance Seminar, Mental Health Seminar

                        Coach -- Varsity Basketball, Varsity Tennis, Third and Fourth Football

                        Committees -- Faculty, Academic, Morehead, Columbia Cup, Human Relations, Church School,                         Counseling, Weekend

                        Head Dormitory Master -- six years

                        Faculty, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, summer, 1972

                        Priest-in-charge, St. Mark's, New Canaan, CT, summer, 1974

                        Group Counselor, Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center, Wingdale, NY

            Headmaster, Holderness School, Plymouth, NH  (1977-2001)

            Educators’ Collaborative, beginning July 1, 2001

Director of the Commission for American and International Schools Abroad, New England Association of Schools and Colleges, beginning October 1, 2001

Organizations and Memberships

   Past

            Governing Board of Associate Alumni of General Theological Seminary

            Governing Board of National Association of Episcopal Schools

            Chairman of Chaplains and Teachers of Religion of National Association of Episcopal Schools

            Kent Volunteer Fire Department

            Board Member and Treasurer of Kent Community Nursery School

            Board of Trustees, Science Center of New Hampshire, Vice President

            Board of Trustees, Speare Memorial Hospital

            Board of Directors, Nor-East Outdoor Education Centre

            Incorporator and Visiting Committee, Perkins School for the Blind

            New England Association of Schools and Colleges

                        President

                        Board of Trustees

                        Year term as President-elect and past-President

                        Member of Commission on Independent Schools

                        Chair, Committee on Schools Serving Special Needs

                        Chair, Long Range Planning Committee

                        Member, Finance Committee

                        Chair, Committee on American and International Schools Abroad

                        Chair, Search Committee for Independent School Commission Director

            Headmasters Association

            Board of Trustees, The Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY

            Executive Committee, Independent Schools of Northern New England

            Executive Committee, Headmasters Association

   Current

            Board of Trustees, Perkins School for the Blind

            New England Association of Schools and Colleges

                        Board of Trustees

            Board of Directors and Board Chair, Whole Village

            Headmaster Emeritus, Holderness School

            Trustee of Trust Funds, Town of Holderness