August 27, 2012
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Decorated Army vet named new headmaster at Haverford School
John A. Nagl was chosen to be the school’s ninth headmaster.The Haverford School, a private prep school on the Main Line, has named a new headmaster.
A West Point graduate and one-time Rhodes Scholar who served in the U.S. Army for 20 years, John A. Nagl was chosen to be the school’s ninth headmaster. He starts July 1, 2013.
Nagl currently teaches at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. He previously served as a tank battlion commander in the Persian Gulf and did tours during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom for which he earned two Bronze Stars for meritorious service. After his time on the battlefield, he taught international relations and national security studies at West Point and Georgetown University. According the Washington Post, he was also an assistant to then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul D. Wolfowitz. Naglholds a PhD in international relations from Oxford University.
The author of Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam, Nagl has made several TV appearances on shows as diverse as 60 Minutes and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
Nagl and his wife, Susanne, have a son who will enter Haverford’s Middle School next year.
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I am pretty sure that the Haverford School has the leadership of their institution in highly regarded and very safe hands for the foreseeable future. Congratulations to Mr. John A. Nagl, Haverford School, and all of the students who will be the direct beneficiaries for many years to come.