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Since its founding in 1952, Stevenson has grown from a small school nestled in the forest to one of the nation’s premier independent day and boarding schools. As an independent school, Stevenson operates without financial support from local, state, or federal government, relying on tuition and endowment income, and a strong Annual Fund to maintain operations.

However, the real [Stevenson] School springs not so much from the stone, the mortar, the timber, and the spacious lawns as it does from the hearts and minds of the people involved. I remember so well the small assembly of eighteen boys and four teachers in front of the big fireplace in Douglas Hall on the eve of the opening of the School in September, 1952. We were discussing our plans for the morrow and our hopes for the future and I remarked, "We are all starting out on a great adventure in learning, and, surely, we will creep along at a slow and unsteady pace for a while.
However, I pledge to you that one day you will all be very proud of the fact that you were the initial participants in a great School."Robert U. Ricklefs, for the graduating class of 1970