Head Of Princeton’s Hun School Announces Retirement

PRINCETON, NJ — Head of Hun School, Jon Brougham, recently announced his retirement at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year after being at the helm of the school for 14 years.

“Like many of you, I felt something special about Hun in my very first visit to campus almost 13 years ago – its kindness, its joyfulness, and its unique combination of winning modesty and impressive achievement. Those qualities continue to inspire me every day, just as they have inspired countless others in the past 108 years. They are in Hun’s DNA, and I am sure they will continue to animate our campus many generations from now,” Brougham said.

Brougham said that he intended for his time at Hun to be no more than 10 years, but his passion, along with a series of projects he wanted to see through, kept him engaged.

Referencing some of those projects, Board Chair Steve Wills, CFO, and COO of Palatin Technologies and parent of three Hun graduates credits Brougham and team with having a transformational impact on the school.

“Under Mr. Brougham’s leadership, we built the Wilf Family Global Commons and reconstructed the Hun Middle School, Breen Performing Arts Center, and DAYLO STEM Center,” Wills said. “We embraced a student-centered classroom, launched a Global Immersion Program, the John Gale Hun Civics Program, and NextTerm. We saw demand for admission soar and our endowment more than doubled. In the last two years alone, we weathered the unique challenges of a global pandemic and expanded our understanding and expectations of ourselves with regard to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.”

Faculty and staff recently celebrated Brougham’s accomplishments. Patricia Garrison, chair of the school’s interdisciplinary department said she was “grateful” for Brougham’s leadership

“It seems to me that the same characteristics that make him such a fine man - genuine kindness, understanding, intelligence, and compassion, along with a great sense of humor - have also made him an exceptional head of school. Over the years, Jon has created and nurtured the kind of vibrant and joyful school community of which I have been and will continue to be so very proud to be a part,” Garrison said.

Wills and Trustee Christiana Foglio will co-chair a search committee for Hun’s next head of school. The Board has retained the services of RG175 to assist with the search and transition. Meanwhile, Brougham will continue to lead the school through the 2022-2023 academic year.

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