William Saltonstall

William Gurdon Saltonstall (November 11, 1905 – December 18, 1989) was an American educator and writer, and the ninth principal of Phillips Exeter Academy. Early life Saltonstall was born in Milton, Massachusetts to the wealthy Saltonstall family. He was a son of Robert Saltonstall and Caroline James ( Stevenson) Saltonstall. Among his siblings was Harriet Saltonstall Gratwick, a co-founder of the Rochester Zen Center. His paternal grandparents were William Gurdon Saltonstall and Josephine Rose ( Lee) Saltonstall (youngest daughter of John Clarke Lee, founder of Lee, Higginson & Co.). His maternal grandparents were Caroline James ( Young) Stevenson and Brig. Gen. Robert Hooper Stevenson (brother of Thomas G. Stevenson). He was educated at Exeter, where he was a member of the class of 1924. He then attended Harvard College, where he was president of the student body and field marshal of the graduating class, and Harvard Law School, where he earned master's and law degrees and was a member of the Owl Club.