Stanton Preparatory Academy
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Stanton Preparatory Academy was founded in 1925 to prepare young men for entrance to the United States Military Academy
at West Point and the United States Naval Academy
in Annapolis. The school was located in Cornwall, New York
five miles from West Point. The school was founded and led by Lieutenant Colonel Hubert G. Stanton (born September 14, 1897 – died ????) in 1925. It followed in the tradition established by the National Preparatory Academy. That institution was owned and led by LT Charles Braden from 1890 until his death in 1919. In the late 1920s some sources refer to it as the "Stanton Loomis Academy."
Stanton was a 1911 graduate of West Point. He was the president of the class of 1911. Commissioned as an officer in the coastal artillery, he was an instructor in the Department of Mathematics at the Academy between 1911 and 1914 and returned in 1917 as an assistant professor remaining as a member of the faculty until 1925.
The 1938 edition of the “Handbook of Private Schools for American Boys and Girls” lists the tuition for boarders as $1,100 (roughly $16,695 in 2009 dollars) and $675 for the day school ($10,245 in 2009 dollars). Harvard University's tuition, by comparison, was only $400 a year. Later editions of this reference show the Stanton Academy in operation until at least 1952.
Both the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy now operate their own preparatory schools.
United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...
at West Point and the United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in Annapolis, Maryland, United States...
in Annapolis. The school was located in Cornwall, New York
Cornwall, New York
Cornwall is a town in Orange County, New York, USA. It is located about 50 miles north of New York City on the western shore of the Hudson River. The estimated population in 2007 was 12,827....
five miles from West Point. The school was founded and led by Lieutenant Colonel Hubert G. Stanton (born September 14, 1897 – died ????) in 1925. It followed in the tradition established by the National Preparatory Academy. That institution was owned and led by LT Charles Braden from 1890 until his death in 1919. In the late 1920s some sources refer to it as the "Stanton Loomis Academy."
Stanton was a 1911 graduate of West Point. He was the president of the class of 1911. Commissioned as an officer in the coastal artillery, he was an instructor in the Department of Mathematics at the Academy between 1911 and 1914 and returned in 1917 as an assistant professor remaining as a member of the faculty until 1925.
The 1938 edition of the “Handbook of Private Schools for American Boys and Girls” lists the tuition for boarders as $1,100 (roughly $16,695 in 2009 dollars) and $675 for the day school ($10,245 in 2009 dollars). Harvard University's tuition, by comparison, was only $400 a year. Later editions of this reference show the Stanton Academy in operation until at least 1952.
Both the U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Naval Academy now operate their own preparatory schools.
Alumni
Prominent alumni of the Stanton Preparatory Academy include:- Brig General Thomas H. Beeson, U.S. Air Force
- Major General Enest T. CraggErnest T. CraggErnest T. Cragg was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Pre World War II:Ernest T. Cragg was born in Mount Vernon, New York. He spent his youth in the Greenwhich/Cos Cob area of Connecticut, graduating from Greenwich High School in 1939...
, U.S. Air Force - Lt General Stanley J. “Moose” Donovan, U.S. Air Force, Tactical Air Command operations chief at Langley Air Force Base during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis
- Lt Colonel Arthur F. GorhamArthur F. GorhamArthur Fulbrook Gorham was a U.S. Army officer and Paratrooper. Gorham was the first commander of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division...
, U.S. Army, led airborne assault on Sicily in World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... - Brig General George M. Higginson, U.S. Air Force
- Brig General Francis J. Roberts, U.S. Army
- Brig General Prentiss D. Wynne, Jr., U.S. Air Force
- Major General Elmer P. YatesElmer P. YatesElmer P. Yates was a Major General in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who saw service in the Vietnam War. He was the younger brother of Air Force Lt. General Donald Norton Yates....
, U.S. Army