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Pinewood Preparatory School company history timeline

1952

She and her husband Stephen Ford Allan of Summerville acquired the Brokaw Mansion and opened Pinewood School in 1952 with 52 students in grades 1–8.

1955

In 1955, the first "graduating class" of the following eighth graders received their certificates: Elizabeth Barshay, Beryl Anne Lanneau, Andrea Niederhof, Mark H. Taylor, Jr., Sandra Varney, Ellen Walker, and Mary Elizabeth Willis.

1968

In 1968, a small group of local residents was banding together to start another independent school in Summerville.

1969

The Summerville Academy opened in 1969 in the old Miles house across from Azalea Park on South Main Street with 51 students in grades 1–9.

1970

In 1970, she chartered a sister school, Reading Research, Inc., that operated next door to Pinewood for the next decade.

1972

Allan died of cancer in October 1972, Mr.

1973

In April 1973, the new board named William E. McIntosh, who was then Dean of Students at nearby Trident Technical College, as Pinewood's second Head of School.

1974

In 1974, The academy opened its doors on its new campus which now serves as the heart of Pinewood Preparatory School's 43-acre (170,000 m) campus.

1980

In 1980, Pinewood merged with The Summerville Academy and re-located to its present 43-acre (170,000 m) campus four miles (6.4 km) from downtown Summerville.

After Allan's death, William E. McIntosh served as Head of School until 1980.

1981

Beginning in 1981, William S. Coursey, III, served as Head of School for fourteen years, a tenure second in length only to Henrietta Allan.

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