EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Boarding school, founded 1833 after a bequest by Stephen Girard.

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Founding Date:
1833

Enrollment:
670

Official Website:
http://www.girardcollege.com/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edwin J. Houston	Inventor	9-Jul-1847	1-Mar-1914	Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Russell Johnson	Actor	10-Nov-1924	16-Jan-2014	The Professor on Gilligan's Island

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander Dallas Bache	Physicist	19-Jul-1806	17-Feb-1867	First President, National Academy of Sciences

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