For more than twenty years, Mark H. Mullin served as headmaster of St.
Albans School in Washington, D.C. Now, for the first time, he brings us
into the hallways of the most prestigious preparatory school in the
nation's capital. The Headmaster's Run takes readers on the journey of
an Illinois high school runner who becomes Ivy League champion and
leader of his class at Harvard. As a Marshall Scholar, he continues his
academic and athletic pursuits at Oxford and marries the love of his
life, Martha, while preparing to become an Episcopal priest. His
training takes him and his wife to an Alaskan Indian village and a
parish in Spanish Harlem. Mullin then becomes a young chaplain and
teacher at the Choate School during the cultural upheaval of the 1960s.
In this memoir, the author tells stories from his life and work,
including surviving a fatal storm on the Irish Sea, late night faculty
parties, and Halloween antics. Mullin writes of the challenges of
becoming headmaster of St. Albans in his thirties, raising three
children in Washington, D.C., and attempting to share with his students
the ideals of courage and truth. He takes us behind the scenes as he
educates the sons of the powerful, counsels a teacher diagnosed with
AIDS, and confronts his own controversial departure from St. Albans. At
its heart, The Headmaster's Run is the story of a man committed to
education, faith, and family.
