Harvard-Westlake President Thomas C. Hudnut Plans to Retire

President Thomas C. Hudnut, who oversaw the merger of Harvard School for Boys and Westlake School for Girls, announced to the Board of Trustees Monday that he will retire after the 2012-2013 school year, his 26th year at the school.

"It’s going to be a strange feeling because I started going to nursery school when I was 3, which means that September of 2013 will be the first time in 63 years that I haven’t been going to school," Hudnut said. "I’m sure that will feel strange."

Hudnut, who turns 65 this spring, was the headmaster of Harvard School for Boys from 1987 until the creation of Harvard-Westlake in 1989. He served as headmaster for Harvard-Westlake from 1989 until 2006 when he took on the role as President.

"Obviously the merger of two schools was a huge event for everyone involved with either school," he said. "The result is a school that is so much stronger and so much better in every way than either of its predecessor institutions."

As the first president of Harvard-Westlake, Hudnut "oversees Harvard-Westlake, Inc.," he said in August.

Hudnut has helped Harvard-Westlake achieve global recognition through his efforts to forge relationships with prominent high schools in the Pacific Rim.

After his departure from the school, Hudnut will remain in Los Angeles and join an executive search firm to help find school heads.

"I do not intend to spend my retirement working on my golf game but rather doing things that I have never had the chance to do or been able to do previously," Hudnut said.

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