A Conversation with the Head of School, Fr. Robert J. Murray, O.S.A., Ph.D. A Delaware County, PA, native, Father Murray was appointed Head of School at St. Augustine Preparatory School on July 1, 2017. As a member of the St. Augustine Preparatory School Board of Directors since January 2010, he has served as Chair of the Mission, Governance, and Planning Committee as well as a member of the Institutional Effectiveness Committee. A highly regarded tenured professor, widely published author, and international presenter on counseling and mission effectiveness in Catholic schools, he has served as Director of the Graduate Program in Education and Counseling at Villanova University. He holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Temple University, and served in various leadership roles at Monsignor Bonner High School in Drexel Hill for ten years, and on several boards of independent schools in the Delaware Valley. Fr. Murray recently sat down with Student Government President, Sajan Young ‘20 to share details of the journey which led to Richland’s Proud and Peaceful Glen.
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