Raynard S. Kington
Dr. Raynard S. Kington became the 16th head of school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in July 2020. Prior to Andover, he served for 10 years as president of Grinnell College (2010–2020) and is now president emeritus. He previously served in a range of positions at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including principal deputy director and acting director, associate director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, and acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
Before NIH, Dr. Kington was a division director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and served as director of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). He has also been a senior scientist at the RAND Corporation and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) in 2006.
Investiture XVI: Dr. Kington with husband Dr. Peter Daniolos and their two sons.
Dr. Kington attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a BS with distinction and an MD degree; he completed his residency in internal medicine at Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned an MBA with distinction and a PhD with a concentration in health policy and economics at the Wharton School and was awarded a Fontaine Fellowship. Dr. Kington received his board certification in internal medicine, public health and preventive medicine, and geriatric medicine.
His research has focused on the social determinants of health and, more recently, on diversity in the scientific workforce. He currently serves on the boards of the National Opinion Research Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health, RAND, and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Dr. Kington is married to Peter Daniolos, MD, a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry. They have two sons.
In The News
- The Chronicle of Higher Education, December 4, 2023 | Presidents Don't Talk About Their Panic Attacks
- Fast Company, December 4, 2023 | How to Overcome Proximity Bias in Today’s Remote Workforce
- NAIS, January 20, 2023 | Teaching & Learning: How Schools Can Embrace Student Failure
- WBUR Cognoscenti, January 13, 2023 | This MLK Day, 'we won't go back'
- Inspiring Schools Podcast, October 26, 2022 | Getting to Know Dr. Kington
- Independent School Magazine, Fall 2021 | Leadership Lessons: Making Space for Empathy
- Decade Ahead, April 15, 2021 | Every Person Had to be a Little Less Passive
- Newsweek, February 22, 2021 | How Do We Reckon With George Washington?
- RAND Corporation, February 16, 2021 | Kington names to RAND board
- New York Times, February 7, 2021 | Medical experts urge Black Americans to get vaccinated
- Beth Israel Lahey Health, January 2021 | Kington joins Beth Israel Lahey Health board
- Diverse Education, June 23. 2020 | Protest, Vote and Join that Committee
- USA Today Opinion, May 21, 2020 | Not all hospital heroes are doctors and nurses. As coronavirus rages, thank support staff.
Principles on issuing official statements
Phillips Academy’s approach to making statements on societal events has evolved over time. In fall 2022, the Academy adopted a new policy to help determine whether a statement should be part of Andover’s mission-focused response to these events.
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