Jeanne Hey joins Thornton Academy’s Board of Trustees

Jeanne Hey, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was inducted to the Board of Trustees of Thornton Academy on September 26, 2013.

Founded in 1811, Thornton Academy, in Saco, Maine, is a semi-private high school and middle school and is one of the oldest independent schools in the nation.  It is also is one of the oldest public-private partnerships in the country, opening its services in 1889 to local communities, who contracted with Thornton’s Board of Trustees for the education of their communities’ children.

Hey is a resident of Saco, and one of her two sons is currently a student at Thornton Academy.