Barbara Landis Chase, the first woman to lead the private Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., announced last week that she will retire in 2012. Ms. Chase has been the head of school at Phillips Academy for 17 years. She previously served as headmistress of the Bryn Mawr School, in Baltimore.
A version of this article appeared in the March 09, 2011 edition of Education Week as Phillips Academy Head Retiring
