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1810: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions organized in Boston 1840: Missionary Cyrus Hamlin founds Bebek Seminary outside of Constantinople |
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1862: Seminary transferred to Merzifon in north central Turkey; construction of campus begins 1886: Anatolia College founded at the Merzifon Seminary with Charles Tracy as President; the students are principally Greek and Armenian, most coming from outside of Merzifon and boarding at the school; the faculty is Greek, Armenian, and American; enrollment soon reaches 115 students |
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1893: Girls' School founded 1894: Anatolia incorporated under the laws of the state of Massachusetts 1895: First Turkish attacks on Armenians |
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1914-1915: Turkish massacres of Armenians, including those on Anatolia faculty 1916: Anatolia closed because of World War I, campus occupied by Turkish troops |
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1919: Anatolia reopens 1920: Enrollment stands at 218 students, with an equal number in the Girls' School; campus consists of more than 40 New England style buildings; Anatolia includes a kindergarten,a school for the deaf, high schools for boys and girls, a college-level program, a theological seminary, one of the largest hospitals in Asia Minor, and an orphanage for 2000 orphans |
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1921: Executions by Turks of student leaders and faculty advisor of the Pontus club, the school's Greek literary society; Turkish government orders the closing of Anatolia College; 2,425 students had graduated since 1886 1922: Smyrna catastrophe and defeat of Greek expeditionary force; Anatolia Board of Trustees organized in Boston 1923: Population exchange between Greece and Turkey |
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1924: With help from Eleftherios Venizelos, Anatolia reopens in Thessaloniki, in rented buildings in Harilaou, with 13 students, mostly refugees; enrollment soon jumps to 157 1927: Mission School for Girls in Thessaloniki becomes part of Anatolia College |
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1934: Anatolia moves to newly constructed campus above the city near the village of Pylea, on the lower slopes of Mt. Hortiatis 1937: Anatolia Alumni Association begun |
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1940: Greece enters World War II when Italy invades; school closed, campus used as military hospital 1941: Germany invades Greece, campus taken over by Germans as general headquarters for the Balkans |
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1944-1945: British Army occupies the campus 1945: War ends, Anatolia reopens as repair of damaged campus proceeds; Girls' School moved into temporary quarters on the Anatolia campus after its building on Allatini Street burns 1949: The last units of the British Army depart the campus |
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1950s: Girls' School buildings constructed 1950-1958: Carl Compton serves as Anatolia President |
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1958: Dr. Howard Johnston appointed President 1960's: Anatolia increases enrollment to over 1000 students 1964: Robert Hayden appointed President; Secretarial School opened |
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1972: Joseph Kennedy appointed President 1974: Dr. William McGrew appointed President; arrival of 26 scholarship students from Cyprus in the wake of the Turkish invasion 1980:Anatolia begins transition to co-education |
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1981: American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) founded to provide post-secondary instruction in business and the liberal arts 1986: Anatolia College celebrates its centennial year 1993: ACT grants first 4-year Baccalaureate degrees in Liberal Arts and Science |
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1997: ACT accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges. 1998: International Baccalaureate program introduced. |
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1999: Mr. Richard Jackson appointed President. |
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2003: Anatolia Elementary School opens adjacent to campus. 2005: Alumni Field renovated. 2007: Opening of renovated Raphael Hall. 2008: Opening of renovated Gymnasium. ACT undergraduate programs accredited by the University of Wales, UK.
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2009: Dr. Hans Giesecke named 10th President |
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