The Athens College was founded in 1925 to educate Greece’s future leaders in a new way. With American influence, rigorous entrance exams, boarding facilities, a scholarship fund, enlightened people, and a new curriculum that encouraged critical thinking. To educate the best young Greeks from every corner of the world with physical strength and moral fortitude. To become cosmopolitans, but also with a great love for their homeland. The Athens College initially achieved its goal. It helped Greece a lot. For many decades, it produced many capable leaders. Five prime ministers, distinguished businessmen, and important figures in literature and the arts.

What is happening today, after a century? Through dozens of interviews and systematic research spanning more than three years in archives in Greece and the United States, this unofficial history of the Athens College and, above all, its mission has emerged.