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Memoriam for Dr. James E. Van
Amburg
James E. Van
Amburg, a leading educator in independent schools
died on Tuesday, July 26, 2005. He was 59 years
old. The cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage,
his wife, Penelope Van Amburg, said.
Dr.
Van Amburg was the Head of Windward School in
White Plains, New York since 1999. Windward is a
school for students with language-based learning
disabilities. As one of the seminal figures in
independent school education, Dr. Van Amburg was
educated at Dartmouth College where he received a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English with honors and
was a Choate Scholar. He attended Columbia
University earning a Master of Arts degree in
Comparative Literature and was recognized as a
University Fellow. His Doctorate in Education was
received from Stanford University in Palo Alto,
California.
"Dr. VA" as he was widely
known, touched the lives of countless children in
his career. From 1984 to 1998, Dr. Van Amburg was
the Head of Dwight Englewood School in Englewood,
New Jersey. Prior to that he was Director of the
University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in
Chicago, Illinois, and Superintendent of Schools
for The Carlisle School District in Massachusetts.
He served as President of the Concord
Massachusetts Special Education Collaborative.
This position ignited an undying dedication to
serve children with special needs.
Dr. Van
Amburg was committed to making independent
education accessible to children who could not
otherwise afford it. As a founding trustee of New
Jersey S.E.E.D.S., (Scholars Educators Excellence
Dedication Success), he was instrumental in
identifying and placing economically disadvantaged
students throughout the state in independent
schools. He also served as Director of Project
Broad Jump, an enrichment program for gifted
students from East Harlem and the South Bronx. He
served on the N
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