George Fox has Middle School named after him. George Fox was the first superintendent of Anne Arundel County Schools for 30 years from 1916 through 1946. This building was the first building built after his retirement and named for the former superintendent when it opened as a Junior High School in the fall of 1949. The school has two oil paintings of the superintendent, one in the office and the other in the media center. George Fox was born in Perry Hall in Baltimore County and spent his boyhood there. The family of seven children and their parents lived on a large farm on the right side of Perry Hall Road. The old stone house where they lived is still there and can be seen from Perry Hall Road. His father was a Quaker and came to Maryland from Pennsylvania. His mother was from Harford County. George Fox and his family lived on Market Street in Annapolis for many years and he kept a motor boat for fishing and other recreation uses with his family. It was said that he always kept his watch five minutes fast so that he would be on time for meetings.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 16:58:09 +0000