American College of Greece a ‘seed that flourished’

The American College of Greece (ACG) was founded in Smyrna in 1875 and was headquartered there until the Asia Minor Disaster in 1922, after which it moved to Greece on the invitation of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos and opened in Athens in 1923.

It was a "small seed planted by courageous and visionary US missionary women," according to ACG president David Horner. "Despite being violently uprooted and relocated, it managed not only to survive but somehow and against unfavorable odds and in challenging circumstances to flourish," he adds in an interview with Kathimerini.

The American College of Greece will celebrate 150 years of operation in 2025. What does this milestone mean for the college?

Today, ACG is the oldest and largest, comprehensive, US accredited educational institution in Europe, with 5,749 students from 70 countries enrolled...