Saint George's College, founded in 1936 and run by the

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, is a private school in

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. According to Seminarium Head Hunting, one third of the CEOs of the top 200 companies in Chile are graduates of the school.

History

Three Holy Cross priests arrived in Santiago, Chile, on March 1, 1943, at the invitation of José María Cardinal Caro, Archbishop of Santiago, to administer Saint George's College. Fathers William Havey, Alfred Send, and Joseph Doherty believed they were going to do university work, not knowing that "college" meant a school of first through 12th graders. St. George's was the only private school in Chile to be taken over by

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following the

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. The Congregation returned to the school in 1986. Originally an all-boys school, Saint George's College was made co-educational in 1973. It was initially located in the

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part of Providencia, in 1970 it was relocated to

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. Its traditional rival schools are Colegio del Verbo Divino, Colegio San Ignacio and Colegio Manquehue which were originally located near one another in the Pedro de Valdivia neighborhood of Providencia. Its traditional sister school was Colegio Santa Úrsula ("Ursulinas"), which was originally next door to St. George's in Providencia. A group of parents and teachers, dissatisfied with the

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measures imposed by Father Gerard Whelan during the early 1970s, broke off in 1972 and formed Colegio Tabancura, an

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-run boys' school.

Notable alumni

José Miguel Insulza José Miguel Insulza Salinas (born June 2, 1943) is a Chilean politician, lawyer, and academic serving as a Senate of Chile, senator for the Arica y Parinacota Region since 2018. He previously served as Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Chile), Minis ...

(Class of 1961) –

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politician,

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of the

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since 2018. *

Andrés Pascal Allende Andrés Pascal Allende (born July 12, 1943) is a Chilean Marxist dissident and nephew of former President Salvador Allende. He is of Basque people, Basque and Belgians, Belgian descent. He was born in Santiago, Chile, Santiago, the son of Gastón ...

(Class of 1962) –

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and nephew of

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. * Andrés Wood (Class of 1983) – filmmaker; director and producer of ''

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''. * Gonzalo Lira (Class of 1985) - filmmaker, author and blogger. *

Marco Enríquez-Ominami Marco Antonio Enríquez-Ominami Gumucio (born 12 June 1973) is a Chilean-French, filmmaker, politician, and perennial candidate. From 2006 to 2010 he was a Socialist Party deputy in Chile's lower chamber. In 2009 he quit the party and ran for P ...

(Class of 1990) – Progressive

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, member of the

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from 2006 to 2010.

References

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Notable alumni

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