.: The Prince Royal's College : History :.

Chiengmai Boys' School

On March 19, 1887, Rev.David G. Collins, an American missionary under the Laos Mission of the Presbyterian Church in USA, founded “the Chiengmai Boys’ School” which was the first boys’ school in Northern Thailand. Within ten years, the school was outgrowing its facilities and a larger campus was needed. At that time a young missionary, Rev.Dr.William Harris had taken over the management of the school and he searched for a larger tract of land for the school. A large tract of land was found and with their own money and some donations from friends, Rev. Dr. Harris and Mrs. Harris purchased the land and moved the school.

The Prince Royal's College

On January 2, 1906, His Royal Highness, Crown Prince Maha Vajiravudh came to the school and laid the corner stone for the first classroom building. It was at this time that His Royal Highness renamed the school, The Prince Royal’s College, and he also gave the school his royal colors, white and blue.

Over the years that Rev. Dr. Harris and Mrs. Harris were at the school (1895 to 1939), the school continued to grow. New buildings were needed in order to teach the many students that wanted to study at the Prince Royal’s College. Also, it was necessary to make rice fields and a water buffalo watering hole into a beautiful campus where students would want to come and learn. This was a great challenge for a small school that had no money. However, Rev. Dr. Harris was never shy about asking for financial help from any foreigner or wealthy Thai he might meet, either in Thailand or during his travels abroad.

PRC Principals, Managers, and Directors

	Rev. David Ghromley Collins Principal (1887-1899)		Rev.Dr. William Harris Principal (1899-1939)
	Rev.Dr. Kenneth Elmer Wells Principal (1940-1941) Manager (1946-1950)		Mr. Muak Chailangkarn Principal (1946-1948, 1951-1967) Manager (1951-1967)
	Mr. Kamrab Chaiyaphan Principal (1949-1951, 1967-1970) Manager (1967-1970)		Dr. Chamroon Chailangkarn Principal (1971-1991) Manager (1971-1991)
	Mr. Pong Tananone Director (1991-2005)		Mrs. Sirilak Fuangkarn Director (2005-Present)

The List of the Missionaries Who Worked for PRC

1. Rev. & Mrs. David Ghormley Collins
2. Rev.Dr.& Mrs. William Harris
3. Rev.& Mrs. Marion Boyd Palmer
4. Mr.& Mrs. Henry Probasco Reid
5. Dr.& Mrs. Newel Thomas Preotan
6. Rev.Dr. James W. Mckean
7. Rev.Dr. Edwin C. Cort
8. Rev.Dr. Claude W. Mason
9. Mrs. Mabel Gilson Cort
10. Rev.& Mrs. Allen Bassett
11. Mr.& Mrs. Gilbert Oscar Robinson
12. Mr. Herbert Girton Deignan
13. Dr.& Mrs. Kenneth Elmer Wells
14. Mr. David Howard Dickason
15. Rev.& Mrs. William James Sinclair Thompson
16. Dr.& Mrs. Horance Wintzer Ryburn
17. Dr.& Mrs. Konrad Leopold Kingshill
18. Rev.& Mrs. Frank Mcclure Caughey
19. Rev. A. B. Newport
20. Rev. F. B. Morgan
21. Rev. R. L. Marrin
22. Mrs. Betsy Rasmussen Guyer
23. Mr.& Mrs. Harry Lars Norlander
24. Rev.& Mrs. Thomas Duggan
25. Miss Alison Osborn
26. Rev.& Mrs. John Butt
27. Rev. William Joseph Yoder

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