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Thomas Davis 
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| Appointed 1977 |
| B.A., Ohio University; M.A., John Carroll University |
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Chair, English on sabbatical
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NOTE: Mr. Davis is the 2009-10 recipient of the John W. Hallowell Sabbatical and is on leave for the current academic school year.
Mr. Davis' teaching career began in 1965, in Painesville, Ohio, where he taught English and coached boys varsity basketball for three years. In 1967, he moved to Hawaii and spent three years teaching English and coaching basketball at Punahou School. During that time, he also became an avid surfer.
By 1970, and with three children under five years of age in tow, Mr. Davis and his wife, Evie, moved to Istanbul, Turkey, where he taught English at Robert College and played professional basketball for Besiktas, a club team in Istanbul. As a player-coach, he led Besiktas to its first national title in 1973, played in numerous European Cups and, in 1972, set the Turkish single game scoring record of 70 points. During his seven years in Turkey, Mr. Davis and his family spent summers traveling and camping in nearly every country in Europe, including most of the then-communist countries. They also spent summers living in houses in Paris and the islands of Naxos and Crete, both in Greece.
In 1975, Mr. Davis spent his summer sabbatical traveling and backpacking around the world, visiting India, Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan, before returning to Istanbul.
In 1977, Mr. Davis returned to Ohio and joined the faculty at Western Reserve Academy, where he has served as head coach of the girls volleyball team for 23 years, boys basketball coach for 11 years and girls basketball coach for seven years. Mr. Davis has headed the school's English department from 1978-94, 2001-04 and 2008-present.
As a 1995-96 recipient of the John Hallowell Sabbatical, Mr. Davis traveled to Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, and lived in Cape Town for a time, where he taught at the Zonnebloem School and visited area schools.
Most recently, Mr. Davis spent three weeks in the spring of 2004 traveling in Peru with language department faculty master Seņor Fraser and five students.
With their children Beth '84, Tom Jr. '87 and Jill '88 now grown, Davis and his wife enjoy their role as grandparents of seven grandchildren.
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