David Bourns leads a life of community building . Had he not decided on a career in education, David Bourns might have been a carpenter, an architect or an engineer, perhaps.
Bourns loves to build things.
As a teen-ager, he spent study hall drawing crude blueprints for imaginary homes. In his free time, he built sailboats, toy vessels and a seaworthy one. He made the living room couch and coffee table in his campus home at the private and prestigious George School, where he has been head of school for 21 years. Bourns loves to build things. He has spent his career doing that.