page_title: Glen Cove Christian Academy
section_title: Founding President
hierarchical_section_title: Glen Cove Christian Academy / Founding President
caption_attribution_description: English: Headmaster, Glen Cove Christian Academy
context_page_description: Glen Cove Christian Academy was a private, non-denominational, Christian boarding and day school for grades nine through twelve. The school was founded in 1958 in Glen Cove, Maine under the leadership of Harold Duff and Arthur Fish. The school was forced to close its doors in 1979.
context_section_description: Harold Duff grew up on a potato farm in East Hodgdon, Maine on the Canada–US border.  As a young man he farmed with his family, operated heavy equipment and worked on the Bangor and Aroostook Rail Road.  In 1943 he enlisted in the Army Air Corp and served on a B17 as a flight engineer. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his service during WWII.  Upon his return to the United States, he enrolled as a student at Bob Jones University in Greenville South Carolina where he received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in Bible.  After graduation, Duff taught at New Brunswick Bible Institute in Victoria, New Brunswick, Canada for six years before being called upon to help establish a new Christian high school in central Maine.  In 1977, he left Christian Schools, Inc. to become headmaster of the Pioneer Valley Christian Academy (PVCA) in East Longmeadow, MA.
caption: Harold Duff
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