Loren Brooks Pope (July 13, 1910 – September 23, 2008) was an American writer and educational consultant,[1] best known for his book, Colleges That Change Lives.
Pope was also known for commissioning the Pope-Leighey House in 1939, designed and constructed originally in Falls Church, Virginia, by Frank Lloyd Wright.
[3] Pope, who was working as a $50-a-week copy editor at the Washington Evening Star (his employer financed the construction), convinced Wright to build the small house by writing him a famously flattering letter.
He focused mainly on small liberal arts colleges, arguing that smaller, less selective institutions offered superior educational experiences.
Each appeals to a slightly different type of teenager, but they all share a mission to raise students' trajectories and develop thinkers, leaders, and moral citizens.