The paper at hand describes the life of grammar school teacher Anton Zupan, who inscribed himself in the history of Slovenian mountaineering as one of the men credited for the construction of the Prešeren Lodge on Mt. Stol before the First World War. During the war he served as an officer on the Albanian Front and afterwards returned to school. In 1926 Zupan was appointed headmaster of the Celje Grammar School. As a confirmation godfather and benefactor he also left an important mark on the future (Arch)Bishop of Ljubljana, Anton Vovk.V pričujočem prispevku je orisana življenjska pot prof. Antona Zupana, ki se je v zgodovino slovenskega planinstva zapisal kot eden od zaslužnih mož, ki jim je pred prvo svetovno vojno uspelo na Stolu postaviti Prešernovo kočo. V času prve svetovne vojne se je kot častnik znašel na albanski fronti, po vojni pa se je znova vrnil v šolske klopi. Leta 1926 je postal ravnatelj celjske gimnazije. Kot birmanski boter in dobrotnik pa je pomembno vplival tudi na bodočega ljubljanskega (nad)škofa Antona Vovka
