Background
Shute, Benjamin Robert was born on June 24, 1937 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Benjamin Robert Senior and Katherine Upson (Van Varick) Shute.
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Benjamin Robert Shute
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AB, Harvard University, 1960; Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard University, 1962.
Career
Teacher English, Worcester (Massachusetts) Academy, 1959-1961; head English department, St. Mary's Hall, San Antonio, 1962-1966; counselor, Emma Willard School, Troy, New York, 1966-1968; dean of students, Emma Willard School, Troy, New York, 1968-1969; assistant to principal, Emma Willard School, Troy, New York, 1969-1971; assistant principal, Emma Willard School, Troy, New York, 1971-1974; principal upper school, Sidwell Friends School, Washington, 1974-1980; program associate, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York City, 1980-1981; corporation secretary, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, New York City, since 1982. Board directors Telecommunications Cooperative Network, New York, Playing to Win, New York.
Achievements
Membership
Board of directors The Interchurch Center, New York, since 1982, New York Regional Association Grantmakers, since 1983. Alumni director Phillips Exeter (N.H.) Academy, since 1983.
Connections
Married Mary Matthews Dick, June, 1962 (divorced 1968). 1 child, Laura Danforth. Married Janet Mead MacDonell, July 8, 1972.
Children: Benjamin Robert III, Varick MacDonell.
