Background
Post, Gaines was born on September 22, 1937 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Gaines and Katherine (Rike) Post.
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Education
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1959. Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford, 1963. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1964, Doctor of Philosophy, 1969.
Career
Instructor Stanford University, 1966-1969. Assistant professor of history University Texas, Austin,1969-1974, associate professor, 1974-1983. Dean faculty, senior vice president Claremont McKenna College, California, 1983-1988, professor, 1988.
Exec director Rockefeller Foundation Commision on Humanities, 1978-1981. Fellow Interuniv. Seminar on Armed Forces and Society.
Membership
Member of Executive Committee Forming the Future Project, Austin Indiana School District, 1982. Member Texas Committee for Humanities, 1981-1983. Member of council California Congressional Recognition Program, 1984-1988, California Council Humanities, 1995.
Rhodes scholar, 1961-1963. Member Community College Humanities Association (board directors 1981-1989), American History Association.
Connections
Married Jean Wetherbee Bowers, July19, 1969. Children: Katherine Doris, Daniel Lawrence.
