Background
Whiteman,, Harold Bartlett was born on April 22, 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harold Bartlett and Emma Morrow (Anderson) Whiteman.
Whiteman,, Harold Bartlett was born on April 22, 1920 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Harold Bartlett and Emma Morrow (Anderson) Whiteman.
Student, Montgomery Bell Academy, 1934. Student, Taft School, 1937. AB, Yale University, 1941.
Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1958. Doctor of Divinity, Yale Division School, 1986. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1950.
Administrative assistant Pan American Airways Africa, Ltd., 1941-1942. Instructor Taft School, 1946-1947, trustee, 1950-1955. Teaching fellow Vanderbilt University, 1947-1948.
Assistant dean freshmen, dean undergraduate affairs Yale, 1948-1954, dean of freshmen, 1954-1964, lecturer in history, 1956-1964, 84-85. Assistant to president New York University, 1964-1967. Assistant chancellor, 1967-1969.
Vice chancellor, 1969-1971. Professor history, 1966-1971. President, professor history Sweet Briar College, 1971-1983.
President institutional advancement Berkely Division School, Yale University, 1983-1985. Director development and alumni affairs Montgomery Bell Academy, from 1985. Executive director Associates Religion and Intellectual Life, from 1985.
Board directors Episcopal Church Foundation. Chairman board trustees Berkeley Division School, 1967-1983. Trustee Virginia Center Creative Arts, since 1983, Chatham Hall School, 1972-1983, Hamden Hall School, 1958-1964, Harpeth Hall School, since 1986, Public Library Nashville and Davidson County, since 1986.
Served to major United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Pi Gamma Mu, Scroll and Key.
Married Edith Uhler Davis, July 13, 1946. Children: Bartlett, Maclin, Priscilla.