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Payne, Harry Charles was born on March 25, 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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Harry Charles Payne, American Historian, educator. Overseas fellow Churchill College, Cambridge U., England, 1977. Board of directors Clark The Art Institute of Chicago, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Barnard College, National Association Indiana Colleges Universities (chair 1997), Massachusetts Museum Contemporary Art. Member American Society 18th-Century Studies (Article prize 1977, president 1984-1985).
Education
Bachelor, Yale University, 1969; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, 1973; Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1970; honorary degree, Hamilton College, 1988; honorary degree, Colgate University, 1989; honorary degree, Williams College, 1993; honorary degree, Amherst College, 1994; honorary degree, University of the South, 1997.
Career
Member faculty, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1973-1985; professor of history, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1982-1985; provost, acting president, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1985-1988; president, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1988-1993; president, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, since 1994.
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Board of directors Clark The Art Institute of Chicago, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Barnard College, National Association Indiana Colleges Universities (chair 1997), Massachusetts Museum Contemporary Art. Member American Society 18th-Century Studies (Article prize 1977, president 1984-1985).
