Background
Bennett, Harry Louis was born on December 22, 1923 in Ansonia, Connecticut, United States. Son of Louis and Florence (Swole) Bennett.
Bennett, Harry Louis was born on December 22, 1923 in Ansonia, Connecticut, United States. Son of Louis and Florence (Swole) Bennett.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1944; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1954.
Welfare investigator, Connecticut, 1950-1951;
member of faculty, Quinnipiac College, Hamden, Connecticut, since 1951;
professor of history, dean college, Quinnipiac College, 1956-1967;
vice president academic affairs, Quinnipiac College, 1967-1969, 72-90;
professor, chairman history, Quinnipiac College, 1969-1972;
provost, Quinnipiac College, 1972-1990;
acting president, Quinnipiac College, 1978-1979;
provost emeritus, Quinnipiac College, 1990;
emeritus professor of history, Quinnipiac College, since 1992. Secretary-treasurer Connecticut Conference Community and Junior Colls., 1955-1962, vice president, 1962-1964, president, 1964-1965. Chairman standing committee accreditation Connecticut Council Higher Education, 1964-1965, vice chairman, 1985-1986.
Chairman Connecticut Advisory Committee on Accreditation, 1986-1988.
First lieutenant, infantry Army of the United States, 1944-1946, Mediterranean Theatre of Operations. Member American History Association, American Catholic history Association, New England History Association, Organisation American Historians, Association Study Connecticut History, American Military Institute, United States Naval Institute, Connecticut History Society, New Haven Colony History Society.
Son of Louis and Florence (Swole) B. M. Claire Davis, July 2, 1949. 1 daughter, Lisa Brierley.