Richard Warch

Background

Warch, Richard was born on August 4, 1939 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of George William and Helen Anna (Hansen) Warch.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, 1961; Bachelor of Divinity, Yale Division School, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1969; postgraduate, U. Edinburgh, 1962-1963; Doctor of Humanities, Ripon College, 1980.

Career

He served as the 14th president of Lawrence University. Warch was raised in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. He received his bachelor"s degree in history from Williams College in 1961.

In the fall of 1977 he served as vice president for academic affairs and professor of history at Lawrence University.

He became president of the school in 1979. In June 1999, Warch was named to the executive committee of the Annapolis Group, an association of more than 100 of America"s leading liberal arts colleges.

In the 1987 study, "The Effective College President," a two-year project funded by the Exxon Education Foundation, he was named one of the nation"s top 100 college presidents. He is the author of the book School of the Prophets: Yale College, 1710–1740, co-edited the volume John Brown in the Prentice-Hall Great Lives Observed Series, and has addressed a wide variety of issues facing higher education in numerous published articles, reviews, and commentaries.

His tenure as president at Lawrence University was marked by an improvement in the school"s academic reputation, building projects, and an emphasis on the school"s liberal arts tradition.

Warch retired from the office of president of Lawrence University effective July 1, 2004. On September 14, 2013, Warch died of cancer.

Achievements

• Richard Warch has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • School of the prophets: Yale College, 1701-1740.
  • School of the Prophets: Yale College, 1701-40 (The Yale scene)

Membership

From 1968 to 1977, Warch was a member of the faculty in the history and American studies departments at Yale University, and served as associate dean in his last year.

Connections

Married Margot Lynn Moses, September 8, 1962. Children: Stephen Knud, David Preston, Karin Joy.

Father:

George William Warch

Mother:

Helen Anna (Hansen) Warch

Spouse:

Margot Lynn Moses

child:

Karin Joy Warch

child:

David Preston Warch

child:

Stephen Knud Warch