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Thomas Hale Hamilton (August 4, 1914 – December 25, 1979) was an American academic administrator who served as president of the
State University of New York and the
University of Hawaii .
[1]
A native of
Marion, Indiana , Hamilton received his
A.B. (1936) from
DePauw University and his
A.M. (1940) and
Ph.D. (1947) from the
University of Chicago . While a student at DePauw, he was initiated into the
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
[2] He headed the
State University of New York system from 1959,
[3] leaving in 1963 to assume the Presidency of the University of Hawaii.
[4] Hamilton resigned his presidency in Hawaii over a tenure scandal in 1967.
[5]
Thomas Hamilton married the former Virginia Prindiville on June 1, 1940 and raised a son and a daughter.
[6] He died in
Honolulu at the age of 65. The University of Hawaii's
Hamilton Library is named in his honor.
References
^
"HALL OF NAMES" . Fred W. Riggs. Retrieved 2008-04-04 .
^ The Mirage . Greencastle, IN: DePauw University. 1936. p. 40.
^ The
State University of New York (1985), Sixty-four campuses: the State University of New York to 1985 (1 ed.),
Albany, New York : Office of University Affairs and Development,
OCLC
12556911
^ "Hamilton to Leave Post as President of State University",
The New York Times , p. 1, 1962-08-28
^ "U. of Hawaii Head Quits After Rebuff Over a War Critic",
The New York Times , p. 31, 1967-12-24
^
Who Was Who in America , vol. VII,
Chicago :
Marquis Who's Who , 1981,
ISBN
978-0-8379-0210-4 ,
OCLC
13679786
Academic offices
Preceded by
President of the
State University of New York August 1, 1959 – December 31, 1962
Succeeded by
Preceded byLaurence H. Snyder
President of the
University of Hawaii September, 1963 – December 23, 1967
Succeeded byRobert W. Hiatt
International National Other
Presidents Chief Administrative Officer
Murray (acting, 1963–1964)
Chancellors Officer in Charge
Presidents Chancellors *Cleveland continued as University of Hawaii System president after 1972. **The chancellor of the University of Hawaii also concurrently served as University of Hawaii System president from 1984 to 2001.