Thomas H. Hamilton
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.
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| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | President of the State University of New York August 1, 1959 – December 31, 1962 |
Succeeded by Samuel B. Gould |
| Preceded by
Laurence H. Snyder
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President of the University of Hawaii September, 1963 – December 23, 1967 |
Succeeded by Robert W. Hiatt |
