Howard R. Lamar
| Howard R. Lamar | |
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| 21st President of Yale University (Acting) | |
| In office 1992–1993 |
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| Preceded by | Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Rick Levin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 18, 1923 Tuskegee, Alabama |
| Alma mater | Yale University, Emory University |
Howard Roberts Lamar (born November 18, 1923) is a historian of the American West. In addition to being Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University since 1994, he served as Acting President of Yale University from 1992 to 1993.[1]
Biography
He was born in 1923 in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S.,[2] and was drawn into history in part by his rich family history which includes two United States Supreme Court justices and the second president of the Republic of Texas. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1951. He was president of the university from 1992 to 1993, and since 1994 has been a Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale.[1]
The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders at Yale University was established in his honor.[1]
Bibliography
- Dakota Territory, 1861-1889
- The Cruise of the Portsmouth, 1845-1847
- The Far Southwest, 1846-1912: A Territorial History
- The Trader on the American Frontier: Myth’s Victim
- The New Encyclopedia of the American West
- Charlie Siringo's West: An Interpretive Biography
See also
Notes
References
- Gould, Lewis L. (2000). "Howard Roberts Lamar" in Clio's Favorites: Leading Historians of the United States, 1945-2000 (Robert Allen Rutland, ed.). Columbia: University of Missouri Press.
- Kelley, Brooks Mather. (1999). Yale: A History. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-07843-5; OCLC 810552
| Academic offices | ||
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| Preceded by | President of Yale University 1992–1993 |
Succeeded by Rick Levin |
