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Fred Harvey Harrington
17th president of the University of Wisconsin–Madison
In office
October 20, 1962 – May 8, 1970
Preceded byConrad Elvehjem
Succeeded byRobben Wright Fleming
Personal details
Born(1912-06-24)June 24, 1912
Watertown, New York, United States
DiedApril 8, 1995(1995-04-08) (aged 82)
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
SpouseNancy Elizabeth Howes (m. 1935–1994)
Children5
Academic work
Era1865-1900
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineAmerican
InstitutionsNew York University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Arkansas
West Virginia University
Doctoral studentsWilliam Appleman Williams
Carl Parrini
Walter LaFeber
Main interestsAmerican diplomatic history
Alma materCornell University
New York University
ProfessionCollege administrator
Academic

Fred Harvey Harrington (June 24, 1912 – April 8, 1995) was an American educator and the 17th president of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1962 to 1970.[1]

Career

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Born in Watertown, Harrington received his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University (1933), and his Master of Arts (1934) and Doctor of Philosophy (1937), both from New York University, where he also taught as an instructor during the 1936-1937 academic year. Upon graduating, he immediately took the post of assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1940, Harrington moved to the University of Arkansas as a full professor of history and political science, and had a brief spell as a visiting professor at West Virginia University in 1942. He earned a Guggenheim Fellowship from 1943 to 1944.[2] Harrington returned to Madison in 1947, and also chaired the history department from 1952 to 1955.

Harrington held administrative posts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as assistant to the president (1957), vice president of academic affairs (1958) and vice president of the university (1962). From 1962 until 1970, he was president.[3] He was a Ford Foundation advisor in India from 1971 to 1977, and then returned to the university to continue teaching. Harrington retired in 1982 and died of a stroke in Madison in 1995.[4]

In 2015, an endowed professorship was named after Harrington called the Fred Harvey Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Alfred W. McCoy was given this chair.

The award for the University of Wisconsin-Madison's best undergraduate thesis in history is known as the Fred Harvey Harrington Prize.[5]

Books

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  • The Anti-Imperialist Movement in the United States, 1898-1900, 1935, OCLC 4623042
  • Nathaniel Prentiss Banks; A Study in Anti-slavery Politics, 1936, OCLC 7318205
  • God, Mammon and the Japanese : Dr. Horace N. Allen and Korean-American relations, 1884-1905, 1944, OCLC 6970878
  • Fighting Politician, Major General N. P. Banks, 1948, ISBN 978-1-5128-0261-0, OCLC 1255224328
  • Hanging Judge, 1951, OCLC 411854
  • A History of American Civilization, contributing author, 1953, OCLC 1256260869
  • Rand McNally Atlas of World History, contributing author, 1968, OCLC 192000803
  • The Future of Adult Education: New Responsibilities of Colleges and Universities, 1977, ISBN 978-0-87589-301-3, OCLC 1132456451

Awards

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  • 1986 - Association Indians in America Honor Award

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Fred Harvey Harrington (President: 1962-1970)".
  2. ^ "Fred Harvey Harrington". John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
  3. ^ "New President Chosen by University of Wisconsin". The New York Times. 27 October 1970.
  4. ^ Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (9 April 1995). "Fred Harrington, University Chief, is Dead at 82". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Fred Harvey Harrington Prize". Wisconsin Scholarship Hub (WiSH).
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