Name Howard Lamar | Role Historian Succeeded by Rick Levin | |
Born November 18, 1923 (age 101) Tuskegee, Alabama ( 1923-11-18 ) Alma mater Yale University, Emory University Education Emory University, Yale University People also search for William Cronon, David J. Weber, Martin Ridge, James P. Ronda Books The Far Southwest - 1846‑191, Charlie Siringo's West, Discovered Lands - Invented, The Trader on the American, The Theater in Mormon | ||
Preceded by Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. | ||
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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.
Biography
He was born in 1923 in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S., 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.
The Howard R. Lamar Center for the Study of Frontiers and Borders at Yale University was established in his honor.