Tragic News
Hank Payne, President of Williams during all but a few months of our time there and father of Jon Payne '97, passed away yesterday:
January 8, 2008
To the Williams Community,
It is with profound sadness that I report the tragic news that President Emeritus Hank Payne died unexpectedly yesterday in Atlanta, where he'd served since 2000 as President of Woodward Academy.
We benefit here at Williams every day from initiatives carried out or begun during the presidency of this wonderfully decent and caring man who dedicated his professional career to expanding the intellectual lives of students. His influence lingers even in the construction of our North and South Academic Buildings, designed to achieve for the humanities and social sciences what, under his stewardship, the Science Center was able to do for the natural sciences.
Our thoughts and prayers go to Debroah and to their sons, Jonathan, Class of 1997, and Samuel.
M. Schapiro
President
January 8, 2008
To the Williams Community,
It is with profound sadness that I report the tragic news that President Emeritus Hank Payne died unexpectedly yesterday in Atlanta, where he'd served since 2000 as President of Woodward Academy.
We benefit here at Williams every day from initiatives carried out or begun during the presidency of this wonderfully decent and caring man who dedicated his professional career to expanding the intellectual lives of students. His influence lingers even in the construction of our North and South Academic Buildings, designed to achieve for the humanities and social sciences what, under his stewardship, the Science Center was able to do for the natural sciences.
Our thoughts and prayers go to Debroah and to their sons, Jonathan, Class of 1997, and Samuel.
M. Schapiro
President
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