Harry Charles Payne Date of Death: 7-Jan-2008 College: Trumbull (This memorial appeared in the May/June 2008 issue of the Class Notes.) Hank Payne died in January 2008. Hank received his BA and MA in 1969 and his PhD from Yale in 1973. He was married to Deborah Laipson shortly after graduation. Hank began as an assistant professor of history at Colgate in 1973, became provost at Haverford College in 1985, president of Hamilton College in…
HARRY CHARLES PAYNE (Hank, Chief). Born March’ 25, 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, son of Louis Gould Payne and Edith Lilian Wolk Payne. Attended Classical High School, Worcester, Massachusetts. Entered Yale Sept., 1965. History major, B.A.-M.A. Program; Yale Club of New York Award for Freshmen, 1966; Dan-forth Fellowship, 1968; Woodrow Wilson Scholar, 1968; Dean’s List, 1965-66, 1966-67; Ranking Scholar, 1965-66, 1966-67. Resident: Trumbull (Golf, 1967). Phi Beta Kappa, 1967; History Student Advisory Committee, 1967-68; Political Union,…
