Charles R. Longsworth (born August 21, 1929) is the current director of Saul Centers, Inc. He assumed this position in June 1993. He serves as president

Emeritus ''Emeritus/Emerita'' () is an honorary title granted to someone who retires from a position of distinction, most commonly an academic faculty position, but is allowed to continue using the previous title, as in "professor emeritus". In some c ...

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges ...

. He worked as president of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation from 1977 to 1994, as Chief Executive Officer until November 1992, and Chairman from November 1991 to November 1994. He works as Chairman Emeritus of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation of

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. He graduated from

Amherst College Amherst College ( ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zepha ...

in 1951 and serves as Life Trustee at the college. Longsworth was Hampshire College's founding vice president who succeeded

Franklin Patterson Franklin Kessel Patterson (September 14, 1916 – July 13, 1994) was a professor and author, and the first president of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He was also, along with the other presidents of the Five Colleges, a co-auth ...

as President (1971–1977), and who had helped draft the final 1965 plan in the form of ''The Making of College'' from the

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. He is a member of the

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