Fred Harvey Harrington (June 24, 1912 – April 8, 1995) was an American

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and the 17th president of the

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from 1962 to 1970.

Career

Born in Watertown, Harrington received his

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from

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(1933), and his

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(1934) and

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(1937), both from

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, 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

. In 1940, Harrington moved to the

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as a full professor of history and political science, and had a brief spell as a visiting professor at

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in 1942. He earned a

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from 1943 to 1944. 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. He was a

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advisor in

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from 1971 to 1977, and then returned to the university to continue teaching. Harrington retired in 1982 and died of a

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in Madison in 1995. 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

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in history is known as the Fred Harvey Harrington Prize.

Books

*''The Anti-Imperialist Movement in the United States, 1898-1900,'' 1935, *''Nathaniel Prentiss Banks; A Study in Anti-slavery Politics,'' 1936, *''God, Mammon and the Japanese : Dr. Horace N. Allen and Korean-American relations, 1884-1905,'' 1944, *''Fighting Politician, Major General N. P. Banks,'' 1948, , *''Hanging Judge,'' 1951, *''A History of American Civilization,'' contributing author, 1953, *''Rand McNally Atlas of World History,'' contributing author, 1968, *''The Future of Adult Education: New Responsibilities of Colleges and Universities,'' 1977, ,

Awards

*1986 - Association Indians in America Honor Award

References

External links

UWM profile
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Career

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