June 07, 2006

Earle Williams Newton II '38, author and benefactor

Earle WIlliams Newton II ‘38, founder of American Heritage magazine, accomplished printer, and donor of the core collection to the Savannah College of Art and Design, died May 24 at the age of 89. Newton’s list of accomplishments and milestones is so impressive, we’ll reprint it in its entirety here:

Newton founded two magazines, Vermont Life and American Heritage, in the late 1940s. Over his long and distinguished career, he was director of historical research for Webster Publishing Company in St. Louis; director of the Vermont Historical Society; director of Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts; director of the Institute on Historical and Archival Management at Radcliffe-Harvard Universities; director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Museums and Historic Properties; director of the Museum of Art, Science and Industry in Bridgeport, Conn.; executive director of the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board; director general of the National Quadricentennial Commission; president of St. Augustine Restoration Inc.; acting director of libraries at Flagler College, St. Augustine; executive director of the Pensacola Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission; acting chancellor of Mark Hopkins College, Brattleboro, Vt.; Executive Director of the Richmondtown Restoration, Long Island; adjunct professor of humanities and honorary fellow at Norwich University, Vt.; director of the Museum of the Americas, Vt.; and donor of and consultant to the Earle W. Newton Center for British and American Studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design.

Read the article for a complete list of his honors, awards, published works.

Brian Meacham '97 | June 7, 2006 07:32 AM | Alumni

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