John Edward Sawyer
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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". John Edward Sawyer (May 5, 1917 – February 7, 1995) was a prominent academic and philanthropic administrator. He was educated at Worcester Academy and then Deerfield Academy, Williams College, and Harvard University. He served as the 11th president of Williams College, and headed the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Academy of Sciences.[1][2][3] In 1988 Sawyer was awarded the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences.[4]
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External links
- Williams College biography
- Williams College President 1961-1973 at Williams College Special Collections
- John E. Sawyer Papers at Williams College Archives & Special Collections