Thomas H. Hamilton

Thomas Hale Hamilton (August 4, 1914 – December 25, 1979) was an American academic administrator who served as president of the State University of New York and the University of Hawaii.cite web |url= http://webdata.soc.hawaii.edu/fredr/HallNames.html |title= HALL OF NAMES |accessdate= 2008-04-04 |publisher= Fred W. Riggs

A native of Marion, Indiana, Hamilton received his A.B. (1936) from DePauw University and his A.M. (1940) and Ph.D. (1947) from the University of Chicago. He headed the State University of New York system from 1959Citation | last = The State University of New York | publication-date = 1985 | title = Sixty-four campuses: the State University of New York to 1985 | edition = 1 | publication-place = Albany, New York | publisher = Office of University Affairs and Development | oclc = 12556911, leaving in 1963 to assume the Presidency of the University of Hawaii.Citation | title=Hamilton to Leave Post as President of State University | newspaper=The New York Times | date=1962-08-28 | page=1 Hamilton resigned his presidency in Hawaii over a tenure scandal in 1967.Citation | title=U. of Hawaii Head Quits After Rebuff Over a War Critic | newspaper=The New York Times | date=1967-12-24 | page=31

Thomas Hamilton married the former Virginia Prindiville on June 1, 1940 and raised a son and a daughter.Citation | publication-date = 1981 | title = Who Was Who in America | volume = VII | publication-place = Chicago | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | isbn = 9780837902104 | oclc = 13679786 He died in Honolulu at the age of 65. The University of Hawaii's Hamilton Library is named in his honor.

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NAME=Hamilton, Thomas H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=None
SHORT DESCRIPTION=President of SUNY
DATE OF BIRTH=4 August 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH=Marion, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH=25 December 1979
PLACE OF DEATH=Honolulu, Hawaii