| 1 | Name: | Mr. Charles R. Longsworth | |
| Institution: | Colonial Williamsburg Foundation | ||
| Year Elected: | 1990 | ||
| Class: | 5. The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public & Private Affairs | ||
| Subdivision: | 503. Administrators, Bankers and Opinion Leaders from the Public or Private Sectors | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Living | ||
| Birth Date: | 1929 | ||
Charles Longsworth is Chairman Emeritus of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, President Emeritus of Hampshire College and Chairman Emeritus of Amherst College. An instrumental figure in the founding of Hampshire College, he wrote, with Franklin Patterson, the book The Making of a College, which outlined the concept for a new educational institution in the Connecticut Valley. Mr. Longsworth subsequently served for seven years as president of the college before becoming president and CEO of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 1979. As leader of the foundation, he helped perpetuate it as a first-class education and research organization while bringing in first-class archaeologists and curators to further reveal the real Williamsburg of the colonial period. A former United States Marine Corps lieutenant with an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, Mr. Longsworth has worked with a number of other esteemed organizations throughout his career, including the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Center for Public Resources, Flight Safety International, and the Houghton-Mifflin Company. | |||