David H. Porter
David H. Porter is an American academic and former president of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Porter was born in New York City. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College in 1958, and a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University in 1962.[1] After graduation he taught Classics, Music, and Liberal Arts at Carleton College, served as Visiting Professor of Classics at Princeton, and returned to Carleton as President. In 1987 he became the fifth president of Skidmore and also taught Classics and Liberal Studies.[2] After stepping down as president in 1999 he taught at Williams College and Indiana University before returning to Skidmore as Tisch Family Distinguished Professor.[1] He retired in December, 2013.[2] In 2011 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Carleton College.[3]
Porter is an accomplished musician. He studied piano with Edward Steuermann and Harpsichord with Gustav Leonhardt, and has performed recitals throughout the US and the UK.[1]
Publications
Books
- Seeking Life Whole: Willa Cather and the Brewsters (with Lucy Marks). Farleigh Dickinson University Press (Willa Cather Series), 2009.
- On the Divide: The Many Lives of Willa Cather. University of Nebraska Press, 2008.
- The Omega Workshops and the Hogarth Press: An Artful Fugue (with Cecil Woolf). Cecil Woolf, London, 2008. ISBN 9781897967584
- Virginia Woolf and the Hogarth Press: ‘Riding a Great Horse'. London, 2004.
- Virginia Woolf and Logan Pearsall Smith. An Exquisitely Flattering Dance. London, 2002. ISBN 9781897967331
- The Not Quite Innocent Bystander. Writings of Edward Steuermann. Co edited with Gunther Schuller and Clara Steuermann. University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
- Horace's Poetic Journey. A Reading of Odes 1 3. Princeton University Press, 1987.
- Only Connect. Three Studies in Greek Tragedy. University Press of America, 1987. ISBN 9780819159502
- Carleton Remembered, 1909 1986, with M.E. Jarchow. Viking Press, Minneapolis, 1987.
References
- ^ a b c Skidmore College. "David Porter, Tisch Family Distinguished Professor". Retrieved March 25, 2014.
- ^ a b "History-making figures, vale!". Scope. 44 (2): 7. Winter 2014.
- ^ "Honorary Degree Citation for David Porter". Retrieved March 25, 2014.
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