Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "David Hugh Porter (Oct 29, 1935–) is an American academic and former president of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.Porter was born in New York City on October 29, 1935. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College in 1958, and a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University in 1962. After graduation he taught Classics, Music, and Liberal Arts at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, 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. After stepping down as president in 1999 he taught at Williams College and Indiana University before returning to Skidmore as Tisch Family Distinguished Professor. He retired in December, 2013. In 2011 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Carleton College.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.He has been married twice. His first wife, Laudie, an accomplished flautist with whom he had four children, died in 1986. He married the former Helen Nelson in 1987."@en }
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- David_H._Porter abstract "David Hugh Porter (Oct 29, 1935–) is an American academic and former president of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.Porter was born in New York City on October 29, 1935. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College in 1958, and a Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University in 1962. After graduation he taught Classics, Music, and Liberal Arts at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, 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. After stepping down as president in 1999 he taught at Williams College and Indiana University before returning to Skidmore as Tisch Family Distinguished Professor. He retired in December, 2013. In 2011 he was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Carleton College.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.He has been married twice. His first wife, Laudie, an accomplished flautist with whom he had four children, died in 1986. He married the former Helen Nelson in 1987.".