Two members of the Hamilton College faculty have been appointed to endowed chairs. John H. O'Neill will be the Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English, and James Bradfield will be the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics. Both appointments were effective on July 1.
O'Neill has been a member of the Hamilton College faculty since 1972. The LeFevre Chair is awarded to a senior member of the Department of English who has demonstrated exceptional dedication and accomplishment as a teaching scholar. O'Neill received his doctorate from the University of Minnesota. His research interest is the literature of Restoration England, 1660-1700. He is the author of George Villiers, Second Duke of Buckingham (1984) and has published articles and reviews in such journals as Eighteenth-Century Studies, the Huntington Library Quarterly, Modern Philology, and the Durham University Journal. Among his recent publications are Samuel Pepys: The War of Will and Pleasure (1995), and Composite Authorship: Katherine Philips and an Antimarital Satire (1993). O'Neill is an editor of the journal, The Scriblerian and a member of the editorial board of the journal Restoration. http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/department.html?dept=English
Bradfield joined the Hamilton faculty in 1976. The Leavenworth Chair recognizes outstanding teaching, distinguished scholarship, and community service. Bradfield earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Rochester. He is a lecturer on financial markets, microeconomic theory, and mathematical economics. http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/department.html?dept=Economics
