James L. Axtell

James L. Axtell was Kenan Professor of Humanities Emeritus at the College of William and Mary. He previously taught at Yale, Sarah Lawrence, and Northwestern, and in retirement at Princeton. His research focused primarily on Indian-European relations in colonial North America and the history of higher education. Among his 19 books were: The School upon a Hill: Education and Society in Colonial New England; The Invasion Within: The Contest of Cultures in Colonial North America (winner of three prizes); Natives and Newcomers: The Cultural Origins of North America; The Making of Princeton University: From Woodrow Wilson to the Present; The Pleasures of Academe: A Celebration and Defense of Higher Education; The Educational Legacy of Woodrow Wilson; and Wisdom's Workshop: The Rise of the Modern University. In 1988 he received one of Virginia's Outstanding Faculty Awards. He served on the Council of the Friends of the Princeton University Library and on the Board of Trustees of the Williamsburg Regional Library.