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January 12, 2008
This is an odd story of suicide in academe
This is a very strange story - the president of Woodward Academy, one of the really good prep schools in Atlanta, committed suicide
Payne came to Woodward in 2000 after resigning abruptly from elite Williams College in Massachusetts, where at the time he left he was the highest-paid college president in the country, with more than $878,000 in salary and benefits as part of special package related to his departure, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.On Monday, he gave a speech at a Woodward Academy faculty and staff luncheon, and Johnson said he seemed upbeat and "was at the top of his game." Hours later, Payne's body was found outside the Marriott Courtyard in midtown Atlanta.
I'm hoping that the Atlanta-based European historian readers might have some links to send!
Thanks, Dan, for the pointer.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at January 12, 2008 11:09 AM