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    Charles Griffith III
    History
    Associate Dean of Faculty, Director of Westminster Teaching Initiative
    Year Appointed: 1994
    (860) 408-3744
    Soccer
    Hockey
    O’Brien Award 2001
    Swayze Award 2022
    Middlebury College - B.A.
    Middlebury College, Bread Loaf School of English - M.A.
    Yale University - M.A.
    Bio
     
    Following graduation from Middlebury College, where he was an All-College Scholar, Charlie began a career in corporate and investment banking in New York. After five years, his love of history and teaching took him to Yale, where he earned a master’s degree with high honors in history. Charlie then moved to the South Kent School, where he taught history; coached soccer, hockey and lacrosse; served as a housemaster; and was director of athletics.
     
    In 1994, he came to Westminster, a school with which his family's history dates back to 1953. He was appointed head of the History Department in 1997. After nine years in that position, he served as a dean of students for four years. He returned full time to the History Department in 2010 and once again served as head of the department between 2020 and 2023. In 2016, Charlie assumed leadership of the Westminster Teaching Initiative, spearheading the school's efforts to keep the faculty informed about current issues and developments in teaching and learning. In 2023, he was named associate dean of faculty, supporting the dean of faculty and working with faculty colleagues on professional development, current pedagogy, and best classroom practices. Known for his keen sense of humor, Charlie is popular with students for making history come alive in the classroom. He also serves as a coach for Varsity Boys’ Soccer and Junior Varsity Boys’ Hockey. As a part of Westminster’s 125th anniversary celebration, he researched and wrote a 25-year history of the school titled “The True Life.” 
     
    Charlie was captain of his high school soccer and golf teams. He continues his avid interest in sports and the outdoors, and can often be found in search of a golf game or a fellow fly fisherman. The father of three children, Kathryn ’11, Tommy ’14 and Jack ’17, Charlie and his wife, Jeannie, who works in Cole Library, are both honorary members of the Class of 2014 and live in a faculty home on campus with their dog, Macduff.

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