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Angelo Bartlett “Bart” Giamatti (/ ˌ dʒ iː ə ˈ m ɑː t i / JEE-ə-MAH-tee; April 4, 1938 – September 1, 1989) was an American professor of English Renaissance literature, the president of Yale University, and the seventh Commissioner of Major League Baseball.
Learn about the life and career of A. Bartlett Giamatti, the seventh Commissioner of Baseball and a renowned professor of English and Italian. Find out how he preserved baseball's traditions, values and integrity, and how he handled the Pete Rose gambling scandal.
2 de sept. de 1989 · Giamatti, president of Yale University in 1978-1985 before becoming president of the National League in 1986, was remembered by his Yale successor.
2 de sept. de 1989 · A. Bartlett Giamatti, the Renaissance scholar and former president of Yale University who gave up a brilliant academic career in 1986 to join the rough-and-tumble of big league...
A. Bartlett Giamatti ’60, ’64PhD—seen here at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, New York, before the 1988 Hall of Fame Game—expressed the dream of an everlasting summer in his 1977 essay. View full image. Read “The Green Fields of the Mind.” “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart.”
He began his teaching career at Princeton University, returning to Yale in 1966. His theatrical presentation style, passion for learning, and ability to draw parallels from Renaissance literature to contemporary American life soon electrified the campus.
6 de mar. de 1983 · With that, A. Bartlett Giamatti quickly let out the clutch on his aging automobile and zipped through traffic, in a hurry as always.
