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Frank Anechiarico
Overview
Frank Michael Anechiarico is a political scientist and legal scholar who has spent virtually his entire career at Hamilton College, where he is the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law. He graduated from Hamilton in 1971, returned to join the faculty in 1976 as an Instructor in Government after completing graduate work at Indiana University, and rose through the ranks to full professor and a named chair. His scholarship focuses on public administration, government ethics, and anti-corruption policy.
Relevance to Research
Anechiarico appears in corpus sources spanning more than five decades, first as a student (Spectator, 1970–1971) and then as a long-serving faculty member and program director (course catalogs, 1984–2024). He is one of the most continuously documented individuals in the corpus, mentioned in virtually every catalog from 1984-85 through 2024-25.
Notes
Role: Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law; Director of Public Policy Program Hamilton connection: Class of 1971 (A.B.); faculty from 1976 (year in parentheses in catalogs) Key events: - Nov. 1970: As a student (class of ‘71), served as chairman of the Student Admissions Committee and led a subcommittee proposing a student-run admissions outreach program (spec-1970-11-13) - Sept. 1976: Named Instructor in Government upon joining the faculty; described as a 1971 Hamilton graduate completing his Ph.D. in political science from Indiana University that year (spec-1976-09-09) - 1984–85: Listed in catalog as Associate Professor of Government, teaching courses on urban politics, public administration, and law and public policy; also listed on multiple college committees (yhm-arc-pub-cat-1984-85) - 1990–91: Identified as Professor Frank Anechiarico and listed as program director for the public policy concentration; teaching courses including “Law and Public Policy” cross-listed with Philosophy (yhm-arc-pub-cat-1990-91) - 1995–96: Listed as chair of the Government Department (yhm-arc-pub-cat-1995-96) - 2013–14: Designated Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law (yhm-arc-pub-cat-2013-14) - 2015–16: Identified as “the Maynard-Knox Professor of Law” in the Law and Justice Studies program description (yhm-arc-pub-cat-2015-16) - 2024–25: Still listed as Maynard-Knox Professor of Law and Director of Public Policy; continues teaching and directing the program nearly 50 years after joining the faculty (yhm-arc-pub-cat-2024-25)