John D'Arms
John Haughton D'Arms (
November 27 1934 -January 22 2002 ) was theGerald F. Else Professor of Humanities and professor of classical studies and history at theUniversity of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He also served as president of theAmerican Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). He served ACLS until his death in 2002.A
University of Michigan faculty member beginning in 1965, D'Arms served as chair of the Department of Classical Studies for nine years, and was named theGerald F. Else Professor in 1983. He received Michigan's Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award in 1982 and was also named professor of history in 1986. D'Arms was appointed as dean of the graduate school in 1985 and he also served as vice provost for academic affairs in 1990-95. In 1977-80, he was director of theAmerican Academy in Rome and the A.W. Mellon Professor in its School of Classical Studies. D'Arms was a spokesman for the humanities at a national level, as a former member of the Board of Directors of the ACLS, trustee of theNational Humanities Center , trustee "emeritus" of theAmerican Academy in Rome , and member of the national Committee for Mellon Fellowships in the Humanities. PresidentBill Clinton appointed D'Arms to theNational Council for the Humanities in 1994.Born in Poughkeepsie,
New York , D'Arms was married to Maria Teresa Waugh, daughter of novelistEvelyn Waugh , in 1961 inSomerset ,England . He received his undergraduate degree fromPrinceton University in 1956 and in 1959 received a B.A. degree in "Litterae Humaniores" from New College,Oxford . D'Arms went on to complete a Ph.D. in classical philology atHarvard University in 1965 with a dissertation entitled "Republican Roman Villas in Coastal Campania".D'Arms's scholarly work focused on aspects of ancient Roman cities, culture and society. His works include "Romans on the Bay of Naples" (1970), "Commerce and Social Standing in Ancient Rome" (1981), and more than sixty scholarly articles and reviews. At the time of his death, he was working on a study of the social and cultural conventions concerning food and drink in Roman society.
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