Alfred L. Castle is an independent scholar. He serves as executive
director of America's oldest family foundation, the Samuel N. and
Mary Castle Foundation , and has written two books and some 50
journal articles, book reviews and encyclopedia entries. His
interest lies in philosophy in literature, Hawaiian history,
history of philanthropy, and U.S. diplomatic and intellectual
history. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colorado State
University (BA, MA in History) and has also studied at the
University of New Mexico, Columbia University and the University of
Virginia. He is the recipient of numerous academic fellowships and
grants from such organizations as the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the University of Virginia and the Hoover Presidential
Library. He was a Coolidge Fellow at Episcopal Divinity
School(Cambridge) in 1982.