Willard Sterne Randall *84 P88 is a Distinguished Scholar in History and Professor Emeritus at Champlain College. As a biographer and lecturer, he specializes in the history of the Founding Era.

Prior to academia, he worked for seventeen years as an investigative reporter — during which he garnered the National Magazine Award, the Hillman Prize, the Loeb Award, and the John Hancock Prize — eventually pursuing advanced studies in history at Princeton University. Biographer of Benjamin and William Franklin, Benedict Arnold, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Ethan Allen, Randall has co-authored collections of biographies and e-books with his wife, biographer, and award-winning poet Nancy Nahra. Randall’s biography on Benedict Arnold earned him four national awards and was recognized as a New York Times Notable Book.