The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office is trying to determine the cause of death of the president of Woodward Academy in College Park.
60-year-old Harry Payne was found dead Monday afternoon in Midtown Atlanta.
Students at the private school learned of his death when they returned from the holiday break Tuesday.
His death was announced on the school's Web site, which called Payne "a great man, a visionary leader and a loyal friend."
Payne was named president of Woodward in July 2000 after being president of Williams College in Massachusetts from 1994 to 1999.
He received his doctorate in history in 1973 from Yale University, where he had earlier earned bachelor's and master's degrees.
Payne was a professor of history at Colgate University from 1973 to 1985, provost of Haverford College near Philadelphia from 1985 to 1988 and president of Hamilton College in New York from 1988 to 1993.
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Brian Vanderhoff @ 10:02 AM
Two U.S. Navy sailors who were found dead in a hotel room in the West African nation of Ghana on New Year's Eve have been identified and one of them is from Georgia.
A statement released by the Navy identified them as 22-year-old Patrick Mack of Warren, Michigan, and 35-year-old Lonnie Davis Jr. of Riverdale, Georgia.
The statement says they died of "unknown causes while on liberty" and that the exact causes of their deaths are under investigation.
Both men were assigned to the USS Fort McHenry, which is on a seven-month voyage through the Gulf of Guinea aimed at training local law enforcement on maritime security.
An official at the Tema Naval Base, who asked not to be named because he is not authorized to speak to the media, said their bodies were found at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel, a luxury hotel in Accra, the Ghanaian capital, located 18 miles from the base.
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Brian Vanderhoff @ 9:46 AM
