Payne Featured In PBS Special On Alexander Hamilton, May 14

Date: 4/26/07
Contact: Eric Jome

Illinois State University faculty member Richard J. Payne will be featured in an upcoming PBS special on American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. Payne, a professor in the Department of Politics and Government has extensively researched Hamilton’s life, career and political worldview.

The American Experience documentary Alexander Hamilton will air on PBS stations on Monday, May 14 at 8 p.m. Central Time. The program covers the full sweep of Hamilton’s short life, one that had more than its share of heroism, scandal and tragedy. Payne will be featured along with biographer Ron Chernow and historians Carol Berkin, Joanne Freeman, Karl Walling and Gordon Wood. Tony Award winning actor Brian F. O’Byrne portrays Alexander Hamilton.

Payne recently completed the manuscript for the forthcoming book, Hamilton’s America: How a Caribbean Immigrant Shaped the World’s Greatest Country.