He then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from Amherst College in 1963.
[2] He went on to study at Yale University, where he obtained a Master of Arts in 1964 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1967, both in history.
[1] Throughout his career, White has published 18 books, and won several awards for these publications, including a final listing for the Pulitzer Prize for History.
[1] Between 2016 and 2020, White was the fourth most cited scholar in the United States in the field of legal history.
[2] In December 1966, White married Susan Valre Davis, now a family attorney in Charlottesville, Virginia.