Hunter Ripley Rawlings III (born December 14, 1944)[1] is an American classics scholar and academic administrator.
After graduating from Princeton, he joined the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder, rising to full professor in 1980.
Rawlings began his career in academic administration at Colorado, serving as chairman of the classics department and later as associate vice chancellor for instruction.
Rawlings is married to Elizabeth T. Rawlings (née Trapnell), who is a professional translator with a master's degree in French from the University of North Carolina and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa.
[5] His eldest daughter, also Elizabeth, works for the Department of Homeland Security[6] and his eldest son, Hunter Rawlings IV is New York Times Bestselling author and a former U.S. Marine Corps reconnaissance officer.
Rawlings created several new positions and programs to support undergraduate education, began the construction of several new dormitories, centralized the location of freshmen on campus (initially protested by Al Sharpton and others due to alleged racial implications), and promoted stronger undergraduate admissions standards.
His scholarly publications include a book, The Structure of Thucydides' History (Princeton University Press, 1981).