Christopher Collier

Christopher “Kit” Collier (elected October 1994) died on March 6, 2020. Collier was professor emeritus of history at the University of Connecticut and served as the Connecticut State Historian from 1984 to 2004. Collier is best known for his historical novels for young adults, written with his brother, James Lincoln Collier. The most acclaimed of these, the Newbery Medal-winning My Brother Sam Is Dead (1974), has been a staple of school classes for nearly fifty years.