Henry Babcock Veatch Jr. was born on September 26, 1911, in
Evansville,
Indiana. He attended
Phillips Exeter Academy in
Exeter, New Hampshire. In 1965, Veatch left IU for
Northwestern University where he remained until 1973. He then went to
Georgetown University, where he was philosophy department chair from 1973 to 1976. Veatch also had visiting professorships at
Colby College,
Haverford College and
St. Thomas University. In 1983, he retired as a distinguished professor and returned to
Bloomington. Veatch was active in the
Episcopal Church and served as president of the
American Catholic Philosophical Association. He served as president of the
Metaphysical Society of America in 1961. In 1970–71 he served as president of the Western Division of the
American Philosophical Association. He was a member of the
Guild of Scholars of The Episcopal Church. Henry Veatch died on July 9, 1999, in
Bloomington,
Indiana. His death was within eight hours of his wife of sixty years, Mary Jane Wilson Veatch. He was survived by two daughters and two grandsons. Indiana University maintains the archive of his collected papers (1941–1997). ==Philosophy==