Editing A. Bartlett Giamatti (section)

==Personal life==
Giamatti was born in [[Boston]] and grew up in [[South Hadley, Massachusetts]], the son of Mary Claybaugh Walton ([[Smith College]], 1935) and Valentine John Giamatti.<ref name=Fearless>Neil T. Proto, ''Fearless: A. Bartlett Giamatti and the Battle for Fairness'' (Albany: SUNY Press, 2020).</ref> His father was professor and chairman of the Department of Italian Language and Literature at [[Mount Holyoke College]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/italian/giamatti_collection |title=The Giammati Collection at MHC |access-date=2012-07-13 |archive-date=2013-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223055051/https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/italian/giamatti_collection |url-status=dead }}</ref> Giamatti's paternal grandparents were Italian immigrants Angelo Giammattei ({{IPA|it|dʒammatˈtɛi}}) and Maria Lavorgna ({{IPA|it|laˈvɔrɲa; -orɲa}}): his grandfather Angelo emigrated to the United States from [[Telese Terme|Telese]], near [[Benevento|Benevento, Italy]], around 1900.<ref>{{cite book|last=LaGumina|first=Salvatore J.|title=The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia|publisher=Garland|year=2000|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/italianamericane00slag/page/263 263]–264|isbn=9780815307136 |url=https://archive.org/details/italianamericane00slag |url-access=registration|display-authors=etal}}</ref> Giamatti's maternal grandparents, from [[Wakefield, Massachusetts]], were Helen Buffum (Davidson) and Bartlett Walton, who graduated from [[Phillips Academy|Phillips Academy Andover]] and [[Harvard College]].<ref name=Fearless/> Giamatti attended South Hadley High School, spent his junior year at the [[American Overseas School of Rome]], and graduated from [[Phillips Academy]] in 1956.<ref name=Fearless/> At [[Yale College]], he was a member of [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] (Phi chapter) and as a junior in 1960 was tapped by [[Scroll and Key]],<ref>[[Scroll and key#Notable members|Notable members]]</ref> a senior secret society. He graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' in 1960.<ref name=Fearless/>

In 1960, he married Toni Marilyn Smith, who taught English for more than 20 years at the [[Hopkins School]] in [[New Haven, Connecticut]], until her death in 2004.<ref>Ward, Patrick D. [http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2004/09/23/former-first-lady-of-yale-passes-away "Former first lady of Yale passes away,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527070706/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2004/09/23/former-first-lady-of-yale-passes-away|date=May 27, 2010}} ''Yale Daily News'', September 23, 2004.</ref> Together the couple had three children: actors [[Paul Giamatti|Paul]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/sports/baseball/paul-giamatti-oscars-best-actor-076be7b6|title=He's the Son of a Baseball Commissioner. He Might Win an Oscar.|last=Diamond|first=Jared|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|date=8 March 2024|access-date=8 March 2024|language=en}}</ref> and [[Marcus Giamatti|Marcus]] and jewelry designer Elena.