Word: forbeses
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Doctor of Arts. Citation: "Edward Waldo Forbes and Paul Josph Sachs: The builders of our Museum of Art, a national centre for scholars and curators; together they have labored for twenty-seven years, together we honor them today.
Edward W. Forbes, Director of the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, and Paul J. Sachs, Professor of Fine Arts at Harvard University and Associate Director of the Fogg Art Museum.
But the all-over picture of the Fogg Art Museum's stake in the wartime preservation of art must include a full consideration of its ranking position among art museums of the nation. A good portion of the responsibility for guiding the preparations of other art institutions has fallen to...
Almost 200 museum posts are now held by men who have studied at Fogg with Professor Forbes, or who have taken Professor Sachs' famous museum course as graduate students. This number includes the directors of 29 museums, such as the New York Museum of Modern Art, and others in cities...
The Visiting Committee may be the nominal head of The Fogg, but it is the staff of 92 which makes the intricate and highly specialized plant run. Keystones in the entire hierarchy are Director Edward W. Forbes and Associate Director Sachs. Forbes, a grandson of Emerson from whom he takes...