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Some Republicans argue that since corporate and foundation support for the arts outweighs federal support--$16 to $1--the NEA and NEH would not be missed. This is an illusion. Some American businesses, like Philip Morris, have been very generous in their support of the arts. But this generosity depends on their public relations needs. (If there were no lung cancer or emphysema, the arts would get much less.) Increasingly, these needs are defined as social rather than artistic. Hence the shift, in private philanthropy, to race- and gender-based programs, meant to make art what theatrical director Robert Brustein...
Keith N. Morgan, president of the Society ofArchitectural Historians, stated that "JohnCoolidge was one of the dominant scholars in thediscipline of architectural history and one of themost generous individuals anyone could ever havethe privilege to know...
...losing John Coolidge we have been deprived of a good friend, a fine scholar, a generous teacher," President Neil L. Rudenstine said in a statement. "When I first met him in the early 1960s, he was encouraging graduate students and junior faculty members to view the Fogg as a place to pursue their interest in [for example] Frank Stella, Jackson Pollock, Anthony Caro, and Kenneth Noland--as well as in the Mannerists, in 20th-century photographers, and in Dutch and Flemish print makers. This wise eclectic spirit nurtured the Museum, and infused the Department, in a way that allowed individuals...
Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums James Cuno said in a statement, "It is with a profound sense of personal loss that we acknowledge the recent death of John Coolidge. John was more than a colleague to us. He was a generous, personal friend to students, faculty colleagues, and museum staff. His cheerful presence will be deeply missed...
Jerome Kagan, the Strach professor of psychology, called Wylie "a gentle, perceptive, and very wise scholar. He was generous in his interactions, he had a good sense of humor and he was greatly admired by his students. We will miss...