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...Mason Hammond...
...Mason Hammond ’25, a Harvard professor and House master who during the 1940s hunted down art stolen by Nazis during World War II, died...
...Hammond, who was the Pope professor of Latin Language emeritus at the University, accrued a lengthy list of distinctions throughout his life, including a Rhodes Scholarship and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, presented to him by former University President Neil L. Rudenstine...
From 1942 to 1946, Hammond traveled through Sicily, Italy and Germany as a Monument, Fine Art and Archives Officer working to recover art that had been stolen by the Nazis. For his work, he received the French Legion of Honor Award and was honored by the Italian and Dutch governments...
After World War II, Hammond headed the School of Classical Study at the American Academy in Rome. He twice served as the director of Harvard’s Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence...