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...point in the interviewing process, Gleason Professor of Fine Arts Seymour Slive, the committee's chairman, asked Stirling what his favorite museum was. The answer: The Dulwich Art Gallery in England, designed by Sir John Soane...
...were very conscious [of Harvard's tradition of choosing great pieces of architecture]," said Gleason Professor of Fine Arts Seymour Slive, who led the committee searching for the perfect Sackler. "We wanted to make a great work of architecture. We looked at the work of 70 architects, boiled it down to eight and chose the best one," he said...
...crystal ball is as cloudy as the rest of us, but I think Stirling is going to be considered one of the great architects of the 20th-century," said Slive...
...hadn't been for the dream of Fine Arts Professor Seymour Slive, the idea to build a new art museum at Harvard might never have been conceived, but if it hadn't been for the generous support of philanthropist Arthur M. Sackler, Slive's dream would probably never have become reality...
According to Slive, Sackler did indeed live up to his ideals. "He was the perfect benefactor--always supportive, but he never interfered...