Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Samuel H. Kress Foundation

"Our mission at the Samuel H. Kress Foundation (est. 1929) is to sustain and carry out the original vision of our founder, Samuel H. Kress (1863-1955). We support the work of individuals and institutions engaged with the appreciation, interpretation, preservation, study and teaching of the history of European art and architecture from antiquity to the dawn of the modern era."

Past Presidents and Trustees
Accessed April 2010:

Past Presidents
 * Samuel H. Kress - 1929 – 1955
 * Rush H. Kress - 1955 – 1963
 * Franklin Murphy - 1963 – 1984
 * Marilyn Perry - 1984 – 2007

Past Trustees
 * Joseph H. Abraham - 1936–1949
 * Charles L. Abry - 1955–1959
 * William Atwood - 1971–1980
 * William B. Bader - 1986–1999; 2001–2005
 * Daniel N. Belin - 1992– 2006
 * Ormand N. Birkland - 1942–1944
 * Henry S. Bowers - 1944–1955
 * Alexander C. Campbell - 1953–1971
 * Albert L. Clothier - 1940–1953
 * Norman Cousins - 1965–1980
 * Mary M. Davis - 1972–1981
 * Alfred E. Driscoll - 1958–1975
 * Guy Emerson - 1946–1953
 * Lyman Field - 1968–1999
 * Frank M. Folsom - 1955–1970
 * John C. Fontaine - 1975– 2006
 * G. Keith Funston - 1951–1958
 * Inmaculada von Habsburg-Lothringen - 1986–2008
 * John M. Hancock - 1944–1951
 * Harold H. Helm - 1951–1958
 * John A. Hopper - 1936–1951
 * Claude W. Kress - 1929–1940
 * Rush H. Kress - 1929–1963
 * Samuel H. Kress - 1929–1955
 * Claude P. La Shelle - 1936–1942
 * Nicholas F. Lenssen - 1929–1944
 * William H. Lollar - 1942–1945
 * Arnaud C. Marts - 1946–1951
 * Franklin D. Murphy - 1953–1994
 * Victoria Newhouse - 1994–1999
 * Marilyn Perry - 1981–2007
 * Stephen S. Pichetto - 1936–1946
 * Philip D. Reed - 1959–1965
 * Paul B. Scarff - 1929–1940
 * Andrew J. Sordoni - 1949–1963
 * Andrew J. Sordini, Jr. - 1963–1967
 * Herbert L. Spencer - 1958–1960
 * Harlan F. Stone - 1945–1946
 * Paul Troast - 1951–1972
 * Edwin J. Weisl, Jr. - 1983–1984
 * Walter L. Weisman - 1997–2008
 * W. Clarke Wescoe - 1969–1995

Contact
URL: http://www.kressfoundation.org

Related Sourcewatch

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