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July
17th Memorial Service at Washington National Cathedral
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6)
"On behalf of all of Carters longtime colleagues
and friends at the National Gallery of Art, we are deeply
saddened at the tragic news of his death. He was a gifted
and brilliant director who served the nation and the
world of art with unparalleled commitment and leadership
and has left a great legacy."
--Statement from Earl A. Powell III, Director, National
Gallery of Art
See also:
Retirement
Release
(January 24, 1992)
Statement
from the Family of J. Carter Brown
Curriculum
Vitae
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National Gallery of Art director J. Carter Brown,
1988 ? Dennis Brack/Black Star.
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(image
2)
National Gallery of Art director J. Carter Brown
in front of a drawing for the exhibition "Treasure
Houses of Britain" (1985-86).
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(image
3)
National Gallery of Art director J. Carter Brown
(center), with Paul Mellon (left) and I.M. Pei
in the nearly-complete East Building atrium, January
20, 1978.
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(image
4)
National Gallery of Art director J. Carter Brown
(left) guides King Juan Carlos I of Spain (center)
through the exhibition "Circa 1492: Art in the
Age of Exploration" in October 1991. Jay Levenson,
exhibition curator, looks on.
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(image
5)
National Gallery of Art director J. Carter Brown
(right) with Alexander Calder in the sculptor?s
studio in Sach?, France, July 2, 1974.
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(image
6)
J. Carter Brown, Director Emeritus, National
Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., in Gallerys
East Building Atrium. Alexander Calders
mobile, Untitled (1976) is in the
background.
photo credit: Jim Argo
Courtesy National Galleryof Art
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Media Advisory
Memorial Service for J. Carter Brown (1934-2002)
Director Emeritus, National Gallery of Art
When:
3:30 p.m., Wednesday, July 17, 2002
Where:
Washington National Cathedral
Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues, N.W.
Press Contacts:
To arrange press coverage of the service:
Carrie Tydings, Cathedral Press Office (202) 537-6248
For background information/images:
Deborah Ziska, Gallery Press Office (202) 842-6353
Who:
Eulogists:
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Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art
(worked as executive curator and in other posts under Brown, 1976-80,
and succeeded him as the Gallerys director in 1992)
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Dr. Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation, President
Emeritus of Brown University (renamed in 1804 in recognition of
Nicholas Browns contributions)
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U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton
(Brown was a member of the Committee for the Preservation of the
White House during the Clinton administration)
Reflection:
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I.M. Pei, architect
(collaborated with Brown on the award-winning design of the
National Gallerys East Building)
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Scriptural Readings by Brown family members:
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Capt. Nicholas Brown, USN (retired), brother;
former director of National Aquarium, Baltimore
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Elissa Lucinda Rionda Brown, daughter
Officiant: The Very Reverend Nathan D. Baxter
dean of the National Cathedral
Homily: The Reverend Dr. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of
Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church, Harvard
University (Brown received his AB, summa cum laude, in 1956 and his
MBA there in 1958)
Music: Marvis Martin, soprano; José Simbulan,
pianist; Paula Robison, flutist; Members of the Cathedral
Choral Society and the Choral Arts Society of Washington
Honorary Ushers: Charles Atherton, U.S. Commission of Fine
Arts; Hugh Newell Jacobsen, architect; Mark Leithauser, Gallery
Chief of Design; D. Dodge Thompson, Gallery Chief of Exhibitions;
Ambassador F. Hayden Williams, WWII Memorial Site and Design Committee
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