Barbara Knowles Debs | |
|---|---|
| 8th President of Manhattanville College | |
| In office 1975–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Delaney |
| Succeeded by | Jane C. Maggin |
| President of the New-York Historical Society | |
| In office 1989–1992 | |
| Preceded by | James B. Bell |
| Succeeded by | Norman Pearlstine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Barbara Jean Knowles 1931 (age 94–95) |
| Spouse | Richard A. Debs |
| Children | Elizabeth Anderson Debs and Nicholas Debs |
| Education | Harvard University,Ph.D. |
Barbara Knowles Debs (born 1931) is an American art historian who was the president of Manhattanville College from 1975 to 1985. [1] [2] She was the president of the New-York Historical Society from 1989 to 1992. [3] [4] [5] She is on the board of directors of the Brooklyn Museum of Art,the Foreign Policy Association and the Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Foundation. [6]
Barbara Jean Knowles was born in 1931 to Stanley Freeman Knowles of Cranston,Rhode Island. In 1953 she was a Fulbright scholar to Italy. She studied art history in both Pisa and Rome,She then earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University. [6]
On July 20,1958 she married Richard A. Debs in Orleans,Massachusetts. [7] [8] They have a daughter,Elizabeth Anderson Debs. [9]
By 1971 she was an assistant professor of art history at Manhattanville College. [10] She was named president of the college in 1975 and she served until 1985. [1] She was named president of the New-York Historical Society in 1989 and served until 1992. [3] [11] In 1995 she and her husband endowed the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer's Chair at Carnegie Hall. [12] [13]
She was awarded the Fulbright Lifetime Achievement Medal in 2002. [6]