Background
Piper, Adrian Margaret Smith was born on September 20, 1948 in New York City. Daughter of Daniel Robert and Olive Xavier (Smith) Piper.
Piper, Adrian Margaret Smith was born on September 20, 1948 in New York City. Daughter of Daniel Robert and Olive Xavier (Smith) Piper.
Associate of Arts, School Visual Arts, 1969. Bachelor in Philosophy, City College of New York, 1974. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1977.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1981. Student, University Heidelberg, Germany, 1978. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), California Institute Arts, 1992.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Massachusetts College Art, 1994.
Assistant professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979-1986; Mellon research fellow, Stanford (California) U., 1982-1984; associate professor, Georgetown University, Washington, 1986-1988; associate professor, University of California, San Diego, 1988; professor philosophy, Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, since 1990. Distinguished scholar Getty Research Institute, since 1998. Speaker, lecturer on both philosophy and art.
Member American Association of University Professors, American Philosophical Association (member eastern division), American Society Political and Legal Philosophy, North America Kant.
Married Jeffrey Ernest Evans, June 27, 1982 (divorced 1987).