Background
Mongan, Agnes was born in 1905 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States.
educator museum curator art historian
Mongan, Agnes was born in 1905 in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor of Arts, Bryn Mawr College, 1927;special student, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1928-1929;A.M., Smith College, 1929;Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Smith College, 1941;Doctor of Letters (honorary), Wheaton College, 1954;Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Massachusetts, 1970;Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), LaSalle College, 1973;Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Colby College, 1973;Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), University Notre Dame, 1980;Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Boston College, 1985.
Research assistant, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1929-1937;keeper of drawings, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1937-1947;curator of drawings, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1974-1975;assistant director, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1951-1964;associate director, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1964-1968;acting director, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1968-1969;director, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1969-1971;consultant, Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1972-1996. Martin A. Ryerson lecturer fine arts Harvard University, 1960-1975. Visiting director Timken Art Gallery, San Diego, 1971-1972.
Kreeger-Wolf distinguished visiting professor.Northwestern U., 1976. Bingham visiting professor U. Louisville, 1976. Waggoner visiting professor University Texas, Austin, 1977, visiting professor fine arts, 1981.
Samuel H. Kress professor-in-residence National Gallery Art, Washington, 1977-1978. Visiting professor fine arts University of California-Santa Barbara, 1979. Visiting director Metropolitan Museum and Arts Centers, Coral Gables, Florida, 1980.
Brazilian Government lecturer, 1954. Amy Sackler Memorial lecturer Mount Holyoke College, 1966-1967. Visiting professor fine arts University Texas Austin, 1981.
Baldwin lecturer Oberlin College, 1966. Lecturer throughout United States, Canada, Japan. Organized numerous exhibitions.
Leader, lecturer yearly tours Europe to Friends of the Fogg groups.
Trustee, member corporation Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, 1940-1960. A founder, vice president Pan-American Society New England, 1940-1962. Member United States National Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1954-1957, White House Committee for Education in Age of Science, 1961.
TrusteeChaplebrook Foundation. Member visiting committee art department Wheaton College, 1961-1968;member visiting commission to Art Museum, Smith College, to 1970. Member of council for arts Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Member of advisory board Skowhegan School Painting and Sculpture, 1974-1996. Member Executive Committee Save Venice, Council for Villa I Tatti. Member visiting committee department textiles Boston Museum Fine Arts.
Board directors British Institute. Mem.exec. committee Somerville History Society. Vice chairman Committee for Restoration ofItalian Art.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member College Art Association (board directors 1949-1954), American Association Art Museum Dirs. (associate), Academie de Montauban, Phi Beta Kappa (honorary) F C.