Background
Hawkins, Ashton was born on May 11, 1937 in New York City. Son of Ashton W. and Kyra S. Hawkins.
Hawkins, Ashton was born on May 11, 1937 in New York City. Son of Ashton W. and Kyra S. Hawkins.
Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1955. Bachelor cum laude, Harvard University, 1959. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1962.
Associate, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, 1962-1965;
assistant attorney general, State of New York, 1965-1968;
assistant secretary, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1968;
secretary, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1969-1974;
secretary, counsel, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1974-1977;
vice president, secretary, counsel, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, 1977-1987;
executive vice president and counsel to the trustees, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, since 1987. Chairman of the Board Dia Center for the Arts, 1985-1996. Co-founder Museum Law Conference, 1973.
Board advisers Library. American, since 1996.
Trustee, secretary George Pompidou Art and Culture Foundation, 1980. Board directors New York Landmark Preservation Foundation, since 1986, World Monuments Fund, (board trustees World Monuments Fund since 1996). Vice president Duke Ellington Memorial Fund, since 1986.
Director Municipal Art Society, since 1988. Trustee Wolfsonian Institution, since 1995. Member Association Bar City New York, Council on Foreign Relations, Century Club, Knickerbocker Club.