Background
Debs, Barbara Knowles was born on December 24, 1931 in Eastham, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Stanley F. and Arline (Eugley) Knowles.
Debs, Barbara Knowles was born on December 24, 1931 in Eastham, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Stanley F. and Arline (Eugley) Knowles.
Bachelor, Vassar College, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1967. Doctor of Laws, New York Law School, 1979.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Manhattanville College, 1985.
Freelance translation editor, Encyclopedia of World Art division McGraw-Hill Public, New York City, 1959-1962; from assistant professor to professor, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, 1968-1986; president, Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York, 1975-1985; trustee, chairman collections committee, New York History Society, 1985-1987; president, Chief Executive Officer, New York History Society, 1988-1992; honorary trustee, New York History Society, since 1996; consultant non-profit organizations, private practice, Greenwich, Connecticut, since 1992; trustee, Brooklyn Museum Art, since 1996.
Member New York Council Humanities, 1978-1985. Member Westchester Medical Center Hospital Implementation Board, 1978-1984. Member Westchester County Board Ethics, 1979-1984.
Trustee New York Law School, 1979-1989. Trustee Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, since 1985. Board directors International Foundation for Art Research, 1985-1992.
Trustee Committee Economics Development, 1985-1994, Brooklyn Museum Art, since 1996.; member Council Foreign Rels., since 1983. Member Commission Indiana Colleges Universities of New York, 1977-1979.
Member commission on higher education, advisory council to Democrats New York State Senate, 1979-1985. Member Executive Board Bard Center for Decorative Arts, since 1995. Member of advisory board Greenwich History Society, since 1995.
Board of Governors Foreign Policy Association, since 1996. Honorary trustee Manhattanville College, since 1996. Member American Council on Education (chairman commission academic affairs 1977-1979), Young Audiences (national director 1977-1980), Hundred Club of Westchester (board directors), Renaissance Society American, College Art Association Beta Kappa.
Married Richard A. Debs, July 19, 1958. Children: Elizabeth, Nicholas.