Background
Pulitzer, Emily S. Rauh was born on July 23, 1933 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Frederick and Harriet (Frank) Rauh.
Pulitzer, Emily S. Rauh was born on July 23, 1933 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Frederick and Harriet (Frank) Rauh.
AB, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, 1955. Student, Ecole du Louvre, Paris, 1956. Master of Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963.
Doctor of Humane Letters honoris causa (honorary), University Missouri, St. Louis, 1989. Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa (honorary), Aquinas Institute, St. Louis, 2002. Doctor of Fine Arts honoris causa (honorary), St. Louis University, 2003.
HHD honoris causa (honorary), Washington University, St. Louis, 2005.
Member staff Cincinnati Art Museum, 1956-1957. Assistant curator drawings Harvard University Fogg Art Museum, 1957-1964, assistant to director, 1962-1963. Curator City Art Museum, St. Louis, 1964-1973.
Member painting and sculpture committee Museum Modern Art, since 1985, trustee, since 1994, vice chair paintings and sculpture committee, since 1996, member drawings committee, since 2003. Chairman visual arts committee Missouri Arts Council, 1976-1981. Board member Institute Museum Services, 1979-1984.
Commissioner St. Louis Art Museum, 1981-1988, vice chairman, 1988, chair, collection committee, since 2007. Board director Pulitzer, Inc., 1993—2005. Founder, chairman of board directors Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, since 2001.
Board directors Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 1980-2003, since 2004, president, 1990-1995. Board directors Mark Rothko Foundation, 1980-1989, Grand Center, 1993-1995,, 99—, arts strategy committee chair, since 2003. Board trustees St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, 1994-2004, board overseers, since 2005.
Board directors arts in transit committee Bi-State Development Agency Development Agency, vice-chairman and co-founder, 1987-1998. Member Leadership St. Louis, 1990-1991. Trustee Museum Modern Art, since 1994.
Member overseer's committee to visit the art museum Harvard University, since 1990, chair, since 2004, member collections committee, since 1992, chair, 1992-2004, member Fogg Fellows, since 1978, co-chair, 1978-1994, board overseers, since 2006, president's advisory committee on Allston Initiative, since 2005. Member American Federation Arts (director 1976-1989), St. Louis Mercantile Library. Association (board directors 1987-1993), Missouri Women's Forum.
Married Joseph Pulitzer Junior, 1973 (deceased 1993).