Hollister Sturges, III

Background

III, Hollister Sturges, was born on July 1, 1939 in Kingston, New York, United States. Son of Hollister Junior and Elizabeth (Betz) S.

Education

Bachelor in Comparative Literature, Cornell University, 1962. Master of Arts in Art History, University California, Berkeley, 1969. Master of Public Health in Art History, University California, Berkeley, 1972.

Career

Teacher English Placer High School, Auburn, California, 1963-1966. Instructor University Missouri, Kansas City, 1972-1980. Curator European art Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 1980-1984.

Chief curator Indianapolis Museum Arts, 1984-1987. Director Springfield (Massachusetts) Museum Fine Arts, 1988-1995, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, 1988-1995. Executive director Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, since 1995.

Panelist National Education Association, 1982, 86, 90. Organizer art exhibitions American Art Collections, Greenwich, 1997, Love Isolation and Darkness & the Art of Edward Munch, 1996, The Woodstock Art Colony, 1999, Elegance and Opulence ARt of the Gilded Age, 1999.

Achievements

• Hollister Sturges, III has been listed as a noteworthy museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors World Affairs Council, 1989-1995, 99—. Member College Art Association, American Association Museum, New England Museum Association.

Interests

• Squash, canoeing, chess.

Connections

Married Caroline Berg (divorced). Children: Kimberly, William Steele. Married Judith Layson.

1 child, Elizabeth Layson.

Father:

Hollister S. Junior

Mother:

Elizabeth (Betz) S.

Spouse:

Caroline Berg

Spouse:

Judith Layson

child:

Kimberly III

child:

William Steele III

child:

Elizabeth Layson III