Background
Elliott, James Heyer was born on February 19, 1924 in Medford, Oregon, United States. Son of Bert R. and Marguerite E. (Heyer) Elliott.
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Elliott, James Heyer was born on February 19, 1924 in Medford, Oregon, United States. Son of Bert R. and Marguerite E. (Heyer) Elliott.
Bachelor, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 1947. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, 1978. AM, Harvard University, 1949.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), San Francisco Art Institute, 1991.
James Rogers Rich fellow, Harvard University, 1949-1950;
Fulbright grantee, Paris, 1951-1952;
art critic, European edit New York Herald-Tribune, 1952-1953;
curator, acting director, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1953-1956;
assistant chief curator, curator modern art, Los Angeles County Museum Art, 1956-1963;
chief curator, Los Angeles County Museum Art, 1964-1966;
director, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1966-1976;
director, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, 1976-1988;
chancellor's curator, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, 1989-1990;
director emeritus, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, since 1990. Adjunct Professor Hunter College, New York City, 1968, University of California, Berkeley, 1976-1990. Commissioner Connecticut Commission Arts, 1970-1976.
Fellow Trumbull College, Yale University, 1971-1975. Member music arts panel National Endowment Arts, 1974-1977. Board directors San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago, 1980-1990.
Art advising committee Exploratorium, 1982-1991. Advising committee Artists television Access, 1987-1990.
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Trustee Marcia Simon Weisman Foundation, since 1991, 23 Five Foundation, San Francisco, since 1993, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, California, since 1996. Member of advisory board Artspace San Francisco, since 1989. With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member American Association Museum, Artists Space New York (board directors 1980-1984), Arts Club (Berkeley).
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Married Judith Ann Algar, April 23, 1966 (divorced). Children: Arabel Joan, Jakob Maxwell.