Background
Hatch, John Davis was born on June 14, 1907 in Oakland, California, United States. Son of John Davis and Gethel (Gregg) Hatch.
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John Davis Hatch
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Education
Student, University California, 1926-1928; student Far Eastern Studies, Harvard University, 1931; student Near East Studies, Princeton University, summer 1938; student American Studies, Yale University, 1940; Master of Arts in Classical Studies, St. John's College, 1993.
Career
Landscape architect, Santa Barbara, California, 1925;
Landscape architect, Seattle, 1928;
executive secretary, Seattle The Art Institute of Chicago, 1928-1929;
director, Seattle The Art Institute of Chicago, 1929-1931;
vice president, Western Association Art Museums, 1929-1930;
surveyed facilities and materials for, Far Eastern studies in the United States and Canada, 1931-1932;
surveyed facilities and materials for, American studies in the United States colleges universities for American Council Learned Socs., 1938-1939;
director United States art projects in New England, 1933-1934. Member McDowell Colony, 1938.
Assistant director Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 1932-1935, Carnegie Corporation, New York, 1935-1937. Founder, adviser Southern Negro Colls. Cooperative Exhibits Group, 1936-1941.
Founder American Artist Depository, 1937, American DrawingAnn., 1940, Commision on Art Studies, 1938. Director Albany Institute History and Art, 1940-1948. Chairman Albany-Nijmegen Holland Committee, 1948.
Visiting professor U. Oregon, 1948-1949, University of California, summer 1949, U. Massachusetts, summer 1971. Director Norfolk Museum Arts and Sciences, 1950-1959. President Phelps Stokes Corporation, 1959-1962.
Coordinating adviser, acting chairman fine arts division Spelman College, Georgia, 1964-1970. Vice president Nevada Company. Chairman, founder Old Curtisville, 1965, president emeritus, 1981-1996.
Former trustee Lenox School, Hoosac School;honorary keeper Cape Henry Light House, Association for Preservation Virginia Antiquities, 1948-1996.
Achievements
Membership
Donated (with others) Anson Phelps Stokes Reformed Library. to University Liberia, 1980. Member Master Drawing Association (founder, honorary trustee), American Drawing Society (advisory board), American Association Museum (founder northeastern conference 1941, southeastern conference 1951), International Museum Association (founding), Grolier Club (New York City), Cosmos Club (Washington), Harvard Museum Club (Boston), Rotary.
Connections
Married Olivia Phelps Stokes, October 14, 1939. Children: John Davis VI, Daniel Lindley, James Stokes, Sarah Stokes Saeger.
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Nationality
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Religion
Episcopalian
Education
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1928
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1931
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1938
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1940
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1993