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educator filmmaker art historian

Judith Glatzer Wechsler, American art historian, filmmaker, educator. Recipient cine Golden Eagle award, 1983, 85, 88, 89, 92, 94, Red Ribbon, American Film Festival, 1989, 92, Gold Plaque, Chicago Film Festival, 1991; grantee National Endowment of the Humanities, 1973, 85, 83-84, 84-85, 87-89, National Endowment for Arts, 1980-1981, 87-89.

Background

Wechsler, Judith Glatzer was born on December 28, 1940 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Nahum Norbert and Anne (Stiebel) Glatzer.

Education

Bachelor, Brandeis University, 1962. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University of California at Los Angeles, 1972.

Career

From assistant professor to associate professor art history, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1970-1978; from associate professor to professor, Rhode Island School Design, Providence, 1980-1989; producer, director, Judith Wechsler, Inc., Brookline, Massachusetts, since 1985; National Endowment for Humanities professor art history, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1989; department chairman Art and Art History, Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, 1990-1995. Consultant in field; visiting professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989, HebrewU., Jerusalem, 1994, 96.

Achievements

  • Judith Glatzer Wechsler has been listed as a noteworthy Art historian, filmmaker, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Juror Montreal International Art Film Festival, 1989, Kine (Kunst) Festival, Belgium, 1995. Board directors Swann Foundation for Study of Caricature, 1985-1993, Boston Film and Video Foundation, 1991-1994, president of the board, since 1996. Advisory county Media Center, Columbia University, since 1995.

Member College Art Association.

Connections

Married Richard Wechsler, September 15, 1963 (divorced 1969). 1 child, Johanna; married Benson Rowell Snyder, April 30, 1976.

Father:
Nahum Norbert Glatzer

Mother:
Anne (Stiebel) Glatzer

Spouse:
Benson Rowell Snyder

Spouse:
Richard Wechsler

child:
Johanna Wechsler