Background
Turner, Evan Hopkins was born on November 8, 1927 in Orono, Maine, United States. Son of Albert Morton and Percie Trowbridge (Hopkins) Turner.
Turner, Evan Hopkins was born on November 8, 1927 in Orono, Maine, United States. Son of Albert Morton and Percie Trowbridge (Hopkins) Turner.
AB cum laude, Harvard University, 1949. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1954.
Degree (honorary), Swarthmore College. Degree (honorary), Sir George Williams University. Degree (honorary), Cleveland State University.
Case Western Reserve University, 2001.
Head docent service, Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950-1951; curator, Robbins Art Collection of Prints, Arlington, Massachusetts, 1951; teaching fellow fine arts, Harvard University, 1951-1952; lecturer, research assistant, Frick Collection, New York City, 1953-1956; general curator, assistant director, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, 1956-1959; director, Montreal Museum Fine Arts, Quebec, Canada, 1959-1964; director, Philadelphia Museum Art, 1964-1977; director, Ackland Art Museum, 1978-1983; director, Cleveland Museum Art, 1983-1993. Adjunct Professor art history University of Pennsylvania, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1978-1983. Distinguished visiting professor Oberlin College, 1993-1995.
Member Association Art Museum Directors, College Art Association American, American Museum Association, Century Association Club.
Married Brenda Winthrop Bowman, May 12, 1956. Children: John, Jennifer.