Background
Brown, John Carter was born on October 8, 1934 in Providence. Son of John Nicholas and Anne (Kinsolving) Brown.
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Brown, John Carter was born on October 8, 1934 in Providence. Son of John Nicholas and Anne (Kinsolving) Brown.
AB summa cum laude, Harvard University, 1956. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1958. Postgraduate, University Munich, 1958.
Studied with Bernard Berenson, Florence, Italy, 1958. Museum training course, Ecole du Louvre, Paris, 1959. Museum training course, The Netherlands Institute Art History, 1960.
Master of Arts, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1961. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Brown University, 1970. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mount St. Mary's College, 1974.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Georgetown University, 1975. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Roger Williams College, 1978. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), College William and Mary, 1984.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Rhode Island School of Design, 1984. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Philadelphia College Art, 1987. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Marquette University, 1988.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Washington College, 1993. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), American University, 2000. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), George Washington University, 1978.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Ursinus College, 1999. DPS (honorary), Bowling Green State University, 1979. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mount Vernon College, 1987.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Maryland, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Michigan, 1992. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Tougaloo College, 1994.
Assistant to director, National Gallery Art, Washington, 1961-1963;
assistant director, National Gallery Art, Washington, 1964-1968;
deputy director, National Gallery Art, Washington, 1968-1969;
director, National Gallery Art, Washington, 1969-1992;
director emeritus, National Gallery Art, Washington, since 1992. Chairman Pritzker Architecture Prize Jury, since 1979, Leadership Council, National.Cultural Alliance, since 1992, United States communications of Fine Arts, Ovation, Inc., The Arts Network, since 1993. Board of Governors John Carter Brown Library., Brown U.
Board directors Nordstern Insurance Company American.
Trustee Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Vira I Heinz Endowment, John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, National Geography Society, Storm King Art Center, World Monuments Fund, American Federation Arts (honorary), John Nicholas Brown Center for Study of America Civilization, Federal City Council. Treasurer White House History Association, Federal Council on the Arts and Humanities. Member Committee for the Preservation of the White House, State Hermitage Museum Advisory Board.
Member board overseers Annenberg Institute School Reform Brown University. Member national policy board Americans for the Arts. Advisory board Phillips Auctioneers.
Trustee Newport Restoration Foundation. Fellow Royal Academy Arts (honorary), American Academy Arts. and Sciences, National Academy Design. Member American Institute of Architects (honorary), American Philosophical Society, Association Art Museum Directors (honorary trustee for life), Touro Synagogue National Heritage Trust(honorary trustee), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Pamela Braga, 1976 (divorced 1991). Children: John Carter IV, Elissa Lucinda Rionda.