Phillip Hofer

Background

Hofer, Phillip was born on March 14, 1898 in Cincinnati. Son of Charles Frederick and Jane (Arms) Hofer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Harvard, 1921, A.M., 1929, Doctor of Humane Letters, 1967. D.Arts, Bates College, 1962.

Career

1 son, Myron Arms. Associate with coal-mining firm W. H. Warner Company, Cleveland, 1922-1927, assistant to president, 1922-1926. Partner financial firm Philip Hofer & Company, Cleveland, 1924-1927. Appointed adviser to Spencer collection New York Public Library, 1929-1934.

Assistant director Pierpont Morgan Library, 1934-1937. Founder and curator department printing and graphic arts Harvard Library, 1938-1967, emeritus, 1968-1984. Assistant dean Harvard Business School, 1942-1944.

Secretary Fogg Art Museum, Harvard, 1952-1964, honorary curator. Honorary curator Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. Honorary member Gutenberg Museum, Germany.

Lyell lecturer in bibliography University of Oxford, 1962. Resident scholar American Academy in Rome, 1958. Trustee emeritus Corning Glass Museum, Massachusetts History Society.

Trustee Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1943-1971, emeritus trustee, 1971-1984. Advisory board Museum of China Trade, Boston. Advising committee Princeton Art Museum, 1970-1984.

Overseer Boys Club of Boston, Boston Athenaeum, American School Classical Studies.

Membership

Member Gutenberg Museum, Germany. Lyell lecturer in bibliography University of Oxford, 1962. Fellow Society Antiquaries (London).

Member Council Foreign Relations, English-Speaking Union (trustee Boston branch, vice president 1965-1972), Order St. John of Jerusalem (associate officer), Signet Society Harvard (graduate president 1960-1961). Clubs: Athenaeum (London, England.).

Connections

Married Frances L. Heckscher, November 1, 1930.

Father:

Charles Frederick Hofer

Mother:

Jane (Arms) Hofer

Spouse:

Frances L. Heckscher