Background
Lee, Rensselaer Wright was born on June 15, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis Herbert and Helen (Stavers) Lee.
Lee, Rensselaer Wright was born on June 15, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis Herbert and Helen (Stavers) Lee.
AB, Princeton University, 1920. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1926. Doctor of Humane Letters, Princeton University, 1982.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Northwestern University, 1971.
Instructor English, Princeton University, 1922-1923, 25-28;
visiting professor, Princeton University, 1948, 68-69;
department chairman art and archaeology, Princeton University, 1961-1966;
Marquand professor, Princeton University, 1961-1966;
professor emeritus, Princeton University, 1966-1984;
chairman advisory county department classics, Princeton University, 1942-1955;
associate professor of history of art, department chairman, Northwestern University, 1931-1934;
professor, Northwestern University, 1934-1940;
Harris lecturer, Northwestern University, 1966;
professor art, Smith College, 1941-1948;
professor art, Columbia University, 1948-1954;
professor art, New York University Institute Fine Arts, 1954-1955. Member visiting committee department fine arts Fogg Museum, Harvard University, 1957-1963. Member Institute Advanced Study, 1939, 42-44, 46-47.
Member of advisory county Institute Fine Arts, New York University. Vice president International Federation Renaissance Socs. and Institutions, 1961-1970,International Council Philosophy and Humane Sciences, 1965-1971. Chairman presidential advising committee on Yale Center for British Art and British Studies, 1972-1984.
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Fellow American Council Learned Societies, 1930-1931, chairman committee research and publication fine arts, 1942-1944, executive secretary committee protection cultural treasures in war areas, 1944-1945, director, 1953-1961. Trustee American Academy in Rome, 1958-1984, president, 1968-1971. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Member American Philosophical Society (Henry Allen Moe prize 1982), Archeological Institute American, College Art Association American (secretary 1939-1942, 49-50, president 1945-1946, honorary director 1974-1984), Mediaeval Academy American (councilor 1961-1964), Union Académique Internationale (president 1962-1965), Renaissance Society of America (executive board 1960-1970, president 1977-1978), Grolier Club, Princeton Club, Century Club, Cosmos Club, Athenaeum.
Married Stella Wentworth Garrett, May 27, 1925. Children: Julia Rensselaer, Mary Josephine Garrett (Mistress Cyril Muromcew), Rensselaer Wright.