Victor Koshkin Youritzin

Background

Youritzin, Victor Koshkin was born on December 20, 1942 in New York City. Son of Basil and Tatiana (Koshkin) Youritzin.

Education

Bachelor in Art History cum laude, Williams College, 1964; Master of Arts in Art History, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1967; certified in Museum Training, Metropolitan Museum Art, New York University, 1969.

Career

Instructor art history, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1968-1969; Instructor art history, Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1969-1972; assistant professor art history, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1972-1980; associate professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1980-1994; professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, 1994-1997; David Ross Boyd distinguished professor, U. Oklahoma, Norman, since 1997. Lecturer in field; vice president Koussevitzky Recording Society, Inc., Boston, since 1992. Panelist program art on film Metropolitan Museum Art and Jean Paul Getty Trust, New York City, 1987, National Endowment for Humanities, 1984.

Trustee Mabee-Gerrer Museum Art, Shawnee, Oklahoma, since 1995, chairman of the board of trustees, since 1996. Member county advisors Ogden Museum Southern Art, U. New Orleans, since 1995. Trustee Oklahoma Museum Art, Oklahoma City, 1978-1984.

Member acquisitions committee Oklaloma City Art Museum, 1992-1996. Lectr.Met. Museum Art, Art Students League New York, Dallas Museum Art, also others, including England, France, Africa, the Caribbean. Guest lecturer CunardLine, 1993.

Achievements

• Victor Koshkin Youritzin has been listed as a noteworthy Art educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, music.

Connections

Married Glenda Allen Green (divorced 1980);m. Cynthia Lee Kerfoot, January 19, 1996.

Father:

Basil Youritzin

Mother:

Tatiana (Koshkin) Youritzin

Spouse:

Glenda Allen Green