Background
Hovey, Walter Read was born on July 21, 1895 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Albert Henry and Sarah Elizabeth (Heywood) Hovey.
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Walter Read Hovey
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AB, Yale, 1918; Master of Arts, Harvard, 1926. AFD (honorary), College of Wooster, Ohio, 1966.
Career
Assistant professor fine arts, U. Pittsburgh, 1927-1939;
professor, head department fine arts, U. Pittsburgh, 1939-1967;
developed fine arts library and art gallery, U. Pittsburgh
Henry Clay Frick professor, director Henry Clay Frick Fine Arts Building, U. Pittsburgh, 1965-1967;
distinguished professor fine arts, Point Park College, Pittsburgh, from 1967. Visiting lecturer Reading (Pennsylvania) Museum and Art Gallery, 1970-1971. Adviser Asiatic art Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh.
Specialist unites states department State to Near East, Pakistan and Ceylon, 1954-1955.
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Membership
Bd, directors Westmoreland County Museum Art, Greensburg, Pennsylvania With mobile hospital unit Advertising Educational Foundation, 1916-1918. Member College Art Association, Association Artists Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Bicentennial Association, Cape Cod Art Association (honorary director), University Club, Faculty Club, Pittsburgh Golf Club.
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Political Party
Republican