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1950

Holmes Perkins becomes the Dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts at UPenn

1951

General Culture

December 31st, 1951

  • Holmes Perkins
    www.archives.upenn.edu
Holmes Perkins becomes the Dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts at UPenn (until 1971). Perkins is responsible for hiring Louis Kahn, Lewis Mumford, Robert Venturi and establishing the ICA. 
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