Emily Rauh Pulitzer, A.M. '63, received the National Medal of Arts in a ceremony at the White House today, according to an announcement from the National Endowment for the Arts. Pulitzer is being recognized as a scholar and supporter of contemporary art, particularly, including her role in establishing and leading the acclaimed Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, in St. Louis. She has played a decisive role in the renovation of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum (see construction photos here, and links to the renovation plan), making a landmark gift of 31 works of modern and contemporary art, and of $45 million toward the project costs, in 2008. (Read an earlier Harvard Magazine feature on her art collection.) Pulitzer is in the final year of her service on Harvard's Board of Overseers.
Emily Rauh Pulitzer named National Arts Medalist
Emily Rauh Pulitzer named National Arts Medalist
Honoring the collector and supporter of the Fogg Art Museum renovation
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