THE NASHER FOUNDATION APPOINTS BOARD
6/29/2001 12:00:00 AM
Dallas, TX, June 29, 2001 - Raymond D. Nasher, Chairman and President of The Nasher Foundation, announced today the recent expansion of its Board of Directors to nine members including both family and non-family members. Members of the Board of Directors are:
· Mr. Raymond D. Nasher, a prominent real estate developer, banker and Dallas arts and civic leader who, along with his late wife, Patsy, accumulated one of the foremost private collections of modern and contemporary sculpture in the world.
· Mr. Jim Lehrer, nationally respected book author, print and television journalist and Executive Editor and Anchor of PBS's "Newshour with Jim Lehrer."
· Mr. William Jordan, former Director of the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University and Deputy Director of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, and a current trustee of the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas.
· Mr. John Heimann, Senior Advisor to the Financial Stability Institute of the Bank for International Settlements, and retired Senior Executive with Merrill Lynch & Co. where he was Chairman of the Financial Institutions Group and a member of the firm's Executive Management Committee.
· Mr. Stephen Stamas, retired Vice President of Exxon Corporation, former President and Chairman of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and current Chairman of the American Assembly and the Marlboro School of Music.
· Elliot Cattarulla, Executive Director of the Nasher Foundation and retired Vice President of Exxon Corporation.
· Ms. Andrea Nasher, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nasher, a graduate of Stanford University, art collector, producer of television documentaries and a co-producer of the revival of the Broadway show "Damn Yankees".
· Ms. Nancy Nasher Haemisegger, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nasher, a graduate of Princeton University and Duke Law School, currently President of NorthPark Development Company.
· Mr. David Haemisegger, a graduate of Princeton University and the Wharton School of Business, former Director of NorthPark National Bank and currently President of NorthPark Management Company.
The Nasher Foundation is headed by founding Chairman and President Raymond D. Nasher. Among the goals of the Foundation are: to care for and preserve the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Collection and to enhance its accessibility to the public; to foster scholarly research into the interpretation of Modern and contemporary sculpture; to support research studies on the conservation of sculpture; to support art education programs; and to develop other programs, principally in the arts, but also in public policy, medical research and education. The Foundation's program is internally developed.
The Foundation's major project to date is the development of the Nasher Sculpture Center, a new institution dedicated to the display and study of modern Sculpture. The Center, now under construction in the downtown Dallas Arts District, is designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano in collaboration with noted landscape architect Peter Walker. The Center will include a garden and building for the display of the widely acclaimed Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection.
Steven A. Nash, Associate Director and Chief Curator of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and former Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Dallas Museum of Art, has been named the director of the Center.
In announcing the election of the Board, Mr. Nasher said, "With the beginning of the construction of the Nasher Sculpture Center last January, The Nasher Foundation is moving into a new phase where a broad range of knowledge and experience is needed on the Board for us to realize our goals. My family and I are extremely fortunate in having such esteemed colleagues as Jim Lehrer, John Heimann, Steve Stamas, Bill Jordan and Elliot Cattarulla to help us direct the work of The Foundation. In their respective national and international careers, they have accomplished much. I'm certain that their direct involvement in the governance of The Nasher Foundation and the Nasher Sculpture Center will prove invaluable."
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For more information, please contact:
Kristen Gibbins
Nasher Sculpture Center
214.242.5177
kgibbins@nashersculpturecenter.org
www.NasherSculptureCenter.org