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Reba White Williams
Education:
High School: St. Mary's School, Raleigh, N.C.
College: Duke University, Durham, N.C., BA in English.
Graduate Studies:
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, MBA
Hunter College, MA, Art History. Thesis: Vasari on Prints
Graduate Center,
CUNY, Ph.D., Art History. Major: American Painting and Sculpture;
Minor: American and European Prints, 19th and 20thCentury.
Dissertation: The Weyhe Gallery Between The Wars, 1919-40.
Spalding University,
student for MFA – Writing (Fiction)
Non-credit writing
courses at The New School, Vermont College, Antioch, etc., and on-line short
courses in miscellaneous topics (e.g., book reviewing).
Work Experience:
2001-2009: Full time
writing and research
1991-2001: Director
of Special Projects, Alliance Capital Management Corporation; Member of
Board of Directors, Alliance
Capital Management.
Five years as
Contributing Editor, Institutional Investor magazine. Freelance
writer for other business periodicals and several art journals.
Five years as a
securities analyst, Mitchell Hutchins, Inc., researching industries and
corporations, and making stock recommendations.
Nine years at
McKinsey & Company, Inc., in research functions, including assignments in
London, and a consulting project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Nonprofit Activities
and Affiliations:
Honorary
Keeper of American Prints, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England.
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Member, Editorial Board, Print Quarterly
Partial List of
Previous Nonprofit Affiliations:
Vice-Chairman, New
York State Council on the Arts, May 1999-May 2001.
Member, New
York State Council on the Arts, July 1996-May 2001.
President, Art
Commission of the City of New York.
Member,
Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books, MoMA.
Member of the Board, Municipal Art Society.
Member, Committee on Prints, The Metropolitan Museum.
Member, Committee on Prints, Whitney Museum.
Writing Experience:
Articles in:
American Artist, Business and Society, Chicago Daily News, Financial
Analysts Journal, Institutional Investor, Journal of the Print World,
Mystery Readers Journal, Print Collectors Newsletter, Print Quarterly, South
Magazine, The Tamarind Papers, etc.
Awards:
2001 Gold Medal Award
from The Spanish Institute (with Dave Williams), November 2001.
Woodrow Wilson Award
for Corporate Citizenship (with Dave Williams), October 2000.
2000 Woman of
Distinction Award, for extraordinary professional accomplishments. New York
State Senate, May 2000.
2000 Swan Award (with
Dave Williams), lifetime achievement for furthering the arts both nationally
and internationally, Cheekwood
Museum, Nashville, Tennessee.
Pratt Institute, Pratt Legend, 2000.
1999 New York City
Council Woman of Achievement Pacesetter Award.
Distinguished
Cultural Leadership Award (with Dave Williams), for outstanding
contributions to the arts and culture of the Empire State, February 10,
1999.
Primary School 164,
Brooklyn, a culture and arts magnet school, for “Dedication and support of
the arts in public school education,” June 11, 1998.
The Augustus Graham
Medal (with Dave Williams), presented on behalf of the Brooklyn Museum of
Art Board of Trustees, for “Outstanding support of the arts,” April 30,
1998.
The Polish Order of
Merit, Cavalier of the Grand Cross of Poland, First Class (with Dave
Williams), honoring contributions to the financial industry in Poland.
Bayard Rustin High
School for the Humanities (with Dave Williams). Appreciation: “In helping
to re-establish a very special environment, you have begun a renaissance
which we hope continues until the school has regained its original beauty,”
October 25, 1995.
Personal:
Married to Dave H. Williams.
Member, The
Cosmopolitan Club (New York City).
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Dave H.
Williams
Education:
High School: Austin High School, Austin, Texas
College: University of Texas, Austin. B.S. Chemical
Engineering
Graduate Studies:
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration,
MBA;
Hunter College: graduate courses in Art History and
History;
Graduate Center, CUNY: graduate courses in Art
History.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: special classes on
prints
Spalding University: graduate courses in creative
nonfiction writing
Work Experience:
1977-2001: Chairman, then Chairman Emeritus, Alliance
Capital Management
Ten years as Director of Research, Executive Vice
President, Mitchell, Hutchins, Inc.
Six years as a securities analyst in investment
management
Military Service:
1956-1959: U.S. Navy, Lt. j.g.
Other Activities and Affiliations:
Honorary Keeper of American Prints, The Fitzwilliam
Museum, Cambridge, England
Member, Council on Foreign Relations
Trustee, U.S.S. Intrepid Museum
Previous Affiliations:
Member, MoMA Print Associates
Trustee, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Trustee, The American Federation of Art
Trustee, The Foreign Policy Association
Personal:
Married to Reba White Williams
Member, The Knickerbocker Club, New York, NY
Member, The Century Association, New York, NY
Member, The Grolier Club, New York, NY
Member, New York Yacht Club, New York, NY
Member, Stonington Harbor Yacht Club, Stonington, CT
Awards:
2001 Gold Medal Award from the Spanish Institute (with
Reba Williams), November 2001.
Spanish Government, Order of the Civil Merit, for
“distinguished services or significant cooperation in matters that result in
benefit to the country,” 2001
Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship (with
Reba Williams), October 2000.
2000 Swan Award (with Reba Williams), lifetime
achievement for furthering the arts both nationally and internationally,
Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, Tennessee.
Distinguished Cultural Leadership Award (with Reba
Williams), for outstanding contributions to the arts and culture of the
Empire State, February 10, 1999.
The Augustus Graham Medal (with Reba Williams),
presented on behalf of the Brooklyn Museum of Art Board of Trustees, for
“Outstanding support of the arts,” April 30, 1998.
The Polish Order of Merit, Cavalier of the Grand Cross
of Poland, First Class (with Reba Williams), honoring contributions to the
financial industry in Poland.
The Grand Decoration of Honor in Silver for Merits to
the Republic of Austria, 1996 (for founding The Austria Fund, a mutual fund
investing in Austrian securities)
Bayard Rustin High School for the Humanities (with
Reba Williams). Appreciation: “In helping to re-establish a very special
environment, you have begun a renaissance which we hope continues until the
school has regained its original beauty,” October 25, 1995.
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