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$5 Million Alumni Gift Endows Princeton Art Museum Directorship
Lecturer James Steward will be first to hold position.
A $5 million gift from two members of Princeton University's Class of 1976 will endow the directorship of the Princeton University Art Museum.
Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger of Dallas, Texas, provided the gift that will create the Nancy A. Nasher-David J. Haemisegger, Class of 1976, Directorship.
"This much-appreciated gift will strengthen the ability of one of Princeton's great treasures to meet the educational and scholarly needs of our University community, while broadening the artistic horizons of countless visitors," said Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman.
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James Steward, a lecturer with the rank of professor in Princeton's Department of Art and Archaeology, will be the first to hold the named directorship.
"The art museum and I are deeply honored by this transformative gift and by all that it represents," Steward said.
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Nancy Nasher is the president of NorthPark Development Co. in Dallas; David Haemisegger is the president of NorthPark Management Co., a commercial real estate, mall development and management company founded by Nasher's father, the late Raymond Nasher.
"Nancy and I believe deeply that great art is essential to the human experience, and that it deserves to be central to the Princeton experience," said David Haemisegger.
The Nasher-Haemisegger gift is part of Aspire, the University's five-year fundraising campaign that concluded on June 30, after raising $1.88 billion.
