| 词条 | John Hightower |
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BiographyHightower was born in Atlanta, Georgia and moved with his family to New York City, New York when he was one. He attended the Northfield Mount Hermon School, a private boarding school in Massachusetts.[3] He graduated Yale University in 1955. He served two years in the Marines after graduation. From 1957 to 1961 he was in an executive training program at First National City Bank. In 1961 he became an assistant to the president and publisher of American Heritage Publishing Company.[4] He was executive director of the New York State Council on the Arts from 1964 to 1970 where his budget went from $500,000 his first year to $22 million his last year. On May 1, 1970, he assumed the position of director of the Museum of Modern Art.[4] Hightower's tenure at the museum was marked by the unionizing of its work force into the Professional and Administrative Staff Association (PASTA) which also went on strike.[5] From 1977 to 1993 he was president of the South Street Seaport Museum[6] From 1993 to 2006 he was President and Director of the Mariners' Museum, a period which included establishing the USS Monitor Center and Conservation Laboratory.[7][8] References1. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/14/arts/john-hightower-besieged-art-museum-director-dies-at-80.html?_r=1&|title=Obituary : John Hightower|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2015-04-08}} {{s-start}}{{s-culture}}{{succession box2. ^{{cite web|url=http://articles.dailypress.com/2013-07-08/news/dp-nws-hightower-feature-obit-20130706_1_john-b-hightower-monitor-artifacts-monitor-center |title=Former Mariners' Museum president John B. Hightower died on Saturday – Daily Press |publisher=Articles.dailypress.com |date=2013-07-08 |accessdate=2013-07-14}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/docs/learn/archives/transcript_hightower.pdf |format=PDF |title=The Museum of Modern Art Oral History Program : Interview with John B. Hightower |publisher=Moma.org |accessdate=2015-04-08}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/docs/press_archives/4448/releases/MOMA_1970_Jan-June_0045.pdf?2010 |format=PDF |title=The Museum of Modern Art : John Hightower : Resume |publisher=Moma.org |accessdate=2015-04-08}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-cCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=%22John+Hightower%22+MOMA&source=bl&ots=73T7amg_ZR&sig=ivoPZ4giTDY5v_jhzj2XgvGuvDA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=o_fFUOe1Geaa0QGEwIGwAQ&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22John%20Hightower%22%20MOMA&f=false |author=Barbara Rose|title=New York Magazine |publisher=Books.google.com |date=1972-01-24 |accessdate=2015-04-08}} 6. ^{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1977/08/23/75298043.pdf |title=South Street's New Man at the Helm|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2015-04-08}} 7. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://hamptonroads.com/node/138191 |title=Ex-president of W&M will head Mariners' Museum | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com |publisher=HamptonRoads.com |date=2006-08-11 |accessdate=2015-04-08}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://reseller.tmcnet.com/news/2008/11/21/3805924.htm |title=Award-winning culture center director resigns: John Hightower, executive director of the Downing-Gross center, is leaving his $100,000 post |publisher=Reseller.tmcnet.com |date=2008-11-21 |accessdate=2015-04-08}} | title = Directors of the Museum of Modern Art | years = 1970–1971 | before = Bates Lowry | after = Richard Oldenburg }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Hightower, John B.}} 9 : 1933 births|2013 deaths|People from Atlanta|Yale University alumni|Directors of museums in the United States|People associated with the Museum of Modern Art (New York)|People from New York City|South Street Seaport|Northfield Mount Hermon School alumni |
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