April 7, 2008, Lower Merion, PA - The Barnes Foundation today announced the appointment of Bruce S. Gordon to its
Board of Trustees. In his role as trustee, Mr. Gordon will assist the Foundation in continuing the mission of Dr. Albert C.
Barnes to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture. The Barnes Foundation
houses one of the largest collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings in the world.
Mr. Gordon, who worked for 35 years in the telecommunications industry, retired in 2003 after serving as President of the
Retail Markets Group for Verizon Communications. In this role, he managed a 35,000 person work force and was accountable
for $23 billion in company revenue. Mr. Gordon held a number of executive positions at Verizon during his career,
including Vice-President of Sales, Group President of Consumer and Small Business Services and Group President of Enterprise
Business.
Mr. Gordon is the former President and CEO of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), serving
from 2005 to 2007. During his tenure, Gordon added more than 100,000 members and associates to the NAACP.
Bruce S. Gordon is a member of the board of CBS and Tyco International, Ltd.; a trustee of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Foundation, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, and the Commission on African American Men and Boys; the chair
of Chancellor's Advisory Board on Student Motivation in the New York Public School System; a member of the Advisory Board
for the Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys; and a member of the Executive Leadership Council. Previously, Mr. Gordon
served on the boards of Southern Company, Office Depot, Best Foods, Infinity Broadcasting and Bartech Group. He was also a
trustee of Gettysburg College and Lincoln Center.
In 2007, Mr. Gordon was inducted to the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame.
"Bruce Gordon is an extraordinary addition to the Barnes Foundation Board of Trustees," said Dr. Bernard C. Watson, Barnes
Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman. "His business credentials and character are impeccable and his board experience in
support of education and the arts make him well suited for this role, we are very eager to engage him."
Mr. Gordon holds a B.A. from Gettysburg College, a M.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of
Management, and an honorary doctorate from Gettysburg College. He currently resides in New York City with his wife,
Tawana Tibbs. His son, Taurin, lives in Philadelphia, PA.
Bruce S. Gordon joins the Barnes Foundation Board of Trustees at an exciting time for the institution, which is well
underway with plans to construct a new art education center in Philadelphia to house its world-renowned art collection
in a gallery that will replicate the scale, proportion and configuration of the existing gallery in Merion, PA. In
addition, the center will provide a substantial increase in space for art education programs, in the form of classrooms,
seminar rooms, and an auditorium. The center will also include much-needed facilities for conservation, research and
administration; a gallery for special exhibitions; a retail shop and restaurant; and areas for special events and visitor
services.
About the Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation was established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to "promote the advancement of education and the
appreciation of the fine arts." The Galleries house one of the world's largest collections of Impressionist,
Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive holdings by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso,
Rousseau, Modigliani, Soutine and de Chirico, as well as Old Master paintings, important examples of African
sculpture and Native American ceramics, American furniture and metalwork, and antiquities from the Mediterranean
region and Asia.
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For more information, contact:
The Barnes Foundation
Andrew Stewart, 610 667 0290 x1567 or astewart@barnesfoundation.org
Ceisler Jubelirer
Larry Ceisler, 215 735 6760 or larry@cj-llc.com
EDITOR'S NOTE: Headshot available upon request.
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