Barnes Foundation Expands Board of Trustees with Five Appointments
Merion, PA (January 20, 2005) The Barnes Foundation - one of the world's most significant collections of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art -- received positive news today as Dr. Bernard C. Watson, chairman of the Board of Trustees, announced the appointment of five new members to the board, a step toward expanding the board to a total of fifteen members.
In its first major action since Judge Stanley Ott approved the relocation of The Barnes Foundation gallery to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Board of Trustees approved appointments for Harold E. Doley, Jr., founder and chief executive officer of Doley Securities, Inc.; Andre V. Duggin, chairman and chief executive officer, AV International, Inc.; Joseph Neubauer, chairman and chief executive officer, ARAMARK; Aileen Kennedy Roberts, president, The Aileen K. and Brian L. Roberts Foundation; and Neil L. Rudenstine, former president of Harvard University.
"These trustees bring a demonstrated record of achievement and provide the knowledge and skills necessary for The Barnes Foundation to fulfill its mission of making art education and appreciation accessible to people of all walks of life," said Dr. Watson. "Together we look forward to placing The Barnes Foundation on a firm financial footing and successfully relocating the gallery to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway."
Today's appointments increase the Board of Trustees' membership to nine, with an additional six trustees to be named in the coming months. Current trustees include Dr. Watson, past president of the William Penn Foundation and academic vice president of Temple University; Stephanie Bell-Rose, founding president of The Goldman Sachs Foundation; Stephen J. Harmelin, managing partner of Dilworth Paxson; and Judge Jacqueline F. Allen of the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia County.
The new trustees bring many years of international, national, and local experience working in the arts, education, business and philanthropy:
- Harold E. Doley, Jr., is founder, president and chief executive officer of Doley Securities, Inc., the oldest African-American owned investment banking firm in the nation. Mr. Doley founded the New Orleans-based Doley Securities, Inc. in 1975, and is currently the only African-American owner of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. He has an extensive record of community and public
service, primarily focusing on education and sustainable development in Africa. He has been appointed in five Republican administrations, most recently by President Bush to the President's Board of Advisors Commission on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
- Andre V. Duggin founded A.V. Consultants, Inc. ("AVC") in 1982 and developed it into a leading commercial insurance consulting, risk management and brokerage firm. He formed Consolidated Risk Services, Inc. ("CRS") in 1992 and developed it into a leader in the area of alternative risk program management for workers compensation and other casualty line programs. Mr. Duggin formed AV International, Inc. ("AVI") in 1998 as a holding company for AVC and CRS and as a vehicle to manage and direct the future expansion of his insurance services enterprise, and founded AVI West Coast, Inc., in 2000 to facilitate the expansion of AVI into California and other west coast states. Mr. Duggin is the majority stockholder and chairman of the board of AVI.
- Joseph Neubauer is chairman and chief executive officer of ARAMARK Corporation, a world leader in managed services. Mr. Neubauer is on the board of directors of CIGNA, Federated Department Stores, the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, Verizon Communications, Wachovia Corporation, Catalyst and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He also serves on the board of trustees for Tufts University and the University of Chicago. Mr. Neubauer and his wife Jeanette support many education and cultural institutions through the Neubauer Family Foundation.
- Aileen Kennedy Roberts is president of The Aileen K. and Brian L. Roberts Foundation. Ms. Roberts is actively involved in the community and Philadelphia philanthropy. She serves on the board of directors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, is an overseer of the William Penn Charter School, and is actively involved with Project Home. Ms. Roberts has served on the boards of the Franklin Institute, the Avenue of the Arts and International House. She has also been active in service at the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Academy of Music.
- Neil L. Rudenstine is chair of the advisory board for ArtSTOR at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Previously, he was president of Harvard University from 1991 - 2001. From 1988 - 1991 he served as executive vice president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. A scholar of Renaissance literature, Mr. Rudenstine is an honorary fellow of new College, Oxford, and Emanuel College, Cambridge University, as well as Provost Emeritus of Princeton University. He is
also a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a former director of the American Council on Education, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is currently on the board of the New York Public Library and is a member of the American Philosophical Society.
The Barnes Foundation Board of Trustees will next meet in February and plans to continue to expand its membership to fifteen members in the coming months. In January 2004, Judge Stanley Ott of the Montgomery County Orphans Court granted The Barnes Foundation's request to expand its board from five to fifteen members in order to allow it to provide better stewardship for the world's most significant collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist art.
About the Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation was established in 1922 by Dr. Albert C. Barnes to "promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts." The Barnes Foundation use of its premier art collection to enhance discussion and critical problem solving skills is truly innovative. For eighty years artists, teachers, historians and lay people have enjoyed the benefits of this quality education program and its work toward democracy and education. The Barnes Foundation continues to offer unique courses to the general public and those interested in art.
The Foundation's collection of French paintings of the Impressionists, Post-Impressionist, and early Modern eras are among the finest in the world. The Barnes is noted for its extraordinary number of masterpieces by Renoir, Cézanne, and Matisse that provide a depth of work by these artists unavailable elsewhere. Works by Picasso, Seurat, Rousseau, Modigliani, Soutine, Monet, Manet, Degas, Van Gogh and others are only part of The Foundation's incredible collection.
The Barnes Foundation's arboretum is as vital an asset to The Foundation as its art collection. It contains a world-class collection of ferns, stewartia, magnolias and lilacs. It is used for the horticulture program and has provided an unparalleled resource for horticultural education for over five decades.
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