Williams College Awards 13 Master's in Art History

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., June 10, 2003–Williams College awarded 13 students master’s degrees on completion of the Graduate Program in the History of Art during Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 8.

Williams, in collaboration with the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, offers a two-year graduate program in preparation for careers in teaching and museums. Graduates of the program often follow their formal studies with curatorial or education positions at museums or enroll in doctoral programs in art history.

Students, hometowns, and colleges and universities from which they received their undergraduate degrees are listed below:

Esther Susan Bell, Plano, Tex., University of Virginia

Christa M. Carroll, Cherry Hill, N.J., Temple University

Kimberly A. Conaty, Fairfield, Conn., Middlebury College

Ellery Elisabeth Foutch, Morristown, Tenn., Wellesley College

Katie Lee Hanson, Madison, Wis., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Patricia M. Hickson, Williamstown, Mass., Bates College

Shirley Jordan Kim, Los Angeles, Calif., University of California/Berkeley

Catherine Pierson Malone, Manchester, Vt., Wellesley College

Don Grant Meyer, Plano, Tex., Northwestern University

Jane Simon, New York, N.Y., Bryn Mawr College

Benjamin Chew Tilghman VI, Williamstown, Mass., Lawrence University

Pan Wendt, Charlottetown, P.E.I., Canada, Williams College

Elizabeth Lalage Winborne, Atlanta, Ga., Georgetown University

Mark Haxthausen, the Faison-Pierson-Stoddard Professor of Art History, is chair of the Graduate Program in Art History.

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