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Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr. '74 has transformed Washington's Corcoran Gallery of Art into a major center for the study of African-American works. Tibbs, who has championed the rediscovery of many nineteenth and twentieth-century African-American artists in the past two decades, donated 30 pieces, valued at $1 million to $2 million, along with archives and a research library. Starting with an inheritance of five paintings, a house on Logan Circle in Washington, and a strong interest in art, Tibbs spent his own money to develop a museum, commercial gallery, and archive on African-American art and artists from the eighteenth century to the present. Tibbs, whose family has lived in Washington for more than a century, appreciated what he saw as a shift in the focus of the Corcoran. "The Corcoran is trying to reach out to the community and be a city museum," he said. "What my gift does is place one of the nicer private collections in a public museum, so it can be seen, dealt with, and researched."
John G. King '61, elected chair of the American Hospital Association Frederic H. Chaffee '63, named director of the world's largest observatory, the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii John Stobo '63, Paul Ladenson '70, and Brent Petty '70, co-editors of the 2 3rd edition of The Principles and Practice of Medicine (Johns Hopkins) Arthur Soter '69, chosen top All-Star analyst in the banking industry for 1996 by the Wall Street Journal Joseph Genova '75, recipient of the 1996 Special Services to Pro Bono Award by the National Association of Pro Bono Coordinators of the American Bar Association Martha Pollack '79, named fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence Rachel K. King '81, named CEO of Genetic Therapy Inc., which develops human gene therapy products for genetic and acquired diseases Susan Holmes '84, elected to the Sierra Club's board of directors Laurie Kretchmar '84, promoted to editor-in-chief of Women's Wire a Webzine of news and entertainment for women David E. Stern '85, named senior rabbi of Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, the country's third largest reform congregation
