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The original documents are located in Box 13, folder "3/29/76 - New York, NY" of the
Betty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 24, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MRS. FORD
VIA:
RED CAVANE
FROM:
PETER SORUM
PAS
SUBJECT:
NEW YORK CITY VISIT
Monday, March 29, 1976
Attached at TAB A is the Proposed Schedule for your visit to
New York City.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
GERALD FORD LIBRARY
BACKGROUND
You have been awarded the 1976 Parsons Award conferred by the
Parsons School of Design on "distinguished men and women who not
only advance the cause of American fashion, but in so doing serve
as an inspiration for students who are about to assume professional
and citizenship roles in American society."
The award will be presented at the conclusion of the annual Critics
Award Show at the New York Hilton Hotel on Monday evening. Due
to other commitments, you will depart following the program, rather
than remaining for the dinner dance which follows.
As you have expressed a desire to see the special exhibit "American
Women of Style" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum
will open the exhibit for you on Monday afternoon (normally a closed
day). Following a tour by Diana Vreeland, developer of the exhibit,
you will have an opportunity to greet the Museum and Costume Institute
Staff who created the exhibit and built the displays.
TAB
A
FORD & LIBRARY GERALD
WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)
FORM OF
CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE
DATE
RESTRICTION
DOCUMENT
Schedule
Schedule for Mrs. Ford's visit to New York City on March 29, 1976. 5
3/24/1976,
B
pages. Attached to memo from Peter Sorum to Mrs. Ford at Tab A.
1:00 PM
File Location:
Betty Ford White House Papers, Box 13, Folder: "3/29/1976 New York City"
SMD - 7/17/2018
RESTRICTION CODES
(A) Closed by applicable Executive order governing access to national security information.
(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.
(C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
NA FORM 1429 (1-98)
For immediate release
Friday, March 19, 1976
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of Mrs. Ford's Press Secretary
Monday evening, March 29th, Mrs. Ford will accept the 1976 Parsons Award at the
annual Critics Awards Show sponsored by the Parsons School of Design at the New
York Hilton Hotel in New York City.
There will be a photo session with Mrs. Ford and student award winners at 6:00 p.m.
in the Rendevous Trianon Room of the New York Hilton, followed by a private
reception. The fashion show and awards presentation will take place between 7:00 and
8:00 p.m. Mrs. Ford will make brief remarks at the award presentation.
The Parsons Award is conferred annually "on distinguished men and women who not
only advance the cause of American fashion, but in so doing serve as an inspiration
for students. " The Parsons School described Mrs. Ford as a deserving recipient
of the award because of her devotion to American fashion and design. It said she is
a symbol of "what is best in our national heritage and character--our devotion to
family, our dedication to helping the less fortunate, our passionate belief in the
promise of the future.'
The Critics Award Show is the result of the Parsons School's Fashion Critics Program
which offers Parson's second and third-year students the opportunity to submit their
work to the critical scrutiny of leading designers. The 1976 critics are Donald Brooks,
Albert Capraro, Liz Claiborne, Pierro Dimitri, Elinore Fishman, Donna Karan,
Calvin Klein, Anthony Muto, Leo Narducci, Shannon Rodgers, Ann Webster, Kasper, a
Chester Weinberg, most of whom are alumni of Parsons.
The Parsons School of Design was founded in 1896 and has approximately 1, 000 full-
time and 1, 600 part-time students. It was the first school to stress the relationship
between art (design) and industry.
# # #
GREATO R. FORD LIBRARY
Nancy
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
March 15, 1976
MEMORANDUM TO:
PETER SORUM
FROM:
SUSAN PORTER
SUBJECT:
Action Memo
Mrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-town invitation:
EVENT: Receive 1976 Parsons Award
GROUP: Parsons School of Design
DATE: Monday, March 29, 1976
TIME: 6:00-7:00 Reception
7:00-8:30
Show and Presentation
8:30
Dinner Dance
GERITO FORD
PLACE: New York Hilton Hotel, New York City
CONTACT: Mr. Edwin Cohen, Director of Development
(212) 741-5662
COMMENTS: On Monday, March 29th, Mrs. Ford will accept the 1976
Parsons Award at the annual Critics Awards Show sponsored
by the Parsons School of Design. The Parsons Award "is
conferred annually on distinguished men and women who not
only advance the cause of American fashion, but in so doing
serve as an inspiration for students who are about to
assume professional and citizenship roles in American society."
The Parsons School of Design is the preeminent American
institution in the field of fashion design. The tribute to
Mrs. Ford is attached.
Because the evening precedes a State Dinner, Mrs. Ford would
like to return to Washington as early as possible and Mr. Cohen
has been very flexible in stating that Mrs. Ford need not
stay for the dinner if she needs to return early.
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The file is attached.
At the time of her visit to New York on the 29th, Mrs. Ford
would also like to see the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art entitled n American Women of Style". Mrs. Ford was
Honorary Chairman of the Costume Institute Ball sponsored
by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Fashion Designers of
America held on December 10, 1975. The evening launched
the opening of the exhibit. Although the Museum is closed
to the public on Mondays, Mr. Thomas Hoving, the Director,
told me that this is the best possible day for Mrs. Ford
to visit. Your contact should be Mr. Richard Morsches,
Chief of Operations, (212) 879-5550.
Thank you.
c: BF Staff
Red Cavaney
William Nicholson
Kathleen Ryan
Dick Mastrangelo
FORD & LIBRARY CERALD
Rex Scouten
Staircase
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
RE:
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mr. Thomas Hoving
Director
5th Avenue and 82nd Street
New York, New York 10028
(212) 879-5500
"American Women of Style thru Aug.
Tuesday: 10-8:45
Wed.-Sat: 10-4:45
Sunday: 11-4:45
Monday: Closed
Mr. CONTACT: Bichard Moreches
Chiffof operations
(Me-HOVING OUT Tunn OF TOWN)
FORD 2 CERALO LIBRARY
Parsons School of Design
cordially invites you to attend the
FASHION CRITICS
AWARDS SHOW
AND
DINNER DANCE
honoring
MRS. GERALD R. FORD
Monday, March 29, 1976
The New York Hilton
FORD & LIBRARY CERALD
Cocktails 6:00 P.M.
Black tie
Fashion Show 7:00 P.M.
$150 per person
Dinner Dance 8:30 P.M.
$1500 per table of ten
myken
THE WHITE HOUSE
is
WASHINGTON
800
6-7 COCKTAIL RECEPTION
OR: SMALLER
RECEPTION
150
7-8:30 SHOW + PRESENTATION
IN BALLROOM
8:30
DINNERY BALLROOM
IN
Y
- RUNWAY STYLE
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AWARDS TO STUDENTS
- SWRT PROGRAM
- PRESENTCTION TO BF
- BRIEF BF RESPONSE
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BF FINISHED / DINNER
BEGINS
FORD 3 079839 LIBRARY
THE PARSONS AWARD
MRS. GERALD R. FORD
The Parsons Award is conferred annually on dis-
tinguished men and women who not only advance
the cause of American fashion, but in SO doing serve
as an inspiration for students who are about to
assume professional and citizenship roles in Ameri-
can society.
In this year of the American Bicentennial, there
can be no more fitting, and indeed no more deserv-
ing recipient than Mrs. Elizabeth Betty' Bloomer
Ford, First Lady of the United States.
Refreshingly forthright, independent and enthu-
siastic, Mrs. Ford has by word and deed emerged
as a symbol of what is best in our national heritage
and character-our devotion to family, our dedica-
tion to helping the less fortunate, our passionate
belief in the promise of the future.
Not only in the way she thinks and acts, but in
the way she looks as well, Mrs. Ford is as unabash-
edly American as the house she lives in. Possessing
her own distinctive style, she has selected a ward-
robe that is designed and manufactured exclusively
by American talent. Thus, whether at 1600 Pennsyl-
vania Avenue or on visits to foreign capitals, she
imparts to all American women her deep conviction
that the highest standards of taste and craftsman-
ship are to be found not thousands of miles, but a
few blocks from home. The American fashion in-
dustry and the young student designer who may
one day provide its creative impetus can find no
2.
FOR
greater encouragement and support.
This charming and beautiful First Lady was once
GERALD
an active member of New York's arts community.
Parsons is proud that it will have the opportunity
to welcome her back for the conferral of this high
and well-deserved honor.
THE FASHION CRITICS PROGRAM
For almost half a century, Parsons School of De-
sign has been the preeminent American institution
in the field of fashion education. Most of the nation's
foremost fashion designers and about one-half of
all professionals in the field are Parsons alumni.
This year fifteen of the country's foremost fash-
ion designers, most of them Parsons alumni, will
regularly visit Parsons to participate in a unique
activity which contributes to the institution's un-
paralleled achievements in fashion education.
That activity is called the Fashion Critics Pro-
gram. Its function is to offer Parsons' second and
third-year students the rare opportunity to sub-
mit their work to the critical scrutiny of leading
designers. The response of the designer-critic rep-
resents for these undergraduates a significant part
of their training. The professional's criticism or
approval, the helpful suggestion that modifies con-
cept or shape or color-these become signposts that
provide the student with the insights and sophisti-
cation of a full-fledged professional designer.
At the 1976 Critics Awards Show, you will have
the opportunity to observe the results of this
unique education program.
THE 1976 CRITICS ARE:
DONALD BROOKS ALBERT CAPRARO
LIZ CLAIBORNE PIERRO DIMITRI
ELINORE FISHMAN DONNA KARAN
KASPER CALVIN KLEIN
ANTHONY MUTO LEO NARDUCCI
FORD
SHANNON RODGERS ANN WEBSTER
LIBRARY
CHESTER WEINBERG
BOARD OF TRUSTEES NEW SCHOOL AND PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Henry A. Loeb, Chairman
Elinor S. Gimbel
Isador Lubin
Leona Baumgartner
August Heckscher
Alfred J. Marrow
Ramsey Clark
Dorothy Hirshon
Rodman C. Rockefeller
Adrian W. De Wind
Paul Jennings
Richard C. Sachs
Walter A. Eberstadt
Orin Lehman
Jerome A. Siegel
Ralph Ellison
Nathan W. Levin
Joseph B. Williams
John R. Everett, President
Morris L. Levinson
John L. Fava, Ex-officio
Vera G. List
BOARD OF OVERSEERS, PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
August Heckscher, Chairman
David Finn
Jack Lazar
Harry N. Abrams
Doris Freedman
Richard deY Manning
Claire B. Benenson
Mrs. Adam L. Gimbel
Mollie Parnis
William Benenson
Robert D. Graff
Mrs. J. C. Penney
William Blitzer
Marjorie Griswold
Richard J. Schwartz
Donald Brooks
Bruce Hausman
Mrs. Jerome A. Siegel
Alexander Cooper
Allan R. Johnson
Jerry Silverman
Lewis Davis
Oscar Kolin
Chester Weinberg
William M. Fine
Jack Lenor Larsen
FASHION CRITICS AWARDS SHOW SPONSORING COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN Sanford J. Zimmerman
CO-CHAIRMEN
Sol C. Chaikin
Oscar Kolin
Jerry Silverman
Andrew Goodman
Jack Lazar
Melanie Kahane
Richard J. Schwartz
COMMITTEE IN FORMATION
Lee Abraham
Stanley J. Goodman
Ira Neimark
J. A. Baer, II
Ernest Graf
Mrs. Samuel I. Newhouse
Jack Baker
Robert L. Green
George E. Parker, Jr.
Norman N. Barnett
Majorie Griswold Grisdale
Mollie Parnis
Geoffrey Beene
Mark S. Handler
Martha R. Phillips
Robert A. Berry
James J. Harrison
Fred P. Pomerantz
Gerald H. Blum
Norman M. Hinerfeld
John J. Pomerantz
Stella Blum
Edwin K. Hoffman
Thomas B. Price
Joe Brodie
Walter Hoving
Lew Prince
Donald Brooks
Franklin M. Jarman
Oscar de la Renta
Albert Capraro
Allan R. Johnson
Shannon Rodgers
Sal Cesarani
Matt Kallman
Matthew N. (Chip) Rubinstein
John W. Christian, Jr.
S. Peter Kamins
Kalman Ruttenstein
Michael F. Coady
Richard Kaplan
Arthur Samuels Jr.
Felix J. Colangelo
Kasper
Abe Schrader
Richard Cole
Robert Kaufman
Malcolm A. Shults
Jo Copeland
Clarence J. Kjorlien
Morton Siegenfeld
Mildred Custin
Calvin Klein
Bernard R. Siskind
Wilbur Daniels
Martin S. Kramer
Ben Sommers
Angelo Donghia
Lawrence Lachman
Herbert E. Strawbridge
Carrie Donovan
Eleanor Lambert
Geraldine Stutz
Jane Evans
Kenneth Jay Lane
Ruth Sublette
William M. Fine
Leonard Lauder
Julio Tanjeloff
Edward S. Finkelstein
Ralph Lauren
Gustave Tassel
James D. Finley
Laurence C. Leeds, Jr.
David M. Tracy
Anne Fogarty
Edith Raymond Locke
Marvin S. Traub
Raymond Frommer
Thomas P. Losee, Jr.
Jerome Uchin
Alan B. Gilman
Arthur Malsin
Diane Von Furstenberg
R.
FORD
Mary Joan Glynn
Richard deY Manning
Diana Vreeland
Howard P. Goldberg
Sidney Mayer
Elmer L. Ward, Jr.
Joseph Goldman
Lee Mellis
Paul Woolard
Sidney S. Good, Jr.
Henry S. Moss
LIBRARY
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN AFFILIATED WITH THE NEW SCHOOL
66 WEST 12TH STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011 (212) 741-5662
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
66 WEST 12TH STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10011
OREGON 5-2700
741-5662
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
February 18, 1976
Ms. Susan Porter
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Ms. Porter:
I am enclosing twelve (12) sets of the invitation to
the March 29th Parsons Fashion Critics Awards Show honoring
Mrs. Ford.
Please let me know if you need additional copies of
this invitation, or if there are any other people to whom I
should send them.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
cdw Coh
Edwin Cohen
Director of Development
Enclosure
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PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
66 WEST 12TH STREET
NEW YORK, N. Y. 10011
OREGON 5-2700
741-5662
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
November 17, 1975
Mrs. Susan Porter
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mrs. Porter,
Pursuant to our telephone conversation, I have reserved
The New York Hilton for Monday, March 29, 1976 for the Parsons
School of Design Critics Awards Show, at which Mrs. Ford will
receive the 1976 Parsons Award.
The tentative schedule for that evening calls for a cocktail
reception at 6 P.M., fashion show and awards presentation at 7 P.M.
and dinner dance at 8:30 P.M.
I will, of course, be in touch with your office at a later
date to discuss plans for that evening in greater detail.
Thank you for all of your wonderful cooperation.
Sincerely,
Edun. Cuh
Edwin Cohen
Director of Development
GERMILO R. FORD LIBRARY
Parsons Award
NYC
PARSONS
SCHOOL OF DESIGN
66 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011
212/243-3910 741-5662
AFFILIATED WITH
THE NEW SCHOOL
October 17, 1975
nothing
on calendare.
will need acton
Miss Susan Porter
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Miss Porter,
On October 9, Mrs. Ford met with Albert Capraro at The Waldorf
Astoria in New York. At that meeting Mrs. Ford graciously consented
to accept the 1976 Parsons Award from the Parsons School of Design,
at its Annual Critics Awards Show.
This event will be held early Spring, 1976.
Mrs. Ford asked that I write you with some suggested dates for
her consideration. We would like to schedule our 1976 Show on Tues-
day, April 20, Wednesday, March 31, or Monday, March 29.
Please let me know if any of these dates are acceptable to Mrs.
Ford, or any dates that would be more convenient for her.
I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Colum. Cohen
Easter is april 18.
Edwin Cohen
Director of Development
66 W.12th St.
NYC.
(212)741-5662
FORD is CERALO LIBRARY
PARSONS AWARD/Revised Draft
March 29, 1976
The Parsons School of Design is such an important
creative force in American fashion and the arts, and I
am very flattered by this honor. The marvelous display
of talent and innovation tonight shows why Parsons deserves
its "top of the line" reputation.
Being here tonight brings back many exciting memories
of buying trips to New York as a fashion co-ordinator for
a Grand Rapids department store and of those days when I
lived in this fabulous city.
As a professional buyer and now as a consumer, I have
always been enthusiastic about American clothes. American
clothes are fantastic---versatile, practical and expressive.
Wherever I go, I see the best fashion show of all---people
wearing and enjoying American clothes. That's why I am
delighted you think I have helped your industry, which does
its job so well with much imagination and artistry
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GENATO FORD LIBRARY
MARCH 29, 1976 PARSONS FASHION AWARDS SHOW AND DINNER DANCE
GUESTS SITTING AT MRS. FORD'S TABLE
(Lett
C
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Dr. & Mrs. John R. Everett (Elsie)
President, New School for Social Research and Parsons School of Design.
Mr. & Mrs. August Heckscher (Claude)
159 East 94th Street, N.Y.C.
Mr. Heckscher is Chairman, Board of Overseers, Parsons School of Design;
Trustee, New School.
(right)
Mr. & Mrs. Albert List (Vera)
650 Park Avenue, N.Y.C.
Mrs. List is a Trustee of The New School.
Mr. & Mrs. Henry A. Loeb (Louise)
50 East 77th Street, N.Y.C.
Mr. Loeb is Chairman, Board of Trustees, New School; partner, Loeb Rhoades.
Mr. & Mrs. Sanford J. Zimmerman (Eve)
71 East 71st Street, N.Y.C.
Mr. Zimmerman is Chairman of the Board, Abraham and Straus and Chairman of
the Dinner Committee - Parsons Fashion Critics Awards Show.
GETALO FORD LIBRARY
This item was not digitized for preservation reasons. Please contact the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to this material.
Parsons School of Design
PARSONS
SCHOOL
DESIGN
affiliated with The New School
FORD is LIBRARY GERALD
Portfolio & Catalog
Contents
Admissions
Application Procedures
33
Portfolio & Home Exam
34
Interview
34
Mid-Year Admissions
35
Transfer Students
35
Special Students
35
Early Admission of High School Juniors
36
Advanced Standing
36
Foreign Students
37
Entering Class Profile
37
Programs of Study
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree
38
Certificate Program
38
Associate in Applied Science Degree
38
Foundation Year
39
Departmental Majors
Fine Arts
40
Crafts
42
Environmental Design
42
Communication Design
45
Photography
48
Fashion Design
49
Illustration
51
Art Education
53
Non-Major Curricula
History & Criticism of Art and Design
55
Interdepartmental Electives
56
Liberal Arts
59
Tuition, Fees & Expenses
60
Financial Aid
62
Job Placement & Counseling
64
Academic Regulations
65
Faculty
69
Trustees and Administration
(inside back cover)
Parsons School of Design is an institution of higher
education holding an absolute charter from the Board
of Regents of the State of New York. Parsons is an
accredited member of the Middle States Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the National
Association of Schools of Art.
Divisions
Parsons
The simplest way to describe Parsons School of Design is
wrote, "Industry is this nation's life, art is the quality of
Affiliated Institution
Parsons School of Design
to call it an art school and most people are willing to
beauty in expression, and industrial art is the cornerstone
of the
School of
accept this casual definition. But Parsons is not merely a
of our national art."
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
Certificate Programs &
Design
school of art-it is one of the few colleges in this country
In his thinking and in the courses begun under him at
New School
that directs its energies solely to the education of the
the school, Parsons anticipated by almost a full decade the
Associate in Applied Science (AAS)
for
A Definition
talented young people who in a few years will shape our
concepts that underlay that most prophetic of design
Department of Communication Design
visual world. Parsons' students are drawn from diverse
schools, Walter Gropius' Bauhaus at Dessau, Germany.
Social
Department of Environmental Design
backgrounds; 36 states of the union are represented and
There can be no doubt that the effect of the New York
Department of Fashion Design
28 foreign countries. Over 20% receive scholarships or
School of Fine and Applied Arts, renamed Parsons School
Research
Department of Fine Arts
other financial aid from the college and all, prior to ad-
of Design in 1941, has been decisive in determining the
Department of Illustration
mission, have met exacting standards of intellectual and
visual direction of our lives.
Concentration in Art Education
artistic excellence, measured through the presentation of
Concentration in Photography
academic records and portfolios of work.
Parsons and The New School
Concentration in Crafts
Some of our graduates will become painters and
sculptors whose art will contribute to our cultrual and
In the early months of 1970, Parsons' Board of Trustees
Major Divisions
Adult Division
intellectual life but the majority by far will become
made one of its most eventful decisions by determining
designers, those creative professionals who determine how
that Parsons would affiliate with The New School for Social
Division of Humanities
our everyday world will look. They will design the homes
Research, one of America's unique universities. Never
Division of Social Sciences
and offices in which we live and work, the clothes we wear,
before had a school of design as distinguished as Parsons
Human Relations Work-Study Center
the automobiles we drive, our books, magazines, movies
linked its strengths to an institution whose outlook was as
The Language Center
and television. Parsons, by helping to form the designer,
progressive or whose commitment to the arts as deep as
Creative and Performing Arts
has a crucial effect upon our lives for our experience would
those of The New School.
Institute for Retired Professionals
be seriously limited without the designer's touch.
This affiliation brought to Parsons resources that are
Auxiliary Activities
Parsons' impact upon visual America seems at first to
unobtainable to most independent schools of art and
New School Art Center
be disproportionately great for, while its graduates make
design. It made possible the broadening of the liberal arts
Conference on Wall Street and the Economy
up a substantial percentage of the country's artists and
curriculum so that degree candidates are today able to
New School Concerts
designers, it is not a large school. Enrollment is approxi-
choose among a vast range of courses in the humanities
"The School Bulletin" (Monthly Bulletin)
mately 900 full-time students plus 850 evening students
and social sciences which, when appropriate, can be
and there are just over 150 faculty members, two thirds
closely related to the specific intellectual needs of the
of whom are professionals teaching part-time. A brief
design student.
The Graduate Faculty
history of the college may help account for the size of its
Master of Arts (M.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.),
contribution.
Physical Facilities
and Doctor of Social Science (D.S.Sc.)
Programs in:
Origins
As a result of Parsons' affiliation with The New School, the
Anthropology
Political Science
college chose a new site, in the midst of the university
Economics
Psychology
Parsons was founded 78 years ago, in 1896, by William
campus. This setting on lower Fifth Avenue is six blocks
Philosophy
Sociology
Merritt Chase, one of America's leading painters and
above Greenwich Village's famous Washington Arch and in
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies Program
teachers of art at the turn of the century. As may be
the center of the community that has traditionally been the
imagined, the Chase School, as it was first known, was
nation's artistic and intellectual hub. It is also a place of
Auxiliary Activities
devoted to the education of painters and sculptors and
historic landmarks and one of New York City's most
"Social Research" (Quarterly Journal)
was not notably different from several other institutions that
sought-after residential communities.
Specialized Research Programs
existed at the time-among them the Art Students League
After acquiring its two new buildings in the spring of
Inter-University Consortium in Perception
and the National Academy of Design. But in 1904, Frank
1972, they were completely renovated so that the fall 1972
Post-Doctoral Programs
Alvah Parsons of Teacher's College, Columbia University,
term began in studio and laboratory facilities that are
joined the faculty and his influence on the school and its
among the most modern available at any private college
Center for New York City Affairs
growth during the next 26 years was profound.
of the visual arts in New York. In addition, many spe-
In 1902 the school was incorporated under the name of
cialized spaces for lectures, seminars, and exhibits are
Master of Arts Program in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis
the New York School of Art and, in 1909 five years after
available to the Parsons faculty and students in the other
Master of Arts Program in Human Resources
Parsons first came to teach it was reincorporated under the
buildings of the university that surround the college.
Continuing Education Program in Urban Affairs
name of the New York School of Art and, in 1909 five years
Auxiliary Activities
after Parsons first came to teach it was reincorporated as
Research Program
The New York School of Fine and Applied Arts--a name
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which already reflected the influence of Parsons' thinking.
Parsons School of Design today reflects the philosophies of
In 1910 he assumed the school's presidency. It is in large
its founders in its view of the visual arts, its conviction that
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measure due to the prophetic philosophy of Frank Alvah
they are as necessary in our homes, offices or factories as
Parsons that the college (which today bears his name)
in our expanding museums and galleries. The curricular
Bachelor of Arts Program
occupies its unique position in American higher education.
offerings at Parsons are broad and students entering the
Freshman Year Program for High School Seniors
college may matriculate for the Bachelor of Fine Arts
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degree, Professional Certificate or Associate in Applied
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Science degree. Because of maximum flexibility in course
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Frank Alvah Parsons was the first American educator to
offerings a student can choose a program best suited to
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see a direct relationship between the education of the
his needs.
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visual artist and the world of industry. Under his leader-
There are eight areas of specialization-Communication
Parsons School of Design
ship, The New York School of Fine and Applied Arts initi-
Design, Illustration, Fashion Design, Environmental Design,
an affiliate of The New School
ated courses in Interior Architecture and Decoration,
Fine Arts, Art Education, Crafts and Photography.
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Fashion Design and Advertising Art. Parsons saw in our
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emerging industrial society the components for a new art in
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America and at the same time, a visual potential not
previously accessible to American industry. In 1915 he
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NEW YORK THANK YOU'S
March 29, 1976
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