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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 13, folder \"3/29/76 - New York, NY\" of the\nBetty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Betty Ford donated to the United States\nof America her copyrights in all of her unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMarch 24, 1976\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nMRS. FORD\nVIA:\nRED CAVANE\nFROM:\nPETER SORUM\nPAS\nSUBJECT:\nNEW YORK CITY VISIT\nMonday, March 29, 1976\nAttached at TAB A is the Proposed Schedule for your visit to\nNew York City.\nAPPROVE\nDISAPPROVE\nGERALD FORD LIBRARY\nBACKGROUND\nYou have been awarded the 1976 Parsons Award conferred by the\nParsons School of Design on \"distinguished men and women who not\nonly advance the cause of American fashion, but in so doing serve\nas an inspiration for students who are about to assume professional\nand citizenship roles in American society.\"\nThe award will be presented at the conclusion of the annual Critics\nAward Show at the New York Hilton Hotel on Monday evening. Due\nto other commitments, you will depart following the program, rather\nthan remaining for the dinner dance which follows.\nAs you have expressed a desire to see the special exhibit \"American\nWomen of Style\" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum\nwill open the exhibit for you on Monday afternoon (normally a closed\nday). Following a tour by Diana Vreeland, developer of the exhibit,\nyou will have an opportunity to greet the Museum and Costume Institute\nStaff who created the exhibit and built the displays.\nTAB\nA\nFORD & LIBRARY GERALD\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)\nFORM OF\nCORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nDOCUMENT\nSchedule\nSchedule for Mrs. Ford's visit to New York City on March 29, 1976. 5\n3/24/1976,\nB\npages. Attached to memo from Peter Sorum to Mrs. Ford at Tab A.\n1:00 PM\nFile Location:\nBetty Ford White House Papers, Box 13, Folder: \"3/29/1976 New York City\"\nSMD - 7/17/2018\nRESTRICTION CODES\n(A) Closed by applicable Executive order governing access to national security information.\n(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.\n(C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1429 (1-98)\nFor immediate release\nFriday, March 19, 1976\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nOffice of Mrs. Ford's Press Secretary\nMonday evening, March 29th, Mrs. Ford will accept the 1976 Parsons Award at the\nannual Critics Awards Show sponsored by the Parsons School of Design at the New\nYork Hilton Hotel in New York City.\nThere will be a photo session with Mrs. Ford and student award winners at 6:00 p.m.\nin the Rendevous Trianon Room of the New York Hilton, followed by a private\nreception. The fashion show and awards presentation will take place between 7:00 and\n8:00 p.m. Mrs. Ford will make brief remarks at the award presentation.\nThe Parsons Award is conferred annually \"on distinguished men and women who not\nonly advance the cause of American fashion, but in so doing serve as an inspiration\nfor students. \" The Parsons School described Mrs. Ford as a deserving recipient\nof the award because of her devotion to American fashion and design. It said she is\na symbol of \"what is best in our national heritage and character--our devotion to\nfamily, our dedication to helping the less fortunate, our passionate belief in the\npromise of the future.'\nThe Critics Award Show is the result of the Parsons School's Fashion Critics Program\nwhich offers Parson's second and third-year students the opportunity to submit their\nwork to the critical scrutiny of leading designers. The 1976 critics are Donald Brooks,\nAlbert Capraro, Liz Claiborne, Pierro Dimitri, Elinore Fishman, Donna Karan,\nCalvin Klein, Anthony Muto, Leo Narducci, Shannon Rodgers, Ann Webster, Kasper, a\nChester Weinberg, most of whom are alumni of Parsons.\nThe Parsons School of Design was founded in 1896 and has approximately 1, 000 full-\ntime and 1, 600 part-time students. It was the first school to stress the relationship\nbetween art (design) and industry.\n# # #\nGREATO R. FORD LIBRARY\nNancy\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nMarch 15, 1976\nMEMORANDUM TO:\nPETER SORUM\nFROM:\nSUSAN PORTER\nSUBJECT:\nAction Memo\nMrs. Ford has accepted the following out-of-town invitation:\nEVENT: Receive 1976 Parsons Award\nGROUP: Parsons School of Design\nDATE: Monday, March 29, 1976\nTIME: 6:00-7:00 Reception\n7:00-8:30\nShow and Presentation\n8:30\nDinner Dance\nGERITO FORD\nPLACE: New York Hilton Hotel, New York City\nCONTACT: Mr. Edwin Cohen, Director of Development\n(212) 741-5662\nCOMMENTS: On Monday, March 29th, Mrs. Ford will accept the 1976\nParsons Award at the annual Critics Awards Show sponsored\nby the Parsons School of Design. The Parsons Award \"is\nconferred annually on distinguished men and women who not\nonly advance the cause of American fashion, but in so doing\nserve as an inspiration for students who are about to\nassume professional and citizenship roles in American society.\"\nThe Parsons School of Design is the preeminent American\ninstitution in the field of fashion design. The tribute to\nMrs. Ford is attached.\nBecause the evening precedes a State Dinner, Mrs. Ford would\nlike to return to Washington as early as possible and Mr. Cohen\nhas been very flexible in stating that Mrs. Ford need not\nstay for the dinner if she needs to return early.\n-2-\nThe file is attached.\nAt the time of her visit to New York on the 29th, Mrs. Ford\nwould also like to see the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum\nof Art entitled n American Women of Style\". Mrs. Ford was\nHonorary Chairman of the Costume Institute Ball sponsored\nby the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Fashion Designers of\nAmerica held on December 10, 1975. The evening launched\nthe opening of the exhibit. Although the Museum is closed\nto the public on Mondays, Mr. Thomas Hoving, the Director,\ntold me that this is the best possible day for Mrs. Ford\nto visit. Your contact should be Mr. Richard Morsches,\nChief of Operations, (212) 879-5550.\nThank you.\nc: BF Staff\nRed Cavaney\nWilliam Nicholson\nKathleen Ryan\nDick Mastrangelo\nFORD & LIBRARY CERALD\nRex Scouten\nStaircase\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nRE:\nMetropolitan Museum of Art\nMr. Thomas Hoving\nDirector\n5th Avenue and 82nd Street\nNew York, New York 10028\n(212) 879-5500\n\"American Women of Style thru Aug.\nTuesday: 10-8:45\nWed.-Sat: 10-4:45\nSunday: 11-4:45\nMonday: Closed\nMr. CONTACT: Bichard Moreches\nChiffof operations\n(Me-HOVING OUT Tunn OF TOWN)\nFORD 2 CERALO LIBRARY\nParsons School of Design\ncordially invites you to attend the\nFASHION CRITICS\nAWARDS SHOW\nAND\nDINNER DANCE\nhonoring\nMRS. GERALD R. FORD\nMonday, March 29, 1976\nThe New York Hilton\nFORD & LIBRARY CERALD\nCocktails 6:00 P.M.\nBlack tie\nFashion Show 7:00 P.M.\n$150 per person\nDinner Dance 8:30 P.M.\n$1500 per table of ten\nmyken\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nis\nWASHINGTON\n800\n6-7 COCKTAIL RECEPTION\nOR: SMALLER\nRECEPTION\n150\n7-8:30 SHOW + PRESENTATION\nIN BALLROOM\n8:30\nDINNERY BALLROOM\nIN\nY\n- RUNWAY STYLE\n-\nAWARDS TO STUDENTS\n- SWRT PROGRAM\n- PRESENTCTION TO BF\n- BRIEF BF RESPONSE\n-\nBF FINISHED / DINNER\nBEGINS\nFORD 3 079839 LIBRARY\nTHE PARSONS AWARD\nMRS. GERALD R. FORD\nThe Parsons Award is conferred annually on dis-\ntinguished men and women who not only advance\nthe cause of American fashion, but in SO doing serve\nas an inspiration for students who are about to\nassume professional and citizenship roles in Ameri-\ncan society.\nIn this year of the American Bicentennial, there\ncan be no more fitting, and indeed no more deserv-\ning recipient than Mrs. Elizabeth Betty' Bloomer\nFord, First Lady of the United States.\nRefreshingly forthright, independent and enthu-\nsiastic, Mrs. Ford has by word and deed emerged\nas a symbol of what is best in our national heritage\nand character-our devotion to family, our dedica-\ntion to helping the less fortunate, our passionate\nbelief in the promise of the future.\nNot only in the way she thinks and acts, but in\nthe way she looks as well, Mrs. Ford is as unabash-\nedly American as the house she lives in. Possessing\nher own distinctive style, she has selected a ward-\nrobe that is designed and manufactured exclusively\nby American talent. Thus, whether at 1600 Pennsyl-\nvania Avenue or on visits to foreign capitals, she\nimparts to all American women her deep conviction\nthat the highest standards of taste and craftsman-\nship are to be found not thousands of miles, but a\nfew blocks from home. The American fashion in-\ndustry and the young student designer who may\none day provide its creative impetus can find no\n2.\nFOR\ngreater encouragement and support.\nThis charming and beautiful First Lady was once\nGERALD\nan active member of New York's arts community.\nParsons is proud that it will have the opportunity\nto welcome her back for the conferral of this high\nand well-deserved honor.\nTHE FASHION CRITICS PROGRAM\nFor almost half a century, Parsons School of De-\nsign has been the preeminent American institution\nin the field of fashion education. Most of the nation's\nforemost fashion designers and about one-half of\nall professionals in the field are Parsons alumni.\nThis year fifteen of the country's foremost fash-\nion designers, most of them Parsons alumni, will\nregularly visit Parsons to participate in a unique\nactivity which contributes to the institution's un-\nparalleled achievements in fashion education.\nThat activity is called the Fashion Critics Pro-\ngram. Its function is to offer Parsons' second and\nthird-year students the rare opportunity to sub-\nmit their work to the critical scrutiny of leading\ndesigners. The response of the designer-critic rep-\nresents for these undergraduates a significant part\nof their training. The professional's criticism or\napproval, the helpful suggestion that modifies con-\ncept or shape or color-these become signposts that\nprovide the student with the insights and sophisti-\ncation of a full-fledged professional designer.\nAt the 1976 Critics Awards Show, you will have\nthe opportunity to observe the results of this\nunique education program.\nTHE 1976 CRITICS ARE:\nDONALD BROOKS ALBERT CAPRARO\nLIZ CLAIBORNE PIERRO DIMITRI\nELINORE FISHMAN DONNA KARAN\nKASPER CALVIN KLEIN\nANTHONY MUTO LEO NARDUCCI\nFORD\nSHANNON RODGERS ANN WEBSTER\nLIBRARY\nCHESTER WEINBERG\nBOARD OF TRUSTEES NEW SCHOOL AND PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN\nHenry A. Loeb, Chairman\nElinor S. Gimbel\nIsador Lubin\nLeona Baumgartner\nAugust Heckscher\nAlfred J. Marrow\nRamsey Clark\nDorothy Hirshon\nRodman C. Rockefeller\nAdrian W. De Wind\nPaul Jennings\nRichard C. Sachs\nWalter A. Eberstadt\nOrin Lehman\nJerome A. Siegel\nRalph Ellison\nNathan W. Levin\nJoseph B. Williams\nJohn R. Everett, President\nMorris L. Levinson\nJohn L. Fava, Ex-officio\nVera G. List\nBOARD OF OVERSEERS, PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN\nAugust Heckscher, Chairman\nDavid Finn\nJack Lazar\nHarry N. Abrams\nDoris Freedman\nRichard deY Manning\nClaire B. Benenson\nMrs. Adam L. Gimbel\nMollie Parnis\nWilliam Benenson\nRobert D. Graff\nMrs. J. C. Penney\nWilliam Blitzer\nMarjorie Griswold\nRichard J. Schwartz\nDonald Brooks\nBruce Hausman\nMrs. Jerome A. Siegel\nAlexander Cooper\nAllan R. Johnson\nJerry Silverman\nLewis Davis\nOscar Kolin\nChester Weinberg\nWilliam M. Fine\nJack Lenor Larsen\nFASHION CRITICS AWARDS SHOW SPONSORING COMMITTEE\nCHAIRMAN Sanford J. Zimmerman\nCO-CHAIRMEN\nSol C. Chaikin\nOscar Kolin\nJerry Silverman\nAndrew Goodman\nJack Lazar\nMelanie Kahane\nRichard J. Schwartz\nCOMMITTEE IN FORMATION\nLee Abraham\nStanley J. Goodman\nIra Neimark\nJ. A. Baer, II\nErnest Graf\nMrs. Samuel I. Newhouse\nJack Baker\nRobert L. Green\nGeorge E. Parker, Jr.\nNorman N. Barnett\nMajorie Griswold Grisdale\nMollie Parnis\nGeoffrey Beene\nMark S. Handler\nMartha R. Phillips\nRobert A. Berry\nJames J. Harrison\nFred P. Pomerantz\nGerald H. Blum\nNorman M. Hinerfeld\nJohn J. Pomerantz\nStella Blum\nEdwin K. Hoffman\nThomas B. Price\nJoe Brodie\nWalter Hoving\nLew Prince\nDonald Brooks\nFranklin M. Jarman\nOscar de la Renta\nAlbert Capraro\nAllan R. Johnson\nShannon Rodgers\nSal Cesarani\nMatt Kallman\nMatthew N. (Chip) Rubinstein\nJohn W. Christian, Jr.\nS. Peter Kamins\nKalman Ruttenstein\nMichael F. Coady\nRichard Kaplan\nArthur Samuels Jr.\nFelix J. Colangelo\nKasper\nAbe Schrader\nRichard Cole\nRobert Kaufman\nMalcolm A. Shults\nJo Copeland\nClarence J. Kjorlien\nMorton Siegenfeld\nMildred Custin\nCalvin Klein\nBernard R. Siskind\nWilbur Daniels\nMartin S. Kramer\nBen Sommers\nAngelo Donghia\nLawrence Lachman\nHerbert E. Strawbridge\nCarrie Donovan\nEleanor Lambert\nGeraldine Stutz\nJane Evans\nKenneth Jay Lane\nRuth Sublette\nWilliam M. Fine\nLeonard Lauder\nJulio Tanjeloff\nEdward S. Finkelstein\nRalph Lauren\nGustave Tassel\nJames D. Finley\nLaurence C. Leeds, Jr.\nDavid M. Tracy\nAnne Fogarty\nEdith Raymond Locke\nMarvin S. Traub\nRaymond Frommer\nThomas P. Losee, Jr.\nJerome Uchin\nAlan B. Gilman\nArthur Malsin\nDiane Von Furstenberg\nR.\nFORD\nMary Joan Glynn\nRichard deY Manning\nDiana Vreeland\nHoward P. Goldberg\nSidney Mayer\nElmer L. Ward, Jr.\nJoseph Goldman\nLee Mellis\nPaul Woolard\nSidney S. Good, Jr.\nHenry S. Moss\nLIBRARY\nPARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN AFFILIATED WITH THE NEW SCHOOL\n66 WEST 12TH STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011 (212) 741-5662\nPARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN\n66 WEST 12TH STREET\nNEW YORK, N. Y. 10011\nOREGON 5-2700\n741-5662\nOFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT\nFebruary 18, 1976\nMs. Susan Porter\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Ms. Porter:\nI am enclosing twelve (12) sets of the invitation to\nthe March 29th Parsons Fashion Critics Awards Show honoring\nMrs. Ford.\nPlease let me know if you need additional copies of\nthis invitation, or if there are any other people to whom I\nshould send them.\nLook forward to hearing from you.\nSincerely,\ncdw Coh\nEdwin Cohen\nDirector of Development\nEnclosure\nGERALD R FORD LIBRARY\nin\nw\nput\nPARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN\n66 WEST 12TH STREET\nNEW YORK, N. Y. 10011\nOREGON 5-2700\n741-5662\nOFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT\nNovember 17, 1975\nMrs. Susan Porter\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Mrs. Porter,\nPursuant to our telephone conversation, I have reserved\nThe New York Hilton for Monday, March 29, 1976 for the Parsons\nSchool of Design Critics Awards Show, at which Mrs. Ford will\nreceive the 1976 Parsons Award.\nThe tentative schedule for that evening calls for a cocktail\nreception at 6 P.M., fashion show and awards presentation at 7 P.M.\nand dinner dance at 8:30 P.M.\nI will, of course, be in touch with your office at a later\ndate to discuss plans for that evening in greater detail.\nThank you for all of your wonderful cooperation.\nSincerely,\nEdun. Cuh\nEdwin Cohen\nDirector of Development\nGERMILO R. FORD LIBRARY\nParsons Award\nNYC\nPARSONS\nSCHOOL OF DESIGN\n66 FIFTH AVENUE\nNEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011\n212/243-3910 741-5662\nAFFILIATED WITH\nTHE NEW SCHOOL\nOctober 17, 1975\nnothing\non calendare.\nwill need acton\nMiss Susan Porter\nThe White House\nWashington, D.C.\nDear Miss Porter,\nOn October 9, Mrs. Ford met with Albert Capraro at The Waldorf\nAstoria in New York. At that meeting Mrs. Ford graciously consented\nto accept the 1976 Parsons Award from the Parsons School of Design,\nat its Annual Critics Awards Show.\nThis event will be held early Spring, 1976.\nMrs. Ford asked that I write you with some suggested dates for\nher consideration. We would like to schedule our 1976 Show on Tues-\nday, April 20, Wednesday, March 31, or Monday, March 29.\nPlease let me know if any of these dates are acceptable to Mrs.\nFord, or any dates that would be more convenient for her.\nI look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.\nSincerely,\nColum. Cohen\nEaster is april 18.\nEdwin Cohen\nDirector of Development\n66 W.12th St.\nNYC.\n(212)741-5662\nFORD is CERALO LIBRARY\nPARSONS AWARD/Revised Draft\nMarch 29, 1976\nThe Parsons School of Design is such an important\ncreative force in American fashion and the arts, and I\nam very flattered by this honor. The marvelous display\nof talent and innovation tonight shows why Parsons deserves\nits \"top of the line\" reputation.\nBeing here tonight brings back many exciting memories\nof buying trips to New York as a fashion co-ordinator for\na Grand Rapids department store and of those days when I\nlived in this fabulous city.\nAs a professional buyer and now as a consumer, I have\nalways been enthusiastic about American clothes. American\nclothes are fantastic---versatile, practical and expressive.\nWherever I go, I see the best fashion show of all---people\nwearing and enjoying American clothes. That's why I am\ndelighted you think I have helped your industry, which does\nits job so well with much imagination and artistry\n-30-\nGENATO FORD LIBRARY\nMARCH 29, 1976 PARSONS FASHION AWARDS SHOW AND DINNER DANCE\nGUESTS SITTING AT MRS. FORD'S TABLE\n(Lett\nC\n)\nDr. & Mrs. John R. Everett (Elsie)\nPresident, New School for Social Research and Parsons School of Design.\nMr. & Mrs. August Heckscher (Claude)\n159 East 94th Street, N.Y.C.\nMr. Heckscher is Chairman, Board of Overseers, Parsons School of Design;\nTrustee, New School.\n(right)\nMr. & Mrs. Albert List (Vera)\n650 Park Avenue, N.Y.C.\nMrs. List is a Trustee of The New School.\nMr. & Mrs. Henry A. Loeb (Louise)\n50 East 77th Street, N.Y.C.\nMr. Loeb is Chairman, Board of Trustees, New School; partner, Loeb Rhoades.\nMr. & Mrs. Sanford J. Zimmerman (Eve)\n71 East 71st Street, N.Y.C.\nMr. Zimmerman is Chairman of the Board, Abraham and Straus and Chairman of\nthe Dinner Committee - Parsons Fashion Critics Awards Show.\nGETALO FORD LIBRARY\nThis item was not digitized for preservation reasons. Please contact the\nGerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to this material.\nParsons School of Design\nPARSONS\nSCHOOL\nDESIGN\naffiliated with The New School\nFORD is LIBRARY GERALD\nPortfolio & Catalog\nContents\nAdmissions\nApplication Procedures\n33\nPortfolio & Home Exam\n34\nInterview\n34\nMid-Year Admissions\n35\nTransfer Students\n35\nSpecial Students\n35\nEarly Admission of High School Juniors\n36\nAdvanced Standing\n36\nForeign Students\n37\nEntering Class Profile\n37\nPrograms of Study\nBachelor of Fine Arts Degree\n38\nCertificate Program\n38\nAssociate in Applied Science Degree\n38\nFoundation Year\n39\nDepartmental Majors\nFine Arts\n40\nCrafts\n42\nEnvironmental Design\n42\nCommunication Design\n45\nPhotography\n48\nFashion Design\n49\nIllustration\n51\nArt Education\n53\nNon-Major Curricula\nHistory & Criticism of Art and Design\n55\nInterdepartmental Electives\n56\nLiberal Arts\n59\nTuition, Fees & Expenses\n60\nFinancial Aid\n62\nJob Placement & Counseling\n64\nAcademic Regulations\n65\nFaculty\n69\nTrustees and Administration\n(inside back cover)\nParsons School of Design is an institution of higher\neducation holding an absolute charter from the Board\nof Regents of the State of New York. Parsons is an\naccredited member of the Middle States Association\nof Colleges and Secondary Schools and the National\nAssociation of Schools of Art.\nDivisions\nParsons\nThe simplest way to describe Parsons School of Design is\nwrote, \"Industry is this nation's life, art is the quality of\nAffiliated Institution\nParsons School of Design\nto call it an art school and most people are willing to\nbeauty in expression, and industrial art is the cornerstone\nof the\nSchool of\naccept this casual definition. But Parsons is not merely a\nof our national art.\"\nBachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)\nCertificate Programs &\nDesign\nschool of art-it is one of the few colleges in this country\nIn his thinking and in the courses begun under him at\nNew School\nthat directs its energies solely to the education of the\nthe school, Parsons anticipated by almost a full decade the\nAssociate in Applied Science (AAS)\nfor\nA Definition\ntalented young people who in a few years will shape our\nconcepts that underlay that most prophetic of design\nDepartment of Communication Design\nvisual world. Parsons' students are drawn from diverse\nschools, Walter Gropius' Bauhaus at Dessau, Germany.\nSocial\nDepartment of Environmental Design\nbackgrounds; 36 states of the union are represented and\nThere can be no doubt that the effect of the New York\nDepartment of Fashion Design\n28 foreign countries. Over 20% receive scholarships or\nSchool of Fine and Applied Arts, renamed Parsons School\nResearch\nDepartment of Fine Arts\nother financial aid from the college and all, prior to ad-\nof Design in 1941, has been decisive in determining the\nDepartment of Illustration\nmission, have met exacting standards of intellectual and\nvisual direction of our lives.\nConcentration in Art Education\nartistic excellence, measured through the presentation of\nConcentration in Photography\nacademic records and portfolios of work.\nParsons and The New School\nConcentration in Crafts\nSome of our graduates will become painters and\nsculptors whose art will contribute to our cultrual and\nIn the early months of 1970, Parsons' Board of Trustees\nMajor Divisions\nAdult Division\nintellectual life but the majority by far will become\nmade one of its most eventful decisions by determining\ndesigners, those creative professionals who determine how\nthat Parsons would affiliate with The New School for Social\nDivision of Humanities\nour everyday world will look. They will design the homes\nResearch, one of America's unique universities. Never\nDivision of Social Sciences\nand offices in which we live and work, the clothes we wear,\nbefore had a school of design as distinguished as Parsons\nHuman Relations Work-Study Center\nthe automobiles we drive, our books, magazines, movies\nlinked its strengths to an institution whose outlook was as\nThe Language Center\nand television. Parsons, by helping to form the designer,\nprogressive or whose commitment to the arts as deep as\nCreative and Performing Arts\nhas a crucial effect upon our lives for our experience would\nthose of The New School.\nInstitute for Retired Professionals\nbe seriously limited without the designer's touch.\nThis affiliation brought to Parsons resources that are\nAuxiliary Activities\nParsons' impact upon visual America seems at first to\nunobtainable to most independent schools of art and\nNew School Art Center\nbe disproportionately great for, while its graduates make\ndesign. It made possible the broadening of the liberal arts\nConference on Wall Street and the Economy\nup a substantial percentage of the country's artists and\ncurriculum so that degree candidates are today able to\nNew School Concerts\ndesigners, it is not a large school. Enrollment is approxi-\nchoose among a vast range of courses in the humanities\n\"The School Bulletin\" (Monthly Bulletin)\nmately 900 full-time students plus 850 evening students\nand social sciences which, when appropriate, can be\nand there are just over 150 faculty members, two thirds\nclosely related to the specific intellectual needs of the\nof whom are professionals teaching part-time. A brief\ndesign student.\nThe Graduate Faculty\nhistory of the college may help account for the size of its\nMaster of Arts (M.A.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.),\ncontribution.\nPhysical Facilities\nand Doctor of Social Science (D.S.Sc.)\nPrograms in:\nOrigins\nAs a result of Parsons' affiliation with The New School, the\nAnthropology\nPolitical Science\ncollege chose a new site, in the midst of the university\nEconomics\nPsychology\nParsons was founded 78 years ago, in 1896, by William\ncampus. This setting on lower Fifth Avenue is six blocks\nPhilosophy\nSociology\nMerritt Chase, one of America's leading painters and\nabove Greenwich Village's famous Washington Arch and in\nMaster of Arts in Liberal Studies Program\nteachers of art at the turn of the century. As may be\nthe center of the community that has traditionally been the\nimagined, the Chase School, as it was first known, was\nnation's artistic and intellectual hub. It is also a place of\nAuxiliary Activities\ndevoted to the education of painters and sculptors and\nhistoric landmarks and one of New York City's most\n\"Social Research\" (Quarterly Journal)\nwas not notably different from several other institutions that\nsought-after residential communities.\nSpecialized Research Programs\nexisted at the time-among them the Art Students League\nAfter acquiring its two new buildings in the spring of\nInter-University Consortium in Perception\nand the National Academy of Design. But in 1904, Frank\n1972, they were completely renovated so that the fall 1972\nPost-Doctoral Programs\nAlvah Parsons of Teacher's College, Columbia University,\nterm began in studio and laboratory facilities that are\njoined the faculty and his influence on the school and its\namong the most modern available at any private college\nCenter for New York City Affairs\ngrowth during the next 26 years was profound.\nof the visual arts in New York. In addition, many spe-\nIn 1902 the school was incorporated under the name of\ncialized spaces for lectures, seminars, and exhibits are\nMaster of Arts Program in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis\nthe New York School of Art and, in 1909 five years after\navailable to the Parsons faculty and students in the other\nMaster of Arts Program in Human Resources\nParsons first came to teach it was reincorporated under the\nbuildings of the university that surround the college.\nContinuing Education Program in Urban Affairs\nname of the New York School of Art and, in 1909 five years\nAuxiliary Activities\nafter Parsons first came to teach it was reincorporated as\nResearch Program\nThe New York School of Fine and Applied Arts--a name\nMajor Programs\n\"City Almanac\" (Bi-monthly publication)\nwhich already reflected the influence of Parsons' thinking.\nParsons School of Design today reflects the philosophies of\nIn 1910 he assumed the school's presidency. It is in large\nits founders in its view of the visual arts, its conviction that\nThe Senior College\nmeasure due to the prophetic philosophy of Frank Alvah\nthey are as necessary in our homes, offices or factories as\nParsons that the college (which today bears his name)\nin our expanding museums and galleries. The curricular\nBachelor of Arts Program\noccupies its unique position in American higher education.\nofferings at Parsons are broad and students entering the\nFreshman Year Program for High School Seniors\ncollege may matriculate for the Bachelor of Fine Arts\nThe New School for Social Research\nConcepts\ndegree, Professional Certificate or Associate in Applied\nMain Center\nScience degree. Because of maximum flexibility in course\n66 West 12th Street\nFrank Alvah Parsons was the first American educator to\nofferings a student can choose a program best suited to\nNew York, New York 10011\nsee a direct relationship between the education of the\nhis needs.\nTelephone 212/741-5600\nvisual artist and the world of industry. Under his leader-\nThere are eight areas of specialization-Communication\nParsons School of Design\nship, The New York School of Fine and Applied Arts initi-\nDesign, Illustration, Fashion Design, Environmental Design,\nan affiliate of The New School\nated courses in Interior Architecture and Decoration,\nFine Arts, Art Education, Crafts and Photography.\n66 Fifth Avenue\nFashion Design and Advertising Art. Parsons saw in our\nNew York, New York 10011\nemerging industrial society the components for a new art in\nTelephone 212/741-8910\nAmerica and at the same time, a visual potential not\npreviously accessible to American industry. In 1915 he\n5\nMRS. FORD\nNEW YORK THANK YOU'S\nMarch 29, 1976\nMr. Richard R. Morsches\nMet Mrs. Ford at\nVice Director for Operations\nMuseum at welcomed\nThe Metropolitan Museum of Art\nher for the Wirector.\nNew York, N.Y.\nPresented. Scarf\nMrs, T Reed\nMs (Diana) Ureeland\nDeveloper of Exhibit.\n550 Park Avenue\nShoved Mrs. ford through\nNewYok, W.Y.\nadgar colorful explator\nofall ladies reported.\nNancy Staub\nExhibit Coordintor kode\nAssociate Marager for opentions\nAll arrand nutsfor Tour\nThe Metrop olita Misen-ot Art\nand lied Up employee\nNew York, N.Y. Y.\nqueting puty\nMr. Joersen Housen\nwelcomed Mrs. Fad\nManager\nto hotely escorted\nNew You K Hilton\nher to Parkswite\n1335 Avenue of the Averias\nFlowers, Teaq Cookiel\nNewYork, W.Y.\nMr. John G. Эlynn\nMade all arvashets\nBanquet Manager\nfor Srite ad fuctions.\nNew York Hiltan\nVery helpful to the\n1335 A ben mofth Americas\nNew York,N.,\nLIBRARY\nadvarce team.\nVodks\nalso Floners\nMr. Edwin Cohen\nReception ad progm\nDirector of Development\nCoordinator. Male\nNew School for Social Research all argushents\non\n66 west 12th St\nbe Lalt of Parsons.\nNew York, N.Y. 10011\n(NOTE: Parson is a\ndivision of PewenSchool\nMr. Henry Loeb\nChairma, Board\n50 E. ) 715 St.\nEscorted Mrs. ford to\nNew York, Wen York\nthe 7ashim Show and\npresented her with The\nPars ms Award. He\nof wife Louise here\nat B7 table.\nMrs, S.I. (Mit2:) Newhouse\nEscated Nhs, Ford in\n730 Park Anenue\nreception.\nN.Y. W.Y.\nLIBRARY"
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