From the Princeton Weekly Bulletin, December 8, 1997

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Gift establishes Heyer graduate art fellowship

The Brown Foundation Inc. of Houston, Texas, has given the University $750,000 to establish an endowed graduate fellowship in American/modern art history. The grant complements the foundation's previous gift of an endowed chair to the Art and Archaeology Department.

"This new gift will help us carry out our commitment to bring the most promising young art historians to Princeton and prepare them for the challenges of teaching and intellectual leadership in the 21st century," said President Shapiro.

The fellowship will be called the George S. Heyer '52 Graduate Fellowship in American/Modern Art History Given by the Brown Foundation, Inc. Houston. A longtime friend of the Brown family, Rev. Heyer is an art collector and religious scholar who was a member of the faculty of the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary until his retirement in 1993.

In 1986, the Brown Foundation and Louisa Sarofim, chair of its board of directors, endowed the Christopher Binyon Sarofim '86 Professorship in American Art, named for her son. The Sarofim chair is held by department head John Wilmerding.

"As a member of our department's advisory board and a long-time supporter of our Art Museum," said Wilmerding, "Louisa Sarofim knows how important endowed fellowships are to Princeton, and the Brown Foundation, which contributes to so many important causes in Texas, has reached all the way to Princeton to give outstanding young people a start on their scholarly careers."

The Brown Foundation, established in 1951, is a philanthropic organization with a special interest in education and the arts, primarily within Texas. It is named for two brothers, the late Herman and George R. Brown, partners in the engineering and construction company Brown and Root Inc.

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