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IN MEMORIAM
DONALD BANNARD GOODALL
Donald Bannard Goodall, onetime professor of
art history, died on October 26, 1997. He was 85.
Professor Goodall was born on October 8, 1912,
in Los Angeles, California. He earned a bachelor s degree from
the University of Oregon in 1935 and a master s degree from the
University of Chicago in 1938.
Professor Goodall served as director of the
Utah Art Center from 1938 to 1942. He joined the faculty of The
University of Texas at Austin in 1942, and served as chairman
of the Department of Art in 1945. He left the University to serve
as acting dean of the museum school of the Toledo (Ohio) Art Museum
in 1947-48. He joined the faculty of the University of Southern
California in 1948, where he headed the Department of Fine Arts
until 1959. He returned to UT Austin in 1959 and headed the Department
of Art until 1973, when he was named director of the University
art collections. During his tenure, he built the nation s largest
collection of Latin American art.
Professor Goodall also served as a director
of the College Art Association, trustee of the Pasadena Art Museum,
vice president of the Los Angeles County Museum Association, and
consultant to the Ford Foundation.
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John R. Durbin, Secretary
The General Faculty
Biographical sketch prepared by Teresa Palomo Acosta and posted
on the Faculty Council web site on May 24, 2001. Additional biographical
sources can be found in the UT Office of Public Affairs. |
