Frances D. Fergusson
American art historian, university teacher, and politician (born 1944)
About Frances D. Fergusson
Born 1944. Frances D. Fergusson is an American historian, art historian, politician and academic administrator.
Frances Daly Fergusson (born October 3, 1944) served as president of Vassar College from 1986 to 2006. A graduate of Wellesley College, Fergusson earned her AM and PhD in Art History at Harvard University before starting her teaching career at Newton College.
On February 16, 2005, Fergusson announced her intention to step down as president of Vassar College after twenty years as head of the institution. Catharine Bond Hill assumed the position of president at the end of the 2005-2006 academic year.
At her graduate alma mater, Harvard, she was the president of the Board of Overseers from 2007 to 2008 and served on the search committee that brought Drew Faust to the presidency of Harvard. Harvard Medal for "outstanding service to the University"
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American art historian, university teacher, and politician (born 1944)
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Frances D. Fergusson was born on 3 October 1944 in Boston.
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