About Robert A. Mayer
Lived 1933 – 2008 (aged 74–75). Robert A. Mayer was an American exhibition curator.
Robert A. Mayer (born 1933; died December 2, 2008, Scottsdale, AZ) was the fifth director of the George Eastman Museum (then George Eastman House) from 1981 to 1989. He also served as President of the Museum Association of New York from 1986 - 1988. Mayer made the disputed proposal to transfer the museum's collections of photographs, films and cameras to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The museum's trustees initially approved the transfer in 1985, but later rescinded the move and initiated a $10.5 million fund-raising campaign, of which $7.8 million was spent to construct a building designed to house the collections.
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Who was Robert A. Mayer?
American photography critic
When was Robert A. Mayer born?
Robert A. Mayer was born in 1933.
When did Robert A. Mayer die?
Robert A. Mayer died on 2 December 2008.
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Robert A. Mayer was an exhibition curator.
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Robert A. Mayer was American.
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