CGU secures $2 million to establish endowment for funding art faculty position
Claremont Graduate University announced on Tuesday they secured $2 million to start the Roland Reiss Endowed Chair in Art.
A senior level faculty position in the art department will be funded with the endowment, named in honor of CGU former art department chair Roland Reiss.
A "significant fund" will support the chair holder to aid in teaching activities and research, according to a CGU news release.
"The establishment of the Roland Reiss Endowed Chair in Art strengthens what is already one of the premiere graduate art programs in the nation," said CGU interim President Joseph C. Hough, Jr. in a news release.
Former Reiss student and alumna Sally Hurt provided the bulk of the funding and made a $1 million challenge grant to get other alumni and potential donors to help, according to the release.
"Significant" gifts came from Karl and Beverly Benjamin, Peggy Phelps and Robert B. Egelston, a long-time supporter of the arts and former trustee of CGU, according to the release.
In the months ahead a professor will be appointed to the endowed chair post.
Reiss's career at CGU was from 1971 to 2001 featured him as a distinguished scholar, artist and teacher who helped lead the art department to become a national ranked program.
A weekend of receptions and gallery shows in Claremont and Pomona will be part of the university's celebration of Roland Reis Endowed Chair in Art from Sept. 10 through 12.
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