Agnes Gund

Agnes Gund
Born	Agnes Gund 1938 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Nationality	American
Known for	Philanthropy

Agnes Gund (born 1938), is an American philanthropist, art patron and collector, and advocate for arts education. She is founding trustee of the Agnes Gund Foundation and President Emerita of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Chairman of its International Council. She is also Chairman of MoMA PS1. In 2011, Gund was nominated by President Barack Obama as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Council on the Arts.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Gund is a member of one of Cleveland's more prominent families. Her father, George Gund II, was president and chairman of Cleveland Trust when it was Ohio's largest bank. Born in 1938, she is the second oldest of six children. Two of her brothers, Gordon Gund and George Gund, partners in Gund Investment Corporation, were the former owners of the San Jose Sharks (National Hockey League) and Cleveland Cavaliers (National Basketball Association). Her brother Graham is an architect; her brother Geoff is a career teacher of economics and American history; and her sister, Louise, is a psychologist, environmentalist, woman’s activist, and philanthropist.

Agnes Gund became passionately interested in art while a 15-year-old student at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Connecticut. “I had a magical art history teacher who didn’t just give you the artist’s name and the date of the picture, she showed you how to look at artwork,” Gund said. Later Gund attended Connecticut College for Women, where she received a bachelor's degree in history. She received her master's degree in art history from Harvard’s Fogg Museum.

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