Daniel Weiss (art historian)
| Daniel H. Weiss | |
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| 14th President of Haverford College | |
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In office 2013–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Joanne V. Creighton |
| Succeeded by | Kimberly W. Benston |
| 16th President of Lafayette College |
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In office 2005–2013 |
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| Preceded by | Arthur J. Rothkopf |
| Succeeded by | Alison Byerly |
| Personal details | |
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Johns Hopkins University Yale School of Management The George Washington University |
| Profession | Professor |
Daniel Weiss is the current President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Weiss previously served as the President of Haverford College from 2013 to 2015 and Lafayette College from 2005 to 2013.
Daniel Weiss joined Lafayette from Johns Hopkins University, where he was the James R Knapp Dean of the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. His duties as dean included oversight of all departments and faculty, graduate and undergraduate academic programs, scholarly and scientific research, budget and financial operations, strategic planning, development and alumni affairs, housing and student life, admissions, and enrollment services. Before being named to that position in 2002, he was the Dean of the Faculty at the Krieger School, with responsibility for academic and budgetary oversight of 300 faculty within 30 departments and major centers.
He received his B.A. from George Washington University in 1979, with a double major in art history and psychology. He also holds an M.B.A. (1985) from the Yale School of Management and was a consultant with Booz, Allen & Hamilton, Inc. from 1985 to 1989.
A leading authority on the art of medieval Europe in the Age of the Crusades, Weiss was a professor of art history in the Krieger School and chaired the art history department from 1998 to 2001. He earned an M.A. (1982) and Ph.D. (1992) in art history at Johns Hopkins and joined the faculty there in 1993.
Weiss has written or edited four books and numerous articles on the art of the Middle Ages, with a special focus on Romanesque, Gothic, and Crusader art and the interaction of Byzantine culture with the Medieval West. He has also published widely in other fields, including American higher education and documentary photographs from World War II and the Holocaust, and has lectured at many colleges, universities, and museums in the United States and abroad. His research has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Harvard University, Yale University, the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, and the Centro italiano di studi sull'Alto medioevo.
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