| Acting
Dean of Design:
John Dixon Hunt
President
Judith Rodin
and Provost
Robert Barchi
have announced
the appointment
of Dr. John
Dixon Hunt,
professor of
the history
and theory of
landscape, as
acting dean
of The
School of Design (formerly
the Graduate
School of Fine
Arts) for this
semester. He
will serve in
this capacity through
December, while
Dean Gary Hack
is on a sabbatical.
Dr.
Hunt joined
the Penn faculty
in 1994 and
served as chair
of the department
of landscape
architecture
and regional
planning from
1994 until June
2000. He is
a member of
the Graduate
Groups in Ph.D.
architecture,
historic preservation,
history of art,
comparative
literature and
of the Center
for Italian
Studies Committee.
"It
is marvelous
that Dr. Hunt
has agreed
to serve as
acting
dean this semester.
He is a renowned
scholar in
his field, and
the
School will
be in good
hands while
Dean Hack,
is on leave",
said President
Judith
Rodin.
Dr.
Hunt's current
interests include
landscape architectural
theory, and
the development
of garden design
in Venice, Italy.
He has a book
to be published
next year, The
Afterlife of
Gardens,
on the reception
of landscape
architecure.
Dr.
Hunt was named
a member of
the Order of
Arts and Letters
(Chevalier dans
l'Ordre des
Arts et des
Lettres) by
the French Ministry
of Culture in
2000 for his
exceptional
endeavors in
landscape architecture.
Dr.
Hunt earned
his B.A. and
M.A. at King's
College, Cambridge,
and a Ph.D.
from Bristol
University in
1964. He had
been director
of studies in
landscape architecture
at Dumbarton
Oaks in Washington,
D.C., 1988-91,
and is the author
of numerous
articles and
books on garden
history and
theory. Since
1998 he has
been the inaugural
series editor
of the Penn
Studies in Landscape
Architecture
Series (Penn
Press) which
now numbers
more than ten
titles, including
his own theoretic
study of landscape
architecture, Greater
Perfections:
The Practice
of Garden Theory (1999).
Dr.
Gary Hack was
re-appointed
for a second,
five-year term
as Dean of the
School of Design;
he is now on
a sabbatical
for the semester,
working on plans
for the World
Trade Center
site and rewriting
his book, Site
Planning. |
