UM Celebrates Brian Dursum for 40 Years of Service
The University of Miami celebrated Brian Dursum, Director Emeritus of the Lowe Art Museum, for four decades of service at a reception at the museum last week. Community and University leaders and museum donors and members the new Director of the Lowe Art Museum, Jill Deupi, for the event. “Dursum’s grasp of and appreciation for Miami’s diversity helped position the Lowe as a cultural resource for art, scholarship, and education for our students and the South Florida community,” said President Donna E. Shalala, of her time working with Dursum. “During Brian’s tenure, the Lowe doubled in physical size, its collection expanded to more than 19,000 works, and its endowment grew exponentially,” noted Dean Bachas. Dursum gave a lighthearted speech, which began by thanking all the guests and by welcoming Deupi to the Lowe.
Sheila Elias, Jill Deupi, and Cricket and Marty Taplin
Stella Holmes, Dean Bachas, and Cricket Taplin
Brian Dursum with past Presidents of Beaux Arts Abby Zanarini, Anita Shuffield, Becky McCarron current, and Kristen Munroe
Brian Dursum with Glenda and Berry Hayley
Lois Rukeyser and Gerald Halpern with Sheila Elias and Maggie Hernandez
Marvin Ross Friedman and Adrienne bon Haes with Ruth and Marvin Sackner
Fred and Ted Tschumy
Carmen Bishopric, Lydia Harrison, and Irene Bergmann
Past President of Beaux Arts Shelley Beckwith Daniel-Rutherford, Past President of Beaux Arts Debbie and Frederick Hasty, Eugenia Beckwith McRae, Dennis and Past President of Beaux Arts Debbie Campbell
Vince and Carol Damian, Jill Deupi, Marvin Ross Freedman and Adrienne bon Haes
Jerry Bailey, Cheryl Gould-Bailey, Marilyn Holifield, and Jill Deupi
Joel Hoffman, Jill Deupi, Diane Heller
Jill Deupi and Arva Parks McCabe
Luis Glaser and David Birnbach
Nelcida Chakoff, President Donna E. Shalala, Monica Ray-Moran, Gloria Liss, Marianne Bienstock
Sergio Gonzalez, Provost Thomas J. LeBlanc, President Donna E. Shalala, Brian Dursum, Jill Deupi, and Dean Leonidas G. Bachas
Sergio Gonzalez, Provost Thomas J. LeBlanc, President Donna E. Shalala, Brian Dursum, Jill Deupi, and Dean Leonidas G. Bachas