Weinberg, Gladys Davidson, 1909-2002

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Born in New York City on December 27, 1909, the first of two daughters of Hebrew literary scholar Israel Davidson and Carrie (Dreyfuss) Davidson, Gladys Davidson Weinberg’s archaeological interest was spurred by her study of Greek in high school. She received her bachelor’s degree from New York University in 1930 and her Ph.D. five years later from Johns Hopkins University for her dissertation on the excavations at Corinth. In 1931, she began her archaeological career with the Johns Hopkins University expedition to Olynthus. From 1932 to 1938, she studied at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, after which she became assistant curator of ancient art at the Princeton Art Museum, a post she held for four years. During her tenure there, in 1942, she married fellow archaeologist Saul Weinberg, who later became cofounder and chairman of the department of art history and archaeology at the University of Missouri–Columbia. They had one daughter, Susanna Miriam.

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She was editor of Archaeology magazine and cofounder of the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri. She was first the curator of Ancient Art and then assistant director of the museum from 1962 to 1977. She was made an honorary life member of the Archaeological Institute of America and was a recepient of its Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement. She recieved the Percia Schimmel Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

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