Hall, Louise

Louise Hall was born in Cambridge, MA in 1905 and was a professor of Art and Architecture at Duke University from 1931 until her retirement in 1975. She earned a B. A. from Wellesley, a B. S. from MIT, a Brevat from the University of Paris, and a Ph.D. from Harvard. A registered architect, Hall was responsible for the establishment of the curriculum in art at Duke, including the development of collections and planning for a museum. She was also Duke's representative at the Winchester [England] archaeological excavation from 1964-1971. Hall died in 1990.

From the guide to the Louise Hall Papers, 1934-1981, (University Archives, Duke University)