Oil Portrait Of President Brubacher Funded By The Class Of 1932
1934 June
Oil portrait of President Brubacher funded by the Class of 1932 official presented to the College by Judie Fister on behalf of the class at Alumni Reunion. The portrait was by Edward P. Buyck. The Class gift has a statue of the Winged Victory in the background. The portrait originally hung in the Library. The first Brubacher portrait currently hangs in the Presidents Lounge on the second floor of the University Library, while the second portrait is located in the M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Conference Room.
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“1932 Gift to College,” New York State College Alumni Quarterly, July 1934, pp. 1, photo of portrait , & 6; see also Alumni Quarterly, July 1959, p. 4, for the presentation, by the Brubacher Family, of a second Buyck portrait of Brubacher . That portrait had the map of Switzerland in the background and originally hung in Brubacher Hall stairwell. The July 1959 Alumni Quarterly contains a photo of the portrait hanging on the stairway with President Collins and Dr. John S. Brubacher looking on.