Phyllis Pray Bober

Phyllis Pray Bober (December 2, 1920 – May 30, 2002) was an American art historian, scholar, author and professor at Bryn Mawr College. Quotes The most significant lesson learned was how necessary it is for administrators to subtly plant their best and most innovative ideas in ways that make faculty feel they have come to the relevant conclusions by themselves. Though I had long lamented the strength of American naive pragmatism when it comes to education, during these ventures I came to understand more profoundly than ever how precious is our heritage of a liberal arts tradition and how threatened the humanities are by misguided vocationalism on the part of parents and students. "A Life of Learning", Charles Homer Haskins lecture, American Council of Learned Societies (1995) External links Category:1920 births Category:2002 deaths Category:Women born in the 1920s Category:Art historians Category:Historians from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Archaeologists from the United States Category:Wellesley College alumni Category:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty Category:New York University alumni Category:New York University faculty Category:People from Maine