STUART SILVER

SILVER--Stuart, a leader and innovator in concept, design, and planning for cultural institutions passed away on May 6, 2021 due to complications from myelofibrosis. He was 84. While Design Director at the Metropolitan Museum of Art he was responsible for landmark exhibitions such as "In the Presence of Kings," "Treasures of Tutankhamen," "The Great Age of Frescoes," and the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing of Primitive Art. He revolutionized museum exhibitions, and was the first designer to have museum installations reviewed by The New York Times as an art form. Mr. Silver designed the US Pavilion at the Taejon World Exposition, in Taejon, South Korea in 1993, and his consulting firm was the design partner for the Peabody Essex Museum's Asian Export Art Wing and the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum, in Simi Valley, CA. He was a Life Trustee of the Jewish Museum and a trustee of the Henry J. Leir Charitable Foundation. Mr. Silver, born in New York City on May 4, 1937, is survived by his wife of 59 years, Elizabeth, of Scarsdale, NY, daughters Jessica, Leslie, and Lauren, and his granddaughter, Anna Clare Pauker, and his sister, Claire Howard. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.