Marcus, Gladys (Unknown-1991)
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Dates
- Existence: Unknown-1991
Biography
Gladys Marcus was the dean of liberal arts at the Fashion Institute of Technology, joining as a part-time instructor in 1950. According to the NY Times, "She was instrumental in expanding and maintaining a broad-based liberal arts program at the school as part of its career-oriented degree programs. A proponent of global education, she initiated an overseas curriculum for the fashion institute. She was a member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools visiting teams evaluating other colleges." She passed away in 1991.
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Edith Sancroft interview, 1994 November 22, 1994 November 22
Item
Identifier: SC.FITA.3.20.4.9.4.25
Scope and Contents
Edith Sancroft, professor of health and physical education at the time of this interview, and former Dean of Liberal Arts, joined FIT in 1964. She immediately began a large expansion of the school's dance program and talks about the introduction of an intermediate level of dance for her more advanced students. Sancroft sees choreography and dance as a natural partner to fashion design; her students benefit from the knowledge that body movement has to offer. She pays homage to the 1960s as a...
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1994 November 22
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