Barbara Knowles Debs
Barbara Knowles Debs | |
|---|---|
| 8th President of Manhattanville College | |
| In office 1975–1985 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Delaney |
| Succeeded by | Jane C. Maggin |
| President of the New-York Historical Society | |
| In office 1989–1992 | |
| Preceded by | James B. Bell |
| Succeeded by | Norman Pearlstine |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Barbara Jean Knowles 1931 |
| Spouse | Richard A. Debs |
| Children | Elizabeth Anderson Debs and Nicholas Debs |
| Education | Harvard University, Ph.D. |
Barbara Knowles Debs (born 1931) is an American art historian who was the president of Manhattanville College from 1975 to 1985. She was the president of the New-York Historical Society from 1989 to 1992. She is on the board of directors of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Foreign Policy Association and the Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge Foundation.