Barbara Knowles Debs

Barbara Knowles Debs
8th President of Manhattanville College
In office
1975–1985
Preceded byHarold Delaney
Succeeded byJane C. Maggin
President of the New-York Historical Society
In office
1989–1992
Preceded byJames B. Bell
Succeeded byNorman Pearlstine
Personal details
Born
Barbara Jean Knowles

1931
SpouseRichard A. Debs
ChildrenElizabeth Anderson Debs and Nicholas Debs
EducationHarvard 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.