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WESTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY Press Release The M.F.A. program at Western Connecticut State University is pleased to announce that Mrs. Ruth Henderson has accepted an invitation to join the M.F.A. Advisory Board. Mrs. Henderson, with her husband, Skitch, has been an active force in artistic and community affairs both in the region and nationally. Among her many accomplishments, she was a founding member of the New Milford Commission on the Arts. She was instrumental in establishing the New York Pops in 1983 and serves as its president. She has served as Director of the Litchfield Hills Visitors Bureau since its founding, as co-chair of the New Milford Hospital Foundation. Developing the Hunt Hill Farm and its relationship to environmental concern, the Smithsonian, and Western Connecticut State University, she has brought a valuable environmental and artistic heritage into the public domain. Since the inception of the M.F.A. program at Western, she has actively supported it, giving annual exhibitions to faculty and students at the Silo Gallery. Ruth Henderson’s qualities of leadership and support for the arts make her a valuable addition to the advisory board, and we are pleased to welcome her. |