Goldman, Guido

LC control no.	no 97043006
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Goldman, Guido *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Goldman, Guido G. Goldmann, Guido
Associated country	Switzerland United States
Located	Concord (Mass.)
Birth date	1937-11-94
Death date	2020-11-30
Place of birth	Zurich (Switzerland)
Place of death	Concord (Mass.)
Field of activity	Art Europe--Relations--United States Political science European studies
Affiliation	Harvard University
Profession or occupation	Art--Collecting and collectors Political scientists College administrators Businesspeople
Found in	Ikat, 1997: p. 9 (Guido Goldman) OCLC, 7/18/97 (hdg.: Goldman, Guido G.; usage: Guido Goldman) Washington post WWWW site, viewed Dec. 14, 2020 (in obituary dated Dec. 10, 2020: Guido Goldman, a Swiss-born scholar, community builder and art collector who leveraged his wealth and connections to forge closer ties between Europe and the United States, died Nov. 30 at his home in Concord, Mass. He was 83. Mr. Goldman immigrated to the United States as a young child. Mr. Goldman initially pursued a career in academia, later supporting himself in part as a real estate investor and financial adviser. At Harvard, he received a PhD in government and wrote his dissertation under Henry Kissinger. Mr. Goldman joined Kissinger in launching Harvard's German research program, which grew into the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. He became the center's founding director in 1969. In the art world, Mr. Goldman was best known for his collection of Central Asian ikat textiles. Guido Goldmann was born in Zurich on Nov. 4, 1937. The second n in his last name was "accidentally dropped" when he immigrated to the United States, but Mr. Goldman never bothered to put it back) LC database, Dec. 14, 2020 (access point: Goldman, Guido G.; usage: Guido Goldman; associated resources in English)
Associated language	eng