Susan Weber Soros

Susan Weber Soros (born 1954, Brooklyn,New York City) is the founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) for studies in the decorative arts, design, and culture in New York City.

Weber studied at Barnard College, the Parsons School of Design, and the Royal College of Art where she gained her PhD in 1998 with a thesis on the furniture of E.W. Godwin. On 1993, she established the Bard Graduate Center, offering graduate degrees in the history of the decorative and applied arts, cultural and design history, and garden history and landscape studies. She is Professor in the History of the Decorative Arts at the BGC.

Prior to establishing the BGC, Weber was Executive Director of the Open Society, the umbrella name for some 24 independent foundations that support the advancement of freedom of expression around the globe. The Open Society also supports cultural exchange through grants to individuals and associations.

In 1983, Weber married the primary contributor to the Open Society, hedge fund billionaire George Soros. They have two children, Alexander and Gregory. They separated in 2004 and are now divorced.

External links

* [http://www.bgc.bard.edu/academic/faculty/soros/Soros_CV.pdf Faculty Biography for Susan Weber Soros] from Bard Graduate Center