May 3, 2005
UH TO REMEMBER PROFESSOR EMERITUS
PETER GUENTHER
A campus memorial service will be held in honor
of the late Peter Guenther, University of Houston Professor Emeritus
of Art, at 3 p.m. Friday, May 6, in the Dudley Recital Hall, Room
132 in the Fine Arts Building. The memorial will showcase Guenther’s
life and work and highlight his contributions to the art department.
Guenther, who died in March, taught art history
at UH for 30 years. He served as chairman of the art department
for 13 years during the 1960s and 1970s. During his tenure at
the university, he helped mount exhibitions of modern art at Blaffer
Gallery and introduced courses on Bauhaus and German expressionism.
Guenther retired from UH in 1994.
Amanda Martinez
Armarti6@central.uh.edu