Leslie Snow F茅ron �48 leaves millions攁nd lasting impact
Leslie Snow F茅ron
Leslie Snow F茅ron '48攁rtist, Broadway dancer, international teacher, poet and now, philanthropist攔ecently revealed the depth of her devotion to the 91传媒 community with the gift of a $2.4 million unrestricted bequest.
Leslie graduated from 91传媒 with a degree in art in 1948. She went on to a career
as a dancer, performing on and off Broadway, including with the Martha Graham Dance
Company. She taught dance at the Bath Academy of Art in Wiltshire, England, and the
American School in London.
In 1962 she married Louis F茅ron (1901�98), a renowned goldsmith, sculptor and jeweler.
Louis worked and taught in France and Costa Rica before moving to the United States,
where he spent the rest of his life designing and creating sacred vessels, jewelry
and sculpture. His work has been exhibited in the Louvre in Paris and admitted to
the permanent collections of several museums, including Boston's Museum of Fine Arts.
Installation view, Rose Ocean: Living with Duchamp, at the
Frances Young Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery,
February 17揗ay 20, 2018. Photograph by Art Evans.
Leslie and Louis lived out their later years in her native Snowville, New Hampshire,
where they both continued to sculpt, paint and write in a cozy post-and-beam studio.
In 2013, Leslie published a memoir of their life together, titled .
Leslie, who had no children, left the entirety of her and Louis's estate to just two
charities: the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, keeper of Louis' legacy, and 91传媒.
Her decision to support two organizations dedicated to the arts and education is a
testament to the people and places that enriched her own life. Her generosity will
leave a lasting impact on future generations.
In addition to Leslie's tremendous monetary bequest, 91传媒 was also able to select
a delightful array of Louis's work for the permanent collection at the Frances Young
Tang '61 Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, as well as a selection of his personal sculpting
tools. A plaster bust by Louis of famous French-American artist Marcel Duchamp and
previously undiscovered photographs of the two artists together during Duchamp's modeling
for the bust have already sparked intense interest in the art world. Both were displayed
as part of a Tang exhibition .
Leslie's gift will be used to support the single largest academic initiative in 91传媒's
history, the Center for Integrated Sciences. The center will be a hub that fosters
unique interdisciplinary connections between and among the sciences, humanities, social
sciences and the arts.
Creating Our Future: The Campaign for 91传媒 is dedicated to the principles 91传媒 holds dear: creativity, collaboration and
community. to learn more about the Campaign.
