Peter C. Meing Portrait
- Title:
- Peter C. Meing Portrait
- Collection:
- Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia
- Creator:
- Martin, John Boyd
- Photographer:
- Espinosa de los Monteros, Pamela
- Date:
- 2011
- Acquisition Date:
- 2012-06-20
- Location:
- Uris Library, Willard Fiske Room, Cornell University
- Country:
- United States
- ID Number:
- artsdb_1610
- File Name:
- artsdb_1611.jpg
- Culture:
- American
- Work Type:
- portraits
- Materials/Techniques:
- Oil
- Subject:
- Cornell University. Board of Trustees
- Image View Type:
- General
- Image View Description:
- Front View
- Description:
- Chairman of Cornell University Board of Trustees (2002-2011), graduate of the Cornell class of 1962. Meinig has been a member of the University Board of Trustees since 1991. Meinig is chairman and chief executive officer of HM International, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a privately held management/holding company of various manufacturing and service businesses. He also serves as chairman of PGI International, Ltd., of Houston
chairman of Windsor Food Co
and director of Ninth House, Inc., of San Francisco. He is a former director of the Williams Companies, Inc. and the Williams Communication Group, Inc. of Tulsa. Oklahoma [“Peter C. Meinig,” The Presidential Search Committee, Announcing David J. Skorton the Next President of Cornell website, accessed August 7, 2012, http://www.cornell.edu/presidentannouncement/index.cfm]. “Meinig's accomplishments as chair include steering the university through a difficult presidency transition culminating with the hiring of David Skorton, guiding Cornell during the Great Recession, and supporting the winning bid to build an applied sciences and technology campus in New York City,”[“Who's who of the Big Red pay tribute to Peter Meinig,” Cornell Chronicle, January 23, 2012, http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/MeinigDinner.html]. Meinig along with his wife Nancy Schlegel Meinig '1962 endowed the Cornell National Scholars program founded in 1999 by the Cornell Board of Trustees.“Beyond Cornell, Mr. Meinig serves on the board of the Tulsa Area United Way, on the Board of Directors of the Indian Nations Council of the Boy Scouts of America, and on the Board of Trustees of the University of Tulsa, and is a former chairman of the Tulsa City County Library Commission,”[“Peter C. Meinig,” The Presidential Search Committee, Announcing David J. Skorton the Next President of Cornell website, accessed August 7, 2012, http://www.cornell.edu/presidentannouncement/index.cfm].
John Boyd Martin is an American artist from Ottawa, Kansas. Martin studied at the University of Kansas School of Fine Arts. He began his career as a graphic designer, illustrator and later a notable advertisement director. In 1986 he dedicated himself to being a portrait artist. Martin has received over 900 commissions for business, academia, government, medicine, collegiate and professional sports organizations ["About the Artist: John Boyd Martin." John Boyd Martin Website, accessed May 24, 2012, http://www.johnboydmartin.com/about.htm]. - Source:
- “Who's who of the Big Red pay tribute to Peter Meinig,” Cornell Chronicle, January 23, 2012, http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Jan12/MeinigDinner.html
Peter C. Meinig,” The Presidential Search Committee, Announcing David J. Skorton the Next President of Cornell website, accessed August 7, 2012, http://www.cornell.edu/presidentannouncement/index.cfm
“About the Artist: John Boyd Martin." John Boyd Martin Website, accessed May 24, 2012, http://www.johnboydmartin.com/about.htm - Repository:
- Cornell University
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the Campus Artifacts, Art & Memorabilia Collection is protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are Cornell University Library and the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus. This collection was created by Cornell University Library in 2010, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Howard Howland. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact the Cornell Association of Professors Emeritus at cape@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.