History of Montour Falls, (Schuyler County) New York United States of America

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Halsey Cooley Ives, art educator, was born at Montour Falls, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1846; son of Hiram Du Bois and Terressa (McDowell) Ives, and grandson of John and Lola Jane Ives and of John and Jane (Brink) McDowell, of English and Scotch ancestry. He was educated in the public schools of Schuyler county and technical schools of South Kensington, England, and as a pupil of Alexander Piatowsky. He was a member of the faculty of Washington university, 1875-95, and in 1879 became director of the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts. He was elected a member of the National Sculpture society, an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects and of the Chicago Art institute, and associate of the Academy of Sciences of St. Louis. He was U.S. commissioner to art expositions in Paris and Brussels, and chief of the art department of the World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893. He was created a knight of the order of Danebrog of Denmark in 1894 by order of King Christian IX.; of the order of Vasa of Sweden by King Oscar in 1895, and received marks of distinction from the French, German and Japanese governments.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Montour Falls, (Schuyler County) New York

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