the institution, and to supplement them with showings of other material pertinent to the work pursued in the courses dealing with the theory, practice and history of the visual arts." While director, Slusser used his small annual appropriation for acquisitions to build a collection that included European and American modernist works on paper, Japanese woodblock prints, works from the Parisian belle epoque, and German expressionist works. Slusser also bequeathed UMMA many pieces from his personal collection, including artwork by Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, William Hogarth, and Paul Cezanne. Legacy Slusser died in 1981 at the age of 94. A gallery at the U-M Art and Architecture Gallery was named for him in 1975. References 1886 births 1981 deaths People from Wauseon, Ohio People from La Grange, Illinois People from Ann Arbor, Michigan Directors of museums in the United States American art critics 20th-century American painters Painters from Ohio Painters from Illinois Painters from Michigan University of Michigan alumni Art Students League of New York people American muralists School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts alumni 20th-century American journalists American male journalists Journalists from Ohio Journalists from Illinois Journalists from Michigan 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American male artists Boston Herald people New York Herald people