the executive committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1913 he became second vice president, a position he retained for the rest of his life. His experiences on a number of museum committees may have resulted in a change of direction in his collecting after World War I. He shifted from acquiring works representative of various fields and more committed to objects of major historical and artistic significance. References External links 1848 births 1931 deaths American philanthropists American railroad executives Businesspeople from Baltimore American art collectors Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences alumni Georgetown University alumni