underwrite exhibitions. In 1997, the Morris Museum, Morristown, showed "Focus on Rodin: Selections From the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Collection". "Rodin at Rockefeller Center: Sculpture from the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation" was mounted at the Rockefeller Center, New York, in 1998. Later, the exhibition "Rodin: A Magnificent Obsession" was organized and toured internationally by the foundation, travelling, among others, to Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge; Albany Institute of History & Art, Albany; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Cantor was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum from 1985 to 1990. In later years, he was an honorary trustee and a member of the visiting committee for the museum's department of European sculpture and decorative arts. He was also a life trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 1972 to 1985 and subsequently an honorary trustee. Philanthropy Other Cantor assistance has gone to College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and Cornell University. When the White House unveiled the redecorated Oval Office in 1993, it displayed a bronze cast of Rodin's "Thinker," which President Clinton had personally arranged to borrow from the Cantor collection. The Cantors also financed a sculpture garden at the White House in 1994. In 1995, he and his wife were awarded the National Medal of Arts. References External links B. Gerald Cantor Biography from The Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation BGCpartners.com: B. Gerald Cantor Partners history. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.org: "Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection" — exhibition catalog, full text. American financial company founders American investment bankers American art collectors Philanthropists from New York (state) 1916 births 1996 deaths United States National Medal of Arts recipients Businesspeople from Los Angeles Philanthropists from California DeWitt Clinton High School alumni New York University School of Law alumni New York University Stern School of Business alumni American people of Belarusian-Jewish descent People from Bel Air, Los Angeles People from the Bronx United States Army personnel of World War II 20th-century American businesspeople Military personnel from New York City Cantor Fitzgerald Kansas City Kings owners