Obituary: Schuyler Chapin, 86, Arts Champion
March 10, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Schuyler Chapin, a long-time champion of the arts who served stints as general manager of the Metropolitan Opera and cultural affairs commissioner for the city of New York, died on Saturday, according to The New York Times. He was 86.
Mr. Chapin created Lincoln Center’s “Mostly Mozart” program and led Columbia’s University’s School of the Arts during a varied half-century career. Though known as a consummate behind-the-scenes operator, the Times notes that he was widely criticized by arts groups in his last public role as New York’s culture czar from 1994 to 2001 for failing to act forcefully against Mayor Rudolph Giuliani’s denunciation of controversial art exhibits.
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