| 1 | Name: | Dr. James Robert McCredie | |
| Institution: | Institute of Fine Arts, New York University | ||
| Year Elected: | 1986 | ||
| Class: | 4. Humanities | ||
| Subdivision: | 401. Archaeology | ||
| Residency: | Resident | ||
| Living? : | Deceased | ||
| Birth Date: | 1935 | ||
| Death Date: | July 15, 2018 | ||
At the time of his death July 15, 2018, James R. McCredie was Sherman Fairchild Professor of Fine Arts Emeritus and Director Emeritus of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, with which he has been affiliated since 1963. A scholar of ancient Greek archaeology and architecture, he directed excavations in Samothrace and Aphrodisias and brought, in the words of a colleague, "scholarly stature and discriminating artistic intelligence" to his positions. The author or co-author of books such as Koronoi: A Ptolemaic Camp on the East Coast of Attica (1962) and Hippodamos of Miletos (1971), Dr. McCredie had been awarded the Gold Medal of the Pan-Samothracian Hearth of Athens (1981), among other honors. He was a member of Deutsches Archaologisches Institut and the Archaeological Society of Athens. | |||