- SURNAME
Faison
- FORENAME
Samson Lane,Jr
- UNIT
OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit
- RANK
Lieutenant Commander
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Army Commendation Ribbon
- PLACE
Germany and Austria 1945-46
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 16.11.1907 Washington,D.C.
son of Maj-General Samson L. Faison (WW1 General)
graduated Williams College
graduated Harvard University 1930 (M.A.)
graduated Princeton University 1932 (M.F.A.)
Assistant Professor of Art,Yale University
Professor of Art,Williams College 1936-76
USNR 1942
OSS 1945-46
State Department (repatriating plundered works of art),Munich 1950
married Virginia Gordon Weed 1935 (died 1997) (4 sons)
died 11.11.2006 Williamstown,Massachusetts
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