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Jan van der Marck, the director of the Dartmouth College Galleries and Collections from 1974 to 1980, passed away in his Michigan home on April 26 at the age of 80, according to his wife of 20 years, Shelia van der Marck.
"He was kind of like a wonderful force of nature you could never tell what was going to happen next, but it was usually pretty great," said George Shackelford '77, who worked with van der Marck as a student intern and employee of the Dartmouth Museum and Galleries.
Shackelford now serves as the chair of the art of Europe and the Solomon Curator of Modern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Jan van der Marck was known for "pushing the envelope" by supporting non-traditional artistic endeavours throughout his career, according to the Hood Museum of Art publication "Modern and Contemporary Art at Dartmouth: Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art."
While at Dartmouth, van der Marck oversaw the installation of "X-Delta," a sculpture by Mark di Suvero currently located at the South entrance of the Hood Museum of Art, according to Shackelford.
