24 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | FROM THE NEST COLLECTIONS | ALUMNI ʼ51 ʼ52 ʼ55 A Gift of Prints Jack Vanderryn donates an array of 55 prints to LUAG. Jack Vanderryn ’51 ’52G ’55 Ph.D. had no formal training in art or art history when his lifelong passion for collecting prints took hold. First, he collected American prints from the 1930s, then focused on 19th-century French works. Now Vanderryn has donated 55 prints to Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) by such notable artists as Honoré Daumier, William Blake, Lyonel Feininger, Käthe Kollwitz and George Roualt. Resources for Teaching “These magnificent works of art will be resources for teaching, learning and research across disciplines for generations to come,” said LUAG Director William Crow. “Printmaking processes are truly alchemies of materials science, chemistry, mechanics and, of course, art. “Given Lehigh’s exceptional interdisciplinary focus, these prints will feel quite at home at LUAG,” Crow said, “and we are very grateful to Dr. Vanderryn and his family for their generous gift.” A Lifelong Passion for Collecting Prints Vanderryn immigrated to the U.S. from Groningen, Netherlands, in 1939, first settling in Manhattan and later in Kew Gardens, Queens. He attended Lehigh from 1948 to 1951, studying chemistry and English, then continued his studies, earning a master’s degree in 1952 and a Ph.D. in chemistry in 1955. After teaching chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Vanderryn and his wife Margrit moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where he joined the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission. They later settled in Washington, D.C. While serving as the U.S. representative on the International Energy Agency’s Committee on Research and Development in the 1970s, he discovered print dealers and galleries in Paris during his frequent visits and began collecting prints in depth, seeking the best impressions and highest-quality works. The Vanderryns have donated to a number of institutions, including the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which led to an exhibition and catalog, Fantaisie Française: Prints from the Vanderryn Collection, in 2019. BOOKSHELF LOOKING FOR YOUR NEXT GOOD BOOK? Consider these books by Lehigh alumni and faculty. Lehigh hosts an alumni-author bookshelf on its Lehigh Alumni Goodreads page. Are you an author? You can submit your book to be added to Lehigh’s bookshelf at go.lehigh.edu/bookshelf. Love, Theodosia: A Novel of Theodosia Burr and Philip Hamilton by Lori Anne Goldstein ’95 This historical fiction novel about the daughter of Aaron Burr is a “Romeo and Juliet” tale for fans of “Hamilton.” Still Mine by Jayne Pillemer ’06 The author’s first children’s book aims to help children process loss. People Solve Problems: The Power of Every Person, Every Day, Every Problem by Jamie Flinchbaugh ’94, ’24P, ’26P The book explores ways to improve one’s problem-solving. Junk Food Politics by Eduardo J. Gómez The book explores junk food’s influence on politics, policy and society. The Muslim Speaks by Khurram Hussain The author takes a human-centered approach to reimagine where Islam belongs in the modern West. AMY VANDERRYN
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