Jerome Jordan Pollitt (November 26, 1934 – April 24, 2024) was an American art historian and professor. At the time of his death, he served as Sterling Professor, Emeritus at Yale University.
While earning his doctorate at Columbia, Pollitt became an instructor at his alma mater, Yale, in 1962, becoming a full professor in 1973.[5] Following that appointment, he also served as the editor-in-chief of the American Journal of Archaeology from 1973 to 1977.[3] Pollitt is one of few Yale professors that have served as chair of two departments: art history and classics, in this case.[4] As a result of his academic achievements, Pollitt was selected to succeed Keith Stewart Thomson as Dean of the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1986.[6] He was replaced by Judith Rodin in 1991.[7] In that year, Pollitt won the Wilbur Cross Medal. He was subsequently appointed John M. Schiff Professor of Classical Archaeology and History of Art in 1990, and named as the Sterling Professor of Classical Archeology and the History of Art in 1995.[8] He retired in 1999,[9] was given the title Emeritus.[8] Pollitt died on April 24, 2024 after battling a long illness.[10][11]
