In 1995, efforts were made by the administration to eliminate the graduate program in Art History at Sacramento State University. At that point, Kurt had been teaching there for roughly twenty-five years, and mounted a defense of the graduate program’s value. In this “memorandum” Kurt writes, “With the addition of a new Ph.D. art historian to our faculty this Fall, it would seem to be exceedingly unwise and untimely to terminate graduate art history studies at CSUS, most especially since the achievements of these young scholars--together with the work of earlier, and of current, art history students--promise to reflect such a distinctive and positive light on both the department and the university.”
