Donald Drew Egbert

Donald Drew Egbert (May 12, 1902 – January 3, 1973) was an American art historian and educator, who taught for many years at Princeton University.

Born in Norwalk to George Drew and Kate Estelle Powers, Egbert graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1924 and a Master of Architecture in 1927.

Egbert first began teaching as an instructor of art history and archaeology at Princeton in 1929, and a year later, as a lecturer in ancient architecture at Bryn Mawr College.

In 1943, he was awarded the fourth-ever Haskins Medal by the Medieval Academy of America for his work on studying the Tickhill Psalter, which helped to earn him a promotion to Associate Professor in the following year.

In 1968, Egbert's position was endowed and he became the Howard Crosby Butler Memorial Professor of the History of Architecture, retiring in 1970 and becoming emeritus.