Jerome Jordan Pollitt (November 26, 1934 – April 24, 2024) was an American art historian and professor.
[4] After his graduation from Yale, Pollitt became a Fulbright Scholar at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
[3] While earning his doctorate at Columbia, Pollitt became an instructor at his alma mater, Yale, in 1962, becoming a full professor in 1973.
[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.