Michael Rush (1949 – March 27, 2015) was an American ordained priest, actor, and art museum director.
[2] He founded an experimental theater, and also landed minor roles in the Spenser: For Hire and Law & Order television series.
[3] In 2006, Rush was appointed the Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
[1] In January 2009, Rush was at first "shell-shocked" by the surprise announcement of plans to permanently close the Rose Art Museum and sell off its collection, but he soon organized some of the initial opposition to the scheme.
[6] In December 2010, Rush secured a position as founding director of the new Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, a position he held until his death from pancreatic cancer on March 27, 2015, at the age of 65.