List of Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives personnel

This is a list of personnel who participated in the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied armies between 1943 and 1946. "Expertise" attempts to indicate each person's background and suitability for MFAA at the time of their recruitment; many achieved even greater things in their later lives.

+Monuments Men (except where stated, information has come from )NameRankExpertiseNationalityNotesAdams, Edward ECaptainInterior architectSignatory of the Wiesbaden ManifestoAlbright, Frank PLieutenantArchaeologistAmand, MarcelLieutenantArchaeologistAmmons, JackPfc.Present at Markers salt mine.Anderson, Harry A.MajorApgar, HoraceT/Sgt.Assigned to MFAA in late 1945; worked as an investigator, involved in the retrieval and restitution of Jewish propertyAppel, William BS/Sgt.Archey, GilbertLt. Col.Armstrong, Robert G.S/Sgt.Arnold, John GAvery, MyrtillaMedieval art, art history professor emeritus at Wellesley CollegeVolunteer assistant with the American Council of Learned Societies.Baillie Reynolds, Paul KennethMajorClassics scholar and archaeologistBalfour, Ronald EdmondMajorHistorian and Fellow at King's College, CambridgeReported the theft of Michelangelo's Madonna of Bruges. Killed at Kleve 10 March 1945.Barancik, Richard M.Pfc.Post-war in 1946, Barancik studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts at Fontainebleau in 1947. After returning from Europe, he finished his degree in Architecture from the University of Illinois. He died on July 14, 2023 at the age of 98, and was reportedly the last surviving member of the MFAA.Baudouin, FransBeaufort, RenéBell, Harry E.MajorBencowitz, IsaacCaptainChemist, linguist (native Russian speaker)Joined MFAA April 1946Bernholz, CharlesDriver and photographerJoined MFAA in Italy in January 1945Bilodeau, Francis W.Pfc.Bleecker, Paul O.Pfc.Boardman, Edward T.LieutenantBoell, Jesse E.Assistant Director of the War Records Office, U.S. National ArchivesBonilla y Norat, Felix JosèLieutenantPainter, art professor University of Puerto Rico, art critic San Juan StarBonzom, EugeneBoon, Karel GeraldBorn, Lester K.MajorBorouch, Edward J.T/4Bovio, FloraBowie, Mrs. Barbara H.Bradford, John S.P.CaptainBreitenbach, EdgarArt historian; native German speakerBroerman, PaulBrooke, HumphreyBryant, William C.CaptainBrye, Hubert deBuchman, Julius H.CaptainBuckingham, Russell H.Pfc.Bumbar, JuliannaLieutenantLt. Bumbar accompanied the Veit Stoss altarpiece and da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine back to Poland in 1946. Burks, Bernard D.CaptainBusey, C.CaptainCallon, MargaretCarr, AllanCasson, StanleyLt. Col.Chadwick, GordonCorporalArchitectChance, R.CaptainCharles, RolloCaptainArt academic at Ashmolean Museum at OxfordCheguillaume, M. J.Chevigny, PrinceChild, Sargent BurrageChristopher, William R.Clarke, Roger A.LieutenantClem, Harold J.Conrad, DodaLieutenantMusicianAssigned to MFAA mid-1945Cook, J. M.MajorCook, James O.S/Sgt.Cooper, DouglasSquadron LeaderArt collector and critic; fluent German speaker; interrogatorNoted for his discovery of the Schenker Papers and his investigation into Swiss complicity in the trading of looted artworksCoremans, Paul B.Chemist and archivistCorrigan, Gordon F.SergeantCott, Perry BlytheLt. Cdr.Curator of European and Asiatic art at the Worcester Art Museum in MassachusettsCoulter, J. HamiltonLt. Cdr.Croft-Murray, EdwardMajorResearcherServed with MFAA in Italy and Austria from 1943Davie, L.G.SgtArt historian and teacherServed with MFAA in Greece and Italy. Taught in London and Rye, SussexDavis, Clyde ICorporalDavis, Richard S.LieutenantDirector of the museum and library at Cranbrook Academy of ArtDawson, Eric A.Captainde Beer, Esmond SamuelDe Vinna, Maurice A., Jr.Defino, L.S/Sgt.DelsauxDeWald, Ernest T.Lt. Col.Professor of Art at Princeton UniversityJoined MFAA in Italy in 1943Dewitt, Roscoe P.MajorArchitectDierkaufDignam, CeliaDiraimondo, Charles J.T/4Dixon-Spain, J.E.Squadron LeaderDlugosz, Louis F.T/4Doane, Gilbert HarryDirector of Libraries and Director of Library School at University of Wisconsin - MadisonDollfusDoman, AndreaDonn, D.L.Doubinsky, Elie J. B.Downey, GlanvilleLieutenantDreyfus, CarleDrueneDuchartre, P. L.Dunbabin, T. J.Lieutenant ColonelEden, PeterEllis, R. H.CaptainEnthoven, Roedrick E.CaptainErmatinger, Charles J.T/4Clerk Estreicher, KarolMajorArt historianEttlinger, Harry L.T/4 Sgt.Native German speakerFaison, S. Lane, Jr.Lt. Cdr.Professor and department head at Williams CollegeFarmer, Walter I.CaptainArchitect; interior designerSignatory of the Wiesbaden Manifesto; MFAA's first directorFleetwood-Hesketh, P.Fleischner, CharlesLt. Cdr.Art historianJoined MFAA in 1946Florisoone, MichelFord, Dale V.LieutenantFrance, Leys A.CaptainFrancois, MichelFrench, T. W.MajorFujishiro, MotokoFuller, A.CaptainGabriel, Richard F.Pfc.Gallagher, Charles F.Gangnat, PhilippeGardner, PaulLt. Col.Architect; Director of the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine ArtsCommanded the MFAA in ItalyGear, WilliamMajorArt historian and artistJoined MFAA in mid 1945 and supervised the return of artworks from the Berlin Art CollectionsGiuli, ThomasCaptainGlass, RobertGoldberg, S. L.T/5Goodison, John W.Gould, CecilCaptainGranger-Taylor, Jerry MajorWent on to become National Archivist of the Netherlands 1946-1953 and at the request of UNESCO organised and convened the first meeting of the International Council on Archives in 1948.CaptainArchitect; director of the Frick CollectionJoined MFAA mid 1945Grinbarg, Morrie S.LieutenantHald, WilliamPfc.Hall, Ardelia R.Joined MFAA in 1945HalsallCaptainHammett, Ralph W.CaptainProfessor of architecture at the University of Michigan 1931-19651943-1945, England and France, Senior MFA&A Officer at G-5 SHAEF