One of the United States’ leading scholars of ancient Greek art, Jeff Hurwit is the Philip H. Knight Professor of Art History and Classics whose research focuses on the representation of the sea in early Greek art and the place of the artist in ancient Greece.
As part of the University of Oregon’s “Phil it UP” Appreciation Knight on Feb. 1, 2014, honoring Nike co-founder Phil Knight on his 76th birthday, UO students, faculty and administrators who have been touched by the Knight family’s generosity wish him a happy birthday and thank him for being one of the university’s greatest alums.