Philadelphia Museum president to receive award

Gail Harrity, president and chief operating officer of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will be honored with a lifetime achievement award by the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, the alliance has announced.

Carolyn Boyce, alliance executive director, said Tuesday that Harrity and the Art Museum have "diligently" cared for all of "the historically and architecturally significant buildings" in their care, citing renovation and refurbishing of the Perelman Building, the Rodin Museum, the main building, and the museum's two historic Fairmount Park mansions.

The alliance is also honoring former Mayor W. Wilson Goode and Aaron Wunsch for rescuing churches from demolition, and the photographer Vincent Feldman for his book City Abandoned.

These and other honors will be presented at the 22d annual Preservation Achievement Awards, set for 5 to 8 p.m. June 3 at the Union League.