A memorial service for art history professor Karl Kilinski II will be held on March 4 at 9:15 a.m. in the Greer Garson Theater.

Those planning to attend should RSVP to Janis Bergman-Carton at [email protected].

Kilinski died on Jan. 6 after battling cancer.

Kilinski came to SMU in 1976 with a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri. He specialized in Greek vase painting and taught classes about Egyptian and Grecian visual culture.

He was the recipient of an Outstanding Professor Award and was inducted into the SMU Academy of Distinguished Teachers.

He twice served as chair of the art history department at the Meadows School of the Arts, in addition to serving on the Faculty Advisory Board for International Studies, the Meadows Executive Council, the Academic Policies Committee and the Council of General Education. He also served as a guest curator at the Meadows Museum.

Away from SMU, Kilinski served as a guest curator for the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. He also held positions at DIS in Copenhagen and Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan.