Gobin Stair
Painter and publisher Gobin Stair was encouraged at an early age by his grandmother Ida Stair, a portraitist. His interest in art found its path when he was hired in his senior year at Dartmouth College to assist muralist José Clemente Orozco while he painted his 24-panel mural series “The Epic of American Civilization” in the Baker Library on campus. Stair was worked as a designer and later as executive director of Beacon Press from 1956-75. It was his leadership and commitment to a free press that moved Beacon Press to publish The Pentagon Papers in 1972, helping to bring an end to the Vietnam War. A few years later, Gobin retired from publishing and devoted himself to a second career in painting.