Vincent Prager '59 establishes museum: erratum to Veritas 2014

Vincent Prager ’59 has established the Oppenheimer-Prager Museum at Dayspring in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick to house paintings by his grandfather, Joseph Oppenheimer, R.P., (1876-1966) one of the founders of the German school of impressionism, and his mother, Eva Prager O.C., (1912-2010), the well-known Canadian artist. The museum will also display their collections of interesting correspondence, memorabilia, jewelry, etc. The museum website is www.museumatdayspring.org.

 

The museum is housed in Dayspring, the beautiful and historic home that Vincent purchased in 1995 and which he donated to the foundation operating the museum. Dayspring was formerly the home of Sir James Dunn of Algoma Steel and his third wife, Marcia Christoforides, who married Lord Beaverbrook after Dunn’s death, and thereupon became the second Lady Beaverbrook. Lady B. lived at Dayspring until 1990, and owned the property until Vincent purchased it from her estate. After he donated Dayspring to open the museum, Vincent moved his summer residence next door to another ex-Lady Beaverbrook home that had, previously, belonged to Sir Mortimer and Lady Davis.

 

Vincent remains in full-time maritime law practice as Counsel in the Montreal office of Dentons Canada.

 

The 2013-2014 issue of Veritas contained a related Alumni Update on page 37 that misrepresented the facts about the lineage of the estate and the connection between the Prager and Dunn families. We sincerely apologize to Vincent and thank him for submitting this corrected article.