 He also welcomed the collection of Dan Fellows Platt, a massive assortment of fine objects which arrived by van during the war.Mather was succeeded by Ernest DeWald, a graduate school alumnus of the Class of 1946, one of the Monuments Men who had been charged with protecting the cultural heritage of Europe during the war.A large number of Princetonians, both alumni and faculty, served with the Monuments program, leading the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna to loan the museum "The Art of Painting" by Johannes Vermeer as a sign of gratitude.