DeVore is survived by his wife, daughter, and grandchildren. No memorial service has been scheduled to date.
—Contributing writer So-Young Iris Chung contributed to the reporting of this story.
—Staff Writer Zara Zhang can be reached at zara.zhang@thecrimson.com.
This article has been revised to reflect the following clarification:
CLARIFICATION: September 30, 2014
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An earlier version of this article stated that Irven DeVore was a curator at Harvard's Peadbody Museum. To clarify, DeVore also served as the museum's director in the 1990s.