in a statement upon his departure in 1992, forster summarized his tenure as "beginning with the rudiments of a small museum library... the center grew... to become one of the nation's preeminent research centers for arts and culture...". in 1994, salvatore settis, a professor of the history of classical art and archeology in italy, became the director of the center. by 1996, the center's name had been changed to "getty research institute for the history of art and the humanities", and by 1999 it was known simply as "getty research institute".