B.A. Loras College

M.A. and M.F.A., University of Notre Dame

Ph.D., Boston University; dissertation: Vermeer and Cartography

Honorary Ph.D., College of the Holy Cross, Loras College, Clark University, and Assumption College

• Specialist in 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painting and cartography
• Joined Worcester Art Museum staff 1974; Chief Curator 1980; Director 1986; Director Emeritus 2011
• Served as President of the Association of Art Museum Directors
• Chaired the Accreditation Commission for American Alliance of Museums
• Organized several major exhibitions including Judith Leyster: A Dutch Master and Her World
• Published and lectured widely
• Member of the Advisory Council, Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame and the Board of Trustees, Grant Wood Art Colony, University of Iowa  
• Visiting Lecturer, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Active in the Worcester Community including with Preservation Worcester, Worcester World Affairs Council and the International Center of Worcester