Background
Penney, Charles Rand was born on July 26, 1923 in Buffalo. Son of Charles Patterson and Gretchen (Rand) Penney.
Penney, Charles Rand was born on July 26, 1923 in Buffalo. Son of Charles Patterson and Gretchen (Rand) Penney.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1945. Juris Doctor, University Virginia, 1951. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), State University of New York, 1995.
Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Niagara University, 2007.
Law secretary to United States District Court Judge water closet Coleman, Baltimore, 1951-1952. Director development office Children's Hospital, Buffalo, 1952-1954. Sales manager Amherst Manufacturing Corporation, Williamsville, 1954—1956, Delevan electronics corporation, East Aurora.
Member firm Penney & Penney, Buffalo, 1958-1961. Private practice Niagara County, since 1961.
Board of directors Buffalo State College Foundation. Honorary life trustee Burchfield-Penney Art Center. Member Kenan Center, Lockport, New York, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, New York, Landmark Society of Niagara Frontier, Buffalo Industrial Heritage Committee, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, New York, Peterson Society of Buffalo State College Second lieutenant United States Army, 1943-1946.
Fellow The Explorers Club: member AARP, Albright-Knox Art Gallery Buffalo (life), Buffalo Museum Science (Life), Buffalo and Erie County History Society (life), Niagara County History Society (life), Old Fort Niagara (life), Buffalo Society Artists (honorary trustee), History Lockport (life), Landmark Society Western New York (life), National Trust History Preservation, American Ceramic Circuit, History Lewiston (life), Friends of U. Rochester Libraries (life) Memorial Art Gallery U. Rochester (honorary board of managers, honorary life), Winslow Homer Society of Dirs. Circuit (honorary life), Smithsonian Institution (benefactors circuit), Rochester History Society (life), American History Print Collectors Society (life), Burchfield Homestead Society (honorary life), Archives American Art, Mark Twain Society (honorary), Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier, U. Rochester's President's Society (honorary life), U. Iowa's President's Club (honorary life), Virginia Law Foundation, National Geography Society (life), World's Fair Collectors Society, Heisey Collectors American, British Commemorative Collectors, History Society of Tonawandas (life), President's Circuit Buffalo State College (honorary life), Peanut Pals, Grolier Club, Pan American Expo Collectors Society, Columbus (Ohio) Mus.of Art, Castellani Art Museum/Niagara U., Landmark Society Niagara Frontier, Buffalo Industrial Heritage Committee, Peterson Society (life), Yale Club of New York City, Roycrofters-at-Large Association (life), Arctic Circle Club, Order of the Alaska Walrus, Chi Psi, Phi Alpha Delta.