Background
Gibbs, Cora Lee was born on June 22, 1924 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Daughter of Walter Wesley and Helen (King) Gethman.
Gibbs, Cora Lee was born on June 22, 1924 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Daughter of Walter Wesley and Helen (King) Gethman.
Bachelor, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1946. Master of Arts, Brown University, 1972.
Researcher, Index of Christian Art/Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1947-1950; lecturer, Brown U., Providence, Rhode Island, 1964-1965; assistant curator of education, Museum of Art/Rhode Island School Design, Providence, 1965-1967, 70-71; curator of education, Museum of Art/Rhode Island School Design, Providence, 1971-1980; lecturer, Mead Art Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1981-1984; executive director, Newport (Rhode Island) Art Museum, 1985-1992; curator education, Newport (Rhode Island) Art Museum, since 1992. Board directors Rhode Island Arts Advocates, Providence. Merit aid panelist State Council Arts and Humanities, Massachusetts, 1981-1984.
Board of directors Newport County Young Men’s Christian Association, since 1989, Williamstown Regional Art Conservation, 1984-1986. Member Rotary (treasurer 1991, president-elect 1982-1992), Northfield Mount Hermon School (board directors since 1982), Japan-America Society (board directors since 1987).
Married Julian Howard Gibbs, July 27, 1946 (wid. February 1983); children: James, Judith, Jeffrey, Jonathan.