David Lowry Burgess

Background

Burgess, David Lowry was born on April 27, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Eric Turner and Ruth Elizabeth (McNees) Burgess.

Education

Graduate, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Graduate, University of Pennsylvania, 1961.

Career

Lecturer Philadelphia College Art, 1964-1966. Arts advisor Education Development Center, 1966-1968. Member faculty Harvard University School Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968.

Instructor Boston University, 1969. Professor Massachusetts College Art, 1969-1989. Fellow Center Advanced Visual Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971-1989.

Dean Carnegie-Mellon University College Fine Arts, Pittsburgh, 1989-1992, A.W. Mellon professor art, since 1992. Director SIMLAB, 1995-1997. Koopman distinguished chair in art Hartford (Connecticut) University School Art, 2000.

Member National Humanities faculty, 1968—1980. Distinguished artist ECHO-UQAM, Montreal, Canada. Distinguished fellow Studio Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University.

Member Center for the Arts and Society Carnegie Mellon University. Advisor Exposition 2000, Hannover, Germany.

Achievements

• David Lowry Burgess has been listed as a notable Artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Founding member, Executive Board Cambridge Arts Council. Member of advisory board Art, Edition and Americans.

Connections

Married Janet Lucille Levengood, March 25, 1960. Children: Kirsten Deidre, Audrey Veronica, Vashti Gabrielle.

Father:

Eric Turner Burgess

Mother:

Ruth Elizabeth (McNees) Burgess

Spouse:

Janet Lucille Levengood

child:

Vashti Gabrielle Burgess

child:

Audrey Veronica Burgess

child:

Kirsten Deidre Burgess