David W. Dangremond

Background

Dangremond, David W. was born on June 8, 1962 in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

Education

Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Amherst College; Master of Arts, Winterthur Program at University Delaware; Master of Arts, Yale University, 1987; Master of Philosophy, Yale University, 1990.

Career

Director Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, Wethersfield, Connecticut; Bennington Museum, Vermont; St. AnthonyHall professor art history Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, since 1996.

President Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art since 2011 and Trustee since 1991, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, since 1987, vice president, since 1992. Trustee Winterthur Museum since 2012, Vice President and Trustee, Connecticut Historical Society since 1991, Trustee Connecticut Humanities Council, since 1997, Essex Savings Bank, since 2001, Trustee Williamstown Regional Art Conservation Laboratory, Massachusetts, 1993- 2001, President Musical Masterworks, since 2003, Trustee since 1992.

Member advisory board Gunston Hall Plantation, Lorton, Virginia; National Trust for Historic Preservation. Director Attingham Summer School, Shropshire, England, since 2014. Professional advisory board Victoria Museum, Portland, Maine;

Board overseers Strawberry Banke Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Member executive committee, Yale University Art Gallery Associates, 1987-1993. Museum consultant various museums, since 1995. Chairman Newport Symposium, since 2002.

Works

• Other Work

  • Heritage Houses: the American Tradition in Connecticut 1660-1900; The Shaping of Vermont: From the Wilderness to the Centennial 1749-1877. Contributor to numerous professional articles and journals.

Membership

Board directors Hartford Architecture Conservancy; member art and antiques council Connecticut Public television, Hartford; member concert committee Vermont Symphony Orchestra; trustee Musical Masterworks, since 1992, vice president since 1998, president since 2003; delegate Governor's Conference on Future of Vermont's Heritage, Montpelier; Senior Warden St. Peter's Episcopal Church; board of governors Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, since 1990; trustee Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, since 1991, executive committee, since 1995, chairman curatorial committee, since 1995, vice president since 1998, president since 2012; trustee Connecticut History Society, since 1991, vice president since 2003. Member American Association for State and Local History (state awards chairman), New England Museum Association (executive committee), American Association Museum (accreditation visiting committee, museum assessment program consultant), American Antiquarian Society, Vermont Museum and Gallery Alliance (president), Greater Hartford Association of Historic Houses (board directors), Decorative Arts Society, American Ceramics Circle, College Art Association, Society Architectural Historians, Century Association (New York City), Knickerbocker Club (New York City), Grolier Club (New York City), Hartford Club, Old Lyme Country, Yale Club New York City, Lawn Club (New Haven), Dauntless Club (Essex), Newport Reading Room.

Connections

Son of James L. and Joan O. (Kross) D. Married Mary Plant Spivy. Children: Saumel Plant Chapin, Augustus Welles Ewing.

Father:

James L.

Mother:

Joan O. (Kross) D.

Spouse:

Mary Plant Spivy

child:

Saumel Plant Chapin

child:

Augustus Welles Ewing