Background
Otto, Donald R. was born on October 7, 1943 in North Loup, Nebraska, United States. Son of Leonard R. and Lorraine E. Otto.
Otto, Donald R. was born on October 7, 1943 in North Loup, Nebraska, United States. Son of Leonard R. and Lorraine E. Otto.
Bachelor of Arts, Hastings (Nebraska) College, 1967.
With Kansas-Nebraska Natural Gas Company, Hastings, 1967-1968. Exhibits director Hastings Museum, 1968-1972. Assistant director Kansas State History Society, 1972-1975.
Program director Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1975-1977, president, Chief Executive Officer, 1977—2003. Head, exhibition and progressive development Ominples Science Museum, Oklahoma City, 2004, interim director, 2005, director, since 2005. President Kansas Museum Association, 1974, 75.
Officer Mountain Plains Museum Conference, 1976-1979, president, 1977-1978. Special consultant museum curriculum planning College Liberal Studies, University Oklahoma, 1980.
Member administrative board 1st Methodist Church, 1978-1980, 81-83, 84-86, 97-98. Board directors Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative, 1983, president, 1997, Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau, 1986-1997, International Space Theater Consortium, 1981, president, 1984-1986, executive committee, 1991-1992. Member Fort Worth Cultural District Committee, 1979, Fort Worth Air Power Council, 1985, Leadership Fort Worth, 1988, Forum Fort Worth, 1989.
Member grants committee Cultural Arts Council of Houston, 1988-1989. Member advisory couin. Fort Worth Senior Citizen Centers, 1986-1988.
Trustee Big Brothers-Big Sisters, 1988-1989. Chairman Fort Worth Tourism Council, 1983. Member American Association Museum (accreditation on site committee 1974-1996), Mount Plains Museum Associate Board, 1975-1978, president, 1977, American Association State and Local History, American Association Science and Technology Centers (board directors 1984-1988), Association Science Museum Directors, Texas Association Museum (council 1980-1982, vice president 1983-1984), Fort Worth Aviation Heritage Society (board directors 1988), Fort Worth C. of Chamber (board directors 1992-1996), Ridglea Country Club, Rotary (Fort Worth), Fort Worth Club.
Married Sylvia D. Cook, August 7, 1965. 1 child, Allison Lindsay.