Background
Friary, Donald Richard was born on August 27, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Harold and Anne Therese (Sullivan) Friary.
Friary, Donald Richard was born on August 27, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Harold and Anne Therese (Sullivan) Friary.
Bachelor of Arts in American Civilization, Brown University, 1962. AM, University Pennsylvania, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1971.
Manuscript cataloguer, Boston Public Library., 1962-1964; head tutor, Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1965-1971; director education, Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1971-1975; assistant director, Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Massachusetts, 1973-1975; executive director, secretary, Historic Deerfield, Inc., Deerfield, Massachusetts, since 1975. Assistant professor of history State University of New York, New Paltz, 1966-1971.
Trustee, vice president Dublin (New Hampshire) Seminar for New England Folklife, 1976-1985. Board directors Massachusetts Foundation for Humanities, South Hadley, 1983-1989. Member academy affairs committee Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Delaware, 1986-1995.
Trustee Williamstown (Massachusetts) Art Conservation Center 1991-1998, vice president, 1993-1996, treasurer, 1994-1996, president, 1996-1998. Trustee Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, Connecticut. Member American Antiquarian Society, Colonial Society Massachusetts, Massachusetts History Society, Franklin County Chamber of Chamber (board directors 1980-1986), St. Botolph Club.
Married Grace Therese Gayzur, June 7, 1969. Children: Donald Richard, Elizabeth Grace McCullough.