Background
Timmerman, Dora Mae was born on March 28, 1931 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Daughter of George M. and Effie (Stevens) Branham.
community volunteer art advocate
Timmerman, Dora Mae was born on March 28, 1931 in Wichita, Kansas, United States. Daughter of George M. and Effie (Stevens) Branham.
Student, Wichita State University, Kansas, 1948—1950. Student, Wichita State University, Kansas, 1973—1975.
Legal secretary, Wichita, 1948—1955. Manager Wichita Art Museum Shop, 1977—1981. Owner, manager Rubbing Renaissance, Wichita, since 1981.
Co-chair Greater Wichita Save Outdoor Sculpture Project Smithsonian Institution's National Museum American Art, National Institute Conservation Cultural Property, 1992-1997, chair, since 1997. Presenter workshops on brass and stone rubbing, lecturer and program presenter museum, college, library and school organizations. Lecturer and tour guide for Wichita's outdoor sculpture public art.
Director Unified School District 259 Interactive Sculpture Project Wichita, since 1995.
President, board directors Wichita Bar Association Auxiliary, 1961-1962, Kos Harris Parent-Teachers Association, 1963-1964, Twentieth Century Cornelias, 1966-1968, Metropolitan Arts Board, 1980, Lands and Peoples Club, 1982-1983. Board directors Wichita Arts Council, Wichita State University Fine Arts Alliance, Project Beauty, Inc., 1968-1999, women's division Institute Logopedics, Young Women’s Christian Association, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund advisory council, 1985. Founding member Wichita Public Arts Task Force, 1988-1990, Wichita Public Art Advisory Board, 1990-2000, chairman 1992.
Chairman Friends Soldiers & Sailors Civil War Monument. Charter and executive board member Friends Campbell Castle, 1993-1995. Executive board member Sedgwick County Community Image Task Force, 1993-2000.
President, volunteer services board Wichita Art Museum, 1975-1977, travel chair, trustee, 1999-2000. Active Wichita Sculptors Guild, since 2000, Wichita Center for Arts, Wichita-Sedgwick County Arts and Humanities Council. Member outdoor sculpture committee Edwin A. Ulrich Museum Wichita State University, since 2001.
Wichita-Sedgwick County History Museum, Project Concern International, 1978-1985, various youth and charitable organizations. Chair Friends Wichita Art Museum, 1999-2000. Board directors Wichita Greyhound Charities, Inc.
Member museum policy committee Mid-American All-Indian Center, 2000, chairman plane crazy artists support team, street sculptures 100th Anniversary Celebrations, 2002, 06. Board directors Wichita Arts Council, since 2005. Member Friends Botanica (charter), Stock Markettes Investment Club, Present Day Club, Philanthropic and Educational Organization.
Married Lewin E. Timmerman, October 30, 1949 (deceased 1990). Children: Curt E., Kyle A.