Background
McSweeny, Dorothy Pierce was born on April 17, 1940 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Daughter of George Everill and Mary Dorothy Goodrich Pierce.
McSweeny, Dorothy Pierce was born on April 17, 1940 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. Daughter of George Everill and Mary Dorothy Goodrich Pierce.
Bachelor, Brown University, Providence, 1962.
Executive training program United States Treasury Department, Washington, 1962—1964. Officer Agency International Development United States Overseas Mission, Saigon, Vietnam, 1964—1965. Education writer The Boston Globe, 1965—1967.
Presidential oral historian The White House, Washington, 1967—1969. Lyndon Johnson oral history project University Texas, Austin, 1969—1970. Special counsel to speaker United States House Representatives, Washington, 1970—1972.
Consultant oral historian, 1972—1990. Vice chair & chair District of Columbia Commission on Arts & Humanities, 1996—2007, chair emerita, since 2008. Chair, vice chair Middle Atlantic Arts Foundation, Baltimore, since 1999.
Presidential trustee John F Kennedy Center Performing Arts, Washington, 1976—1981. Trustee and vice president National Symphony Orchestra, 1981—2010. Founder, trustee and chair Washington Episcopal School, Bethesda, Maryland, since 1985.
Director, vice chair Washington Ballet, since 1986. Founder and vice chair Discovery Creek Children's Museum, 1993—2008. Director National Assembly State Art Agencies, Washington, 2002—2005.
Director, District of Columbia chair National Museum American Indian, Washington, 2002—2006, District of Columbia cultural delegate, Senegal, since 2006, Ghana, since 2006, South Africa, since 2006, Flag Design Advisory Commission District of Columbia Government, 2003, John A. Wilson Building History Task Force District of Columbia Government, 2003. Director Americans for Arts, 2008.
Founding director National Race for the Cure, since 1989. Founding member and member women's committee National Museum Women in the Arts, 1986—2006. Co-chair Lombardi Cancer Research Center Georgetown University Hospital, 1994—1996.
Inaugural committee National Council Negro Women, 1996—2000. Advisory council Katzen Arts Center American University, 2003—2006. Board director Boston University School Medicine, 1988—2000.
Founding member Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center, Austin, Texas, 1988—2006. Founder, chair, vice chair EnvironMentors National Environmental Education and Training Foundation, Washington, 1993—2006. Member of Federal City Council (trustee since 2000), District of Columbia Chamber of Commerce 2000-2005, Women's National Democratic Club (life), Order St. John of Jerusalem (Commander 1987), International Neighbors Club III (president and vice president since 1993).
Married William Francis McSweeny, January 20, 1969. Children: Ethan Madden Maverick, Terrell Pierce.