Earl Roger Mandle

Background

Mandle, Earl Roger was born on May 13, 1941 in Hackensack, New Jersey, United States. Son of Earl and Phyllis Mandle.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, Williams College, 1963. Master of Arts, New York University, 1967. Certified in Museum Training, New York University, 1967.

Postgraduate, New York University. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), University Toledo, 1983. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Kenyon College, 1986.

Doctor of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, 2002. Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Brown University, 2003.

Career

Intern in drawings Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City. Intern in sculpture and architecture Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1966-1967. Associate director Minneapolis Institute Arts, 1967-1974, Toledo Museum Art, 1974-1976, director, 1977-1988.

Deputy director National Gallery Art, Washington, 1988-1993. President Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, since 1993. Chairman executive committee American Federation Arts, 1987-1993.

Member advisory panel New Zealand-United States Arts Foundation, Museum Management Institute. Trustee International Exhibitions Foundation, Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Spanish Foundation for Restoration of Toledo (Spain). Member National Education Association, National Committee Standards in Arts, 1992-1994, steering committee 1993-1994.

Member advisory council National Museum Act, Smithsonian Institution. Member advisory committee on museum management Jean Paul Getty Trust. Advisory board Charles Hosmer Morse Foundation, Inc., Wexner Center, 1986, search committee directors, 1988.

Chairman United States Committee on Restoration of Toledo. Consultant National Museum Western Art, Tokyo, Kerr Foundation, Oklahoma City. Chair cultural advisory council Netherlands-American Amity Trust, Inc., Annual Council Retreats, 1990, 91, co-chairman agenda committee, 1992, cultural diversity task force, 1993, chair Clinton administration liaison committee, 1993.

Member, executive Ohio Arts Council. Member executive advisory committee Williams College Museum Art. Member arts advisory committee Barnes Foundation.

Committee for the preservation of the United States Treasury Building, history advisor, 1989-1993. Visiting professor Robert Sterling Clark Professor of Art Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1993. Member board trustees, secretary Art Museum Association, 1983, vice president 1985, president 1986.

Committee member Art Against Aids, 1987, The Barnes Foundation Conservation, 1992. Founding trustee Council Museum and Education in the Visual Arts, 1971. Executive committee Intermuseum Conservation Association, 1977.

Appted. to National Council Arts, President Reagan, 1988, President Bush, 1990-1994. Member search advisory committee United States State Department Curator, 1992. Resource consultant Arts Education Partnership Working Group Subcommittee, National Center Arts Education, 1992-1993;board member Association Independent College Art & Design (AICAD), Fraunhofer Gesellschaft.

Honorary board member Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute, Toledo Museum Art. Testimony to the advisory board National Museum African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1990. Advisory session for board trustees The Textile Museum, Washington, District of Columbia, 1993.

Achievements

• Earl Roger Mandle has been listed as a noteworthy academic administrator, museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman, board directors Health and Education Leadership for Providence, 1996-1999. Trustee Providence Foundation, 1996, Toledo Arts Commission 1975-1978, Toledo Hospital, 1979, public relations Committee, 1979-1988. Member City Film Commission, 1995, Council Ambs.

Board directors Cranston Print Works, 1994-1999. Member advisory board Corporation Design Foundation, 1995, Alliance of Artists' Communities, chairman committee on trustees, 1997-1999. Member national policy board Americans for Arts, 1998.

Member steering committee National Endowment for Arts, 1999. Board trustees nominate committee American Red Cross, Toledo chapter, 1976, chairman youth committee. Founder English Speaking Union, Minneapolis chapter, 1974.

Trustee long range planning committee Maumee Valley Country Day School, 1983-1984, vice president, chairman committee on trustees, 1987-1988. Mayor’s committee planning, City of Perrysburg, Ohio, 1985. Member Rotary, vice-chairman international service committee, 1987, chairman 75th anniversary sculpture committee 1987.

Design review board Toledo 1% for Art, 1978-1988. Member Toledo Bicentennial commission 1974-1976. Member Toledo’s committee of One Hundred, Cultural Task Force, 1987.

Board member Toledo’s Community And Cultural Arts Center, 1983. Member Toledo Economic Planning Council, Cmty, and Cultural Programs Subcommittee, chairman design committee, 1981. Member Toledo Executive Forum, 1974-1981, Toledo Mayor’s Citizen Forum, 1975, Toledo Mayor’s Committee on Renaissance Building Redevelopment, 1983, Toledo Modern Art Group, 1974-1981, Toledo Sesquicentennial Commission, 1986-1987, Young President Organization, Washington Metro chapter, 1988-1991, Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce, since 1994.

Member task force committee Toledo Public School “Partners in Education”, 1981. Coordinator and speaker United Way Campaign Toledo, Company Program, 1975-1981. Member Warren/Sherman City Venture Project Mobility/Land Use Design Use committee, 1977.

Member corporation board Trustcorp, Inc., audit, loan and nominate committee, 1981-1988. Member American Association Museum (trustee, vice president), Art Museum Association (president), Association Art Museum Directors, American Arts Alliance (trustee, policy committee), College Art Association (member president' advisory board), Ohio Foundation for Arts, Ohio Art Council, American Association 18th Century Studies (treasurer), Young President Organization, Rhode Island Indiana Higher Education Association, American Federation Arts (chairman executive committee, chairman exhibition committee 1985-1993), Rhode Island Commodores, Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, Phi Kappa Phi. (honorary member), Providence Art Club, University Club, Tile Club, Century Club (New York City), The Answer Club, Williams Club (New York City), Carranor Hunt and Polo Club, Catawba Island Yacht Club, The Toledo Club (mem, trustee 1977-1988), Hope Club.

Connections

Married Gayle Wells Jenkins, July 11, 1964. Children: Luke Harrison, Julia Barnes.

Father:

Earl Mandle

Mother:

Phyllis Mandle

Spouse:

Gayle Wells Jenkins

child:

Luke Harrison Mandle

child:

Julia Barnes Mandle