Background

Balken, Edward Duff was born on August 26, 1874 in Pittsburgh. Son of Henry and Willa (Duff) Balken.

Education

Graduate Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh, 1893, Princeton, 1897.

Career

Secretary Weyman & Brother, 1897-1906. Student art, since 1906. Curator prints, drawings Carnegie Institute, 1915-1935, honorary curator, since 1935, acting assistant director department fine arts, 1924-1935.

Trustee Carnegie Institute, Carnegie Institute Technology, since 1938.

Achievements

• Edward Duff Balken has been listed as a noteworthy curator. by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Clubs: Century (New York City).

Connections

Married Lois Livingston Bailey, October 17, 1902. Children: Bailey, Wilhelmina Duff (Mistress R. Lansing Pruyn).

Father:

Henry Balken

Mother:

Willa (Duff) Balken

Spouse:

Lois Livingston Bailey

child:

Bailey Balken

child:

Wilhelmina Duff Balken (Mistress R. Lansing Pruyn)