Background
Ward, Gerald Wayne Richmond was born on October 7, 1949 in Pittsburgh. Son of William Ralph Junior and Arleen (Burdick) Ward.
Ward, Gerald Wayne Richmond was born on October 7, 1949 in Pittsburgh. Son of William Ralph Junior and Arleen (Burdick) Ward.
AB, Harvard University, 1971. Master of Arts, Boston University, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1984.
Assistant curator, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1976-1983;
research associate, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1983-1985;
associate editor, Winterthur (Delaware) Museum, 1985-1988;
curator, Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, N.H., since 1988. Acting curator American arts office Yale University Art Gallery, 1978, National Endowment for Humanities intern,1974-1975. Lecturer and consultant in field.
Supervisor exhibition Yale Center for American Art and Material Culture, 1977, 78, 79. Adjunct assistant professor Winterthur program in early American culture U. Delaware, 1985-1988. Lecturer history Yale University, 1976, 77.
Teaching assistant Yale University, 1975, 76.
Member general commission on archives and history United Methodist Church, 1976-1984. Member Decorative Arts Society (editor), Furniture History Society, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, American Studies Association.
Married Barbara McLean, 1972. Children: Geoffrey William Ralph, Maxson Greeley Burdick.