Background
Weber, Jean MacPhail was born on April 2, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Harold Percy and Dorothy Norma (Mutch) MacPhail.
Weber, Jean MacPhail was born on April 2, 1933 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of Harold Percy and Dorothy Norma (Mutch) MacPhail.
Student, Brown University and Rhode Island School Design, 1952. Student, Edinburgh University, Scotland, 1953. Bachelor magna cum laude, Brown University, 1954.
Postgraduate Danforth scholar, State University Iowa, 1955.
Manager, Lane Bryant Specialty Shop, Denver, 1956-1957;
campus advisor, Saratoga Springs Council Churches, Skidmore College, New York, 1960-1964;
art director, Our Lady of Peace Hospital, Louisville, 1964-1965;
director, Junior Art Gallery, Louisville, 1965-1969;
director, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, 1969-1979;
director, Rochester Museum, New York, 1979-1980;
director, Rochester Museum and Science Center, New York, 1979-1980;
director, Museum New Mexico, Sante Fe, 1981-1985;
co-director, Museum Management Institute, University of California-Berkeley, 1981;
director history sites, State History Society Wisconsin, 1985-1990;
director, Marine Maritime Museum, 1990-1994;
director, Museum Art, U. Maine, since 1994. Director Maine Maritime Museum, 1990-1994. Member music studies advising committee Tufts U., Medford, Massachusetts, since 1993.
Interim director U. Maine Museum of Art, 1994. Advisory board Maine Crafts Council, 1995. Executive director Nantucket History Association, since 1995.
Member Maine State Archives Commission. Member music panel Maine Arts Commission.
Member cultural affairs advisory committee Suffolk County, New York, 1974. Trustee Inter Pueblo Cultural Center, 1981-1982, Brown University, 1983-1988, trustee emeritus, since 1989.; board directors Maine Community Cultural Alliance, 1991.
Board trustees ABBE Museum, 1999-2006, Hudson Museum, 1999-2003, Sir Andrew Macphail Foundation, since 2000. Member American Association Museum (accreditation commission 1976-1985, chairman 1982-1985, member council 1979-1981, vice president 1985, board directors 1993, named to Centennial Honor Roll, 2006), Northeast Museum Conference (vice president 1978-1979, president 1979-1980), International Council Museum, New York State Association Museum (council 1977-1980), Phi Beta Kappa.
Children: Julia Lee, Karin MacPhail, Laurie Stewart.