Background
Lane, John Rodger was born on February 28, 1944 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of John Crandall Lane and Jeanne Marie (Rodger) L. Moritz.
museum director art association administrator
Lane, John Rodger was born on February 28, 1944 in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Son of John Crandall Lane and Jeanne Marie (Rodger) L. Moritz.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1966; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1971; AM, Harvard University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1976; Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), San Francisco The Art Institute of Chicago, 1995.
Assistant director Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1974—1975. Executive assistant to director, administrator curatorial affairs, assistant director curatorial affairs Brooklyn Museum, New York City, 1975-1980. Director Carnegie Museum Art, Pittsburgh, 1980-1986, San Francisco Museum Modern Art, 1987-1997.
Eugene McDermott director Dallas Museum Art, 1999—2008, director emeritus, since 2008. President, Chief Executive Officer New Art Trust, San Francisco, since 2008.
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Member visiting committee, Williams College Museum Art, since 2007. Trustee Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, 1999—2005, James Brooks Foundation since 2008. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1966-1969.
Member Association Art Museum Directors (trustee 2000-2002), American Association Museums.
Married Inge-Lise Eckmann, 1992.